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1. Wilde (1997)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.9

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70 Metascore

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: 18,143 | Gross: $2.16M

2. Deathtrap (1982)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

7.0

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54 Metascore

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth

Votes: 15,482 | Gross: $19.28M

3. Young Seducers 2 (1972)

R | 74 min | Comedy

4.0

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Pretty young girls get involved in humorous sexual situations.

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Evelyne Traeger, Christa Free, Rena Bergen, Margrit Siegel

Votes: 265

4. La Bohème (1926)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance

7.2

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A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell

Votes: 1,683 | Gross: $1.01M

5. The Outlaw (2010)

106 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.0

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A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.

Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol

Votes: 1,151

6. Peacock (2015)

27 min | Short, Biography, Comedy

7.4

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A twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century picturesque Bohemia telling a tabooed true story of birth of one of the nation's most influential writers, starring Julius Feldmeier (Tore ... See full summary »

Director: Ondrej Hudecek | Stars: Julius Feldmeier, Cyril Dobrý, Marie Poulová, Tomas Pivoda

Votes: 130

7. Havel (2020)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.3

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'Havel' covers the Czech president's transformation from playwright to politician

Director: Slávek Horák | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Barbora Seidlová, Martin Hofmann, Stanislav Majer

Votes: 509

8. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)

101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

6.8

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Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová

Votes: 40

9. Clovek proti zkáze (1989)

89 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.6

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A film about the last years of Karel Capek's life. Although the film is conceived as a family drama in which human relationships play an important role, its overall message is dominated by ... See full summary »

Directors: Jaromír Pleskot, Stepán Skalský | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Hana Maciuchová, Frantisek Rehák, Vera Galatíková

Votes: 86

10. Archiméduv bod (1982 TV Movie)

69 min | Biography, Drama

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Director: Rudolf Tesácek | Stars: Ilja Racek, Zdena Herfortová, Ladislav Lakomý, Jan Vlasák

11. Un drama nuevo (1946)

92 min | Drama

6.7

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London, 1605. William Shakespeare is about to launch a new drama in The Globe. The comic actor Yorick urges the author to grant him the lead role, although he is not very gifted for serious... See full summary »

Director: Juan de Orduña | Stars: Ricardo Acero, Fernando Aguirre, Gabriel Algara, Fortunato Bernal

Votes: 22