Where to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) tonight
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) runs 1 h 35 min, is rated R in the US and averages 5.5 from 3,020 TMDB members. Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighbourhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorises them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realise that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive…
- Runtime
- 1 h 35 min — ends 9:35 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- R (US)
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Released
- April 30, 2010
- TMDB rating
- 5.5 / 10 from 3,020 votes
- Director
- Samuel Bayer
- Starring
- Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Jackie Earle Haley, Katie Cassidy
- Language
- English
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-04: AMC (subscription).
Questions people ask
- How long is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
- A Nightmare on Elm Street is 1 h 35 min long (95 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:35 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is A Nightmare on Elm Street rated?
- A Nightmare on Elm Street is rated R in the US.
- Is A Nightmare on Elm Street a good movie to watch with a group?
- Yes — a crowd movie. Horror and Mystery hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on. Rated R in the US — check who is in the room.
- Where can I stream A Nightmare on Elm Street?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-04: AMC (subscription). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
Lists it could be on
- Thrillers under 100 minutes
- Mystery movies under 2 hours
- Movies from the 2010s
- The most-rated movies on TMDB
If you like A Nightmare on Elm Street
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- Silent Hill (2006)
- Barbarian (2022)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
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- The Black Phone (2022)
- Case 39 (2009)
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