Where to watch James Baldwin in the UK
Find every James Baldwin film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.
James Baldwin films streaming in the UK
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- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- World in Action (1963) Cast
- Malcolm X (1992) Screenplay
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Novel
- Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Madonna: Madame X (2021) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- I Am Not Your Negro (2017) Writer
- Assignment America Cast
- Public Speaking (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Off-White Tulips (2013) as Self
- Mr. SOUL! (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
- Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) Novel
- The Statue of Liberty (1985) as Self - Writer
- Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Where the Heart Is (1998) Original Film Writer
- The Madding Crowd (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018) Cast
- The New Yorker at 100 (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Soul! (1968) Cast
- De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020) as Self
- I Remember Harlem (1981) as self
- James Baldwin Abroad (2023) as Self
- Baldwin's Nigger (1968) as Self
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) Cast
- James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973) as Self
- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) as Self (archive footage)
- James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village (1962) as Self
- Brother, Where Are You? (2022) Original Story
- Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971) as Self
- Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley (1965) as Self
- The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre (1978) as Himself
- The Negro and the American Promise (1963) Cast
- i ran from it and was still in it (2021) as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- Take This Hammer (1964) as Self
- The James Baldwin Anthology (2003) Cast
- Toc Storee (1992) Novel
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James Baldwin's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are James Baldwin's most popular films?
Most-watched James Baldwin films currently: Malcolm X (1992), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Madonna: Madame X (2021), I Am Not Your Negro (2017), Public Speaking (2011).
What TV shows has James Baldwin appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Dick Cavett Show (1968), Explained (2018), World in Action (1963), Bobby Kennedy for President (2018), Assignment America.
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