Where to Watch The Butler (2013) (Legally)

Where to watch “The Butler” (2013) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.

What to expect (spoiler-free)

Planning a movie night? This is a spoiler-free snapshot of “ (2013).

It sits in the Drama space and is paced for about 132 minutes.

Cast highlights include Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, John Cusack.

For families, checking the local age rating is recommended before watching.

Topics & keywords

usa president, the white house, 1970s, butler, slavery, john f. kennedy, black panther party, racial segregation, martin luther king, based on true story, ronald reagan, richard nixon

Official trailer

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Plot

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

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