A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

The disappearance of a baby from a small coastal town in Australia is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young couple as they deal with an unthinkable tragedy under both the white light of public scrutiny and behind closed doors.

A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.

“所有女人都会变成跟她们母亲一样，这就是她们的悲剧；男人则不然，这也是男人的悲剧。”
《认真的重要性》（又译《不可儿戏》）被认为是最能够代表奥斯卡·王尔德喜剧创作的杰作，充满了王尔德式的妙语连珠；剧中人如同双生子一样的真假身份带来了误会与巧合，最终的假戏真做皆大欢喜，更是在继承莎士比亚喜剧衣钵的基础上，以王尔德独有的、玩世不恭的态度，讽刺了维多利亚时期上流社会的虚伪矫饰，至今犀利依旧。

《认真的重要性》故事里的杰克和阿尔杰农一个看似正经，另一个则是花花公子，实际上皆以不同的身份游走于伦敦社交圈与乡野生活之间。他们分别追求格温多林和塞西莉两个姑娘，却眼看就要因为同时用了“厄内斯特”（Ernest谐音Earnest，意为“认真”）这一虚构的姓名和身份而搞砸婚事……
由前任环球莎士比亚艺术总监多米尼克·德洛姆戈尔（Dominic Dromgoole）创立的公司Classic Spring制作的奥斯卡·王尔德演出季于2018年登上伦敦西区，以纪念这位维多利亚时期的天才作家。作为该季最热门的剧目之一，此版《认真的重要性》由迈克尔·芬特曼执导，奥利弗奖得主索菲·汤普森领衔主演，再次领略到高级讽刺喜剧的“机智俏皮”、“迷人魅力”。