Stephen Frears: movies and TV shows
Stephen Frears has 145 credits in the archive: 116 films and 29 TV series, from 1966 to 2026. Highest rated: The Comic Strip Presents... (7.4/10).
Career timeline
1966 – 2026 · busiest year: 1978 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything | Film | — | 85 | |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie | TV | 7.2 | 84 | |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie | TV | 7.2 | 84 | |
| 2025 | Innes Lloyd: The Producer | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie | Film | 6.0 | 84 | |
| 2025 | Brian and Maggie | TV | 6.0 | 84 | |
| 2024 | The Regime | TV | 6.1 | 83 | |
| 2024 | The Regime | TV | 6.1 | 83 | |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | Film | 6.0 | 83 |
| 2023 | The Rise of the Comic Strip | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 2022 | The Lost King | Film | 6.5 | 81 | |
| 2022 | Reel Britannia | Self | TV | 8.5 | 81 |
| 2022 | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel | Self | Film | 7.3 | 81 |
| 2021 | Back to Barrytown | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2021 | Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2020 | Quiz | TV | 6.9 | 79 | |
| 2020 | Quiz | TV | 6.9 | 79 | |
| 2020 | In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat | Self | Film | 2.0 | 79 |
| 2019 | State of the Union | TV | 6.9 | 78 | |
| 2019 | State of the Union | TV | 6.9 | 78 | |
| 2019 | The Loudest Voice | TV | 7.4 | 78 | |
| 2019 | Revisiting The Man in the White Suit | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2019 | Memories of Lindsay Anderson | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | TV | 7.1 | 77 | |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | TV | 7.1 | 77 | |
| 2018 | Who Killed British Cinema? | Self | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2018 | She's French | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2018 | Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Film | 6.9 | 76 | |
| 2017 | Il était une fois... « The Queen » | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Film | 6.7 | 75 | |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Film | 6.7 | 75 | |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2015 | The Program | Film | 6.4 | 74 | |
| 2015 | French Cinema Mon Amour | Self | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 2015 | Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2014 | Night Will Fall | Film | 7.6 | 73 | |
| 2014 | Night Will Fall | Film | 7.6 | 73 | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self | Film | 4.0 | 73 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Film | 4.0 | 73 | |
| 2013 | Philomena | Film | 7.3 | 72 | |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Film | 5.2 | 71 | |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | Film | 5.0 | 71 | |
| 2012 | My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2011 | Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood | Self | Film | 1.0 | 70 |
| 2010 | Tamara Drewe | Film | 5.9 | 69 | |
| 2010 | Heavy Rain | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2009 | Chéri | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2009 | Chéri | Film | 6.1 | 68 | |
| 2009 | Great Directors | Self | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2009 | Jean Charles | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Queen' | Self | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 2007 | Here’s Looking at You, Boy | Self | Film | 4.8 | 66 |
| 2006 | Great British Menu | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2006 | The Queen | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Film | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 2005 | Michael Powell | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Film | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2005 | Eletrodoméstica | Film | 6.4 | 64 | |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2004 | Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? | Self (Archival) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2004 | The Route V50 | Film | 5.7 | 63 | |
| 2004 | Cast & Crew: If.... | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 63 |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self | Film | 3.5 | 62 |
| 2003 | The Deal | Film | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2002 | Robert Altman in England | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2001 | Liam | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 2001 | All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Film | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 2000 | Alan Clarke: His Own Man | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Film | 6.1 | 57 | |
| 1997 | Howard Hawks: American Artist | Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1997 | Beyond Fear | Film | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Film | 5.8 | 55 | |
| 1996 | The Van | Film | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema | Film | 7.3 | 54 | |
| 1995 | Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema | Film | 7.3 | 54 | |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1993 | The Snapper | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1992 | Hero | Film | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1991 | Director: Alan Clarke | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1988 | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Film | 5.7 | 46 | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Film | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1986 | Song of Experience | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1986 | Hooray For Holyrood | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | TV | 7.1 | 44 | |
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1985 | Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1984 | The Hit | Film | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1984 | December Flower | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1984 | The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Film | 5.3 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Walter and June | Film | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | TV | 7.4 | 41 | |
| 1982 | Walter | Film | 5.9 | 41 | |
| 1982 | The Tractor Factor | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1981 | Going Gently | Film | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1980 | Bloody Kids | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1979 | One Fine Day | Film | 5.3 | 38 | |
| 1979 | One Fine Day | Film | 5.3 | 38 | |
| 1979 | Long Distance Information | Film | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1978 | Doris and Doreen | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1978 | Doris and Doreen | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1978 | A Visit from Miss Prothero | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1978 | Cold Harbour | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1978 | Long Shot | Biscuit Man | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Able's Will | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1977 | Black Christmas | Film | 5.0 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Last Summer | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Last Summer | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1976 | Play Things | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1976 | Early Struggles | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Sunset Across the Bay | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1975 | Three Men in a Boat | Film | 6.1 | 34 | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1974 | Match of the Day | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | TV | — | 32 | |
| 1972 | Full House | TV | — | 31 | |
| 1972 | A Day Out | Film | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1971 | Follyfoot | TV | 6.3 | 30 | |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | Film | 6.2 | 30 | |
| 1971 | Incident | Man | Film | — | 30 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1969 | Parkin's Patch | TV | — | 28 | |
| 1968 | Tom Grattan's War | TV | — | 27 | |
| 1968 | The Burning | Film | 8.0 | 27 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 26 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1966 | Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment | Film | 6.3 | 25 | |
| Wilder & Me | Film | — | — |