Irish Films
My listing and some of the best and not so best films made in Ireland.
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- DirectorDudi AppletonStarsKris MarshallKathy Kiera ClarkeBronagh GallagherThe most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand.
- DirectorArthur DreifussStarsPatrick McGoohanSylvia SymsWalter MackenIn Ireland, a newly hired prison guard has to deal with the realities of prison work and to face the grim issue of death-row executions.
- DirectorDarragh ByrneStarsColin MorganColm MeaneyMilka AhlrothFred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsMartin SheenStephen ReaTrystan GravelleA small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsTom MurphyMark O'HalloranGavin Dowdall2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.
- StarsElisabeth Dermot WalshLiam CunninghamEleanor MethvenAfter a casual fling with an actor, a 1930s Irish woman becomes pregnant and avoids the stigma of raising a bastard child by marrying a boring older man.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsColin FarrellAlicja BachledaDervla KirwanAn Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
- DirectorBob QuinnStarsCyril CusackDonal McCannNiall ToibinA poitín maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsBrendan GleesonAdrian DunbarSean McGinleyThe real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsGabriel ByrneCillian MurphyMichael McElhattonA gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
- DirectorAisling WalshStarsAidan QuinnIain GlenMarc WarrenThe true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
- DirectorConor McPhersonStarsCiarán HindsIben HjejleAidan QuinnIn a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsJosslyn DeCrostaErica RhodesDavid LombardAn American family visiting their Irish roots accidentally stumbles on a horde of bloodthirsty mutant children.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCameron DiazDaniel Day-LewisIn 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
- DirectorIan PowerStarsDemián BichirKerry CondonJames CosmoThe citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.
- DirectorPaul FraserStarsTim CreedPaul CourtneyTj GriffinSet over Halloween weekend of 1987, My Brothers is the story of three young brothers' epic quest to replace their dying father's watch: Noel, 17, serious, weighed down by responsibility; Paudie, 11, cocky, not so bright, and dreaming of playing in goals for Liverpool; and Scwally, 7, naive, and obsessed with Star Wars (despite having never actually seen the films). Using a battered bread van, the brothers embark on a journey across the wild Irish landscape on Halloween weekend, grinding gears and screaming at one another to get to an arcade machine in Ballybunion. Along the way they are detoured by escalating brotherly battles in an offbeat, moving journey that can only lead them home.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsDylan MoranMark DohertyKeith AllenA broke, jobless actor and a broke, jobless screenwriter set out to make a movie and then find that life starts imitating art.
- DirectorJohn McIlduffStarsAoife DuffinNigel O'NeillShaun Paul McGrathBehold the Lamb is darkly comic road movie that follows Eddie, a fifty year old overweight and depressed accountant and Liz, a young tearaway as they travel across Northern Ireland to pick up a lamb.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsGlen HansardMarkéta IrglováHugh WalshA modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
- DirectorTom HallStarsArdal O'HanlonEwen BremnerOwen RoeTwo Irishmen are heavily in debt and need a lot of money quickly. They come up with the idea to open a Famine theme park.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsEileen WalshDorothy DuffyNora-Jane NooneThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.Brilliant film about the life of a prisoner to the Catholic reform schools in Ireland.
- DirectorSteph GreenStarsMaxine PeakeEdward MacLiamWill ForteAn American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonChris O'DowdKelly ReillyAfter he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsKelly ThorntonFionnula FlanaganPat ShorttTells the story of a family as they search for a lost fortune around the streets of Dublin.
- DirectorIan PowerStarsPeter CoonanOrla FitzgeraldMorgan C. JonesOn the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system. 'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
- DirectorKonrad BeggStarsJames CosmoSean MaguirePatrick BerginSean O'Malley, a struggling Irish musician writes an album for the love of his life in an attempt to redeem himself, with the help and hindrance of his misfit band mates.
- DirectorPaul KennedyStarsKevin KeenanCiarán McMenaminShauna MacdonaldAfter his best-selling novel exposes the private lives of his closest friends, Jack Kelly returns home to put right some of the wrongs which included breaking up his best friend's marriage. It won't be easy as his friends won't forget - or forgive!
- DirectorStephen BradleyStarsDeirdre O'KaneSarah GreeneGloria Cramer CurtisChristina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
- DirectorTerry McMahonStarsKerry FoxMoe DunfordPhilip JacksonWhen a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
- DirectorNiall HeeryStarsJames NesbittMaisie WilliamsDavid WilmotAn offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.
- DirectorLisa MulcahyStarsLucy MortonThekla ReutenFiona GlascottA young girl moves from New York to a mythical village in Ireland.
- StarsJohn FinnOwen McDonnellPól Ó GriofaA lifeboat crew discovers millions of euros worth of drugs on a fishing boat off the coast of Ireland.
- DirectorRob BurkeRonan BurkeStarsJessica ParéBrian GleesonStanley TownsendTwentysomething Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It's there he comes face to face with first love Alice (Paré), stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did, and they haven't spoken since. Seizing his chance, Alan convinces a reluctant Alice to stay one more night in Dublin. Over the course of an unforgettable evening, they might just realise that they are more compatible than ever. But time is running out on this brief encounter. When does an unexpected second chance, become the one you've always been wanting?
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsSaoirse RonanEmory CohenDomhnall GleesonAn Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
- DirectorUrszula AntoniakStarsLotte VerbeekStephen ReaTom CharlfaAlone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
- DirectorMark NoonanStarsLauren KinsellaAidan GillenNiamh ShawAfter her mother's death, Stacey (Lauren Kinsella) moves with her Uncle Will (Aiden Gillen) to a remote region in the Irish midlands. As the two cautiously get to know each other, they must deal with the dark shadows of the past. An astute character-driven study on the need to regain footing and let go, told with a good dose of Irish humor.
- DirectorKirk JonesStarsIan BannenDavid KellyFionnula FlanaganWhen a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsPat ShorttJohn KeoghGeorge CostiganA tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer.
- DirectorSimon FitzmauriceStarsEvanna LynchGeorge WebsterMichael SmileyOn her 16th birthday, Emily runs away from her foster home and, with the help of her new friend Arden, sets out on a road trip to break her father out of a psychiatric institution.
- CreatorDathaí KeaneStarsOwen McDonnellDara DevaneySeán T. Ó MeallaighThe story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890's in the hope of striking it rich.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsColm MeaneyTina KellegherRuth McCabe20 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.
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonDon CheadleMark StrongAn unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsGabriel ByrneEllen BarkinCiarán FitzgeraldGrandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsFerdia Walsh-PeeloAidan GillenMaria Doyle KennedyA young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.
- DirectorPeter FoottStarsAlex MurphyChris WalleyHilary RoseTwo teenage boys cycle 160km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
- DirectorDarren ThorntonStarsSeána KerslakeCarolyn BrackenDenise McCormackA woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.
- DirectorMaurice O'CarrollStarsNiall MurphyCiaran BerminghamTom LawlorHapless wedding videographers Wacker and Tony find themselves unexpectedly dealing with a dead body, overly-enthusiastic Gardaí, fertility treatment, and a vengeful gangster - oh, and an imminent wedding."
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsPierce BrosnanJulianna MarguliesAidan QuinnDesmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. As he's unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages; when he finds a job, he tries to get his kids back.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsDonal McCannSaskia ReevesCiarán HindsAt the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
- StarsJoe McGannMark McGannPaul McGannThe four brothers of the Phelan family battle to save their farm and their family from the ravages of the Irish Potato Famine in 1846, and from an English land agent who takes a dislike to them.
- DirectorPaul QuinnStarsAidan QuinnJames CaanJacob TierneyA middle-aged teacher discovers photos from his mother's past that convinces him that she has not told the truth about his real father. Venturing into Ireland where he believes his real father to be, a past romance slowly unfolds.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsElaine CassidyCillian MurphySarah GallagherPig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley ManvilleSet in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
- DirectorMark O'ConnorStarsJohn ConnorsFionn Ó LoingsighKierston WareingA group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
- DirectorAoife McArdleStarsAnn SkellyRyan LincolnLalor Roddy17 year old Candice longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
- DirectorAlan MulliganStarsLaurence O'FuarainSarah CarrollAlly Ni ChiarainJames is a banker at the tail-end of the recession. A family tragedy caused by his employer makes him take action. But a mysterious co-worker Alison has her own agenda - a look at modern-day greed and desire.
- DirectorGerard WalshStarsAndie McCaffrey ByrneDessie ByrneJohn ConnorsAndrew is a former boxer, sent down for armed robbery for 8 years. When he returns home he finds that MMA has taken over and boxing has been left behind, so he decides to try it out. Just as he is starting to reform and find an outlet to keep him away from crime, his past comes back to jeopardise his new life.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsHugo WeavingJames FrechevilleStephen ReaSet in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
- DirectorLiam O MochainStarsLiam O MochainNorma SheahanBrendan ConroySeven interconnecting stories set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station.
- DirectorColin BroderickStarsEden BrolinCraig WalkerRoberta WallachA hard partying crew of Irish construction workers in the Bronx reach the end of the line.
- DirectorCarmel WintersStarsHazel DoupeDara DevaneyJohnny CollinsFrom the producers of "Once" and "Sing Street", "Float Like a Butterfly" is a powerful, timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of the classic film "Billy Elliott," 15-year-old Frances must fight for the right to fight back. Raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland, Frances wants to champion her people inside the boxing ring and out, like her idol Muhammad Ali. But society is determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life. And her father, once her greatest ally, is too defeated himself to imagine anything better for his daughter. But Frances was not born to be broken. In the mother of all fights, she must dig deep to find in herself the Champion her father once knew her to be.
- DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsSarah GreeneMolly McCannDarragh MckenzieThe story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
- DirectorConor McMahonStarsRoss NobleTommy KnightEoghan McQuinnA clown comes back from the dead to haunt those who took his life during a fatal party mishap.
- DirectorMike AhernEnda LoughmanStarsMaeve HigginsBarry WardWill ForteRose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.
- DirectorFrank BerryStarsDafhyd FlynnLalor RoddyMoe DunfordAn 18 year old man living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather, is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to 3 months in prison.
- DirectorDave TynanStarsCalum JessMalcolm DenbyEmmet KirwanOver a drug-fuelled weekend in Dublin, Jason reconnects with his estranged brother, a recovering addict living on the streets.
- DirectorJohnny GoganStarsJane McGrathKillian ScottDermot MurphyA story of youthful misadventure set against the backdrop of a lawless border terrain during the last gasps of the Irish boom.
- DirectorJoe ComerfordStarsIan McElhinneyCarol MooreSean LawlorReefer, a former IRA man in Galway; his friends Spider and Badger; and the pregnant Teresa "the Model", who abandoned a life of drugs and prostitution, become involved armed robbery of a post office and are pursued by the Gardaí.
- DirectorLee CroninStarsSeána KerslakeJames Quinn MarkeyKati OutinenA single mother living in the Irish countryside with her son begins to suspect he may not be her son at all, and fears his increasingly disturbing behavior is linked to a mysterious sinkhole in the forest behind their house.
- DirectorTom SullivanStarsDónall Ó HéalaiSaise QuinnDara DevaneyIreland, 1845. As the famine progresses, a fisherman unable to protect his family is subsumed by darkness until a helpless little girl saves him from despair.
- DirectorPhil SheerinStarsAnson BoonCharlie MurphyEmma MackeyWhen Holly's dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
- DirectorSam UhlemannStarsAoibhinn McGinnitySean MahonMuireann RyanThe Keenans are a well-respected family. Silently they have kept their secrets and watched the family fall apart over the recent years. Among others, they have watched their daughter Carrie's alcohol problems getting worse and worse, up to an extent where she is unable to live without it. In an attempt to try and take over the business, Carrie tries to blackmail Derek, her father, into signing over control of his business. Resenting her family, she threatens to publish damaging information about Derek involving corrupt cash payments if he does not give her what she wants. Wanting to protect his political career, and to get his daughter to see sense, Derek sets up an intervention with the entire family. But this gathering turns out to be different than expected. It falls apart from the very beginning as Carrie starts to unveil family secrets that no one has mentioned for decades. Her revelations have huge consequences not just for herself and her father but for the entire family. It is only when they accept their own failings as a whole, that they finally find back together again. The Edge of Chaos is not just a story about addiction, it is also a story about family, and how an addiction doesn't only affect the individual, but the people closest to them.
- DirectorShelly LoveStarsBronagh GallagherLola PetticrewMary MouldsA boozy 44-year-old single mother becomes pregnant from a one-night-stand, much to the shame of her buttoned-up teen daughter.
- DirectorJoe LawlorChristine MolloyStarsAnn SkellyOrla BradyAidan GillenIn this intimate exploration of identity, trauma and power, a young woman seeks out her birth mother, inadvertently triggering a string of events which change both their lives.
- DirectorHugh O'ConorStarsJordanne JonesLeah McNamaraMoe DunfordThere is much rivalry between twin sisters Emma and Chantal, quite different in just about every way, when their mysterious young neighbour moves back in.
- DirectorAoife CrehanStarsMichiel HuismanNiamh AlgarSamuel BottomleyA fateful exchange on a flight has consequences for Daniel Murphy. He's left in charge of a corpse of someone he never knew. He is persuaded to take on the challenge of getting a coffin from his family home in Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.
- DirectorChris BaughStarsJack RowanNigel O'NeillLouisa HarlandA crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering father and son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
- DirectorCathy BradyStarsNora-Jane NooneNika McGuiganKate DickieThe story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother's past, but they uncover secrets and resentments which have been deeply buried and now threaten to overwhelm them.
- DirectorEoin MackenStarsDean-Charles ChapmanFinn ColeAnya Taylor-JoyDublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
- DirectorRuth MeehanStarsGemma-Leah DevereuxSiobhán CullenKaren EganA stand-up comedian's life changes when she is diagnosed with breast cancer.
- DirectorNick RowlandStarsCosmo JarvisBarry KeoghanLiam CarneyDouglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
- DirectorDavid FreyneStarsFionn O'SheaLola PetticrewSharon HorganTwo school friends decide to start a pretend straight relationship in an effort to fit in.
- DirectorDanny HillerStarsFiona ShawAlun ArmstrongJudith RoddyFiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia in the HARRY POTTER films) stars in this crime drama, based on real events. After a police investigation, a young mother, confused and scared, confesses to a crime she did not commit and is charged with murder.
- DirectorPhilip DohertyStarsAaron MonaghanAisling O'MaraKieran RocheA bible, black comedy about a prodigal son returning to his hometown to seek salvation for his sins.
- DirectorRichie SmythStarsJamie DornanEmmanuelle SeignerMark StrongIrish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
- DirectorPaddy SlatteryStarsTristan HeanueGraham EarleyJohn ConnorsDave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonKerry CondonTwo lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsFlorence PughTom BurkeKíla Lord CassidyA tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
- DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
- DirectorFrank BerryStarsLetitia WrightJosh O'ConnorLorcan CranitchWhile caught for years in Ireland's immigration system Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha's future in Ireland comes under threat.
- DirectorGerard BarrettStarsChloë Grace MoretzThomas MannRichard ArmitageA young, capable professional cannot explain her newly erratic behavior.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsEve HewsonJoseph Gordon-LevittOrén KinlanA single mom at war with her son is trying to find a hobby for him. One day, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster.
- DirectorMark O'RoweStarsLaoise MurrayCatherine WalkerNora CooperTwo married couples with kids start having problems with fidelity.
- DirectorAntonia Campbell-HughesStarsCosmo JarvisRhys MannionAntonia Campbell-HughesA formidable man who cares for nothing is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomizes life, challenges him to face his truth.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsTheo JamesRooney MaraLaurence O'FuarainA woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital.