Want to know the best Stephen Frears movies? How about the worst Stephen Frears movies? Curious about Stephen Frears box office grosses or which Stephen Frears movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Stephen Frears movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Stephen Frears (1941-) is an Oscar® nominated British director. Frears has received two Best Director Oscar nominations. His IMDb page shows over 71 directing credits since 1968. This page will rank Stephen Frears movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Stephen Frears Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons (1988) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2006 | The Queen (2006) AA Best Director Nom |
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| 2013 | Philomena (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2000 | High Fidelity (2000) | |
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| 1990 | The Grifters (1990) | |
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| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) |  |
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| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things (2002) | |
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| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) | |
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| 2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) |  |
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| 1992 | Hero (1992) | |
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| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears (1987) | |
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| 1984 | The Hit (1984) | |
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| 2017 | Victoria and Abdul (2017) | |
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| 2000 | Liam (2000) | |
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| 2023 | The Lost King (2023) | |
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| 1996 | The Van (1996) Director |
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| 2009 | Chéri (2009) | |
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| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) | |
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| 2016 | The Program (2016) | |
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| 2010 | Tamara Drewe (2010) | |
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| 1971 | Gumshoe (1971) | |
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| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country (1998) |  |
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| 1996 | Mary Reilly (1996) |  |
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| 2012 | Lay the Favorite (2012) |  |
Stephen Frears Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Stephen Frears movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Stephen Frears movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Stephen Frears movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Stephen Frears movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Stephen Frears movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Stephen Frears movie won.
- Sort Stephen Frears movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Dangerous Liaisons (1988) AA Best Picture Nom |
Glenn Close & John Malkovich |
34.70 | 99.1 | 99.10 | 31 | 84 | 07 / 03 | 94.0 | |
| 2 | The Queen (2006) AA Best Director Nom |
Helen Mirren | 56.40 | 100.8 | 220.30 | 57 | 87 | 06 / 01 | 91.8 | |
| 3 | Philomena (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Judi Dench & Steve Coogan |
37.70 | 54.5 | 144.70 | 79 | 86 | 04 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 4 | High Fidelity (2000) | John Cusack & Jack Black |
27.30 | 59.5 | 104.40 | 85 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 5 | The Grifters (1990) | Anjelica Huston & John Cusack |
13.40 | 37.4 | 37.40 | 87 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 6 | Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) | Meryl Streep & Hugh Grant |
27.40 | 37.2 | 66.40 | 98 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 7 | Dirty Pretty Things (2002) | Chiwetel Ejiofor & Audrey Tautou |
8.10 | 16.4 | 16.40 | 148 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 8 | My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) | Saeed Jaffrey & Roshan Seth |
2.50 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 137 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 9 | Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) | Judi Dench & Bob Hoskins |
11.00 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 146 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 10 | Hero (1992) | Dustin Hoffman & Geena Davis |
19.50 | 55.2 | 55.20 | 67 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 11 | Prick Up Your Ears (1987) | Gary Oldman & Alfred Molina |
1.70 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 149 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 12 | The Hit (1984) | Freddie Stuart & Ralph Brown |
0.90 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 160 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 13 | Victoria and Abdul (2017) | Judi Dench | 22.20 | 29.1 | 85.70 | 93 | 68 | 02 / 00 | 64.2 | |
| 14 | Liam (2000) | Anthony Borrows & Ian Hart |
1.00 | 2.2 | 2.20 | 189 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 15 | The Lost King (2023) | Sally Hawkins | 1.20 | 1.3 | 4.70 | 153 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 17 | The Van (1996) Director |
Colm Meaney | 0.70 | 1.9 | 1.90 | 205 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 18 | Chéri (2009) | Michelle Pfeiffer & Rupert Friend |
2.70 | 4.3 | 14.70 | 172 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 19 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) | Shashi Kapoor & Claire Bloom |
1.20 | 3.6 | 3.60 | 162 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 46.0 | |
| 20 | The Program (2016) | Ben Foster & Dustin Hoffman |
0.10 | 0.1 | 4.60 | 349 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 45.8 | |
| 21 | Tamara Drewe (2010) | Gemma Arterton & Luke Evans |
0.60 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 198 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.3 | |
| 22 | Gumshoe (1971) | Albert Finney | 1.70 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 132 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | |
| 23 | The Hi-Lo Country (1998) | Billy Crudup & Woody Harrelson |
0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 231 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.5 | |
| 24 | Mary Reilly (1996) | Julia Roberts & John Malkovich |
5.70 | 15.2 | 32.90 | 145 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 11.7 | |
| 25 | Lay the Favorite (2012) | Rebecca Hall & Bruce Willis |
0.20 | 0.3 | 1.90 | 242 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.3 |
Stephen Frears Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| The Queen (2006) AA Best Director Nom |
Helen Mirren | 220.30 | |
| Philomena (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Judi Dench & Steve Coogan |
144.70 | |
| High Fidelity (2000) | John Cusack & Jack Black |
104.40 | |
| Victoria and Abdul (2017) | Judi Dench | 85.70 | |
| Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) | Meryl Streep & Hugh Grant |
66.40 | |
| Mary Reilly (1996) | Julia Roberts & John Malkovich |
32.90 | |
| Chéri (2009) | Michelle Pfeiffer & Rupert Friend |
14.70 | |
| The Lost King (2023) | Sally Hawkins | 4.70 | |
| The Program (2016) | Ben Foster & Dustin Hoffman |
4.60 | |
| Lay the Favorite (2012) | Rebecca Hall & Bruce Willis |
1.90 |
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