Movie

The Visitor

“Connection is everything.”

★ 7.1(506)20081h 44m

The Visitor is available to rent or buy on CosmoGo in Canada. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 18 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Tom McCarthy
Release date: 2008-02-21
Runtime: 1h 44m
Language: Arabic
Box office: $18,197,518
Budget: $4,000,000
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Overture Films

The Visitor — trailer

About The Visitor

The Visitor is a 2008 movie in the Crime, Drama and Music genres, directed by Tom McCarthy, starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira. It has a runtime of 1 hour 44 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.1/10 from 506 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Visitor in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Cast

Richard Jenkins

Prof. Walter Vale

Haaz Sleiman

Tarek Khalil

Danai Gurira

Zainab

Hiam Abbass

Mouna Khalil

Marian Seldes

Barbara

Maggie Moore

Karen

Michael Cumpsty

Charles

Bill McHenry

Darin

Richard Kind

Jacob

Tzahi Moskovitz

Zev

Amir Arison

Mr. Shah

Neal Lerner

Martin Revere

Themes & keywords

michiganimmigrationillegal immigrationdrumsearch for meaningmeaning of lifemeaningless existencecollege professorthe meaning of liferoommate issuesexistential crisis