Cocaine Bear is a 2023 movie that falls under the genres of comedy and horror.
The plot revolves around an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens who converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden, it has a run time of around 95 minutes.
The film is loosely inspired by the true story of the Cocaine Bear, an American black bear that ingested nearly 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine.
It stars Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Ray Liotta. It is dedicated to Liotta, who died in May 2022.
So if you want to know where Cocaine Bear is streaming, we have all the answers…
Where To Stream Cocaine Bear
Maybe you've watched it in the cinema and now want to stream Cocaine Bear, or maybe you just fancy a laugh and want to see it for the first time. Either way, we've got all the details.
So if you want to stream it at the touch a remote control button here's where to find it…
United States: Cocaine Bear is available on Peacock in the US. You can also buy it on Apple TV and Amazon.
United Kingdom: If you want to watch Cocaine Bear in the UK you will have to rent it on Amazon, the Sky Store or Apple TV.
Viewers in Canada can stream Cocaine Bear on Amazon Prime Video.
Australia: Aussies can watch Cocaine Bear if they rent it on Amazon or Apple TV.
Argentina: Fans in Argentina can only rent or purchase Cocaine Bear on Apple TV.
France: Sadly, Cocaine Bear, is not part of any streaming subscription in France. You can't even rent it so you'll have to buy it on Universcine.
Czech Republic: You can only watch Cocaine Bear if you rent it on O2TV or Apple TV in Czech Republic.
Poland: Cocaine Bear is only to rent or buy on Apple, Amazon or Google Play in Poland.
Japan: The hit comedy is not available at all in Japan.
As you can see, Amazon Prime Video is pretty much the primary place you can stream Cocaine Bear in most countries around the world.
The only problem is that for some fans that will mean having to rent or buy it.
What Is Cocaine Bear About?
In 1985, Andrew C. Thornton II, a drug smuggler, accidentally drops a shipment of cocaine from his plane. As he tries to parachute out with a duffel bag filled with drugs, he falls to his death.
His body lands in Knoxville, Tennessee, where a local detective named Bob (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) identifies him. Bob suspects that the cocaine is connected to Syd White (Ray Liotta), a notorious drug kingpin from St. Louis, and realises that a portion of the drugs is missing.
Meanwhile, in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, an American black bear consumes some of the cocaine, causing it to become highly aggressive.
In a different part of the forest, a middle schooler named Dee Dee (Brooklynn Prince) lives with her mother, Sari (Keri Russell, The Diplomat), who works as a nurse.
While exploring the trail, Dee Dee and Henry (Christian Convery) stumble upon a lost brick of cocaine before being attacked by the rampaging bear.
Sari, concerned for her daughter's safety, ventures into the forest to search for the children. She is joined by Liz (Margo Martindale), a park ranger, and Peter (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), a wildlife activist.
Everything goes crazy as the bear goes on a rampage and it all connects back to Syd and his associate Daveed (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) who is sent to retrieve the remaining cocaine.
What happens then would only spoil the movie so I'll leave it up to you to watch it instead!
Where Was Cocaine Bear Filmed?
Surprisingly, Cocaine Bear was not filmed in the US. In fact, it was filmed entirely in Ireland.
Specific locations include Dublin, Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Avoca, County Wicklow and the woods in Barnaslingan, County Dublin, Ireland.
Principal photography took place between August 20 and October 17, 2021 at a cost of $30–35 million. To be fair, most of that was spent to create the CGI bear.
But it did make nearly $90 million at the box office so overall was a good return on the money.
