Last updated December 22, 2024
Young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman (Gwyneth Paltrow) auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy. This bittersweet romance won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress.
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Set against the backdrop of World War II, this Oscar-winning drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a badly burned pilot who recounts a tale of doomed romance to the nurse tending him. As his story spills out via flashback, so do secrets about his identity.
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In this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's witty play about mistaken identities, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star as two proper gentlemen in 1890s London who use the same pseudonym with disastrous results.
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Set in 1962 Los Angeles, this stream-of-consciousness drama centers on a day in the life of George Falconer, a gay college professor who plans to commit suicide in the wake of his longtime lover's recent death.
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When a fanatical education minister threatens to close St. Trinian's school because of its bad reputation and dire financial straits, the student body -- which consists of a gaggle of devilish girls -- plans a heist worthy of a million detentions.
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In this beautifully photographed film based on a play by Julian Mitchell, Rupert Everett stars as Guy Bennett, a young gay man attending boarding school in 1930s England who yearns to make his way up the social ladder. His plans are waylaid, however, by the attentions of an attractive classmate, the affluent James Harcourt. The idealistic Bennett soon ascertains that forbidden love and ambition don't mix, and he must make a choice.
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American widow Larita (Jessica Biel) meets John (Ben Barnes), a wealthy young Englishman, in France and impulsively marries him. But when they visit his family at their country estate, Larita receives a chilly reception from her virulent new mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas). As she waits impatiently to move on with life in London, Larita forms a subtle bond with John's father (Colin Firth) while John falls further under his mother's spell.
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