Movies directed by Oliver Parker

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Ideal Husband, An

An Ideal Husband is a delightful parfait - an irresistible concoction of brilliant dialogue, sumptuous set design, top-notch acting, and a plot littered with Machiavellian twists. Possessing a light tone tinged with an acerbic accent, An Ideal Hus...

Run Time: 1:36
U.S. Release Date: 1999-06-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, ...
Othello

It seems that hardly a year goes by without a new cinematic adaptation of one of Shakespeare's plays, and, of late, Kenneth Branagh's name has become intimately entwined with that of the Bard. While Branagh, who helmed Henry V, Much Ado About Noth...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Laurence Fishburn, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, ...
Dorian Gray

Oliver Parker has made a career out of adapting Oscar Wilde, with versions of An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest already on video store shelves. For his latest, Parker has turned his attention to what may be Wilde's most famous no...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: HORROR/DRAMA
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Ben Chaplin, ...
Importance of Being Earnest, The

The chief pleasure to be found in any version of Oscar Wilde's play, The Importance of Being Earnest, is the dialogue, and Oliver Parker's re-interpretation is no different. All of the great lines are here: "The very essence of romance is uncertai...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2002-05-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, ...