Top 20 movies like The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym 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...

The Importance of Being Earnest is of 1 hour(s) and 37 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Ealing Studios, Miramax, Film Council, Fragile Films. It was released on 2002-05-17. It has the tagline: Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is. It has an average vote of 6.846 on TMDB.

Genres: ComedyDramaHistoryRomance

1. Some Girls

Some Girls

While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after he arrives, Gabriella breaks up with him, but her two equally gorgeous sisters waste no time showing romantic interest. In the meantime, Michael is left to deal with Gabriella's eccentric grandmother and offbeat father, an academic who spends most of his time naked.

It has an average vote of 5.58 on TMDB.

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2. The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

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. Cecily believes that Ernest is Jack's wayward brother and is keen on his raffish lifestyle. Algernon, seeing an opportunity, assumes Ernest's identity and sneaks off to woo Cecily.

It has an average vote of 7.195 on TMDB.

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3. Then She Found Me

Then She Found Me

A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.

It has an average vote of 5.544 on TMDB.

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4. Othello

Othello

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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5. The Match (La partita)

The Match

One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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6. Hideaway (Le refuge) (Le Refuge)

Hideaway (Le refuge)

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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7. Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

It has an average vote of 5.948 on TMDB.

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8. Modigliani

Modigliani

Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.

It has an average vote of 7.019 on TMDB.

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9. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

It has an average vote of 6.922 on TMDB.

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10. Moses

Moses

When Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses, called upon by God, leads his people to freedom.

It has an average vote of 6.902 on TMDB.

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11. Genius

Genius

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

It has an average vote of 6.478 on TMDB.

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12. Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?

It has an average vote of 5.771 on TMDB.

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13. Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

It has an average vote of 6.074 on TMDB.

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14. Wilde

Wilde

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.

It has an average vote of 6.597 on TMDB.

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15. Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually

Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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16. Henry V

Henry V

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

It has an average vote of 7.207 on TMDB.

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17. Walking on Sunshine

Walking on Sunshine

Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie is preparing to marry gorgeous Italian Raf, and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor's ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life...

It has an average vote of 6.293 on TMDB.

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18. Vita & Virginia

Vita & Virginia

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.

It has an average vote of 6.863 on TMDB.

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19. Friends with Money

Friends with Money

As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends. She begins to envy the security of her richer friends and, although their lives may seem easier, Olivia's friends have their problems too: screenwriters Christine and Patrick are unable to collaborate on their latest project, Jane and Aaron have lost the romance in their relationship, and Franny and Matt have difficulties handling the demands of parenthood.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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20. Dug's Special Mission

Dug's Special Mission

Dug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of Paradise Falls by themselves. Dug may find that where he belongs is not where he's been looking.

It has an average vote of 6.992 on TMDB.

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