List of the best Stephen Frears movies: The Snapper(1993), Philomena(2013), Dangerous Liaisons(1988), High Fidelity(2000), Prick Up Your Ears(1987), Dirty Pretty Things(2002), Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005), Florence Foster Jenkins(2016), My Beautiful Laundrette(1985), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight(2013), Victoria & Abdul(2017), The Program(2015) ... ...
7.6/10
Comedy
Ireland
1993
94 Minutes
Director
Colm Meaney Tina Kellegher Ruth McCabe Fionnuala Murphy Patricia Laffan Deirdre O'Brien Karen Woodley
daughter mother father brother sister brash gutsy intense raw family home ireland small town illegitimate child pregnancy catholicism rumors growing up transformation 1990s
20 year old Irish girl Sharon Curly lives at home with her large family. But notoriety in her neighbourhood suddenly arrives when, after a night out on the town, she becomes pregnant and refuses to divulge the identity of the baby's father.
7.6/10
Drama
UK|USA|France
2013
97 Minutes
Director
Judi Dench Steve Coogan Michelle Fairley Barbara Jefford Anna Maxwell Martin Mare Winningham Sophie Kennedy Clark Peter Hermann Ruth McCabe
pregnant teen television reporter adopted son nun irishwoman emotional gripping heartwarming ireland convent united states city town adoption teen pregnancy search friendship discovery love quest
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
7.6/10
Drama
USA|UK
1988
120 Minutes
Director
Glenn Close John Malkovich Michelle Pfeiffer Swoosie Kurtz Keanu Reeves Mildred Natwick Uma Thurman Peter Capaldi
aristocrat aristocratic lady ingénue teacher lover confident intricate passionate royal court france mansion gossip deception romance royal life social standing revenge quest forbidden love 18th century
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
7.5/10
Romance
UK|USA
2000
113 Minutes
Director
John Cusack Iben Hjejle Todd Louiso Jack Black Lisa Bonet Catherine Zeta-Jones Joan Cusack Tim Robbins Chris Rehmann Ben Carr Lili Taylor
owner girlfriend customer ex-girlfriend amusing witty record store chicago funeral music business love loss midlife crisis love growing up 2000s
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
7.3/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography
UK
1987
108 Minutes
Director
Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Vanessa Redgrave Wallace Shawn Julie Walters James Grant Frances Barber Lindsay Duncan Janet Dale Dave Atkins
playwright lover agent psychiatrist joe orton dark intense england london brighton, england sussex, england bathhouse love homosexuality obsession jealousy writing forbidden love fall 1960s
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2002
94 Minutes
Director
Chiwetel Ejiofor Audrey Tautou Sergi López Sophie Okonedo Benedict Wong Sotigui Kouyaté Abi Gouhad Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jeffery Kissoon Darrell D'Silva
immigrant prostitute refugee manager doctor creepy disheartening thrilling hotel london basement street crime drugs human rights immigration sex black market escape mystery
Illegal immigrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2005
103 Minutes
Director
Judi Dench Bob Hoskins Will Young Kelly Reilly Thelma Barlow Christopher Guest Anna Brewster Rosalind Halstead Sarah Solemani Natalia Tena Doraly Rosen
theater owner theatrical producer actress pregnant woman soldier widow amusing inspiring moving london theater world war i blitz of london bravery performance competition sacrifice transformation 1940s
Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
6.8/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama, Music
UK|France
2016
110 Minutes
Director
Meryl Streep Hugh Grant Simon Helberg Rebecca Ferguson Nina Arianda David Haig John Kavanagh Christian McKay John Sessions Mark Arnold Neve Gachev
socialite husband opera singer teacher record label owner family member charming emotional uplifting new york city recording studio carnegie hall mansion apartment car ambition singing reality determination performance
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
6.8/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1985
97 Minutes
Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Gordon Warnecke Saeed Jaffrey Roshan Seth Derrick Branche Shirley Anne Field Rita Wolf Souad Faress
journalist entrepreneur punk drug dealer uneasy engaging laundromat london household immigration homosexuality small business drug trafficking rise love 1980s
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
6.8/10
Drama, History
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Director
Christopher Plummer Benjamin Walker Frank Langella Danny Glover Ed Begley Jr. Barry Levinson Peter Gerety Pablo Schreiber
Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.
6.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2017
110 Minutes
Director
Judi Dench Ali Fazal Michael Gambon Olivia Williams Eddie Izzard Simon Callow Tim Pigott-Smith Adeel Akhtar Fenella Woolgar Julian Wadham Deano Bugatti
clerk queen friend servant emotional inspiring uplifting positive london india palace street car royalty unlikely friendship humanity life lessons adventure discovery love
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
6.5/10
Drama, Biography
UK|USA|France
2015
103 Minutes
Director
Ben Foster Chris O'Dowd Guillaume Canet Jesse Plemons Lee Pace Denis Menochet Dustin Hoffman Elaine Cassidy Edward Hogg
sports reporter cyclist unrestrained tense spirited rousing frenetic france suspicion scandal competition desire endurance temptation rivalry fall 2010s
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
88 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Billie Whitelaw Frank Finlay Janice Rule Carolyn Seymour Fulton Mackay
detective brother client smuggler offbeat witty bleak suspenseful liverpool, england nightclub crime impersonation murder bribery transformation mystery adventure 1970s
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
6.2/10
Comedy
UK
2010
110 Minutes
Director
Gemma Arterton Roger Allam Dominic Cooper Luke Evans Tamsin Greig Jessica Barden Charlotte Christie John Bett James Naughtie Josie Taylor Bronagh Gallagher
journalist writer handyman teacher love interest drummer amusing melodramatic playful england small town infatuation infidelity transformation writing small-town life cosmetic surgery love temptation rivalry
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
4.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA|UK|France
2012
94 Minutes
Director
Bruce Willis Rebecca Hall Catherine Zeta-Jones Vince Vaughn Joshua Jackson Laura Prepon Frank Grillo Wayne Péré John Carroll Lynch Corbin Bernsen
Ex-private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. Sparks fly as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy--much to the ire of Dink's wife, Tulip.
4.5/10
Drama
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Director
Michael Sheen David Morrissey Frank Kelly Elizabeth Berrington Paul Rhys Dexter Fletcher Glenna Morrison Matt Blair
tony blair gordon brown political candidate parliament member prime minister leader engaging intricate tense london restaurant office parliament england politics friendship rise to power changing times pact campaigning
The unthinkable strikes when the advanced MRI scanner within a hospital forces Dr. Colleen O'Brian to choose between her superiors and a desperate father who has lost a child to the scanner before the it claims its next victim.
Mystery & Thriller
2000
97 Minutes
Director
George Clooney Noah Wyle Richard Dreyfuss Hank Azaria Brian Dennehy Harvey Keitel Don Cheadle James Cromwell Sam Elliott John Diehl Norman Lloyd
general colonel president translator pilot gripping tense omaha, neb. arctic moscow pentagon white house nuclear war cold war difficult decision international conflict military rivalry rescue 1960s
An Air Force bomber pilot (George Clooney) receives erroneous orders to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Comedy, Drama
1996
105 Minutes
Director
Colm Meaney Donal O'Kelly Ger Ryan Caroline Rothwell Neili Conroy Ruaidhri Conroy Brendan O'Carroll Stuart Dunne
cook best friend wife inspector son daughter engaging amusing dublin van parking lot family home bakery friendship business unemployment argument reconciliation cooking adventure
Unemployed pals (Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly) experience success and strained relations after turning an abandoned van into a fast-food stand for sporting events.
Comedy
2019
Minutes
Director
Chris O'Dowd Rosamund Pike Elliot Levey Aisling Bea Sope Dirisu Laura Cubbitt
A recently estranged couple meet in a pub before their weekly marital therapy sessions.
5.8/10
Drama
UK
1978
85 Minutes
Charles Gormley Neville Smith Ann Zelda David Stone Suzanne Danielle Ron Taylor Wim Wenders Stephen Frears
Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking.
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