Best Irish Crime Dramas
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1. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Votes: 284,538 | Gross: $104.45M
2. Kill the Irishman (2011)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer
Votes: 51,350 | Gross: $1.19M
3. Gangs of New York (2002)
R | 167 min | Crime, Drama
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 472,985 | Gross: $77.81M
4. Ash Wednesday (2002)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers (Burns and Wood) who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Brian Burns, Vincent Rubino, James Michael Cummings, Elijah Wood
Votes: 3,158 | Gross: $0.00M
5. Love/Hate (2010–2014)
18+ | 51 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Killian Scott, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 8,314
6. Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Brilliant, flamboyant master criminal Michael Lynch is more interested in his image and his posterity than the actual profit from his ill-gotten gains.
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 14,374
7. The Black Donnellys (2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Four young Irish brothers are caught up in New York's underworld of organized crime.
Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Olivia Wilde, Billy Lush
Votes: 14,375
8. Copper (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama
In the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.
Stars: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Ato Essandoh
Votes: 11,026
9. I Went Down (1997)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Irish action comedy. An ex-con is forced into taking on a new task by a ruthless crime-boss, but finds he is hindered by the partner he has been teamed up with. However, he soon realizes they must work together if they are to survive.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot
Votes: 2,278 | Gross: $0.41M
10. The Outfit (1993)
R | 92 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
A renegade FBI agent sparks an explosive mob war between gangster crime lords Legs Diamond and Dutch Schultz.
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Martin Kove, Billy Drago, Rick Washburn
Votes: 199
11. The Courier (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging and discovers that the messenger company is a front for a drug ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Deasy, Joe Lee | Stars: Padraig O'Loinsigh, Cait O'Riordan, Gabriel Byrne, Ian Bannen
Votes: 140
12. Trojan Eddie (1996)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Eddie, a small town ex-con, discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his own. What he didn't bargain for, was the murder and mayhem along the way.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Stuart Townsend, Aislín McGuckin
Votes: 327
13. 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: 21,894 | Gross: $1.57M
14. Vicious Circle (1999 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Drama
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery.
Director: David Blair | Stars: Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Andrew Connolly, John Kavanagh
Votes: 130
15. Black Mass (2015)
R | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton
Votes: 192,379 | Gross: $62.58M
16. 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
17. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 649,898
18. Disco Pigs (2001)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark
Votes: 5,212
19. 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
20. Savage (II) (2009)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An exploration of masculinity and violence. A story of obsession and revenge, as a man tries to come to terms with a brutal, random attack and its consequences.
Director: Brendan Muldowney | Stars: Darren Healy, Nora-Jane Noone, Gerry Shanahan, Brian Fortune
Votes: 785
21. Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a maverick cop with a dark past, DS Tommy Murphy fails a psychiatric assessment but is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Del Synnott, Claudia Harrison, Owen Teale
Votes: 1,479
22. The Boondock Saints (1999)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.
Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco
Votes: 250,692 | Gross: $0.03M
23. 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
24. Monument Ave. (1998)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small-time hoodlum is divided between his conscience and loyalty to his boss when his cousin is murdered.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Denis Leary, Ian Hart, Jason Barry, Lenny Clarke
Votes: 1,890 | Gross: $0.33M
25. Hit the Dutchman (1992)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Arthur Flegenheimer is a thief recently released from prison who is recruited by noted hood Jack "Legs" Diamond. Flegenheimer changes his name to Dutch Schultz and, thanks to his brutal and... See full summary »
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Bruce Nozick, Jack Conley, Sally Kirkland, Jennifer Pusheck
Votes: 220
26. Mad Dog Coll (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
New York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
Directors: Greydon Clark, Ken Stein | Stars: Christopher Bradley, Bruce Nozick, Rachel York, Jeff Griggs
Votes: 133
27. The Front Line (2006)
93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery
Director: David Gleeson | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Gerard McSorley, James Frain, Fatou N'Diaye
Votes: 1,003
28. City on a Hill (2019–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In early 1990s Boston, ADA, Decourcy Ward, forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr. Together, they take on a case that changes the city's entire criminal justice system.
Stars: Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Lauren E. Banks, Jill Hennessy
Votes: 15,539
29. Once Upon a Time in Dublin (2009)
97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The violent story of Jay and Jonnie Linski, two Polish-Irish brothers who try to come to terms with the brutal murder of their youngest sibling, Danny. The story follows the terrible ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Figgis | Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Eoin Macken, Bill Fellows, Karl Hayden
Votes: 56
30. 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
31. Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Action
"Irish Eyes" explores the relationship between two Irish-American brothers in Boston born to immigrant parents and raised in a rough, working class Irish neighborhood. After watching their ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel McCarthy | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, John Novak, Wings Hauser, Walter Learning
Votes: 288
32. Ray Donovan (2013–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall
Votes: 93,547
33. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,422,446 | Gross: $132.38M
34. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
Votes: 252,846 | Gross: $31.49M
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