Stephen Frears

Director, Producer, Actor

Birthdate: Jun 20, 1941

Birthplace: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971. The next 12 years were spent working in television before returning to film with My Bautiful Laundrette

Stephen Frears Movies

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Previous (34)

2024 |
A Look Through His Lens
2022 |
Cinéma par Laurent Lafitte
2022 |
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2019 |
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019 |
Long Shot
Long Shot
2019
2h 5m
Comedy, Romance
6.8
Journalist, Fred Flarsky, reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field; now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to run for president, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter, and sparks fly.
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asBiscuit Man
2018 |
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The making of the Grifters
2017 |
She's French
2014 |
The British Film Industry: Elitist, Deluded or Dormant?
2013 |
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 |
Philomena
2012 |
Lay the Favorite
2010 |
We'll Always Have Dingle
2010 |
Tamara Drewe
2009 |
Great Directors
2009 |
Chéri
2005 |
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2002 |
Dirty Pretty Things
2001 |
La fabrique aux acteurs
2000 |
Liam
2000 |
High Fidelity
1998 |
The Hi-Lo Country
1996 |
The Van
1996 |
Mary Reilly
1995 |
Les mystères du premier film
1993 |
The Snapper
1992 |
Hero
1991 |
Director: Alan Clarke
1990 |
The Grifters
1988 |
Dangerous Liaisons
1987 |
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 |
Prick Up Your Ears
1985 |
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 |
Shooting from the Heart
1971 |
Gumshoe

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2023 |
The Lost King
The Lost King
2023
PG-13
1h 48m
Drama
6.7
An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
2022 |
The Hit
The Hit
2022
1h 43m
Action, Adventure, Comedy
5.2
Features a bromance with a killer twist.
2019 |
The Queen
The Queen
2019
Other
1h 8m
Documentary
7.2
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
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2017 |
Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul
2017
PG-13
1h 51m
Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
6.8
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
2016 |
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
PG-13
1h 51m
Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
6.8
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
2016 |
The Program
The Program
2016
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1h 44m
Biography, Drama, Sport
6.5
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.