Lurker, the 2025 psychological thriller and dark crime drama, is now streaming in the United States after first premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and later getting a theatrical release on August 22, 2025. As of May 15, 2026, viewers in the U.S. can watch it on HBO Max and MUBI, or rent and buy it on several digital services.
The practical part is simple. In the U.S., Lurker is available to stream on HBO Max and MUBI, while Amazon Video and Apple TV offer it for purchase or download, and Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, and Apple TV offer rental options. The guide also says the film can be watched for free in the U.S. by signing up for the HBO Max via Hulu bundle, though those free trial options are limited to the United States.
That availability matters because Lurker has moved from festival title to mainstream streaming pick in less than a year. A movie that started at Sundance and reached theaters in late August is now easier to find than it was for most of 2025, which is the real value of this kind of guide: it tells viewers where the film actually lives now, not where it once premiered.
There is one catch for international viewers. The guide says people outside the United States can use a VPN service to access HBO Max from anywhere in the world, connect to a U.S. server, get a U.S. IP address and stream Lurker that way. That is the friction point in the story: the film is widely available in one market, but access still depends on location unless viewers work around it.
For audiences tracking movies 2025 releases into 2026, Lurker has become a straightforward case of a festival title finding its post-theatrical home. The question now is not whether it exists on streaming platforms. It is which platform viewers have, and whether they are in the United States when they try to press play.
