Where to Watch What Lies Beneath in the US

What Lies Beneath is currently streaming in Australia on Disney Plus, and in the US on Kanopy and Hoopla, and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. With 2,068 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Michelle Pfeiffer's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Disney Plus.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, What Lies Beneath earns its spot. What Lies Beneath trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them. The performances from Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. What Lies Beneath came out in 2000. What elevates What Lies Beneath is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, What Lies Beneath delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Michelle Pfeiffer's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.