Hunger Movie (2008): Where to watch and stream online

Hunger

2008, Movie, 1h 36min

With HUNGER, British filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen has turned one of history’s most controversial acts of political defiance into a jarring, unforgettable cinematic experience. In Northern Ireland’s Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government’s refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. McQueen dramatizes prison existence and Sands’s final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a succession of images full of both beauty and horror. Featuring an intense performance by Michael Fassbender, HUNGER is an unflinching, transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard.

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Reviews

Critic Ian Freer

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Anchored by Fassbender’s turn, Hunger is as much about the personal as the political.

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Critic Roger Ebert

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It was a desperate business, and "Hunger" is a desperate film.

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Frequently asked questions

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"Hunger" is a powerful and thought-provoking film that explores the physical and mental limits of human endurance. Set in a Northern Irish prison during the 1980s, the movie follows a group of IRA prisoners who stage a hunger strike to protest their treatment by the British government. As they push their bodies to the brink of survival, the film delves into themes of sacrifice, suffering, and resistance. With stunning visuals and unflinching honesty, "Hunger" offers an intense cinematic experience that will leave audiences deeply moved and challenged.

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You can stream Hunger on: Apple TV

What movies are similar to Hunger? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Hunger include 12 Years a Slave, Troy, Mona Lisa Smile, Dallas Buyers Club, Charlie Wilson's War, Lions for Lambs.

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Hunger was released in theaters on July 6, 2008.