Last Days (2025) vs National Theatre Live: King Lear
Last Days (2025) has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for National Theatre Live: King Lear). Last Days (2025) is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 3h 25m. National Theatre Live: King Lear is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Last Days (2025) | National Theatre Live: King Lear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h | 3h 25m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Justin Lin | Robin Lough, Sam Mendes |
| Main cast | Naveen Andrews, Ciara Bravo, Ken Leung, Sky Yang, Toby Wallace | Sam Troughton, Paapa Essiedu, Adrian Scarborough, Simon Manyonda, Stanley Townsend |
Synopsis
Last Days (2025)
Determined to fulfill his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to convert the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the tribe.
National Theatre Live: King Lear
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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