Stephen Frears — Director (24)
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Prick Up Your Ears (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Prick Up Your Ears
director: Stephen Frears actor: Gary Oldman / Alfred Molina …
other title: Prick Up - L'importanza di essere Joe / Ábrete de orejas …
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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Bloody Kids (1980) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bloody Kids
director: Stephen Frears actor: Derrick O'Connor / Gary Holton …
other title: Blutige Streiche / Chicos sangrientos
Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.
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The Hi-Lo Country (1998) [Movie] KevGa-NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Hi-Lo Country
director: Stephen Frears actor: Billy Crudup / Woody Harrelson …
other title: Hi-Lo Country - Im Land der letzten Cowboys / Hi-Lo Country …
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
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Wilder & Me (2030) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb
Wilder & Me
director: Stephen Frears actor: Maya Hawke / Christoph Waltz …
Part coming-of-age story, part true-life portrait of the beloved Billy Wilder, the film is set during the summer of 1977, when an innocent young woman begins working for the famed director and his screenwriter Iz Diamond on a Greek island during the filming of Fedora.
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Hero (1992) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Hero
director: Stephen Frears actor: Dustin Hoffman / Geena Davis …
other title: Eroe per caso / Den forkerte helt …
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
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The Hit (1984) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Hit
director: Stephen Frears actor: John Hurt / Terence Stamp …
other title: Vendetta / O Traidor …
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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Tamara Drewe (2010) [Movie] TMDB
Tamara Drewe
director: Stephen Frears actor: Gemma Arterton / Roger Allam …
other title: Tamara Drewe - Tradimenti all'inglese / Immer Drama um Tamara
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
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Victoria & Abdul (2017) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Victoria & Abdul
director: Stephen Frears actor: Judi Dench / Ali Fazal …
other title: Vittoria e Abdul / Vitória & Abdul …
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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State of the Union Season 2 (2022) [TV] Douban TMDB
State of the Union Season 2 part of TV Series: State of the Union
director: Stephen Frears actor: Brendan Gleeson / Patricia Clarkson …
In season two, liberal campaigning Ellen drags her traditional, self-made husband Scott out of his comfort zone and into a hipster Connecticut coffee shop, where they have 10 minutes before their marriage counseling session to drink a coffee, gather their thoughts and argue about everything from Quakerism to pronouns. Amongst the bickering they also discuss betrayals from their past, how they're changing as people, and what the future of their relationship might look like in a changing world.
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High Fidelity (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
High Fidelity
director: Stephen Frears actor: John Cusack / Iben Hjejle …
other title: Alta Fedeltà / Alta Fidelidade …
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".
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The Grifters (1990) [Movie] TMDB
The Grifters
director: Stephen Frears actor: Anjelica Huston / John Cusack …
other title: Rischiose abitudini / Os Imorais …
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
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Chéri (2009) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb
Chéri
director: Stephen Frears actor: Michelle Pfeiffer / Kathy Bates …
other title: Cheri / Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.