Twee jongemannen, levend in Engeland in de jaren 1890, gebruiken beiden het zelfde pseudoniem ('Ernest'). Dit is allemaal prima, tot ze beiden onder die naam verliefd worden, wat leidt tot enkele gevallen van persoonsverwisseling.
Nee, helaas is The Importance of Being Earnest nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Oliver Parker | Director |
| Production | Uri Fruchtmann | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Production | Barnaby Thompson | Producer |
| Writing | Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Oliver Parker | Screenplay |
| Editing | Guy Bensley | Editor |
| Sound | Charlie Mole | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Price | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Gilbert | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Ian Whittaker | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dianne Millar | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jamie Pritchard | Hairstylist |
| Art | Paul Ghirardani | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Parkinson | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |
| Production | David Brown | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Adrian Rhodes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Colin Cooper | ADR Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Hopker | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Taylor | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Fuller | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Swords King | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Hay | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Luciana Arrighi | Production Design |
| Sound | Matthew Gough | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
