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by tim_sipkes | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMovies I've seen about Ireland, the Irish, or by Irish directors.
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1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
PG | 185 min | Adventure, Drama, War
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 183,135
2. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,804 | Gross: $14.92M
3. 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: 33,762 | Gross: $11.09M
4. 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: 71,667 | Gross: $42.87M
5. The Second Death (2000)
11 min | Short
On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned.
Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Michelle Fairley, Aidan Gillen, Owen Sharpe
Votes: 398
6. Cáca Milis (2001)
18 min | Short
A blind man (Paul) gets on his usual train and he sits beside Catherine. He has no manners and he will not leave Catherine alone. He eats his cake with no manners and annoys Catherine. She ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Keegan | Stars: Charlotte Bradley, Brendan Gleeson, Eithne McGuinness, Phyllis Ryan
Votes: 220
7. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (2003)
13 min | Comedy, Short
Is there a place in the world for Yu Ming? He's a clerk at a convenience store in China, bored with his life. At a library, he spins a globe and stops it with his finger, which turns out to... See full summary »
Director: Daniel O'Hara | Stars: Daniel Wu, Frank Kelly, Paddy C. Courtney, Richard Morton
Votes: 504
8. Six Shooter (2004)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan
Votes: 14,320
9. In Bruges (2008)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After 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.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 461,614 | Gross: $7.76M
10. The Story of Ireland (2011– )
59 min | Documentary
Showcases Irish history, charting the origin and impact of the myths that have been passed off as history in the past.
Stars: Fergal Keane, Roy Foster, Tom Ó Loughlin, Donnchadh O'Corrain
Votes: 72
11. Asal (Donkey) (2011)
11 min | Short, Drama
After befriending a starving donkey a young boy draws the wrath of its abusers, forcing him to surrender his life to the sea
Director: Tom Sullivan | Stars: Colm O'Ceoinin, Conal O'Céidigh, Bertie O'Domhnaill, Michael O'Flatharta
12. Downpour (2011)
4 min | Short, Drama, Romance
This short film is a celebration of Irish rain. A bride-to-be recalls pivotal moments in her relationship that all took place in a shower a drizzle or a downpour.
Director: Claire Dix | Stars: Cian Barry, Muireann Bird, Marion O'Dwyer
Votes: 38
13. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
Votes: 273,992 | Gross: $15.02M
14. Uisce Beatha (2012)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Set in 1912, 'Uisce Beatha' (Gaelic for Whiskey or Water Of Life) is the true story of Tom, a young man who leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the ill-fated 'Titanic'. ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun O'Connor | Stars: Tadhg Hickey, Jack Healy, Martin Purcell, David Cooney
Votes: 46
15. Calvary (2014)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen
Votes: 64,355 | Gross: $3.59M
16. Hidden Potential (2016)
11 min | Short, Drama
ANTHONY (8)- A young school child who is struggling with Dyslexia is constantly belittled, ignored and bullied by his class mates, teachers and even school principles. If this continues he ... See full summary »
Director: Eamonn MacMahon | Stars: Faolan Barry, Claire Blennerhassett, Martin O'Sullivan, Rebecca Timoney
Votes: 12
17. Uisce Beatha (2016)
11 min | Short, Drama
Investment banker Bebhínn lives the high life in London while her parents retire in rural Ireland to work the family farm. On a visit to Co Kerry, Bebhínn sees her father working hard as a ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Kennedy | Stars: Degnan Geraghty, Patrick Murphy, Máirín Uí Shé, Elaine Kennedy
Votes: 8
18. The Widow's Last (2017)
23 min | Short, Drama, History
Ireland, 1847. A destitute young widow desperate to save her dying son, must make a choice, but is the cost of survival worth the price of her humanity?
Director: Vanessa Perdriau | Stars: Sam Hardy, Damien Hasson, Caoimhe O'Shea, Charlotte Peters
Votes: 15
19. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Caleb Landry Jones
Votes: 555,218 | Gross: $54.51M
20. Monster (2019)
90 min | Drama
Ireland, 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.
Director: Tom Sullivan | Stars: Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Quinn, Dara Devaney, Eoin O'Dubhghaill
Votes: 503
21. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt
Votes: 253,230
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