Genius

Where to watch Genius in Canada

Genius is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube and Amazon Video in Canada. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 24 May 2026.

About Genius

Genius is a 2016 movie in the History and Drama genres, directed by Michael Grandage, starring Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. It has a runtime of 1 hour 44 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.5/10 from 722 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Genius in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

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Overview

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Top cast

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

H

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

E

Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

G

Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

Mabel Wolfe

R

Richard Dempsey

Director

K

Katya Watson

Jane Perkins

L

Lorna Doherty

Peggy Perkins

M

Makenna McBrierty

Nancy Perkins

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