Is the movie Sling Blade available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

Name: Sling Blade
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black

At Stream Tracker, here’s a quick intro to Sling Blade (1996) and how to find it on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+. Billy Bob Thornton’s Southern‑Gothic drama follows Karl Childers, a simple, troubled man released from a state mental hospital into a small Arkansas town — a quiet, tense story of moral reckonings, the sling blade itself, and the drawl of a man who’s lived inside. The film earned Thornton an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Best Actor nomination. Whether you’re hunting for Karl on Netflix or checking Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+, scroll down to see which service currently streams this modern classic.

Synopsis

Committed to a state psychiatric hospital at the age of twelve after killing his mother and her partner, Karl Childers has spent his life shaped by institutional routine. Deeply dependent on the hospital’s structure and coping with cognitive impairments, he nonetheless is judged by officials to be ready to re-enter the outside world.

Release date

1996

Duration

2h 15min

Rating

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Country

États-Unis

Genre(s)

Drame

Cast