Stephen Frears Movies

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When...

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what...

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in...

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.

Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip.

Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell,...

As a traveler searches for a place called Confidence, he keeps running into other versions of himself.

Documentary on the history of gay and lesbian film.

A brand new feature-length documentary on the film’s production, including new interviews with director Stephen Frears, director of photography...

The tragic true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by British police in 2005 at the height of the London terrorist...

Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British...

Newly widowed Etta visits her beloved Aunt M and discovers her bedridden and listless. Etta's struggle to restore her aunt's dignity and cheer brings...

Two alcoholic escorts suddenly find themselves involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer.

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the...

Documentary about Hans Zimmer.

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.