Een jong muzikaal talent, The Kid, begint een succesvolle carrière. Hij ontmoet de mooie zangeres Apollonia, maar beseft dat talent alleen niet voldoet. Hij kan niet overweg met zijn vader, hij verliest Apollonia aan zijn grote concurrent en binnen zijn eigen band verlopen de zaken ook niet soepel.
Nee, helaas is Purple Rain nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Albert Magnoli | Director |
| Writing | William Blinn | Writer |
| Writing | Albert Magnoli | Writer |
| Production | Robert Cavallo | Producer |
| Production | Steven Fargnoli | Producer |
| Production | Joseph Ruffalo | Producer |
| Sound | Michel Colombier | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Prince | Songs |
| Camera | Donald E. Thorin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Albert Magnoli | Editor |
| Editing | Ken Robinson | Editor |
| Production | David Graham | Casting |
| Art | Ward Preston | Production Design |
| Art | Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie France | Costume Design |
| Production | Mike Frankovich Jr. | Production Manager |
| Lighting | LeRoy Bennett | Lighting Artist |
| Production | Anthony DiMarco | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Directing | Britt Lomond | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anthony Brand | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Don Wilkerson | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Craig Denault | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Douglas J. Schulman | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Richard C. Franklin | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Richard C. Franklin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | James Beshears | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Dobie | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Kern | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Noah Blough | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jim Harrison | Music Editor |
| Sound | Jim Cook | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert L. Harman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Neil Brody | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Al Jones | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Brad Orrison | Stunt Double |
| Art | Howard McCormick | Leadman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Arrington | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lee Romanoff | Key Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Daniel R. Jordan | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Peter Davidian | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Bill Fleming | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Donald Schmitz | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Edward R. Nedin | Electrician |
| Lighting | Jeffrey W. Petersen | Electrician |
| Production | Kirk Hokanson | Location Manager |
| Production | Jonathan Wolf | Production Accountant |
| Editing | Aubrey Head | Color Timer |
| Crew | Kathleen O'Haco | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Oliney | Stunts |
| Camera | Chris Squires | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jack Lee Gary | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Sonny Baskin | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Mitchell Sinoway | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Allan Schultz | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Warren Chadwick | Additional Editor |
| Lighting | Robert W. Peterson | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Dean Hassen | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | John Huddleston | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Dave Hetschiesch | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Peter Golden | Casting |
| Production | Maxine Davis | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Jennifer Walton | Production Secretary |
| Art | Jim Johnson | Property Master |
| Art | Clare M.S. Fishman | Props |
| Art | Keane Bonath | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jimmell Mardome | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sonja Berlovitz | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Wenzel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jayson Jeffreys | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Earl Jones | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Caldwell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Todd Prost | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Dennis A. Frank | Electrician |
| Lighting | Matt Rice | Electrician |
| Lighting | Bob Guthier | Electrician |
| Camera | Steve van Osdale | Grip |
| Camera | Gerald Hoy | Grip |
| Camera | Neal Dalen | Grip |
| Camera | Craig Kinchel | Grip |
| Camera | Joe Rice | Grip |
| Crew | Bonnie Metzger | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | Robert Reiff | Still Photographer |
| Production | Geri Rosenberg | Production Secretary |
| Production | Barbara Sobocinski | Production Secretary |
| Production | Dona Lien | Production Secretary |
| Art | Robert Scaife | Construction Coordinator |
