Where to watch Cruel Intentions in Australia
By Jen PelinoPublished
The 1999 Cruel Intentions film is not on any Australian streaming service or digital store right now, but the 2024 Cruel Intentions TV series is on Prime Video. Here is what you can watch, how to get told when the movie comes back, the sequels, and similar films that are streaming.
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The 1999 film Cruel Intentions is not streaming in Australia right now: no subscription service, free service or Australian digital store offers it to stream, rent or buy as of 15 November 2026. What you can watch is the 2024 Cruel Intentions TV series, a Prime Video original with all eight episodes included with Amazon Prime. If you want the movie, set an alert on our Cruel Intentions page and we will email you the day it lands on a service.
Cruel Intentions in Australia at a glance
| Title | Year | Where to watch in Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Cruel Intentions (film) | 1999 | not streaming, not available to rent or buy |
| Cruel Intentions 2 (prequel) | straight to video | not on any Australian service we track |
| Cruel Intentions 3 | 2004, straight to video | not on any Australian service we track |
| Cruel Intentions (TV series) | 2024 | Prime Video, 8 episodes |
Availability is from our catalogue and JustWatch Australia on 15 November 2026. The film is also not in the free-to-air TV guide for the coming week.
Why can't I stream the 1999 Cruel Intentions?
Streaming rights to older studio films move between services on fixed-term deals, and at the moment no Australian service holds them for Cruel Intentions, a Columbia Pictures release. It is not on Netflix, Stan, BINGE, Prime Video, Disney+ or Paramount+, and it is not on the free services (ABC iview, SBS On Demand, 7plus, 9Now, 10 Play) either. Unusually, the Apple TV store and Prime Video's rental store do not sell it in Australia right now.
That can change any day. Our title page tracks every Australian service daily, and the "Tell me when it streams" button on it sends you one email when the film arrives. We also keep a list of famous films not streaming in Australia.
Where to watch the Cruel Intentions TV series
Where to watch Cruel Intentions in Australia
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The series premiered on Prime Video on 21 November 2024 with all eight episodes at once. Created by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, it moves the story to an elite college in Washington, DC, where step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess) will do anything to keep their power in the Greek system, including a bet over the vice president's daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith). Sean Patrick Thomas, who played Ronald in the 1999 film, has a new role as a professor.
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There will be no second season: Amazon cancelled the show in March 2025, as Variety reported at the time. The eight episodes tell a complete arc but end on open threads.
The Cruel Intentions movies
- Cruel Intentions (1999). Written and directed by Roger Kumble, it updates Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses to rich Manhattan teenagers. Step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) make a bet: can Sebastian seduce Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), who has announced she will wait until marriage? Selma Blair plays Cecile, the innocent caught in Kathryn's revenge plot. Made for about US$10 million, it took US$76 million worldwide and became a late-1990s cult classic, helped by its soundtrack.
- Cruel Intentions 2. A prequel about Sebastian's arrival in New York, released straight to video.
- Cruel Intentions 3 (2004). A standalone sequel set at a college, also straight to video.
The story also became a stage show, Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical, which first played in 2015 and ran Off-Broadway in 2017 and 2018.
Other versions of the same story you can watch
If it is the plot you are after, two other adaptations of Les Liaisons dangereuses are available in Australia:
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988): the Oscar-winning period version with Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. Rent it from $4.99 on the Apple TV store, Prime Video or Fetch.
- Dangerous Liaisons (2022): a French Netflix film that retells the story with modern teenagers. Included with Netflix.
Movies like Cruel Intentions streaming in Australia
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999): another classic retold for teenagers, this time Shakespeare. On Disney+ and Stan.
- Heathers (1988): the darkest high school comedy of them all. Free on 7plus, and on Paramount+, Prime Video and Foxtel Now.
- Mean Girls (2004): queen-bee politics played for laughs. On Stan, Paramount+, BINGE and Foxtel Now.
- Clueless (1995): Jane Austen's Emma in Beverly Hills. On Stan and Paramount+.
- Saltburn (2023): a modern tale of class, seduction and manipulation. On Prime Video and Stan.
- Gossip Girl (2007 to 2012): if you want the scheming Manhattan step-siblings energy for six seasons. On Netflix, Stan and Prime Video.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I watch Cruel Intentions (1999) in Australia?
Nowhere on demand right now. As of 15 November 2026 the 1999 film is not on any Australian subscription or free streaming service, and no Australian digital store offers it to rent or buy. Our Cruel Intentions page has a Tell me when it streams alert.
Is Cruel Intentions on Netflix in Australia?
No. Neither the 1999 film nor the 2024 series is on Netflix in Australia. The series streams on Prime Video.
Where can I watch the Cruel Intentions TV series in Australia?
The 2024 Cruel Intentions series is a Prime Video original. All eight episodes are included with Amazon Prime in Australia.
Is there a Cruel Intentions series season 2?
No. Amazon cancelled the series after one season in March 2025, so the eight episodes released on 21 November 2024 are all there is.
How many Cruel Intentions movies are there?
Three. Cruel Intentions (1999), the prequel Cruel Intentions 2, released straight to video, and Cruel Intentions 3 (2004), also straight to video. Only the first was released in cinemas.
Sources
- JustWatch Australia: Cruel Intentions (1999) not available to stream, rent or buy in Australia (15 Nov 2026)
- Wikipedia: Cruel Intentions (1999), Roger Kumble, cast, Les Liaisons dangereuses, budget and box office, sequels, musical
- Wikipedia: Cruel Intentions (TV series), Prime Video, 21 Nov 2024, 8 episodes, cast, creators; cancelled after one season, citing Variety (Joe Otterson, 10 Mar 2025)
- CompareTV catalogue: Cruel Intentions offers (none in Australia), series on Prime Video, similar titles (15 Nov 2026)