Inherent Vice Genre Guide: Story, Cast and Movie Facts

Inherent Vice (2014) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Love usually leads to trouble.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix as Larry "Doc" Sportello; Josh Brolin as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen; Owen Wilson as Coy Harlingen; Katherine Waterston as Shasta Fay Hepworth; Reese Witherspoon as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball; Benicio del Toro as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.; Jena Malone as Hope Harlingen; Joanna Newsom as Sortilège, who is also the narrator

About Inherent Vice

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

More like Inherent Vice

• The Big Sleep
• Wonderland
• Starsky & Hutch
• The Salton Sea
• The Nice Guys
• Carlito's Way
• A Walk Among the Tombstones
• Less Than Zero

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