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1. Omagh (2004 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama
An examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Stuart Graham
Votes: 1,716
2. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
Votes: 54,611 | Gross: $1.83M
3. Bloody Sunday (2002)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Allan Gildea
Votes: 25,755 | Gross: $0.77M
4. Some Mother's Son (1996)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,992 | Gross: $0.61M
5. The Crying Game (1992)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 60,058 | Gross: $62.55M
6. Hunger (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw
Votes: 73,546 | Gross: $0.15M
7. The Break (1997)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Dowd, who's IRA, escapes an Irish prison in a bloody jailbreak, making his way to New York City where he lives alone, avoids Irish hangouts, and works as a dishwasher. When a good deed gets... See full summary »
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Stephen Rea, Alfred Molina, Rosana Pastor, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 404
8. Anton (2008)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970s Ireland is a radically different place from the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Cantwell | Stars: Gerard McSorley, Anthony Fox, Laura Way, Andy Smith
Votes: 211
9. Divorcing Jack (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Thriller, Comedy
Black romantic comedy set around the troubled "peace process" and its effect on a cynical Belfast hack.
Director: David Caffrey | Stars: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Adam Black, Simon Magill
Votes: 2,173
10. The Informant (1997)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A young I.R.A. member is forced to turn informant on his comrades, when he is caught in an assassination attempt on a judge.
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Anthony Brophy, Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, Maria Lennon
Votes: 675
11. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Votes: 5,713 | Gross: $1.43M
12. The Boxer (1997)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan
Votes: 22,312 | Gross: $5.80M
13. Boxed (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
The IRA, when executing an informer, calls on certain 'tame priests' to secretly provide last rites.
Director: Marion Comer | Stars: Tom Murphy, Darragh Kelly, Catherine Cusack, Brendan Mackey
Votes: 52
14. The Dawning (1988)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard
Votes: 416
15. The Devil's Own (1997)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades
Votes: 71,643 | Gross: $42.87M
16. Fools of Fortune (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory, Frankie McCafferty
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.08M
17. Hennessy (1975)
PG | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hennessy is an Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the I.R.A. After his family is killed he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard
Votes: 863
18. Michael Collins (1996)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart
Votes: 33,752 | Gross: $11.09M
19. Nothing Personal (1995)
R | 86 min | Drama
A raw depiction of the Belfast, Northern Ireland "troubles" as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, this movie focuses on the tribulations of Kenny (James Frain), ... See full summary »
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Ian Hart, John Lynch, James Frain, Michael Gambon
Votes: 530
20. Patriot Games (1992)
R | 117 min | Action, Thriller
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin
Votes: 120,423 | Gross: $83.29M
21. Patriots (1996)
Not Rated | 83 min | Thriller
A true story of an American woman caught up in the struggle for Irish independence.
Director: Frank Kerr | Stars: Linda Amendola, Mark Newell, Aidan Parkinson, Dermott Petty
Votes: 108
22. Resurrection Man (1998)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: David Williamson, Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, George Shane
Votes: 831
23. Shergar (1999)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a young stable boy runs away from reform school, he befriends another fugitive, champion racehorse Shergar, kidnapped by the Irish Republican Army for ransom but now on the loose. Can the lad elude the abductors and rescue the horse?
Director: Dennis C. Lewiston | Stars: Alan Barker, Billy Boyle, Stephen Brennan, Gary Cady
Votes: 510
24. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,891 | Gross: $1.57M
25. When the Sky Falls (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally
Votes: 781
26. Peacefire (2008)
87 min | Drama
A gritty, urban drama, laced with car-crime, political intrigue and a savagely dark sense of humour.
Director: Macdara Vallely | Stars: John Travers, Gerard Jordan, Sean Roberts, Conor MacNeill
Votes: 41
27. A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
88 min | Drama
A brutally realistic drama dealing with the conflict between northern Irish "patriots" and British soldiers.
Director: Milad Bessada | Stars: Barry Foster, Margot Kidder, Sean McCann, Leo Leyden
Votes: 77
28. Hidden Agenda (1990)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Frances McDormand, Maurice Roëves, Robert Patterson, Bernard Bloch
Votes: 4,603 | Gross: $1.03M
29. My Brother's War (1997)
R | 84 min | Action, Thriller
CIA guy and IRA guy reluctantly team up to catch IRA guy's rogue brother.
Director: James Brolin | Stars: Jennie Garth, James Brolin, Patrick Foy, Salvator Xuereb
Votes: 233
30. The Last September (1999)
R | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the heart of a young woman, lies a secret that divides a nation.
Director: Deborah Warner | Stars: Michael Gambon, Tom Hickey, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant
Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.47M
31. Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Martin McGartland joins the I.R.A. and feeds information to Britain's Special Branch Agent Fergus.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press
Votes: 11,608
32. Harry's Game (1982)
180 min | Thriller
A British agent infiltrates the IRA to find an assassin. His wife is unhappy with his work. He befriends an Irish woman while searching for the killer.
Stars: Ray Lonnen, Benjamin Whitrow, Nicholas Day, Geoffrey Chater
Votes: 470
33. Angel (1982)
R | 92 min | Drama, Music
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a non-verbal deaf girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers' leader. So begins his quest to avenge them.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey
Votes: 975
34. Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Mark Ryder
Votes: 13,253 | Gross: $0.01M
35. H3 (2001)
88 min | Drama
A moving insight into the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze prison near Belfast.
Director: Les Blair | Stars: Brendan Mackey, Dean Lennox Kelly, Aidan Campbell, Tony Devlin
Votes: 149
36. Shadow Dancer (2012)
R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Set in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen
Votes: 13,023 | Gross: $0.10M
37. '71 (2014)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 60,150 | Gross: $1.27M
38. Blown Away (1994)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 33,689 | Gross: $30.16M
39. Cal (1984)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, Romance
A young man fraught with guilt longs to defect from the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is drawn to the widow of a slain Protestant policeman but must hide his secret that he was involved in her husband's murder and evade the authorities.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh
Votes: 1,632
40. The Shadow of a Gunman (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Donal Davoren is a poet but the folks in his tenement building think he's an IRA gunman laying low. Donal is content to let them think so, Minnie Powell. Donal and his flatmate Seamus end ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Frank Converse, Brendan Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss, William Glover
Votes: 24
41. Maze (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
Director: Stephen Burke | Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, Martin McCann, Eileen Walsh
Votes: 3,547 | Gross: $0.02M
42. No Stone Unturned (I) (2017)
PG | 111 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre, where six Irishmen were murdered, presumably by a Unionist paramilitary group, while watching the World Cup at the local pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland.
Director: Alex Gibney
Votes: 763
43. The Peacemaker (2016)
90 min | Documentary
An intimate portrait of international peacemaker Padraig O'Malley - who helps make peace for others but struggles to find it for himself.
Director: James Demo
Votes: 56
44. The Journey (III) (2016)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, John Hurt, Freddie Highmore
Votes: 2,064
45. 1916: The Irish Rebellion (2016– )
Documentary, History
Narrated by Liam Neeson, this landmark documentary tells the dramatic story of the events that took place in Dublin during Easter Week 1916, when a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire.
Stars: Joe Mullins, Liam Neeson
Votes: 198
46. In the Name of the Father (1993)
R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King
Votes: 187,097 | Gross: $25.01M
47. The Bombmaker (2001 TV Movie)
180 min | Action
A former IRA bombmaker is forced to resume her craft when her daughter is kidnapped.
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Dervla Kirwan, Mark Womack, Ciara Lyons, David Hunt
Votes: 112
48. I, Dolours (2018)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary about Dolours Price, one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.
Director: Maurice Sweeney | Stars: Lorna Larkin, Lauren Beale, Gail Brady, Frank Cannon
Votes: 314
49. Four Days in July (1984 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A Catholic and a Protestant couple in Northern Ireland have amazing parallels in their lives, despite being either side of the divide.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Brid Brennan, Des McAleer, Paula Hamilton, Charles Lawson
Votes: 350
50. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
R | 200 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Christopher Jones
Votes: 10,682 | Gross: $30.85M
51. The Outsider (1979)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.
Director: Tony Luraschi | Stars: Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien
Votes: 323
52. Hush-a-Bye Baby (1990)
72 min | Romance
A pregnant Irish girl tries to contact her boyfriend in British prison but her letters are not allowed through to him because she writes in Irish.
Director: Margo Harkin | Stars: Emer McCourt, Michael Liebmann, Cathy Casey, Julie Marie Reynolds
Votes: 120
53. Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (2011)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Lelia Doolan | Star: Bernadette Devlin
Votes: 26
54. Titanic Town (1998)
100 min | Drama
A Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds, Nuala O'Neill, James Loughran
Votes: 459 | Gross: $0.06M
55. The Railway Station Man (1992)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A Northern Irish artist, widowed by an IRA bomb, embarks on a new life on the coast with her teenaged son. Romance slowly blossoms when she meets a mysterious American, but then her son gets involved with a violent political group.
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, John Lynch, Frank McCusker
Votes: 315
56. Bad Day for the Cut (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when his mother is murdered.
Director: Chris Baugh | Stars: Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski, Stuart Graham
Votes: 8,734
57. The Silence of the Skylark (2005)
96 min | Drama
Jail is the enlightened improvement over medieval torture, and definitely represents one of the most important steps of Western society in its evolution from absolutism to modern democracy.... See full summary »
Director: David Ballerini | Stars: Ivan Franek, Marco Baliani, Anna Maria Gherardi, Alberto Caneva
Votes: 48
58. A Bend in the River (2020)
85 min | Drama
The story of a writer who returns to Ireland, after spending twenty five years in New York, to confront the ghosts of his past.
Director: Colin Broderick | Stars: John Duddy, Kathy Kiera Clarke, John McConnell, Brendan Broderick
Votes: 139
59. Belfast (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan
Votes: 92,353
60. Rebellion (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 258 min | Drama, History, War
Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Michael Ford-FitzGerald, Jordanne Jones, Brian Gleeson, Jaelynne Wallace Ruane
Votes: 4,541
61. Sunday (2002 TV Movie)
109 min | Drama
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday... See full summary »
Director: Charles McDougall | Stars: Ciarán McMenamin, Barry Mullan, Paul Campbell, Julieann Campbell
Votes: 202
62. Penance (II) (2018)
84 min | Action, Romance
Father Eoin O'Donnell is unambiguous about the need to use violence to force Britain out of Ireland. He influences a young impressionable boy, Antainem to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Collins | Stars: Peter Coonan, Terry Byrne, Barry McGovern, Padhraig Parkinson
Votes: 237
63. Maeve (1981)
110 min | Drama
Maeve (Mary Jackson) returns to Belfast after being away for several years, and she stays in the family home with her sister and father.
Director: Pat Murphy | Stars: Mary Jackson, Mark Mulholland, Brid Brennan, Trudy Kelly
Votes: 214
64. A Belfast Story (2013)
99 min | Crime, Drama
In a city left torn by war, when a series of murders awaken dormant memories, many fear the worst. Colm Meaney ("Hell On Wheels", "Layer Cake", "Con Air") and Malcolm Sinclair ("Casino ... See full summary »
Director: Nathan Todd | Stars: Colm Meaney, Malcolm Sinclair, Tommy O'Neill, Paddy Rocks
Votes: 554
65. Silent Grace (2001)
87 min | Drama
Based on true events, this is the story of a young girl who is caught joyriding and ends up sharing a prison cell with a political prisoner: a high ranking IRA woman.
Director: Maeve Murphy | Stars: Orla Brady, Cathleen Bradley, Cara Seymour, Dawn Bradfield
Votes: 75
66. No Saints for Sinners (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Crime
Mickey O'Hara is a committed IRA member but his days of freedom fighting are long gone, leaving him peddling drugs and disenchanted with "the cause.
Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Ricky Crawford, Marty Maguire, Kate Tomlinson, Collin Sutton
Votes: 386
67. The Violent Enemy (1967)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Irish terrorist breaks out of prison, and heads back to Ireland intending to blow up an electronics factory
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire, Ed Begley, Noel Purcell
Votes: 116
68. Mother's Day (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
Focuses on two women living on either side of the Irish Sea, and how they are brought together in the wake of the Warrington bombing of March 1993.
Director: Fergus O'Brien | Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Vicky McClure, Daniel Mays, Simone Kirby
Votes: 388
69. The Troubles: A Dublin Story (2022)
93 min | Crime, Drama
Two young Dublin brothers must navigate loyalty, honour and the dangerous world of republicanism as they fuel the Northern war machine - by any means necessary.
Director: Luke Hanlon | Stars: Ray Malone, Adam Redmond, Wayne Byrne, William Delaney
Votes: 78
70. Rose's War (2023)
98 min | Thriller
Based on the life of Rose Dugdale, a former debutante who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing, becoming a volunteer in the militant Irish republican organization, the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Directors: Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | Stars: Imogen Poots, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Lewis Brophy, Jack Meade
Votes: 188
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