Stephen Frears Movies

The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and admired him.

Two alcoholic escorts suddenly find themselves involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer.

Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinémathèque...

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob...

Documentary on the history of gay and lesbian film.

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

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...

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

Biographical documentary on director Lindsay Anderson, featuring interviews with friends, family, and colleages.

Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip.

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips...

Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and...

Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British...

Released in 2006, British filmmaker Stephen Frears' "The Queen" dramatizes the brief but intense conflict between Prime Minister Tony Blair and...

Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.

Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes...

Documentary on the making of the 2006 film 'The Queen'.

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.