How to stream 'Groundhog Day' ahead of celebration

How to stream 'Groundhog Day' ahead of celebration

Groundhog Day is coming up, and it might get people feeling a little nostalgic for an iconic 90s film.

The 1993 movie "Groundhog Day," directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, centers around the legendary celebration it was named after.

The film follows a meteorologist, Phil (yes, like the groundhog), played by Murray, who is reporting on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, as he relives the same day over and over. It just so happens that the day he's repeating is Feb. 2, a.k.a. Groundhog Day.

"Groundhog Day" became so iconic that the phrase "groundhog day" is used to describe days or tasks that feel repetitive and never ending.

Here are all the streaming platforms where you can watch Groundhog Day before the holiday.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1974: <strong> | Al Pacino, center, stars in the first sequel to win the top prize." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1975: <strong> | Jack Nicholson won the best-actor Oscar in the film version of Ken Kesey's book." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1976: <strong>| Sylvester Stallone wrote and starred in this story of an underdog boxer." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1979: <strong> | Dustin Hoffman won the best-actor Oscar while Meryl Streep won best supporting actress. Justin Henry, who was 8 at the time, was nominated as best supporting actor." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1982: <strong>| Ben Kingsley, center, won the best-actor Oscar for his role as the Indian leader." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1983: <strong>|Shirley MacLaine, left, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson were all nominated for their roles. MacLaine beat out Winger for best actress while Nicholson took home another best-actor award." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1984: <strong>| Tom Hulce was nominated for best actor but lost to his co-star, F. Murray Abraham." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1985: <strong>| Meryl Streep was nominated as best actress for her performance." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1986: <strong>| Tom Berenger, left, and Willem Dafoe both received best-supporting actor nominations." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1991: <strong> | Anthony Hopkins won best actor for his nightmare-inducing role as Hannibal Lecter in the first horror film to win the top prize." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1992: <strong> | Clint Eastwood starred in and directed the movie. He took home the Oscar for best director." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1994: <strong> | Tom Hanks, with Rebecca Williams, won the best-actor Oscar, his second in a row." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1995: <strong> | Mel Gibson, center, took home the directing Oscar for this film about the 13th century fight for Scottish independence." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1996: <strong> | Ralph Fiennes was nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his role as an adventurous cartographer." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1997: <strong>| Leonardo DiCaprio romances Kate Winslet, who received a best-actress nomination. The film tied "Ben-Hur" with an all-time high 11 Oscar wins and was the first film ever to reach the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2002: <strong> | Catherine Zeta-Jones won the Oscar for best supporting actress in this musical crime comedy-drama." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2005: <strong>| Don Cheadle stars in this tale of interweaving lives in Los Angeles." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2007: <strong> | Javier Bardem won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance as an enigmatic killer." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=2008: "Slumdog Millionaire" | The movie set in India, with Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, won eight Oscars, none in acting categories.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=2009: "The Hurt Locker" | Jeremy Renner received a best-actor nomination but did not win. The film, however, won six Oscars, and Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for directing.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2010: <strong> | Colin Firth, with Helena Bonham Carter, won the best-actor Oscar for his role in this historical drama as the future King George VI working to cope with his stammer." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2014: <strong> | The film was nominated for nine Oscars; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won best director and star Michael Keaton was nominated for best actor." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2019:<strong> | Bong Joon-ho's South Korean dark comedy, an unnerving social thriller about an impoverished family with a get-rich scheme that goes off the rails, became the first foreign-language film to win best picture." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=2020: "Nomadland" | Frances McDormand stars as a nomad who lives out of her van after she loses her husband and her home when their Nevada mining town is wiped out in an economic collapse. The film won three Oscars, including best actress for McDormand and best director for Chloé Zhao, who made Oscar history as first woman of color to win the category.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2022:<strong> | A laundromat owner (Michelle Yeoh) lives out several different realities, including one where she has hot dog fingers, in the sci-fi comedy. The movie picked up seven Oscars including best actress for Yeoh, supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan) and actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), directing and original screenplay." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2023:<strong> | Cillian Murphy won best actor as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed atomic bomb biopic, which also took home best director, supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and cinematography." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=2024: "Anora" | A Brooklyn sex worker (Mikey Madison) elopes with a Russian oligarch's son (Mark Eydelshteyn). The film won five Oscars, including best actress for Madison and best director (Sean Baker).

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Can you watch 'Groundhog Day' on Netflix?

Yes, the movie is available to stream on Netflix, but only for a limited time, according toTudum, Netflix's website.

On Sunday, Feb. 1, the day before Groundhog Day, the movie will leave Netflix, and people will no longer be able to watch the film on the streaming platform.

1993 Press Photo of Bill Murray who starred in Groundhog Day, a Columbia Pictures Film

Other platforms you can use to stream 'Groundhog Day.'

Other streaming platforms where you can watch "Groundhog Day" include:

  • Philo- Subscription only

  • Sling TV- Subscription only, requires add on

A movie screen at Snappy Burger drive-thru hamburger stand and drive-in movie theater displays images of cast members Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell before showing the movie

Where to rent Groundhog Day

While the movie can only be streamed on a couple of platforms, it can also be rented or purchased from the following:

  • YouTube

    • Rent- $3.99

    • Purchase- $14.99 for Ultra High Definition or $12.99 for High Definition.

  • Google Play

    • Rent- $3.99

    • Purchase- $12.99

  • Apple TV

    • Rent- $3.99

    • Buy- $14.99

  • Fandango at Home

    • Rent- $3.99

    • Buy- $14.99 for 4K Ultra High Definition or $13.99 for High Definition Extended.

  • Prime Video

    • Rent- $3.99

    • Buy- $14.99 for Ultra High Definition, or $12.99 for High Definition or Standard Definition

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