Na Chernobyl is het de taak aan William Shakespeare de Vijfde om de laatste kunstwerken der mensheid te restaureren. Hij wordt belaagd door de gangster Don Learo en zijn dochter Cordelia.
Nee, helaas is King Lear nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Writer |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Writing | Peter Sellars | Writer |
| Writing | Norman Mailer | Writer |
| Editing | Jean-Luc Godard | Editor |
| Camera | Sophie Maintigneux | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ludwig van Beethoven | Music |
| Sound | Johann Sebastian Bach | Music |
| Production | Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Production | Tom Luddy | Associate Producer |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Richard Debuisne | Writer |
| Production | Jean-Luc Godard | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Turtle | Finance |
| Directing | Hervé Duhamel | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Stanley B. Gill | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | François Musy | Sound |
| Camera | Alex Aurichio | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Jim Denny | Gaffer |
| Production | Omneya 'Nini' Mazen | Post Production Coordinator |
