10 Best Movies Like The Importance of Being Earnest
If you loved The Importance of Being Earnest, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Playing for the Mob
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The story of how mobster Henry Hill - played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas - helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 197...

The World of Apu
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

Mutiny on the Buses
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money co...

Murder, My Sweet
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit....

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became ...

100 Meters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Importance of Being Earnest for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Based on the incredibly true story of a Spanish man with Multiple Sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42 running. And he was told that he c...