Movies by Stephen Frears
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Great Directors (2009)
Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani …
Directed by: Angela Ismailos
New York-based businesswoman and filmmaker Angela Ismailos offers this collection of in-depth interviews with David Lynch, John Sayles, Catherine Breillat, Bernardo Bertolucci and six other…
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Lay the Favorite (2012)
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
When Florida stripper Beth becomes a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, she joins forces with professional sports gambler Dink to work the system and rake in the cash. But when Dink's jealous…
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Tamara Drewe (2010)
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
After undergoing plastic surgery and a complete fashion makeover, suddenly sexy journalist Tamara (Gemma Arterton) triumphantly returns to her tiny hometown, where she exploits her…
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Chéri (2009)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
When French courtesan Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates) sets her pampered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend), up with middle-aged fellow courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer), she wants to…
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The Queen (2006)
Cast: Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
After Princess Diana's shocking death, Queen Elizabeth II and the newly elected Tony Blair try to manage Diana's loss on a personal level while reacting to public demand that the…
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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Cast: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Having already cultivated an offbeat reputation among high society in 1930s London, Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) embarks on her newest adventure: transforming an old movie theater into the…
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The Deal (2003)
Cast: Michael Sheen, David Morrissey, Frank Kelly …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
The head of Britain's Labour Party has suddenly died. The two possible successors, political rivals Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and Gordon Brown (David Morrissey), meet at a fateful 1994…
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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Undocumented immigrants Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Senay (Audrey Tautou) work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night, Okwe stumbles across evidence of a…
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High Fidelity (2000)
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
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 attempt to figure…
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Liam (2000)
Cast: Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
A young Liverpool boy with a speech impediment named Liam struggles with his family during England's pre-war depression. Things go from sad to worse as Liam's father loses his job…
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Fail Safe (2000)
Cast: Hank Azaria, Don Cheadle, Doris Belack …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Directed by Stephen Frears, this televised play broadcast live on CBS is a remake of director Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War nail-biter, which follows U.S. officials in a race to stop…
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The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
An enduring friendship between two hard-living men is challenged by their passionate desire for the same woman in this drama set in the American West in the years following World War II.
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Mary Reilly (1996)
Cast: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
When housemaid Mary Reilly falls for her charismatic but diabolical employer, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and it's only a matter of time until she discovers a horrifying secret involving his…
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The Snapper (1993)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears directs this dramedy about a working-class Dublin family that's thrown into chaos when they learn that daughter Sharon (Tina Kellegher) is pregnant. But by choosing not to…
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Hero (1992)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
A plane crashes. A mystery man emerges from the wreckage and saves passengers left and right. Who is he? That's what TV reporter Gale Gayley (Geena Davis) wants to find out, especially…
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The Grifters (1990)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Roy Dillon's (John Cusack) life is turned upside down when a con job goes bad. His estranged mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who happens to be on the lam, reunites with her son to…
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Privileged and bored 18th-century French aristocrats Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont entertain themselves by making a bet focusing on the virginal Cécile de Volanges and the…
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Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Gifted British filmmaker Stephen Frears brings the troubled life of bold 1960s author and playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) to the screen in this portrait of an obsessive, controlling…
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My Beautiful Laundrette (1986)
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a Pakistani, and his old school chum Johnny (Daniel-Day Lewis) use stolen drug money to renovate a laundrette in a squalid London neighborhood. But conflicting…
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The Hit (1984)
Cast: John Hurt, Tim Roth, Terence Stamp …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
After living in Spain for a decade, English mobster-turned-informant Willie (Terence Stamp) finds his sun-drenched retirement interrupted by two hit men -- Braddock (John Hurt) and his…
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Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
Cast: E.G. Marshall, Frederic Forrest, Josef Sommer …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
A crumbling 1974 Saigon government sets the stage for this BBC drama starring Frederic Forrest as CIA operative Bob Chesneau, who attempts to convince his boss (Josef Sommer) and the U.S.…
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Loving Walter (1982)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Sarah Miles, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
In this uncompromising look at the mentally challenged, Walter (Ian McKellen) is a disabled man with a big heart whose parents live far away and often treat him coldly. Before long, Walter…
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Gumshoe (1971)
Cast: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Bingo-caller Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney, in a BAFTA-nominated performance) wants to make a career change in this hard-boiled detective spoof. So, he quits his job, buys a trench coat and…