The American Revolution

2025·Show

·6Episodes in1Season·TV-PG·

8.4

805.4

96%64%

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About

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures. The American Revolution will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through.

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Actors

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Adam Arkin

James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)

Josh Brolin

George Washington (voice)

Josh Charles

Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)

Hugh Dancy

Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)

Claire Danes

Abigail Adams (voice)

Alden Ehrenreich

Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)

Craig Ferguson

John Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)

Paul Giamatti

John Adams (voice)

Amanda Gorman

Phillis Wheatley (voice)

Charlotte Hacke

Friederike Riedesel / Hannah Davis / Lucy Knox / Martha Reeves (voice)

Tom Hanks

(voice)

Ethan Hawke

Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)

Maya Hawke

Betsy Ambler (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson

Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)

Joe Keery

John Greenwood (voice)

Joel Kinnaman

Samuel Seabury / Nils Collin / Thomas Hutchinson (voice)

Damian Lewis

King George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)

Laura Linney

Sarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)

Carolyn McCormick

Hannah Griffiths / Hannah Winthrop / Esther Reed (voice)

Lindsay Mendez

Catharine Macaulay / Mary M. Campbell (voice)

Tobias Menzies

Edmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)

Edward Norton

Benjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (voice)

Mandy Patinkin

Benjamin Franklin (voice)

Jon Proudstar

Canassatego / Chainbreaker / Old Smoke / Shawnee Delegate (voice)

Matthew Rhys

Thomas Paine (voice)

Liev Schreiber

Samuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)

Chaske Spencer

Tsiyu Gansini / Shingas (voice)

Meryl Streep

Mercy Otis Warren (voice)

Corbin Bleu

John Joseph Henry / Daniel McCurtin / Nathaniel Bacheller / Isaac Jefferson (voice)

Kenneth Branagh

(voice)

Jeff Daniels

Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Bruce Davison

(voice)

Domhnall Gleeson

Loftus Cliffe / Roger Lamb / John MacPherson / John Bowater / William Barton (voice)

Michael Greyeyes

Joseph Brant / Uhhaunauwaunmut (voice)

Josh Hutcherson

James Potter Collins / Thomas Mellen / Jabez Campfield (voice)

Gene Jones

Landon Carter / Thomas Nelson / Moses Kirkland / Thomas Young (voice)

Michael Keaton

Benedict Arnold (voice)

Josh Lucas

George Rogers Clark / John Glover / Drury Mathias (voice)

Joe Morton

Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)

David Oyelowo

Olaudah Equiano / Sam (voice)

Yul Vazquez

Henry Knox / José de Gálvez (voice)

Bill Camp

(voice)

Keith David

(voice)

Christian Friedel

(voice)

Dan Stevens

(voice)

Lucas Hedges

(voice)

Michael Mando

(voice)

Jeremiah Bitsui

(voice)

Tantoo Cardinal

(voice)

Jonathan Groff

(voice)

Tracy Letts

(voice)

Wendell Pierce

(voice)

Morgan Freeman

(voice)

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

(voice)

Reece Mccullagh

(voice)

Crew

Directed by:

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David P. Schmidt

Written by:

Geoffrey C. Ward

Produced by:

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Salimah El-Amin

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Where can I stream The American Revolution legally?

The American Revolution is included with a subscription to Philo and Discovery + in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Spectrum On Demand. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.

Is The American Revolution worth watching?

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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 77/100 (IMDb 8.4, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 80). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

What is The American Revolution rated?

TV-PG

It's rated TV-PG in the United States.

How many seasons does The American Revolution have?

1 season

It has 1 season with 6 episodes.

Do critics and audiences agree on The American Revolution?

Critics88

Audiences67

Not quite. Critics rate The American Revolution higher (88) than audiences (67). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.

When did The American Revolution air?

It ran from 2025 to 2025 and has ended.

What language is The American Revolution in?

English

It was made in English. Produced in United States.

In how many countries can I watch The American Revolution?

GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The American Revolution in 9 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.