The reliable way to watch *The Martian* (2015) right now is to rent it for about $2.99–$3.99 or buy it from $14.99 on a digital store such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV or Fandango at Home. A subscription stream may also work depending on your country and the week you look: Disney+ carries the film in the territories where it holds the rights, while US subscription availability has been shifting all year. Ridley Scott's adaptation of Andy Weir's novel runs 151 minutes and is rated PG-13, with Matt Damon as stranded astronaut Mark Watney alongside Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kristen Wiig and Kate Mara. Those details come straight from the Disney+ title listing for the film, which is the clearest sign of where the movie's streaming home sits today.
Table of Contents
- The fastest answer: rent or buy
- Is it on a subscription service?
- Why Disney+ and not a Fox service
- The title moves between services — plan around it
- Theatrical cut versus Extended Edition
- Free and legal options
- Frequently Asked Questions
The fastest answer: rent or buy
Renting is the only route that works every day of the year. The Amazon product page for *The Martian* lists it at roughly $2.99 to $3.99 for a rental and from $14.99 to own, and the same title sits in the Apple TV and Fandango at Home stores at comparable prices. That matters because digital storefronts are not subject to the licensing rotation that moves a film on and off subscription services.
A rental window is typically 30 days to start and 48 hours to finish once you press play, so the practical plan is simple: rent on the night you intend to watch. If you only want to see the film once, rental is also the cheaper choice by a wide margin. Buying makes sense when you expect repeat viewings — but see the warning about editions below before you click purchase.
Is it on a subscription service?
Disney+ runs a live page for the film under a single global entity ID across storefronts including the US and Middle East, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Hungary. In any territory where Disney+ licenses it, the film is included with a standard subscription at no extra charge. The US picture is less settled.
JustWatch's US page, dated 10/19/2026, indexes the film across seven services and names Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ as places to watch, with rent and buy options at Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home. More recent trade reporting from Collider in October 2026 contradicts that, saying the film has no US subscription home at the moment even as it holds a place in Apple TV's video-on-demand top ten for more than 100 consecutive days. When aggregator data and trade reporting disagree, the paid store is the claim that holds up. A rental listing cannot be wrong about availability in the way a stale subscription index can.
Why Disney+ and not a Fox service
The film was a Twentieth Century Fox release, which is why its subscription home moved. Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox — which, in the company's own words, included "renowned film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox" — became effective at 12:02 a.m.
ET on March 20, 2019. Ownership explains the pattern but does not lock the film to one platform. A studio that owns a title can still license it out for a window, which is exactly what produces the rotation US viewers have seen this year.
The title moves between services — plan around it
Practical consequences for anyone planning a watch:.
- The Martian* has changed subscription homes more than once inside a single year. It charted on Peacock in May 2026 according to MovieWeb, appeared on Fandango at Home in the same period, and in September 2026 Collider reported a 19-day removal countdown on Prime Video.
- Check the service you already pay for on the day, not a week ahead — a listing can expire in between.
- Treat an aggregator result as a starting point and confirm on the service's own page before cancelling a rental plan.
- If the film is on a service you already subscribe to, watch it soon rather than adding it to a list.
- Do not subscribe to a new service purely for this film; a $3.99 rental beats a monthly fee you then forget to cancel.
Theatrical cut versus Extended Edition
Buyers should know there are two products. The Extended Edition — the longer cut — is sold as a separate item on Amazon and on the Microsoft Store, which lists it under its own listing, so purchasing the theatrical version does not grant you the extended one.
This is a genuine trap for collectors. Check the edition name in the product title before buying, because the storefronts use near-identical artwork for both and no retailer upgrades you for free after the fact.
Free and legal options
There is no verified free, ad-supported US stream of the 2015 film. Searches on Tubi and Pluto TV surface *Martian Land*, an unrelated 2015 release, which is a common source of confusion when scanning free-service catalogs.
The genuinely free legal route is your public library. The Flagstaff City–Coconino County Public Library catalog, for example, lists a circulating copy, and most US library systems hold the film on DVD or Blu-ray. Place a hold with your library card, and if your system uses a digital service such as Hoopla or Kanopy, search there too before paying for a rental.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is *The Martian*, and what is it rated?
It runs 2 hours 22 minutes (151 minutes) and carries a PG-13 rating in the US, per the Disney+ title listing.
Why does one site say it is on Netflix and another says it is nowhere?
Aggregator pages index listings that can expire between crawls, while trade reporting tracks removals as they happen. The rent-and-buy stores are the stable answer.
Does buying the film give me both cuts?
No. The Extended Edition is a separate purchase on Amazon and the Microsoft Store.