Where to Watch King Lear Online

Fancy watching 'King Lear' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Michael Elliott-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'King Lear' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'King Lear' right now, here are some finer points about the Granada Television tv movie flick.

Released January 26th, 1984, 'King Lear' stars Laurence Olivier, John Hurt, Brian Cox, Dorothy Tutin The PG movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 38 min, and received a user score of 65 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 9 knowledgeable users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one."

'King Lear' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy .