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Stephen Frears

British film director and producer (born 1941)

6.64body-of-work score · ranked #157 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
June 20, 1941 · Leicester
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
actor, film director, film producer, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Stephen Frears
Andriy Makukha (Amakuha) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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. 1
    The QueenMust-See #295

    2006 · United Kingdom / France / Italy · biography, drama, documentary

    BAFTA Best Film winner 2007 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2006 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2007 #4

    2.274 citations
  2. 2
    The Snapper

    1993 · United Kingdom / Ireland · comedy, drama

    TIFF People's Choice winner 1993

    0.751 citation
  3. 3
    Dangerous Liaisons

    1988 · United States / United Kingdom · romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1988 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  4. 4
    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985 · United Kingdom / Australia · comedy, romance, drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #50 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #767

    0.593 citations
  5. 5
    The Grifters

    1990 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1990 #4 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1246

    0.543 citations
  6. 6
    Philomena

    2013 · United Kingdom / France / United States · drama, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2013

    0.451 citation
  7. 7
    Prick Up Your Ears

    1987 · United Kingdom · biography, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1987 #6 · Siskel's annual top 10 1987 #8 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.453 citations
  8. 8
    High Fidelity

    2000 · United States / United Kingdom · comedy, romance, drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #446 · Ebert's annual top 10 2000 #7

    0.342 citations
  9. 9
    The Hit

    1984 · United Kingdom · crime, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #469 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  10. 10
    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002 · United Kingdom · thriller, drama, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #23

    0.221 citation
  11. 11
    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    1987 · United Kingdom / Australia · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1987 #11

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 39 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.