The Queen (2006)
Biography | Drama | History
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
Director: Stephen Frears
Hero (1992)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A not-so-nice man rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor, Maury Chaykin
Director: Stephen Frears
Quiz (2020)
Crime | Drama | Game-Show
Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'.
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Michael Sheen, Mark Bonnar, Aisling Bea
Director: Stephen Frears
Gumshoe (1971)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley fulfills his Dashiell Hammett love by putting an ad in the paper as a private eye.
Starring: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay
Director: Stephen Frears
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Starring: Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ali Fazal, Jonathan Harden
Director: Stephen Frears
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Starring: Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ali Fazal, Jonathan Harden
Director: Stephen Frears
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, John Kavanagh, Nina Arianda
Director: Stephen Frears
The Hit (1984)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock and Myron) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. But it is a long way to Paris…
Starring: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Ralph Brown, Albie Woodington, Willoughby Gray
Director: Stephen Frears
The Program (2015)
Biography | Drama | Sport
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.
Starring: Lee Pace, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman, Chris O'Dowd, Bryan Greenberg
Director: Stephen Frears
The Van (1996)
Comedy | Drama
Upon being fired from his job at the bakery, Bimbo and his best mate go into business for themselves and purchase a chipper (a fish and chips van); but will the pressures of financial success sour their friendship forever?
Starring: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan
Director: Stephen Frears
Lay the Favorite / Lady Vegas (2012)
Comedy | Drama
Beth, a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, falls in with Dink, a sports gambler who swoons for her as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy, earning the initial ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Vince Vaughn, Laura Prepon
Director: Stephen Frears
Philomena / The Lost Child of Philomena Lee (2013)
Drama
A woman searches for her adult son, who taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley, Mare Winningham, Anna Maxwell Martin, Barbara Jefford
Director: Stephen Frears
The Snapper (1993)
Comedy | Drama
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, she becomes the talk of the town.
Starring: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen, Joanne Gerrard, Colm O'Byrne, Ciara Duffy
Director: Stephen Frears
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Drama
Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.
Starring: Muhammad Ali, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover, Benjamin Walker, Frank Langella, Barry Levinson
Director: Stephen Frears
Mary Reilly (1996)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Starring: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Glenn Close, Michael Sheen
Director: Stephen Frears
The Grifters (1990)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A small-time con man tries to avoid getting involved in big-time crime.
Starring: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
Director: Stephen Frears
Chéri (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Kathy Bates
Director: Stephen Frears
High Fidelity (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago where he sells music the old fashioned way- on vinyl. He's a self-professed music junkie who spends his days at Championship Vinyl with his two employees Dick and Barry. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed with the music scene and creating their all-time favorite top-five lists of subject specific songs, it's of no help to Rob whose needle skips the love groove when his long-time girlfriend Laura walks out on him. As Rob examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness the process finds him being dragged kicking and screaming into adulthood.
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tim Robbins
Director: Stephen Frears
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Okwe, a kind-hearted Nigerian doctor, and Senay, a Turkish chambermaid, work at the same West London hotel. The hotel is run by Senor "Sneaky" and is the sort of place where "dirty business" like drug dealing and prostitution takes place. However, when Okwe finds a human heart in one of the toilets, he uncovers something far more sinister than just a common crime.
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Director: Stephen Frears
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Drama | Romance
Among the idle nobility of 18th Century France, a pair of cold-hearted rivals, the charming Vicomte de Valmont and the beautiful Marquise de Merteuil, amuse themselves and each other by seducing and toying with the affections of those around them. But their games take a surprising turn when Valmont sets his sights on the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, whom he considers his greatest challenge, because she is renowned for virtue and loyalty to her husband. Meanwhile, the Marquise seeks revenge on an ex-lover by attempting to corrupt the virginal Cecile de Volanges, to whom he is engaged.
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves
Director: Stephen Frears
