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The Queen

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA, France • 2006
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
• Genre Drama
• Available on FandangoNOW, Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Redbox, AMC, VUDU

Our Leaders. Ourselves.

The Snapper

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1993
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen, Joanne Gerrard
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, Amazon

20-year-old Sharon discovers she is pregnant while living with her family in Ireland, and refuses to name the father.

High Fidelity

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2000
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
• Available on Amazon, VUDU, iTunes, DIRECTV, IMDb TV, Google Play, YouTube, FandangoNOW

Record store-owner Rob Gordon tracks down former flames in order to uncover how he has failed at love over and over again.

Dirty Pretty Things

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2002
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi López, Benedict Wong, Sophie Okonedo, Zlatko Burić
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on YouTube, iTunes, Redbox, Google Play, VUDU, FandangoNOW, Cinemax, DIRECTV

Two immigrants only wish to avoid possible deportation. What happens when they unknowingly enter a corrupt situation?

Philomena

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA, France • 2013
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe
• Genre Drama
• Available on Tubi, VUDU, FandangoNOW, Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, DIRECTV, YouTube

These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.

My Beautiful Laundrette

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1985
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, FandangoNOW

A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette after rekindling love with a former flame.

The Hit

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1984
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey
• Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
• Available on Criterion

Even bad guys have bad days

Liam

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, Germany, France • 2000
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Megan Burns, Anne Reid
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon, FILMRISE

Prick Up Your Ears

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1987
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters
• Genre Drama
• Available on Tubi

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton.

Mrs Henderson Presents

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2005
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Christopher Guest, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Google Play, iTunes, YouTube

Florence Foster Jenkins

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, France • 2016
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda, Stanley Townsend
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, DIRECTV, Redbox, FandangoNOW, Crackle, FlixFling, Hoopla

People may say I couldn't sing, but no one can say I didn't sing.

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1987
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Shashi Kapoor, Ayub Khan-Din, Frances Barber, Claire Bloom, Lesley Manville, Suzette Llewellyn
• Genre Drama, Comedy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

While London burns...

Tamara Drewe

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2010
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Jessica Barden, Luke Evans
• Genre Comedy, Romance
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, DIRECTV, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, iTunes, FandangoNOW

A comedy about sex, love and a nose job...

Cheri
(Chéri)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, France, Germany • 2009
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Iben Hjejle, Frances Tomelty
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon

Victoria & Abdul

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2017
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Google Play, Amazon, YouTube, iTunes, VUDU, AMC, DIRECTV, FandangoNOW, Redbox, HBO Max, HBO GO

History's most unlikely friendship.

The Program

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, France • 2015
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Dustin Hoffman, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Guillaume Canet
• Genre Drama
• Available on Tubi, Amazon, FandangoNOW, VUDU, Hoopla

Champion. Hero. Legend. Cheat.

Gumshoe

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1971
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on VUDU, YouTube, Google Play, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, iTunes, Amazon

the sleuth, the whole sleuth and nothing but the sleuth

Bloody Kids

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1980
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton, Richard Thomas, Peter Clark, Gwyneth Strong, Caroline Embling
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Van

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, Ireland, USA • 1996
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell, Neilí Conroy, Rúaidhrí Conroy
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on YouTube, VUDU, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, Amazon, Google Play

A comedy About Friends, Family and Fish.

The Hi-Lo Country

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, Germany, USA • 1998
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Leslie Cook, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Arquette, Cole Hauser
• Genre Drama, Action, Western, Romance
• Available on Peacock, Peacock Premium

A woman like Mona can drive men to extremes.

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1988
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Peter Cook, Nicholas Parsons, Dawn French
• Genre Comedy, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Gratuitous violence, rivers of blood and maximum hilarity, all rolled into one.

The Deal

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2003
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast David Morrissey, Matt Blair, Michael Sheen, Dexter Fletcher, Frank Kelly, Stuart McQuarrie
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Burning

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1968
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Isobel Muller, Maxine Day, Cosmo Pieterse, Mark Baillie
• Genre Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Sunset Across the Bay

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1975
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Gabrielle Daye, Harry Markham, Bob Peck, Christine Buckley, Bill Pilkington, Elizabeth Dawn
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Three Men in a Boat

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1975
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Michael Palin, Tim Curry, Stephen Moore, Bill Stewart, Michael Elphick, George Innes
• Genre Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Walter

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1986
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow, Tony Melody, David Ryall, Linda Polan
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A Day Out

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1972
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast David Waller, James Cossins, Philip Locke, John Normington, Brian Glover, Paul Shane
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Saigon: Year Of The Cat

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1983
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, Chic Murray, E.G. Marshall, Josef Sommer, Wallace Shawn
• Genre Drama, Romance, War, TV Movie
• Available on FlixFling

Going Gently

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 1981
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Judi Dench, Norman Wisdom, Fulton Mackay, Stephanie Cole, Margaret Whiting
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A Visit from Miss Prothero

• United Kingdom • 1978
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Patricia Routledge, Hugh Lloyd, Alan Bennett
• Genre Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Walter and June

• United Kingdom • 1983
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Ian McKellen, Sarah Miles, Jim Broadbent, Barbara Jefford, Tim Potter, Gary Olsen
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

One Fine Day

• United Kingdom • 1979
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Dave Allen, Robert Stephens, Dominic Guard, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Benjamin Whitrow, Edward de Souza
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

• United Kingdom • 1978
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Neville Smith, Carol MacReady, Thora Hird, Derek Thompson, Margaret Courtenay
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Doris and Doreen

• United Kingdom • 1978
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Pete Postlethwaite
• Genre Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Afternoon Off

• United Kingdom • 1979
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Henry Man, Benjamin Whitrow, Angela Morant, Pasquale Perrino, Philip Jackson
• Genre TV Movie, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

• United Kingdom • 1995
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Stephen Frears, Alexander Mackendrick, Alan Parker, Michael Apted
• Genre Documentary
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Long Distance Information

• United Kingdom • 1979
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Neville Smith, Pauline Collins, Malcolm Terris, Anne Zelda, Sasha Mitchell, Jim Broadbent
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Song of Experience

• United Kingdom • 1986
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Alan Bell, Paul Darlow, Trevor Moffat, Nigel Terry, Rachel Bell
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

December Flower

• United Kingdom • 1984
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast June Ritchie, Bryan Forbes, Jean Simmons
• Genre Drama, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Black Christmas

• United Kingdom • 1977
• Director Stephen Frears
• Cast Janet Bartley, Norman Beaton, Linda Goddard, Stefan Kalipha, Carmen Munroe
• Genre TV Movie, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.