diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9a7e131ed..091b1ae4b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -13,13 +13,10 @@
   - for the Expr method only, the default value for `with_replacement` is now
     `FALSE` (it was already the case for the DataFrame method).
 
-
-
-
-
 ### New features
 
 - New method `$has_nulls()` (#1133).
+- New method `$list$explode()` (#1139).
 
 ## Polars R Package 0.17.0
 
diff --git a/R/expr__list.R b/R/expr__list.R
index 65d85f117..b37f081da 100644
--- a/R/expr__list.R
+++ b/R/expr__list.R
@@ -599,3 +599,14 @@ ExprList_set_symmetric_difference = function(other) {
   .pr$Expr$list_set_operation(self, other, "symmetric_difference") |>
     unwrap("in $list$set_symmetric_difference():")
 }
+
+#' Returns a column with a separate row for every list element
+#'
+#' @inherit ExprList_set_union return
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' df = pl$DataFrame(a = list(c(1, 2, 3), c(4, 5, 6)))
+#' df$select(pl$col("a")$list$explode())
+ExprList_explode = function() {
+  .pr$Expr$explode(self)
+}
diff --git a/man/ExprList_explode.Rd b/man/ExprList_explode.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3d72b8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/ExprList_explode.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/expr__list.R
+\name{ExprList_explode}
+\alias{ExprList_explode}
+\title{Returns a column with a separate row for every list element}
+\usage{
+ExprList_explode()
+}
+\value{
+Expr
+}
+\description{
+Returns a column with a separate row for every list element
+}
+\examples{
+df = pl$DataFrame(a = list(c(1, 2, 3), c(4, 5, 6)))
+df$select(pl$col("a")$list$explode())
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-expr_list.R b/tests/testthat/test-expr_list.R
index eff33755f..7f84f05dd 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-expr_list.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-expr_list.R
@@ -614,3 +614,15 @@ test_that("$list$set_*() casts to common supertype", {
     list(a = list(c("1.0", "2.0", "a", "b"), character(0)))
   )
 })
+
+test_that("$list$explode() works", {
+  df = pl$DataFrame(a = list(c(1, 2, 3), c(4, 5, 6)))
+  expect_identical(
+    df$select(pl$col("a")$list$explode())$to_list(),
+    list(a = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+  )
+  expect_error(
+    df$with_columns(pl$col("a")$list$explode()),
+    "lengths don't match"
+  )
+})