Movie
Where to Watch Paper Moon (1973) in the US
- 1973
- PG
- 1h 42m
- 8.1IMDb
- 91%Rotten Tomatoes
- 77Metascore
Paper Moon is available free with a participating library card or to rent in the United States.
Free with a library card
Rent
- Apple TV StoreSD102 minPGAudioEnglish · Spanish · French$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Apple TV StoreHD102 minPGAudioEnglish · Spanish · French$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Apple TV Store4K102 minPGAudioEnglish · Spanish · French$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Prime VideoSD102 minPGAudioGerman · English +4$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Prime VideoHD102 minPGAudioGerman · English +4$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Fandango at HomeSD102 minPGAudioEnglish$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Fandango at HomeHD102 minPGAudioEnglish$4.99Opens in a new tab.
- Fandango at Home4K102 minPGAudioEnglish$4.99Opens in a new tab.
Watch similar movies on Amazon Prime Video for free30 Days FreeThen $8.99 / monthStream FreePromotedOpens in a new tab.Some links are affiliate links; we may earn a commission. Prices may change. Check the provider for current pricing. Details.
Availability last checked Oct 9, 2026.
Report a wrong listingAvailability
- Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).
- Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
What it's about
Set in the midwest of the depression-era, Paper Moon follows Moses Pray and Addie Loggins - one a con artist, the other, the young girl who's the daughter of a woman who's just passed away. The pair meet when 'Mose' stops by the sparsely-attended funeral in Kansas of a woman he once knew (we never see her). In attendance, is the woman's young daughter, Addie, whom Moses agrees to transport to St Joseph, Mo -- for money, of course. Mose - an inveterate hustler, has been working ostensibly as a representative of the Kansas Bible Company - who picks his marks from the obits, and tries to sell - at exorbitant prices - the decedents' spouse the custom bible they'd previously ordered. Wise beyond her years, Addie picks up on Moses' grift, and very quickly, she and Mose become a team. Traveling from town to town, making money in every dishonest way imaginable, and looking for the ultimate score. The colorful characters they meet along the way make the film all the more interesting. One in particular - Miss Trixie Delight - an exotic dancer who Mose rescues from a traveling carnival and the girl who works for her, poor, suffering Imogene. Addie sees Miss Delight as a potential rival, and she concocts a plan with Imogene to free themselves of her. The film's peppered with regional dialogue, one of the most memorable line's uttered when Mose is forced to wrestle a backwoodsman in order to trade his new car for the hillbilly's battered old truck; "make him say calf-rope, Leroy!" one of the observers calls out. Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdonovich is adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Writer
- Joe David Brown, Alvin Sargent
- Starring
- Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
Details
- Release date
- May 9, 1973
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 10 nominations total
Where to Watch Paper Moon (1973) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Paper Moon in the United States?
- Paper Moon is available free with a participating library card or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
- Can I stream Paper Moon or do I have to rent it in the United States?
- Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
- Can I watch Paper Moon for free in the United States?
- Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).
More like Paper Moon
Other films in the same genres.
