diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index 8e2fe6a37c..7c40f80343 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     DocumentIntelligenceConverter,
     ContentUnderstandingConverter,
     CsvConverter,
+    SrtConverter,
 )
 
 from ._base_converter import DocumentConverter, DocumentConverterResult
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ def enable_builtins(self, **kwargs) -> None:
             self.register_converter(OutlookMsgConverter())
             self.register_converter(EpubConverter())
             self.register_converter(CsvConverter())
+            self.register_converter(SrtConverter())
 
             # Register Document Intelligence converter at the top of the stack if endpoint is provided
             docintel_endpoint = kwargs.get("docintel_endpoint")
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/__init__.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/__init__.py
index 77f8b1acd1..7b0d4c40a4 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 )
 from ._epub_converter import EpubConverter
 from ._csv_converter import CsvConverter
+from ._srt_converter import SrtConverter
 
 __all__ = [
     "PlainTextConverter",
@@ -51,4 +52,5 @@
     "ContentUnderstandingFileType",
     "EpubConverter",
     "CsvConverter",
+    "SrtConverter",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_srt_converter.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_srt_converter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bac19f2e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/converters/_srt_converter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import re
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO
+
+from charset_normalizer import from_bytes
+
+from .._base_converter import DocumentConverter, DocumentConverterResult
+from .._stream_info import StreamInfo
+
+ACCEPTED_MIME_TYPE_PREFIXES = [
+    "text/srt",
+    "text/x-srt",
+    "application/x-subrip",
+]
+ACCEPTED_FILE_EXTENSIONS = [".srt"]
+
+# "00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:07,000", capturing the start time without milliseconds.
+_TIMING_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^(\d{1,3}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(?:[,.]\d{1,3})?\s*-->\s*\d{1,3}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:[,.]\d{1,3})?"
+)
+# Styling markup: <i>, <b>, <u>, <font ...> and {\an8}-style overrides. Other
+# angle brackets, like "<Bob>" or "x<y", are real text and are kept.
+_MARKUP_RE = re.compile(r"</?(?:i|b|u|font)(?:\s[^>]{0,200})?>|\{\\[^}]{0,200}\}", re.I)
+
+
+class SrtConverter(DocumentConverter):
+    """
+    Converts SubRip (.srt) subtitle files to a Markdown transcript, one line per
+    cue, each prefixed with its start time.
+    """
+
+    def accepts(
+        self,
+        file_stream: BinaryIO,
+        stream_info: StreamInfo,
+        **kwargs: Any,  # Options to pass to the converter
+    ) -> bool:
+        mimetype = (stream_info.mimetype or "").lower()
+        extension = (stream_info.extension or "").lower()
+
+        if extension in ACCEPTED_FILE_EXTENSIONS:
+            return True
+
+        for prefix in ACCEPTED_MIME_TYPE_PREFIXES:
+            if mimetype.startswith(prefix):
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def convert(
+        self,
+        file_stream: BinaryIO,
+        stream_info: StreamInfo,
+        **kwargs: Any,  # Options to pass to the converter
+    ) -> DocumentConverterResult:
+        data = file_stream.read()
+        content = None
+        if stream_info.charset:
+            # The charset hint comes from a sample of the file, so it can be
+            # wrong for later bytes (e.g. "ascii" for a file that turns non-ASCII
+            # after the sample). Fall through to a full-file guess in that case.
+            try:
+                content = data.decode(stream_info.charset)
+            except (UnicodeDecodeError, LookupError):
+                pass
+        if content is None:
+            detected = from_bytes(data).best()
+            content = (
+                str(detected)
+                if detected is not None
+                else data.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+            )
+
+        content = content.lstrip("\ufeff").replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n")
+
+        # A cue starts at each timing line and runs to the next one, so a cue
+        # with a blank line inside it, or a missing separator, still parses.
+        lines = content.split("\n")
+        timings = [
+            (i, m)
+            for i, line in enumerate(lines)
+            if (m := _TIMING_RE.match(line.strip()))
+        ]
+        if not timings and content.strip():
+            raise ValueError("No SRT cues found.")
+
+        cues = []
+        for n, (i, timing) in enumerate(timings):
+            end = timings[n + 1][0] if n + 1 < len(timings) else len(lines)
+            body = [line.strip() for line in lines[i + 1 : end]]
+            while body and not body[-1]:
+                body.pop()
+            # The last line before the next timing line is its cue number.
+            if n + 1 < len(timings) and body and body[-1].isdigit():
+                body.pop()
+
+            text = " ".join(_MARKUP_RE.sub("", " ".join(body)).split())
+            if text:
+                hours, minutes, seconds = timing.groups()
+                cues.append(f"[{hours.zfill(2)}:{minutes}:{seconds}] {text}")
+
+        return DocumentConverterResult(markdown="\n\n".join(cues))
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/tests/test_srt.py b/packages/markitdown/tests/test_srt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..281b4d0ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/markitdown/tests/test_srt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+"""SRT subtitle conversion: cue text, timestamps, markup, and line endings."""
+
+import io
+
+import pytest
+
+from markitdown import MarkItDown, StreamInfo
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def converter() -> MarkItDown:
+    return MarkItDown(enable_plugins=False)
+
+
+def _convert(converter: MarkItDown, content: str, **info) -> str:
+    return converter.convert_stream(
+        io.BytesIO(content.encode("utf-8")),
+        stream_info=StreamInfo(extension=".srt", **info),
+    ).markdown
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("newline", ["\n", "\r\n", "\r"], ids=["LF", "CRLF", "CR"])
+def test_srt_cues_become_timestamped_lines(converter: MarkItDown, newline: str) -> None:
+    content = newline.join(
+        [
+            "1",
+            "00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,500",
+            "Hello there.",
+            "",
+            "2",
+            "01:02:05,250 --> 01:02:07,000",
+            "Goodbye.",
+            "",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == (
+        "[00:00:01] Hello there.\n\n[01:02:05] Goodbye."
+    )
+
+
+def test_srt_multiline_cue_is_joined_and_markup_removed(
+    converter: MarkItDown,
+) -> None:
+    content = (
+        "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\n"
+        '<i>Hello</i> <font color="red">there</font>.\n{\\an8}Second  line\n'
+    )
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == "[00:00:01] Hello there. Second line"
+
+
+def test_srt_bom_and_non_ascii_are_preserved(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    content = "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\nCafé 你好\n"
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content, charset="utf-8") == "[00:00:01] Café 你好"
+
+
+def test_srt_cue_without_number_and_without_text(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    content = (
+        "00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\nNo number\n\n"
+        "2\n00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000\n\n\n"
+        "3\n00:00:05.5 --> 00:00:06.5\nDot milliseconds\n"
+    )
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == (
+        "[00:00:01] No number\n\n[00:00:05] Dot milliseconds"
+    )
+
+
+def test_srt_detected_without_extension(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    content = "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\nDetected\n"
+
+    result = converter.convert_stream(io.BytesIO(content.encode()))
+
+    assert result.markdown == "[00:00:01] Detected"
+
+
+def test_srt_late_non_ascii_after_charset_sample(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    cue = "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\nplain ascii text\n\n"
+    content = cue * 3000 + "2\n00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000\nCafé 你好\n"
+    assert len(content.encode()) > 65536
+
+    result = _convert(converter, content, charset="ascii")
+
+    assert result.endswith("[00:00:03] Café 你好")
+
+
+def test_srt_missing_separator_and_blank_line_inside_cue(
+    converter: MarkItDown,
+) -> None:
+    content = (
+        "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\nHello\n"
+        "2\n00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000\nLine one\n\nLine two\n\n"
+        "3\n00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,000\nEnd\n"
+    )
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == (
+        "[00:00:01] Hello\n\n[00:00:03] Line one Line two\n\n[00:00:05] End"
+    )
+
+
+def test_srt_keeps_angle_brackets_that_are_not_styling(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    content = "1\n00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000\n<Bob> if x<y and z>w <B>bold</B>\n"
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == "[00:00:01] <Bob> if x<y and z>w bold"
+
+
+def test_srt_hours_are_zero_padded(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    content = "1\n0:00:01,000 --> 0:00:02,000\nHi\n"
+
+    assert _convert(converter, content) == "[00:00:01] Hi"
+
+
+def test_srt_without_cues_falls_back_to_plain_text(converter: MarkItDown) -> None:
+    assert _convert(converter, "just some plain text\n") == "just some plain text\n"