De film vertelt het verhaal van Julian Assange en zijn compagnon Daniel Domscheit-Berg in de vroege, onstuimige dagen van de oprichting van Wikileaks. De controversiële organisatie veranderde de geschiedenis door duizenden geheime documenten op internet te publiceren.
Nee, helaas is The Fifth Estate nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Bill Condon | Director |
| Production | Steve Golin | Producer |
| Production | Michael Sugar | Producer |
| Production | Richard Sharkey | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Josh Singer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Daniel Domscheidt-Berg | Book |
| Writing | David Leigh | Book |
| Writing | Luke Harding | Book |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shay Cunliffe | Costume Design |
| Editing | Virginia Katz | Editor |
| Art | Mark Tildesley | Production Design |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul Green | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucy Bevan | Casting Director |
| Art | Véronique Melery | Set Decoration |
| Art | Denis Schnegg | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Toon Marien | Art Direction |
| Art | Emmanuelle Lelong | Art Direction |
| Art | Katrina Mackay | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Blundell | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Blundell | Hair Designer |
| Art | Alex Baily | Draughtsman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound |
| Sound | George A. Lara | Sound |
| Sound | Tony Lamberti | Sound |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | Sound |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathaniel De'Lineadeus | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pascal Joris | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne Moralis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Florence Thonet | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Hilde De Laere | Producer |
| Production | Jack Morrissey | Producer |
| Production | Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emmeline Yang | Producer |
| Production | Greg Yolen | Producer |
| Production | Andrea Brabin | Casting |
| Production | Lucky Englander | Casting |
| Production | Fritz Fleischhacker | Casting |
