History of Movies.

Stephen Frears

5.88body-of-work score · ranked #162 of 1774 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1The Queen20063.33
  2. 2Dangerous Liaisons19880.90
  3. 3Philomena20130.90
  4. 4My Beautiful Laundrette19850.43
  5. 5The Hit19840.16
  6. 6The Grifters19900.16