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1. Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
110 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Camilla Gibb, Lilly is an English child abandoned in Africa, forced to flee Ethiopia for England amid civil war. There she befriends Amina, an Ethiopian refugee, and they begin a mission to reunite scattered families.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Rafael Goncalves, Dakota Fanning, Chris McHallem
Votes: 800
2. Sea Fever (2019)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Director: Neasa Hardiman | Stars: Hermione Corfield, Dag Malmberg, Jack Hickey, Olwen Fouéré
Votes: 14,093
3. Henry Glassie: Field Work (2019)
105 min | Documentary
The worldwide travels and unique cultural finds of renowned American folklorist Henry Glassie are enthralling chronicled in this portrait by director Pat Collins.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Henry Glassie, Pravina Shukla, Samuel Rodrigues, Rosalvo Santanna
Votes: 49
4. Under the Clock (2018)
90 min | Documentary
Under The Clock tells the fascinating stories of a whole generation of people from all over Ireland whose relationships began under one of Ireland's most iconic landmarks, the Clerys clock.
Director: Colm Nicell | Star: Chris Mc Morrow
Votes: 13
5. The Last Days of Peter Bergmann (2013)
19 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In the summer of 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann arrived in Sligo Town. Over his final three days, he would go to great lengths to ensure no one would ever discover who he was or where he came from.
Director: Ciaran Cassidy
Votes: 112
6. The Secret of Kells (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Directors: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey | Stars: Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Christen Mooney
Votes: 38,282 | Gross: $0.69M
7. The Bachelor Weekend (2013)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some unexpected detours.
Director: John Butler | Stars: Andrew Scott, Hugh O'Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian Gleeson
Votes: 4,494
8. What Richard Did (2012)
TV-MA | 88 min | Drama
A promising young man about to start university suddenly throws his life into uncertainty when he accidentally commits a serious crime.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Jack Reynor, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, Gavin Drea, Patrick Gibson
Votes: 5,324
9. The Drummer and the Keeper (2017)
94 min | Drama
An unlikely friendship develops between the bipolar drummer of a rock band and an institutionalized teen living with Asperger's syndrome.
Director: Nick Kelly | Stars: Dermot Murphy, Jacob McCarthy, Adrian Hudson, Aoibhinn McGinnity
Votes: 400
10. The MatchMaker (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 5,938 | Gross: $3.38M
11. Lost Lives (2019)
93 min | Documentary
Inspired by the book of the same name, it records the circumstances of every man, woman and child who died in a conflict - the Northern Irish 'Troubles.' A reminder that war is hell.
Directors: Dermot Lavery, Michael Hewitt | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Brid Brennan, Roma Downey, Adrian Dunbar
Votes: 90
12. Line of Duty (2012–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 70,165
13. The Image You Missed (2018)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig's decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland. ... See full summary »
Director: Dónal Foreman | Stars: Gerry Adams, James Brennan, Dónal Foreman, Arthur MacCaig
Votes: 230
14. The Secret (2016)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Genevieve O'Reilly, Patrick O'Kane, Nina Woods
Votes: 3,679
15. The Deceived (2020)
45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Ophelia falls for her married lecturer Michael. When he mysteriously disappears, she tracks him down and discovers that his wife has died in a fire.
Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Catherine Walker, Paul Mescal, Eleanor Methven
Votes: 2,090
16. Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini (2020)
117 min | Documentary, Drama
The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926.
Directors: Barrie Dowdall, Kevin de la Isla O'Neill | Stars: Olwen Fouéré, Padraig Cullen, Michael Heavey, Siobhan Lynam
Votes: 21
17. Dead Still (2020)
16+ | 287 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian-era heyday of 'postmortem photography,' the six-episode period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer who is drawn into a series of apparent murders that appear to be linked to his work.
Stars: Michael Smiley, Kerr Logan, Eileen O'Higgins, Aidan O'Hare
Votes: 1,652
18. Poster Boys (2020)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
With help from his smart-ass kid nephew, broke Al Clancy steals a camper-van and heads on a cross-country road trip to finally get his life together.
Director: Dave Minogue | Stars: Trevor O'Connell, Ryan Minogue-Lee, Norma Sheahan, Amy Hughes
Votes: 248
19. Filth (I) (2013)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots
Votes: 115,819 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Act of Union (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Act of Union is a documentary film on the conflicting narratives of the Northern Ireland 'troubles,' consisting of newly filmed interviews, cut alongside archive footage.
Director: Neil Clerkin | Stars: Gerry Adams, Doug Beattie, Jimmy Binns, Anne Cadwallader
Votes: 14
21. The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Biography, Family
After inheriting his father's title, the young noble, Hugh O'Connell, is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 429
22. A Love Divided (1999)
Unrated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford, Ireland community when the wife decides she doesn't appreciate being forced to send ... See full summary »
Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Peter Caffrey, Brendan Conroy, Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham
Votes: 367
23. Delorean: Back from the Future (2021 TV Special)
99 min | Documentary
John Z DeLorean's extraordinary Life and how he build a car of the future in Northern Ireland in 1980s.
Director: Mike Connolly | Stars: John DeLorean, Jeremy Paxman, Chris Hegedus, Gail Sheehy
Votes: 53
24. The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)
106 min | Documentary
Richard Harris a fascinating man as seen through the eyes of his three sons, BAFTA Award-winning actor Jared Harris, actor Jamie Harris and director Damian Harris.
Director: Adrian Sibley | Stars: Jared Harris, Damian Harris, Jamie Harris, Manuel di Lucia
Votes: 232
25. Man of Aran (1934)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane, Pat Mullin
Votes: 2,324
26. King of the Travellers (2012)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama
In the Travelling community, a young man must put his past behind him and settle a long running feud between two families so he can be with the love of his life.
Director: Mark O'Connor | Stars: John Connors, Michael Collins, Peter Coonan, Packy Lee
Votes: 346
27. Retreat (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Director: Carl Tibbetts | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 12,692
28. Liam (2000)
R | 90 min | Drama
A family falls into poverty during the Depression.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Dave Hart
Votes: 2,674 | Gross: $1.01M
29. The Rising of the Moon (2002)
Unrated | 6 min | Short, Drama, History
IRA member Bobby Sands is visited by his mother while imprisoned in Northern Ireland.
Director: Deborah Baxtrom | Stars: Sean Conant, David Bale
Votes: 18
30. The Maze (2002 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
The history of the notorious Maze prison and its role in the Northern Ireland conflict.
Stars: Liam Neeson, Denis Faul, Bik McFarlane, Mo Mowlam
Votes: 19
31. The Dead (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 8,900 | Gross: $4.37M
32. The Hunger Strike (2006 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Of all the volatile periods in Northern Ireland's recent history the Hunger Strikes is one of the most impassioned and dramatic. It was a key event in the relationship between the British ... See full summary »
Director: Margo Harkin | Stars: Gerard McSorley, Bik McFarlane, Richard O'Rawe, Bernard Ingham
Votes: 9
33. The Jackal (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Votes: 124,147 | Gross: $54.93M
34. Spacejacked (1997 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Luxury space cruiser Star Princess is hijacked by the treacherous second mate, who threatens to blow up the craft unless he gets access to bank accounts on Earth. A beautiful passenger and ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremiah Cullinane | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Amanda Pays, Steve Bond, Matt Holland
Votes: 274
35. The Bishop's Story (1994)
85 min | Drama
During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down.
Director: Bob Quinn | Stars: Donal McCann, Margaret Fegan, Ray McBride, Peadar Lamb
Votes: 20
36. Bogwoman (1997 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama
In 1958 Ireland, family problems force a Donegal woman to the city of Derry; a city in turmoil as the Irish nation suffers and revolts from the brutal British invading forces.
Director: Tom Collins | Stars: Rachael Dowling, Peter Mullan, Sean McGinley, Noelle Brown
Votes: 151
37. Red Roses and Petrol (2003)
R | 97 min | Drama
A dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Olivia Tracey, Heather Juergensen, Max Beesley
Votes: 125
38. A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan Behan (1988)
85 min | Documentary, Biography
The life story of Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and notorious drunk Brendan Behan, crosscutting recollections of friends and family gathered in a favorite Irish pub ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Miller | Stars: Brendan Behan, Liam Clancy
39. Waiting for Dublin (2007)
83 min | Romance
On New Year's Eve 1944, American pilot Mike Clarke inadvertently bets Al Capone's nephew $10,000.00 that he can shoot down five enemy aircraft. Later, forced to land near a remote village ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Des Braiden, Joe Cassidy, Guido De Craene, Jenne Decleir
Votes: 210
40. The Van (1996)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in the fictional Dublin suburb of Barrytown, Bimbo is a baker who loses his job after being made redundant. Bimbo then acquires the help of his best friend, Larry, to set up a successful burger van.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell
Votes: 4,853 | Gross: $0.62M
41. Stalker (II) (2012)
80 min | Thriller
A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.
Director: Mark O'Connor | Stars: John Connors, Peter Coonan, Barry Keoghan, Hope Brown
Votes: 92
42. On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)
96 min | Drama
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Annie Balfour, Paul Bennett, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Caffrey
Votes: 19
43. Traders (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
What if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.
Directors: Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy | Stars: Killian Scott, John Bradley, Nika McGuigan, Peter O'Meara
Votes: 2,512
44. Sweety Barrett (1998)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Sweety Barret is a big man with a gentle nature, who is not exactly known for his brain power. He loses his job with a travelling circus and is stranded in an Irish village, where he gets caught up in a local vendetta.
Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Brendan O'Carroll, Brendan Gleeson, Tony Rohr, Andrew Scott
Votes: 291
45. Leap Year (2010)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow
Votes: 110,667 | Gross: $25.92M
46. Da (1988)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Fantasy
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
Director: Matt Clark | Stars: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey, Karl Hayden
Votes: 513 | Gross: $0.60M
47. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley, Catherine McCormack
Votes: 4,033 | Gross: $2.29M
48. An Everlasting Piece (2000)
R | 103 min | Comedy
Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 1,743 | Gross: $0.08M
49. Shooting for Socrates (2014)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
In November 1985, the troubled streets of Belfast are torn up by rioting yet again. In amongst the angry mob, we find nine year old Tommy, nonchalantly dribbling a ball through the insanity... See full summary »
Director: James Erskine | Stars: John Hannah, Conleth Hill, Richard Dormer, Art Parkinson
Votes: 322
50. This Is the Sea (1997)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan, who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause, and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Samantha Morton, Ross McDade, Richard Harris, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 386
51. Taffin (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
An Irish tough-guy debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally, Alison Doody, Jeremy Child
Votes: 2,115 | Gross: $0.16M
52. Grabbers (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.
Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Killian Coyle, Stuart Graham, Michael Hough, Richard Coyle
Votes: 19,524
53. Legend of the Bog (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
When a 'bog body' a 2000 year old murder victim preserved in a peat bog is disturbed by developers in rural Ireland, an archaeologist, a hunter and their helpers face the task of sending him back where he came from.
Director: Brendan Foley | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Jason Barry, Nora-Jane Noone, Adam Fogerty
Votes: 1,155
54. Glassland (2014)
R | 93 min | Drama
Set in Dublin, 'Glassland' tells the story of a young taxi driver who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother from drug addiction.
Director: Gerard Barrett | Stars: Will Poulter, Toni Collette, Jack Reynor, Michael Smiley
Votes: 1,620
55. Pursuit (I) (2015)
89 min | Action, Crime, Romance
A modern day Irish gangland version of the ancient Irish legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Gráinne is daughter of a major crime boss and is promised to marry the great warrior Fionn to help ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Mercier | Stars: Ruth Bradley, Barry Ward, Liam Cunningham, Owen Roe
Votes: 143
56. Lost in the Living (2015)
77 min | Drama
The much anticipated debut feature film from award-winning director Robert Manson is a pulsing drama set in Berlin. "Lost in the Living" follows a young man, Oisín (Tadhg Murphy), who ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Manson | Stars: Tadhg Murphy, John Kelly, Ian McFarlane, Roy Duffy
Votes: 45
57. The Long Wet Grass (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
As dawn breaks over a remote lakeside, Victor and a barefoot woman are at an existential impasse.
Director: Justin Davey | Stars: Patrick Hyland, Anna Nugent, Paul Nugent, Áine Thompson
58. Echo Chamber
90 min | Drama, Thriller | Announced
A story based on true events about a British solider who infiltrates the Irish Republican Army in the 1980s As he rises through the ranks he must deal with betrayal and life threatening situations
59. Deposits (2017)
4 min | Animation, Short, History
Deposits concerns the connection of all the 'Disappeared', who are the remains of those murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and those killed centuries earlier by the British ... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Courtney | Stars: Donal Atkins, Trevor Courtney, Ultan Courtney, Rob Daly
Votes: 6
60.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
You, Me & Marley
(1992)
84 min | Drama
A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, steal cars and joyride around the city, causing havoc among the nearby Protestants and local Irish ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Marc O'Shea, Bronagh Gallagher, Michael Liebmann, Michael Gregory
Votes: 171
61. Irish Whiskey Rebellion (1972)
PG | 93 min | Drama
On the May Day in 1927 that the world anxiously awaits news of pilot Charles Lindbergh's daring flight across the Atlantic, Irish Republican Army veteran Harry arrives at Fire Island, New ... See full summary »
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: David Groh, Judi Rolin, William Challee, Joseph Stern
Votes: 40
62.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Innocent Assassin
(1959)
60 min | Drama
Eileen Gorman and Jamsie Corcoran are in love, but they live in 1921 Dublin, Ireland, and their romance is blighted by civil strife. Their fathers are partisans of the Irish Republican Army... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Piper Laurie, James MacArthur, Sean McClory
63. With One Mind
Drama, History | Pre-production
With One Mind chronicles the real event of 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners escaping from the H-Blocks ultra-high security compound. It is the biggest prison escape in UK history.
Director: Jake Carpenter | Stars: Time Winters, Gordon Currie, William Kircher, Tim Abell
64. Dark Irish
Crime, Drama, Thriller | Announced
The story of Nola Fitzpatrick, a prodigal daughter who is thrust into the world of gun running for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) after her father's murder in 1970's New Jersey.
65. The Infiltrator
Action, Drama, Thriller | Announced
The British intelligence agency plants spies in the Irish Republican Army to monitor terrorist activities. Based on an "Atlantic Monthly" article written by Matthew Teague.
66. Southpaw (1999)
77 min | Documentary, Sport
Follows the life of Olympic hopeful Francis Barrett as he overcomes social and cultural barriers to realise his dream of fighting for the Irish Olympic team.
Director: Liam McGrath | Stars: Francis Barrett, Chick Gillen, Tom Humphries, Colum Flynn
Votes: 150 | Gross: $0.03M
67. Unless (2016)
90 min | Drama, Family
A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets. Based on the novel "Unless" by Carol Shields.
Director: Alan Gilsenan | Stars: Hannah Gross, Catherine Keener, Matt Craven, August Winter
Votes: 282
68. Troubles (1988)
208 min | Drama
A grand hotel fallen into decay, two women with secrets, and a dangerous political situation about to boil over: these intriguing elements all combine in this gripping drama from the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Charleson, Ian Richardson, Emer Gillespie, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 80
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