Stephen Frears

Full filmography

• Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything (2026)
• Brian and Maggie (2025) Director
• Brian and Maggie (2025) Executive Producer
• Innes Lloyd: The Producer (2025) as Self (archive footage)
• Brian and Maggie (2025) Director
• Brian and Maggie (2025) Director
• The Regime (2024) Executive Producer
• The Regime (2024) Director
• A Look Through His Lens (2024) as Self
• Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024) as self
• The Rise of the Comic Strip (2023) as Self
• The Lost King (2022) Director
• Reel Britannia (2022) as Self
• Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022) as Self
• Back to Barrytown (2021) as Self
• Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons (2021) Original Film Writer
• Quiz (2020) Executive Producer
• Quiz (2020) Director
• In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat (2020) as Self
• State of the Union (2019) Executive Producer
• State of the Union (2019) Director
• The Loudest Voice (2019) Director
• Revisiting The Man in the White Suit (2019)
• Memories of Lindsay Anderson (2019) as Self
• A Very English Scandal (2018) Director
• A Very English Scandal (2018) Executive Producer
• Who Killed British Cinema? (2018) as Self
• She's French (2018)
• Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters (2018)
• Victoria & Abdul (2017) Director
• Il était une fois... « The Queen » (2017) as Self
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) Director
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) Writer
• Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016) as Self
• The Program (2015) Director
• French Cinema Mon Amour (2015) as Self
• Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe (2015)
• Night Will Fall (2014) Producer
• Night Will Fall (2014) Executive Producer
• Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) as Self
• Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) Director
• Philomena (2013) Director
• Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) Director
• Lay the Favorite (2012) Director
• 30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
• My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)
• Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (2011) as Self
• Tamara Drewe (2010) Director
• Heavy Rain (2010) as Himself
• Chéri (2009) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Chéri (2009) Director
• Great Directors (2009) as Self
• Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009) as Self
• Jean Charles (2009) Executive Producer
• The Making of 'The Queen' (2007) as Self
• Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007) as Self
• Great British Menu (2006) as Self - Guest Judge
• The Queen (2006) Director
• Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) Director
• Michael Powell (2005)
• Le court des grands (2005) Director
• Eletrodoméstica (2005) Thanks
• Kulturplatz (2004) as Self
• Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004) as Self (Archival)
• The Route V50 (2004) Director
• Cast & Crew: If.... (2004) as Self - Interviewee
• 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) as Self
• The Deal (2003) Director
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Director
• Forever Ealing (2002) as Self
• Robert Altman in England (2002) as Self
• Liam (2001) Director
• All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2001) as Narrator
• High Fidelity (2000) Director
• Fail Safe (2000) Director
• Alan Clarke: His Own Man (2000) as Self
• The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Director
• Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997) as Narrator
• Beyond Fear (1997) Executive Producer
• Mary Reilly (1996) Director
• The Van (1996) Director
• Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema (1995)
• Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema (1995) Director
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993) as Self
• The Snapper (1993) Director
• Hero (1992) Director
• Director: Alan Clarke (1991)
• The Grifters (1990) Director
• Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Director
• Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988) Director
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) Director
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Director
• Song of Experience (1986) Director
• Hooray For Holyrood (1986) as Self
• Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986) Director of Photography
• Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986) Director
• Screen Two (1985) Director
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Director
• Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (1985) as Self
• The Hit (1984) Director
• December Flower (1984) Director
• The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel (1984) Director
• Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983) Director
• Walter and June (1983) Director
• The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) Director
• Walter (1982) Director
• The Tractor Factor (1982) Director
• Going Gently (1981) Director
• Bloody Kids (1980) Director
• Afternoon Off (1979) Director
• Afternoon Off (1979) Producer
• One Fine Day (1979) Director
• One Fine Day (1979) Producer
• Long Distance Information (1979) Director
• Doris and Doreen (1978) Producer
• Doris and Doreen (1978) Director
• A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978) Director
• Cold Harbour (1978) Director
• Long Shot (1978) as Biscuit Man
• Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) Director
• BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) Director
• Able's Will (1977) Director
• Black Christmas (1977) Director
• Last Summer (1977) Director
• Last Summer (1977) Producer
• Play Things (1976) Director
• Early Struggles (1976) Director
• Sunset Across the Bay (1975) Director
• Three Men in a Boat (1975) Director
• Playhouse (1974) Director
• Match of the Day (1974) Director
• Second City Firsts (1973) Director
• Full House (1972) Director
• A Day Out (1972) Director
• Follyfoot (1971) Director
• Gumshoe (1971) Director
• Incident (1971) as Man
• Play for Today (1970) Director
• Parkin's Patch (1969) Director
• Tom Grattan's War (1968) Director
• The Burning (1968) Director
• Omnibus (1967)
• ITV Playhouse (1967) Director
• Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) Assistant Director
• Wilder & Me Director