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Tom Stoppard

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Tom Stoppard

Born July 3, 1937 in Zlín, CzechoslovakiaDied November 29, 202534 films

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL Hon FBA (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937 — 29 November 2025) was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard had been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation.

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Stoppard died at his home in Dorset, England on 29 November 2025 at the age of 88.

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Brazil posterFirst watchBrazil19857.7Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Empire of the Sun poster7.5Empire of the Sun1987Shakespeare in Love poster6.8Shakespeare in Love1998The Lion King 1½ poster6.6The Lion King 1½2004Anna Karenina poster6.7Anna Karenina2012Tulip Fever poster6.5Tulip Fever2017Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster6.9Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991Enigma poster6.3Enigma2001The Russia House poster6.1The Russia House1990

Filmography

34 films
  1. TBAA Christmas CarolScreenplay
  2. 2022National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtWriter
  3. 2020A Separate PeaceWriter
  4. 2018ArcadiaWriter
  5. 2017Tulip FeverScreenplay
  6. 2017National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadTheatre Play
  7. 2015National Theatre Live: The Hard ProblemTheatre Play
  8. 2012Anna KareninaScreenplay
  9. 2005The Merchant of VeniceWriter
  10. 2004The Lion King 1½Theatre Play
  11. 2001The Invention of LoveWriter
  12. 2001EnigmaScreenplay
  13. 1998Shakespeare in LoveWriter
  14. 1998Poodle SpringsScreenplay
  15. 1995The Fifteen Minute HamletAuthor
  16. 1991Billy BathgateScreenplay
  17. 1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadWriter
  18. 1990The Russia HouseScreenplay
  19. 1990Largo DesolatoWriter
  20. 1989The Dog It Was That DiedWriter
  21. 1987Empire of the SunScreenplay
  22. 1985BrazilScreenplay
  23. 1984Squaring the CircleWriter
  24. 1983On the RazzleWriter
  25. 1979The Human FactorScreenplay
  26. 1979Every Good Boy Deserves FavourWriter
  27. 1978DespairScreenplay
  28. 1977Professional FoulWriter
  29. 1976TravestiesWriter
  30. 1975Three Men in a BoatScreenplay
  31. 1975The BoundaryWriter
  32. 1975The Romantic EnglishwomanWriter
  33. 1968Neutral GroundWriter
  34. 1967Another Moon Called EarthWriter