How to Buy (and Actually Own) Your Movies and TV Shows in 2026
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Watching a show or a movie has quite literally never been easier. The streaming services you already subscribe to have more content than you could possible ever watch. If something you want to see is only on a specific platform, you can subscribe to it. If it's only available to buy or rent digitally, you can do that too. But with the rise of streaming, the concept of owning and curating a home video collection has fallen away. It seems fewer and fewer of us want a collection of discs in our homes. We'd prefer everything to fit neatly into our smart TVs. But streaming isn't perfect—far from it. Maybe you were counting on watching something on a service you already pay for, but discover it's now gone; maybe that movie isn't streaming anywhere at all, and there's no way to watch it online. Owning a physical copy of a show or movie really is the only way to guarantee that you'll be able to watch it whenever (o...
