‘Sound of Freedom’ Is Now Streaming: Here’s Where to Stream the Controversial Crime Thriller Online for Free (2024)

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Sound of Freedom, one of the biggest and most controversial box office hits of the year, is now available to stream at home.

After raking in $244.3 million worldwide (thanks in part to distributor Angel Studios’ Pay it Forward program that allowed people to donate movie tickets to others), the film is now available to streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video —for Prime members only.

Not a Prime member? You can sign up for just the streaming service with plans starting at $8.99 per month. New members can watch Sound of Freedom for free with a 30-day free trial.

Along with Sound of Freedom, Prime Video offers access to new films, including Air, The Burial, Cassandro, A Million Miles Away and more; Emmy-winning and awards-nominated series such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Daisy Jones & The Six, Fleabag, Jury Duty and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; NFL’s Thursday Night Football; classic shows including Columbo, Miami Vice and All in the Family; and much more.

Although Prime Video starts at $8.99 per month, you only get access to the streaming service. However, if you’d like to take advantage of all that Amazon Prime has to offer — including access to Prime Video, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading; fast same-, next-, or two-day free shipping with Prime Delivery; in-store discounts at Whole Foods Market, access to exclusive shopping events and much more — then you can sign up for a 30-day free trial.

Afterwards, the price auto-renews to $14.99 per month, or $139 per year —depending on which plan you pick.

Directed by Alejandro Monteverde and based on true events, Sound of Freedom is inspired by the story of Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security official and founder of anti-child-trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad. Ballard resigned from the organization shortly before the film’s July 4 debut and has been accused of sexual misconduct, according to a Vice News report. He has denied the allegations.

Related: Sound of Freedom Team Silent on New Allegations Against Real-Life Subject Tim Ballard

The film sees Ballard (played by Jim Caviezel) on a vigilante pursuit to rescue two children from seedy human traffickers who have a web of locations around the world, and the actor himself appears in the credits with a special message urging audiences to donate to spread the word about Sound of Freedom. The film also stars Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Javier Godino, Yessica Borroto, Eduardo Verástegui, Manny Perez and others.

Below, keep reading for more on how to watch Sound of Freedom online, including for free.

Where to StreamSound of FreedomOnline

Sound of Freedom is available to buy for $19.99 for streaming on Prime Video, Apple TV and other video-on-demand platforms. The movie will be added to Prime Video’s online library on Dec. 26, meaning subscribers of Amazon Prime and the Prime Video stand-alone service can stream Sound of Freedom for free as part of their membership.

If you want to own a physical copy of Sound of Freedom for your own home video library, the Caviezel-led movie is now on DVD and Blu-ray for $20 and $18, respectively.

Sound of Freedom’s performance at thebox officewas due in part to a grassroots campaign from Angel that made audiences feel part of a movement to help end child trafficking. Though the film was discussed on QAnon message boards, Angel and the filmmakers disputed it was a QAnon movie, or that it was even political. Ballard is an ally of former President Donald Trump, who hosted a private screening of the movie in mid-July in New Jersey.

Following the sexual misconduct allegations against Ballard published by Vice, O.U.R. released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that noted its founder’s June 22 departure from the organization: “O.U.R. is dedicated to combating sexual abuse, and does not tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination by anyone in its organization. O.U.R. retained an independent law firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation of all relevant allegations, and O.U.R. continues to assess and improve the governance of the organization and protocols for its operations.”

Director Monteverde and co-writer Rod Barr penned a guest column for THR in August, saying, “If there’s one issue that can unite everyone, it’s ending child trafficking.We still believe that.Child trafficking is not a conservative or a liberal issue.It is a fundamental human rights issue, one that strikes at our very core as human beings.”