OSCAR WILDE'S FILMOGRAPHY
by Maximilliann | created - 21 Feb 2015 | updated - 31 Mar 2015 | PublicThe best versions of novels and plays of Oscar Wilde and his biographies on screen.
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1. Wilde (1997)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 18,125 | Gross: $2.16M
2. Oscar Wilde (1972 TV Movie)
78 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hansgünther Heyme | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Quest, Edwin Noel, Doris Kunstmann
3. The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick
Votes: 1,120
4. Oscar Wilde (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Playwright Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lover's father, leading to his own prosecution.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, Ralph Richardson, John Neville
Votes: 630
5. Dorian Gray (2009)
R | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, John Hollingworth
Votes: 68,101
6. Pact with the Devil (2003)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A modern retelling of the Oscar Wilde novel.
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Erickson, Victoria Sanchez, Ron Lea
Votes: 793
7. The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Horror
A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Belinda Bauer, Olga Karlatos, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 216
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Horror
In Victorian London, a beautiful young man is given a portrait of himself by an admiring artist. Soon after this, he treats a young woman cruelly and then notices that his portrait seems to... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Charles Aidman, William Beckley, Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 517
9. Dorian Gray (1970)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A corrupt young man seemingly sells his soul to eternally retain his youthful beauty, all while a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom, Marie Liljedahl
Votes: 1,276
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 14,447
11. The Canterville Ghost (1997 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
An American millionaire moves into an historic and imposing mansion, which comes complete with its very own eccentric ghost.
Director: Crispin Reece | Stars: Ian Richardson, Celia Imrie, Sarah-Jane Potts, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 209
12. The Canterville Ghost (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 92 min | Family, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Joan Sims, Donald Sinden
Votes: 2,838
13. The Canterville Ghost (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl befriends a mischievous English ghost trying to scare her family (his descendants) back to America.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: John Gielgud, Ted Wass, Andrea Marcovicci, Alyssa Milano
Votes: 901
14. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Directors: Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan
Votes: 3,345
15. Salomé (2013)
R | 81 min | Drama
The Biblical story of Salomé, a girl who agrees to perform the "dance of the seven veils" in return for John the Baptist's head on a silver platter.
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Jessica Chastain, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Kat Fairaway
Votes: 2,180
16. Wilde Salomé (2011)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
A tale of lust, greed, and one woman's scorn.
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Anderson, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 1,018
17. Salome's Last Dance (1988)
R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge
Votes: 1,903 | Gross: $0.33M
18. Salomé (1922)
Not Rated | 72 min | Biography, Drama, History
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
Directors: Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova | Stars: Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Rose Dione
Votes: 1,157
19. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 24,734 | Gross: $8.38M
20. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd
Votes: 6,366
21. An Ideal Husband (II) (1999)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Rising politician Robert Chiltern once sold secret information and is now being blackmailed by Laura Evely. She has proof and it will damage his career and marriage severely. Chiltern calls in the help of his friend Arthur Goring.
Director: William P. Cartlidge | Stars: James Wilby, Sadie Frost, Jonathan Firth, Trevyn McDowell
Votes: 178
22. An Ideal Husband (I) (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Peter Vaughan, Minnie Driver
Votes: 16,723 | Gross: $18.54M
23. An Ideal Husband (1947)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams
Votes: 845
24. Lady Windermere's Fan (2014)
96 min | Drama
"Lady Windermere's Fan" is based on Oscar Wilde's classic play set in 1890s London. Lady Windermere discovers that her husband could be having an affair with another woman. She confronts ... See full summary »
Directors: Allen Evenson, Joseph Henson, Juan Illzaturri, Kathryn Inda, Sergio Contreras, Steven Reyes, Dakota Sixkiller, Jose Zamarripa | Stars: Sarah Navratil, Jonathan Le Billon, Julia Farino, Garret Replogle
Votes: 35
25. A Good Woman (2004)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A 1930s American socialite creates a scandal in the expatriate high society of the Amalfi Coast of Italy when she forms a secretive relationship with a wealthy American unbeknownst to his young wife.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Milena Vukotic
Votes: 14,105 | Gross: $0.22M
26. The Fan (1949)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Lord Windermere appears to all, including his young wife Margaret, as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk after Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene
Votes: 759
27. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Irene Rich, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Ronald Colman
Votes: 1,360
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