Oliver Parker films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for The Great Escaper, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Directed by Oliver Parker

  1. The Great Escaper

    The Great Escaper

    2023 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

  2. An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

    1999 · Film

    6.4/10 · TMDB

    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...

  3. The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    2002 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    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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  4. Dorian Gray

    Dorian Gray

    2009 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray...

  5. Johnny English Reborn

    Johnny English Reborn

    2011 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it...

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  6. St. Trinian's

    St. Trinian's

    2007 · Film

    5.9/10 · TMDB

    When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.

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  7. Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

    2016 · Film

    4.8/10 · TMDB

    A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

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