Search results for "Stephen Frears"
Victoria & Abdul (2017)

Victoria & Abdul (2017)

Victoria & Abdul (2017)
IMDb: N/A
112

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Genre: Drama, History
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
IMDb: 6.8
111 min

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Program (2015)

The Program (2015)

The Program (2015)
IMDb: N/A
103

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…

Genre: Drama
Philomena (2013)

Philomena (2013)

Philomena (2013)
IMDb: N/A
98

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Genre: Drama
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (2013)

Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (2013)

Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (2013)
IMDb: N/A
97

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector…

Genre: Drama
Lay the Favorite (2012)

Lay the Favorite (2012)

Lay the Favorite (2012)
IMDb: N/A
94

A former stripper’s talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Tamara Drewe (2010)

Tamara Drewe (2010)

Tamara Drewe (2010)
IMDb: N/A
111

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cheri (2009)

Cheri (2009)

Cheri (2009)
IMDb: N/A
86

A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Queen (2006)

The Queen (2006)

The Queen (2006)
IMDb: N/A
103

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to…

Genre: Drama
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
IMDb: N/A
103

Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Route V50 (2004)

The Route V50 (2004)

The Route V50 (2004)
IMDb: N/A
12

As a traveler searches for a place called Confidence, he keeps running into other versions of himself.

The Deal (2003)

The Deal (2003)

The Deal (2003)
IMDb: N/A
90

It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership…

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
IMDb: N/A
97

An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Liam (2000)

Liam (2000)

Liam (2000)
IMDb: N/A
90

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa’s dad loses…

Genre: Drama
Fail Safe (2000)

Fail Safe (2000)

Fail Safe (2000)
IMDb: N/A
86

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
High Fidelity (2000)

High Fidelity (2000)

High Fidelity (2000)
IMDb: N/A
113

When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn’t changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an…

The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
IMDb: N/A
114

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big…

The Van (1996)

The Van (1996)

The Van (1996)
IMDb: N/A
100

Set in “Barrytown”, a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. “Bimbo” Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Mary Reilly (1996)

Mary Reilly (1996)

Mary Reilly (1996)
IMDb: N/A
104

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

The Snapper (1993)

The Snapper (1993)

The Snapper (1993)
IMDb: N/A
91

Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hero (1992)

Hero (1992)

Hero (1992)
IMDb: N/A
117

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He’s divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top…

The Grifters (1990)

The Grifters (1990)

The Grifters (1990)
IMDb: N/A
110

A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
IMDb: N/A
119

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
IMDb: N/A
100

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody – except…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
IMDb: N/A
111

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the…

Genre: Drama
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
IMDb: N/A
98

A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Hit (1984)

The Hit (1984)

The Hit (1984)
IMDb: N/A
98

Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former “colleagues” and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance…

Bloody Kids (1980)

Bloody Kids (1980)

Bloody Kids (1980)
IMDb: N/A
91

The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Three Men in a Boat (1975)

Three Men in a Boat (1975)

Three Men in a Boat (1975)
IMDb: N/A
64

One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air…

Gumshoe (1971)

Gumshoe (1971)

Gumshoe (1971)
IMDb: N/A
88

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.