Wilde

Wilde (1997) charts the playwright's flamboyant descent from the heights of London society to the depths of legal and personal turmoil. Stephen Fry's Oscar Wilde, a master of epigram and wit, navigates the perilous waters of 19th-century morality with a reckless disregard for consequence. His affair with the dashing but manipulative Lord Alfred Douglas ignites a scandal that sees Wilde prosecuted and imprisoned. Despite his sharp intellect and literary prowess, Wilde's fall from grace is a testament to the precariousness of his era's social order.