Hamnet
2025 • TMDB 77% • 2h 5m • Drama, Romance
Where to Watch
For the latest US streaming, rental, and purchase options for Hamnet, see Hamnet on JustWatch US. In the US, the film streams on Netflix (including Netflix Standard with Ads). It is also available to rent from $3.99 on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango at Home, and to buy from $7.99 on Amazon Video and $14.99 on Apple TV Store and Fandango at Home.
Overview
In Elizabethan England, Agnes and Will Shakespeare build a life together in Stratford-upon-Avon, raising three children amid the rhythms of family, work, and the natural world. When their young son Hamnet falls gravely ill, the family’s world breaks open. Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel tells the story of a marriage tested by unbearable grief — and of how that loss, carried by a mother and a father in very different ways, finds its way into the writing of one of the most famous plays ever written. Jessie Buckley gives a towering performance as Agnes, a woman of fierce intuition and deep feeling, opposite Paul Mescal as Will, the ambitious playwright drawn away to London’s stage. Shot with Zhao’s signature intimacy and attention to landscape, Hamnet is a tender, devastating portrait of love, loss, and the art that grief can leave behind.
Why Watch Hamnet?
Because it is one of the year’s most moving films: a period drama that feels startlingly alive, led by two of the finest performances of 2025. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal make Agnes and Will feel like real people rather than historical figures, and Chloé Zhao directs with a rare tenderness, letting the camera linger on the woods, the house, and the small moments that make a family. It is also a film for anyone who loves Shakespeare, offering a profoundly human answer to where Hamlet came from — not a lecture, but a story of a mother, a father, and a boy who was loved.
Director and Cast
- Director: Chloé Zhao
- Jessie Buckley as Agnes
- Paul Mescal as Will
- Emily Watson as Mary
- Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew
- Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet
- Noah Jupe as Hamlet
- Olivia Lynes as Judith
- Justine Mitchell as Joan
- David Wilmot as John
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer here: HAMNET – Official Trailer [HD] – Only In Theaters This Thanksgiving from Focus Features.
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Source for facts and images: TMDB. Streaming status checked on JustWatch US, October 30, 2026.
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