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Stephen Frears

Director · 95 credits · 32 in highly-rated films

Best known for Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Frequent collaborators: Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman, Alan Parker

Directed movies (61 total, ranked by score)

  1. One Fine Day

    1979 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, Comedy

    31

  2. Afternoon Off

    1979

    Drama, Romance, TV Movie

    32

  3. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    2013 · ★ 6.3 (41 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    33

  4. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    1987 · ★ 5.5 (22 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    34

  5. Song of Experience

    1986 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    35

  6. Gumshoe

    1971 · ★ 6.3 (40 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Crime

    36

  7. Sunset Across the Bay

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    37

  8. Walter and June

    1983 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    38

  9. Three Men in a Boat

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (15 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    39

  10. Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    1995 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. The Burning

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    41

  12. Mary Reilly

    1996 · ★ 5.8 (343 votes)

    Drama, Horror, Thriller

    42

  13. A Visit from Miss Prothero

    1978

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    43

  14. Early Struggles

    1976

    Drama, TV Movie

    44

  15. Last Summer

    1977 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    45

  16. Bloody Kids

    1980 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    46

  17. The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel

    1984

    Comedy

    47

  18. Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    1978

    Drama, TV Movie

    48

  19. Lay the Favorite

    2012 · ★ 5.2 (253 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    49

  20. The Route V50

    2004 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    50

  21. Henri Langlois vu par...

    2014 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. Walter

    1982 · ★ 5.1 (7 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    52

  23. Saigon: Year of the Cat

    1983 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    53

  24. December Flower

    1984 · ★ 0.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    54

  25. A Day Out

    1972 · ★ 4.8 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    55

  26. Able's Will

    1977

    56

  27. Play Things

    1976

    57

  28. Wilder & Me

    —

    Adventure, Drama

    58

  29. Match of the Day

    1974

    59

  30. Cold Harbour

    1978

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.