GoKawiilIf you've bought Lionsgate movies or redeemed codes for them, here's some good news: Its vast library is being added to the digital movie locker Movies Anywhere. That means Lionsgate films will now sync across any participating digital retailers you've linked to your Movies Anywhere account.
Lionsgate says that a selection of its movies will be eligible on Movies Anywhere beginning in June, with 225 of the studio's most high-profile films made available on the service, which is also a retailer. Going forward, around 100 additional films will be added monthly throughout 2026 and early 2027. According to Deadline, Movies Anywhere has 14.5 million users, and its library will expand to nearly 10,000 digital movies with the addition of Lionsgate.
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I'm already seeing Lionsgate films like John Wick, Knives Out, La La Land, Rambo and The Hunger Games listed with the Movies Anywhere badge at Fandango at Home, but none have turned up in the Movies Anywhere catalog just yet. Participating Movies Anywhere digital retailers include Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Google Play, YouTube, Xfinity, Verizon Fios TV and DirecTV.
For those who buy digital movies or redeem codes for digital versions from physical media, the Lionsgate move to Movies Anywhere is a big deal. Movies Anywhere is owned by The Walt Disney Company, which initially developed a rights synchronization platform called KeyChest back in 2009.
Some recent Lionsgate films. Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET
I find it annoying to buy a movie at one digital retailer, such as Fandango at Home, but not have it available for viewing on other platforms I use, such as Apple TV or Google Play. Ideally, if you buy a film, you should be able to store it in one central digital locker and have universal access to it. (Technically, when you buy a digital movie, you're buying a license to stream it as many times as you want, though you don't truly own it.)
Prior to this announcement, Movies Anywhere supported most, though not all, movies from The Walt Disney Studios (including Disney, Pixar, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks and Illumination Entertainment) and Warner Bros. Entertainment. No new major studios have been added since 2017.
There was some hope that when Amazon bought MGM in 2022, MGM would join Movies Anywhere because Prime Video was a participating retailer. That hasn't happened yet, but hopefully the Lionsgate addition will encourage the remaining holdouts, which also include Paramount, A24 and Criterion, to join.
Currently, only movies, and not TV shows, are on the Movies Anywhere platform -- there is no equivalent TV Anywhere. So any TV series you purchase is not Movies Anywhere-eligible and won't sync across retailers.