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 |
| Writing | Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |
| Production | Uri Fruchtmann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barnaby Thompson | Producer |
| Sound | Charlie Mole | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Guy Bensley | Editor |
| Writing | Oliver Parker | Screenplay |
| Art | Luciana Arrighi | Production Design |
| Art | Paul Ghirardani | Art Direction |
| Art | Ian Whittaker | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Fuller | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Gilbert | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Hay | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Hopker | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Swords King | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dianne Millar | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Parkinson | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Price | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jamie Pritchard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Taylor | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | David Brown | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Matthew Gough | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Adrian Rhodes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Colin Cooper | ADR Recordist |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
