Always check your local Netflix catalogue, as streaming rights change monthly.

Here is a short, informative article based on the current (and typical) streaming status of the film. For fans of early 2000s rom-coms, few films capture the era quite like A Cinderella Story (2004). Starring Hilary Duff as the put-upon Sam Montgomery and Chad Michael Murray as the dreamy quarterback Austin Ames, the film modernized the classic fairy tale with cell phones, a rainy high school football game, and the iconic line: “Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought.”

But if you’re hoping to stream it on Netflix right now, here is the reality check.