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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.

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Movies Made By Oscar Wilde (118)

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2025)

Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade. Unfortunately, living a doubl ...

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The Canterville Ghost (2023)

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years. ...

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Blue Moon Once (2023)

John the Baptist finds himself in a Holešovice silo, a wanderer roams across Prague´s brownfields and several women face their fathers. ...

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Salomé (Opéra de Paris) (2022)

Salome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law's palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of Jochanaan, a prophet held prisoner by Herod who is afraid of him. Obsessed by this en ...

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Being Earnest (2021)

A Groovy 1960s Musical Take on Wilde's Most Popular Play. Being Earnest takes place in a mod, 1960's, Austin Powers-era setting. All of the brilliant wit in Wilde's most popular play intact in this effervescent musical about two young couples and the socie ...

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Salomé (2021)

King Herod asks Salomé, son of the Queen to dance for him... This request leads to the Dance of the Seven Veils and one of the most shocking, thrilling and scandalous climaxes ever seen on stage. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021)

In a profile pic-obsessed, filter-fixated world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian Gray makes a deal. For his social star never to fade. For the perfect self he broadcasts to the world to always remain. But as his mental health starts to decl ...

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The importance of being Earnest (2021)

It's the story of two bachelors, John 'Jack' Worthing and Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Frank to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Frank. ...

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Salome (2020)

Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous vocal and orchestral writing seethes and pulsates as Strauss conjures up the brutality of Herod's corrupt court. Richard Strausss opera at the Salzburg Festi ...

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Love Me Not (2019)

A powerful international army assigns a regiment the task of guarding a mysterious man, held in a maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. Soldier Salome, daughter of Commander Antipas, becomes obsessed with him... Eros and Thanatos together re ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (2018)

A new production of one of the funniest plays in the English language, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, was broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End and is now available as a recorded programme. Wilde's much- ...

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An Ideal Husband (2018)

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is. ...

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Lady Windermere's Fan (2018)

The day of Lady Windermere's birthday party, and all is perfectly in order. Until her friend Lord Darlington plants a seed of suspicion. Is her husband having an affair? And will the other woman really attend the party? First performed in 1892, Lady Winder ...

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A Woman of No Importance (2017)

Olivier award-winner Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hedda Gabler) and BAFTA-nominated actress Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax) star in this new classically staged production of Oscar Wilde's comedy directed by Dominic Dromgoole, former Artistic ...

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Damocles (2016)

Hélène and Paul, early 30s and long-term singles, have been living in a two-person flat for years. Currently, graphic designer Paul wants to escape the digital constraints of his time and has acquired an age-old phone on which only "real" friends can rea ...

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The Canterville Ghost (2016)

In the depths of a British legend, the ghost of Eleanor Canterville is condemned to haunt the castle of his family and to scare away any inhabitant. It fulfills this task perfectly, helped by Gwilherm, his faithful servant. But when Otis, a family fleeing ...

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Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose (2015)

A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with great passion about his beloved. The Nightingale goes on a quest to find the red rose the Student needs win his lovers heart, but this comes at a chilling pri ...

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Salomé (2013)

One of Al Pacino's directory experiments, the stage elements of the film were filmed over 5 days in 2011. Initially part of the documentary "Wilde Salomé", the two pieces make up a thrilling tribute and rumination on Wilde's original stage play. ...

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Belonging to Laura (2009)

Belonging To Laura is a modernization and hilariously witty remake of Oscar Wilde's classic play Lady Windermere's Fan. The play takes place on Laura Windermere's 21st Birthday. Engaged to Tiernan, they are the golden couple of the Dublin crowd. With their ...

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Dorian Gray (2009)

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. Wh ...

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Strauss: Salome (2008)

It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila's sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde's petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss's groundbreakin ...

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Ashta Chamma (2008)

Lavanya is in love with the actor Mahesh Babu and decides to marry a man with the same name. But things take an unexpected turn when she finds out that her husband's real name is not Mahesh. ...

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Salomé (2008)

David McVicar's powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has s ...

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L'Importance d'être Constant (2008)

A French adaptation of Oscar Wildes's play "The Importance of Being Earnest", staged by Astrid Bordeloup-Hauschild. ...

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Ernest in Love (2005)

Takarazuka Moon Troupe 2005 production based on the 1960 off-Broadway show of the same name, which is in turn based on Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest ...

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The Canterville Ghost (2005)

10 year-old Paul is an average but timid boy, subject to the typical fears of most kids his age. His overprotective mother Mona, believing Paul to be disturbed, sends him off to a psychotherapist. ...

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Call Me Salomè (2005)

Herod is a Neapolitan boss who runs The Last Emperor, an infamous local, and Herodias is his vicious partner. Salomè is a young, immature and beautiful girl, desired by many men including her stepfather Herod. John is a protester held in captivity by the ...

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A Good Woman (2004)

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Win ...

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Zombie Psycho STHLM (2004)

Klas has a mission from God. He is a crusader born to fight against the horrible unknown that is threatening the city of Stockholm... But who and what is the threat? ...

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Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)

A nightingale sings for a lovesick student. The student is pining for a girl who will only dance with him if he presents her with a red rose. The nightingale fetches a rose, but at a terrible price... ...

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Dorian (2003)

While temporarily working in a photographic studio with the famous photographer Bae, the simple and handsome worker Louis meets her manager Henry, who is impressed with his beauty. He invites Louis for taking some pictures, gives the artistic name of Doria ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities... ...

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The Canterville Ghost (2001)

An American family receives an inheritance a century English castle with its gardens and furniture includes a real ghost, that of Simon de Canterville. The ghost, which aims to continue to enjoy peace of mind several hundred years, using their best techniq ...

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An Ideal Husband (1999)

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently ...

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Sex Files: Portrait of the Soul (1998)

When a beautiful woman meets a photographer, she doesn't realize the danger in which she will place herself. She poses for him and makes a Dorian Gray-type pact where she will remain eternally youthful while the picture shows her true age. ...

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The Story of the Selfish Giant (1998)

An animated retelling of the short story by Oscar Wilde. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1997)

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'haunted' mansion where a rich American family start to live ...

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Salome (1997)

Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1996)

When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back home, and her dad ...

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Fleshy Doll (1995)

Terrified by a horde of lustful unmarried women, a man is forced into marriage by a very sick uncle. ...

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Salomé (1992)

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2 June 1992. ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play. ...

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The Happy Prince (1992)

Based on Oscar Wilde's short story. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1990)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1988)

Oscar Wilde's famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mapplethorpe-like imagery. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1988)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)

Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country and frolic in town. A ...

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Salome's Last Dance (1988)

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1986)

A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act ...

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Salomé (1986)

John the Baptist, the prophet of Israel, is imprisoned by Herod, governor of Judea for protesting Herod's marriage to his brother's wife. Jealousies rage and Herod's step-daughter and niece Salome seduces Herod by means of a torrid dance to give her the he ...

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Lady Windermere's Fan (1985)

Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1985)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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KungFu Boys 3 (1984)

This film primarily tells the story of a Taekwondo youth named Wai Wai as he grows up, facing his dreams, himself, and the choices he makes. He often has a heroic dream at night, where he punishes evil and promotes good, to the extent that in every night's ...

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Tale of the Star-Child (1983)

"Tale of the Star Child" is a two-part television film, based on the works of Oscar Wilde. Like the earlier film, The Star Boy (1958), The Tale of the Star Boy, was based on two tales from Wilde's collection "A House of Pomegranates" - The Star-Child (1891 ...

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The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)

In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and n ...

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The Selfish Giant (1982)

A big evil one hides in the castle and is not friends with anyone. A cartoon about the importance of communication based on a fairy tale by Oscar Wilde. ...

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An Ideal Husband (1980)

British MP Sir Robert Chiltern is known for his honesty and integrity. To match his wife, Lady Chiltern, who is an example of high morality. However, the past of Sir Robert, as it turned out, is not at all perfect. Famous socialite adventurer Laura Chevel ...

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In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1979)

A man in a Liverpool office conjures up the last hours of a condemned prisoner, in this reimagining of Oscar Wilde's poem, given a non-naturalistic treatment using electronic effects and voiceover narration. ...

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Salomé (1978)

Short film by Almodovar, which tells the origin of the veil. ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1976)

When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)

In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age while he remains young. But his vain bargain eventually leads to murder and destroys Gray's life. This 1976 installment of ...

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Two women (1975)

based on Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. ...

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The Remarkable Rocket (1975)

An animated version of the Oscar Wilde story about a conceited firework rocket, whose pride hides his downfall in the world. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1974)

The ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the ...

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The Happy Prince (1974)

A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow. ...

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Salome (1973)

A stylised interpretation of Oscar Wilde's play "Salome". ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)

Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde. ...

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Salomé (1972)

Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and, after she fails to seduce the prophet John The Baptist, she dances for the King in order to ask for his execution. ...

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The Selfish Giant (1971)

A giant builds a wall to keep children out of his garden, but then winter sets in permanently. Children's classic story by Oscar Wilde. ...

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Salome (1971)

Schroeter's virtuosic staging of the Oscar Wilde tragedy is a complex montage of image and sound, filmed on the grand steps of Baalbeck, the ancient Roman temple in Lebanon, and interweaving Lebanese and German folk songs with the music of Verdi, Wagner, S ...

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Dorian Gray (1970)

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay. ...

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An Ideal Husband (1969)

Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality that explores human frailty and social hypocrisy Sir Robert Chilterns secret is discovered and exposed. He is accused of having exploited government secrets fo ...

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Salomé (1969)

Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. According to the New Testament, the daughter of Herodias demanded and received the head of John the Baptist. This is a choreographed version of the play by Oscar Wilde. ...

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Duch z Canterville (1968)

An American businessman moves to Europe and lives in a castle, where the ghost of one of the previous owners haunts him. ...

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Świat grozy (1968)

Three comedy-horror TV movies released together theatrically. ...

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Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a (1968)

The wealthy Lord Artur Savile learns from a palm reader that he's destined to become a murderer. Obsessed with the prophecy, he decides to commit the deed as quickly as possible. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1968)

The Portrait of Dorian Gray had an amazing property: it took upon itself all the sins of the "original", as well as the passage of time. In real life, Dorian Gray did not change, not a single wrinkle appeared on his face, but the portrait aged for him... ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1965)

When an American family moves into a haunted mansion in England, the family's teenage daughter could be the key in fulfilling a prophecy and finally set the house's ghost free. ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1964)

TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young ward, Cecily. And he intends to propose to Gwendolyn--that is until he discovers that she loves him becaus ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1964)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1962)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1962)

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young gi ...

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The Fisherman and His Soul (1961)

Set in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul in the process. ...

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Mr. Ernest (1961)

Mr. Worthing and Mr. Moncrieff both use the pseudonym Ernest, leading to a lot of misunderstandings. ...

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Lady Windermere's Fan (1961)

Lord Windermere appears to all – including to his young wife Margaret – as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's h ...

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Man of Rope (1961)

Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde. ...

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1960)

Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his upcoming society wedding, and goes about attempting the crime on several likely victims. ...

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An Ideal Husband (1958)

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently ...

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Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde (1958)

This is an Italian made-for-TV movie starring Terence Hill ...

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The Man of My Dreams (1957)

The film revolves around: Adel (Abdel Halim Hafez) a boy left his father a great building, fades away in the bar, and in the health of Kiki (Farida Fahmi) .. Equally rival is Noufal Syriacusi (Abdel Salam Nabulsi) Zaki Ibrahim al-Thara, Nawfal takes the mo ...

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The Happy Prince (1957)

UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Richly textured paper cut animation from the Animation Workshop, adapting the Oscar Wilde story "The Happy Prince." A swallow lands on the statue of "The Happy Prince," who used to live ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew. Ceci ...

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Al compás de tu mentira (1950)

A hidden heir who is the author of tangos. ...

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The Fan (1949)

Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he starts paying visits to a mysterious beautiful newcomer, Mrs. Erylnne, who is determined to make her e ...

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Historia de una mala mujer (1948)

A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago. ...

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An Ideal Husband (1947)

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compo ...

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An Ideal Husband (1947)

A woman forces a politician not to report a big scam. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian imagines a scenario in which the painting will age as he stay ...

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Una mujer sin importancia (1945)

Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity. ...

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The Canterville Ghost (1944)

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress. ...

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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams. ...

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The Young Mistress' Fan (1939)

Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ru ...

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A Woman of No Importance (1937)

A young lord who has abandoned his pregnant mistress hires his son, twenty years later, as secretary. He will try to fix his mistake. ...

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An Ideal Husband (1935)

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently ...

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Movies Starring Oscar Wilde (3)

Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde (2021)

Merlin Holland tells the story of the epic court clash at the Old Bailey in 1895 between his grandfather, Oscar Wilde, and Edward Carson. Does Carson deserve his reputation as the man who destroyed Oscar Wilde? Also featuring Gyles Brandreth and actors Sim ...

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The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde (1995)

The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others. ...

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