ReelRecsWhat to watch
Being the Ricardos poster

MOVIE · 2021

Being the Ricardos

Drama132 min

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are at the center of two crises that threaten both their careers and their marriage, just as I Love Lucy has made them America’s most visible TV couple. Nicole Kidman is Ball, navigating the pressures around her public image and private life, while Javier Bardem’s Arnaz is her husband, co-star, and the Cuban-American head of their production company. Aaron Sorkin’s drama stays close to the machinery of 1950s television and the strain between the Ricardos on screen and the far more complicated partnership behind it.

Find out what fits your taste.

Rate movies and shows in ReelRecs, save your next watch, and get personal recommendations from the Reel Recs online service. Free on iPhone and Android.

Get ReelRecs for iPhoneGet ReelRecs for Android

Open this title in ReelRecs

Where to watch in US

These offers have not all been recently verified. Check the provider for current availability.

Included with a subscription

Free with ads

Rent

Buy

Availability checked October 24, 2026. Offers can change. Rentals and purchases are separate from subscriptions.

More to consider

West Side Story (2021)

On the streets of 1957 New York, two young people from rival gangs fall for each other as the standoff between the Jets and the Sharks tightens around them. Ansel Elgort is Tony, and Rachel Zegler's Maria meets him in a…

In the Heights (2021)

Anthony Ramos is Usnavi, a Washington Heights bodega owner counting tips and lottery tickets while weighing whether to leave for the Dominican Republic or stay with the neighborhood that shaped him. Around him, Melissa …

CODA (2021)

Ruby is the only hearing member of her deaf family, spending her mornings on the fishing boat and her days interpreting the world for her parents and brother. Emilia Jones is Ruby, a teenager whose discovery that she ca…

Catalogue checked October 30, 2026. Use ReelRecs with an assistant