The Straight Story Ranking Guide: Story, Cast and Legacy

The Straight Story (1999) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Disney Plus. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Richard Farnsworth as Alvin; Sissy Spacek as Rose; Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy; Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud; Donald Wiegert as Sig; Tracey Maloney as Nurse; Dan Flannery as Doctor Gibbons; Jennifer Edwards as Brenda

About The Straight Story

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

More like The Straight Story

• A River Runs Through It
• Take Me to the River
• Into the Wild
• Mud
• East of Eden
• Dances with Wolves
• The Cure
• Joseph

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.