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How to watch The Odyssey – is it streaming?
Christopher Nolan's latest has just arrived in UK cinemas.
Universal Studios
- Patrick Cremona
Published: Tuesday, 21 July 2026 at 9:34 am
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If you've been following any film news recently, you can't have missed the fact that Christopher Nolan's star-studded, incredibly well-reviewed take on Homer's The Odyssey is currently taking the box office by storm.
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The film – Nolan's first since his Oscar-winning biopic Oppenheimer three years ago – is led by Matt Damon and features all manner of intense action scenes across an epic-run time of three hours as the character faces threats ranging from giant soldiers to the fearsome cyclops.
Keen to see what all the fuss is about and wondering how you can join in on the cinematic event of the year? Read on for everything you need to know about how to watch The Odyssey.
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How to watch The Odyssey – is it streaming?
No – for the time being, the film will only be available to watch in cinemas, with it having been given an exclusive theatrical release from Friday 17 July.
Of course, that is no surprise. There are few – if any – filmmakers currently working known to be as staunch defenders of the cinematic experience as Christopher Nolan, who famously insisted that his 2020 film Tenet was given a full theatrical release not long after the first round of COVID lockdowns.
Given that The Odyssey is huge even by Nolan's own standards, there will be quite some time to wait before you can expect to watch it at home. And believe is when we say that this is the kind of film that very much benefits from being on as big a screen as possible!
What is the best format to watch The Odyssey in?
Matt Damon in as Odysseus. Universal Pictures
You might have heard that Nolan's film is, impressively, the first to be shot entirely on IMAX cameras – and as such, the best possible way to watch it is on an IMAX 70mm screen.
That said, there aren't too many of those screens available in the UK – just the BFI IMAX, the Science Museum IMAX Cinema and Vue Manchester Printworks – and many of those screenings were sold out long before the film's release.
Still, there are plenty of other good options, with many other regular IMAX screens around the country as well as eight Dolby Vision cinemas. And even if you can't make it into any of those – the film is very much worth watching on any big screen!
When will The Odyssey be released on streaming?
As mentioned above, it likely won't be some time before the film becomes available to watch on streaming – in the first instance for rental and purchase on Premium Video on Demand platforms such as Prime Video.
While no official information has been released at this stage, the film is expected to continuing to perform very well at the box office and as such Universal will be in no hurry to push it out for streaming.
If we look at the example set by Nolan's last film, Oppenheimer, which was also released in mid-July, we'll probably be looking at a streaming debut of some time in November for the film – although we'll keep this page updated as and when we hear any more concrete updates.
The Odyssey trailer
Several trailer for The Odyssey were released ahead of the film's debut – and you can check one of them out below. It gives a pretty good idea of the scale of the film!
The Odyssey is released in cinemas on Friday 17 July.
Book your £10 seat for the first ever Radio Times Film Night and watch Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with fellow film fans at Odeon Luxe Islington on Thursday 23 July 2026.
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Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer
Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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