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- 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.This film follows a day in the life of 2 Dublin Heroin addicts, Adam and Paul.A black comedy with a feel good factor, you'll feel good that your not one of these two,poor bastards.Homeless and in constant need for heroin/money for heroin Adam and Paul wander around Dublin,where they don't get much luck in life .Funny as....
10/10 - DirectorVinny MurphyStarsStuart Sinclair BlythGavin KeltyAisling O'NeillA Belfast man who steals cars for a living dreams of retiring to Barcelona. Suddenly he finds himself in conflict with a crazed gangster who desires the first man's girlfriend. The two decide to settle the situation with a race with 12 of their friends. They just need to steal the cars for the race.A Belfast joyrider and Dublin joyrider race,for pride and a woman.Low budget,but good acting and available on dvd.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsBarry McEvoyBrían F. O'ByrneAnna FrielColm 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 persuading a mad wig salesman known as the Scalper to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls, always in neighborhoods that are dangerous for one or the other partner. Then they find out they might lose their exclusive wig distributorship to competitors. Through a series of comic twists, the pair are given large orders for wigs by both sides of the Protestant and Catholic conflict. Should they compromise their principles in order to keep their business? Will it destroy their friendship? Could one of their wigs in the hands of the I.R.A. actually put one or both of them in jail, or even get them killed?A comedy gem about two lads,from opposite sides of the religious divide selling wigs during the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland.A highly under rated comedy,with a fantastic story line,believable scenarios,and a very realistic view of people getting on with life during times of adversity.
10/10 - DirectorNeil JordanStarsVeronica QuilliganStephen ReaAlan DevlinSaxophonist 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.Stephen Rea stars as Saxophonist Danny who witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig.Based during "the troubles" all is not as it seems. Danny becomes the ordinary "everyman" of Nothern Ireland asking Why?.As he seeks answers director Neil Jordan reproduces an authentic picture of life in an Irish ghetto, with Danny providing biting dialouge, yet saying a lot more with his facial expressions
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsJames NesbittTim Pigott-SmithNicholas FarrellA dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.On January 30, 1972, the british paras murdered Irish men,women and children,unarmed protesters,for demanding equal rights, if you have Irish blood in your veins this film will make it boil.A true story filmed in the Bogside of Derry where the real massacre took place.Brutally realistic.
10/10 - DirectorJohn FurseStarsIan HartLinus RoacheKalim KoleilatThe true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan how was taken hostage by militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.
- DirectorPeter SheridanStarsShawn HatosyDanny DyerEamon GlancyIrish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.The film of Brendan Behan's" Borstal boy", the book is better by far.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsCillian MurphyMorgan JonesEva BirthistleIn the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.Cillian Murphy excels as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, a Patrick Mc Cabe novel set in a border Irish town and London, directed by Neil Jordan.The acting of Murphy, Liam Nesson and Brendan Gleeson make you sympathetic towards the outrageous characters, while lending creedence to the sometimes surreal plot.
10/10 - 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.Finally a paddy with the balls to show the catholic church for what THEY stand for.P.R.I.E.S.T.,Paedophelia Ring In Every Small Town.Dress it up any way you want, the truth is the vatican is the biggest,richest most powerful paedophelia ring in THE WORLD.Feel free to leave IRELAND and *beep* off back to rome (WHERE YOUR LOYALTY LIES) anytime you want,cause your day is done here.
- DirectorLisa Barros D'SaGlenn LeyburnStarsRupert GrintRobert SheehanJames NesbittThree teenagers go on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars that quickly spins beyond their control.Three teenagers go on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars that quickly spins beyond their control.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsHelen MirrenJohn LynchDonal McCannA 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.Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
- DirectorPaul TickellStarsDarren HealyViviana VerveenJeff O'TooleOut of prison at last, charismatic sociopath Neal tries to visit the baby son he's never seen, his indifferent parents, and the grave of his horse - not in that order. But mainly he wants to rejoin his old gang in the "pony club" subculture of the wild Northside- would be urban cowboys riding horses rough shod and bare back through the streets of Dublin. He then runs into the squealer who set him up.Out of prison at last, charismatic sociopath Neal tries to visit the baby son he's never seen, his indifferent parents, and the grave of his horse - not in that order. But mainly he wants to rejoin his old gang in the "pony club" subculture of the wild Northside
- DirectorMatt ClarkStarsBarnard HughesMartin SheenWilliam HickeyA 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.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.
- DirectorDavid CaffreyStarsDavid ThewlisRachel GriffithsAdam BlackBlack romantic comedy set around the troubled "peace process" and its effect on a cynical Belfast hack.David Thewlis brings Dan Starkey to life in this fast paced black comedy. A journo brings an American journo on a scoop. Murder, mayhem, whiskey and nuns with guns. Superb acting and storyline, a murder mystery, Belfast style,well worth a watch.
10/10 - DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsElaine CassidyCillian MurphySarah GallagherPig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.Two 16-year-olds share a birthday, a love, a language of their own and a uniquely violent world view. Disco Pigs is an electric, disturbing and violent sprint through the unique world of Pig and Runt, two 17 year old kids who were born with a special, almost psychic affinity for one another.
- DirectorPeter OrmrodStarsStephen BrennanEamon MorrisseyCatherine ByrneTwo young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death."Two bored rednecks built a wall of death,to ride around in the evenings while their wives watch eastenders.
- StarsDervla KirwanVincent ReganMark BentonThe story of a group of people from Northern Ireland, trying to make their way in life in the face of sectarian and political polarization. Chucky is an overweight 30-year-old who has yet to find a purpose for his life, but when he comes up with a business idea, things begin to change in an almost miraculous manner for him. His friend Jake is an unusually sensitive repossession man, and his life too begins to change when he meets Aoirghe, a woman from the other side of the sectarian divide.The story of a group of people from Northern Ireland, trying to make their way in life in the face of sectarian and political polarization.This is a must see for the 3 lads out doing repossessions during the troubles.Its on you tube.
- StarsSean McGinleyGer RyanNeilí ConroyThis four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mom; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.Sean McGinley stars as Charlo,set in the Dublin Northside Ghettos of the 80's recession,Charlo is a petty thief and thug, womaniser and drunk.Four 1 hour episodes showing life through the eyes of Charlo, his wife played by Ger Ryan,his daughter played by Neilí Conroyand his son.Excellent 10/10 available on dvd.
- DirectorKari SkoglandStarsBen KingsleyJim SturgessKevin ZegersMartin McGartland joins the I.R.A. and feeds information to Britain's Special Branch Agent Fergus.Based on Martin "Touting Bastard" Mc Gartland's life . Martin is a tout from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA.The graffiti on the walls used to read "I knew martin mc gartland, thank *@%! he didn't know me!".The most relastic film ever made about the troubles,bar none.
10/10 - DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsLiam NeesonJames NesbittAnamaria MarincaThe 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.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.
- DirectorLisa Barros D'SaGlenn LeyburnStarsCathal MaguirePeter KellyCharlie BerkeleyA chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene.
- DirectorLes BlairStarsBrendan MackeyDean Lennox KellyAidan CampbellA moving insight into the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze prison near Belfast.'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities.and available on dvd.
- DirectorTom ReeveStarsJohn LynchCornelius ClarkeLochlann O'MearáinThe town of Kilcoulin's Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart GrahamIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.
- DirectorAnthony ByrneStarsJoss AcklandHayley AtwellOrla BradyA young British woman struggling with the direction of her life spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.A feel good film where a nordy girl teaches some old farts to enjoy life again, while the residents of the old folks home she works in have valuable lessons in life to pass on, well they would have seeing there about 1000years old.
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsColm MeaneyAdrian DunbarCillian MurphyThis drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany') sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who not only owns the local pub and most of the businesses in the area, but is also the local matchmaker. When Harry's son Gus(Cillian Murphy) - upon whom Harry regularly heaps abuse (mostly mental and verbal) - falls for the lovely Eileen, George helps get the two together during this time, Harry quietly mobilizes his dastardly plans.how unwise it is to have an enemy in one's lifetime. Harry did not become the tree of life.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert PattersonWhen 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.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.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn 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.Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.
10/10 - DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsBrendan GleesonPeter McDonaldAntoine ByrneIrish 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.Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork.
10/10 - 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.Colin Farrell snorts coke and talks about the war coming between black and white midgets, still waiting for that particular battle scene
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsPaddy ConsidineSamantha MortonDjimon HounsouA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.An Irish family moves to the United States, to see how thran they really are, and al the'll ya what shambo, there are thran, aul fashioned as tae.
10/10 - DirectorDamien O'DonnellStarsJames McAvoySteven RobertsonRomola GaraiWhen the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.A man paralaysed from the neck down,becomes Dublin's no.1 joyrider.
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsCillian MurphyKelly MacdonaldColin FarrellA variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.
- 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.Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsBarry WardFrancis MageeAileen HenryDuring the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsKelly O'NeillShane CurryPaul RoeTwo kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
- DirectorTom CollinsStarsColm MeaneyDonal O'KellyBrendan ConroyA group of men reunite for a friend's funeral.A group of men reunite for a friend's funeral.Mostly in Gaelic,subtitled.
- DirectorDavid KeatingStarsCatherine O'HaraJared LetoChristina RicciAfter finishing exams June 1977 near Dublin, Frankie spends the summer with his two friends, siblings and mom while dreaming of two cute girls and waiting for exam results. College?It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school.
10/10 - DirectorNeil JordanStarsLiam NeesonAidan QuinnJulia RobertsNeil 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.The big man.
10/10 - DirectorTerry LoaneStarsJohn Joesph McneillNiall WrightJulie WaltersThis movie tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. They share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), with the consequence that they run away to Australia.The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
10/10 - DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
10/10 - DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsAllen LeechTom MurphyCiaran NolanThree losers leave town owing $50k to a bookie. They go on a journey involving drinking, gambling on greyhounds, and hiring prostitutes, leading them into further debt and misadventures.
- 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.A woman leaves Holland and goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara
- DirectorPeter SmithStarsMichael AngelisAvis BunnageJames EllisIt's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.A scheduling mix up means two groups of old-timers have reserved the same bar for a party on the same night. The situation is trickier than expected since the bar is in Liverpool, and one group are Protestant die-hard's while the other consists of Catholics hard-liners.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsIan HartJohn LynchJames FrainA 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), Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam (John Lynch), a Catholic.A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Kenny, Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam, a Catholic.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsColin FarrellAlicja BachledaDervla KirwanAn Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.The story of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his fishing net who he believes to be a Selke (a water nymph).
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsCillian MurphyTricia VesseyMartin CarneyJonathan, like many teenagers, is used to concealing the pain of growing up behind a witty sense of humor. One day, fate brings Jonathan into contact with a group of teenagers who are attempting to cope with their own teen angst.On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.
- 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.A 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJoe O'ByrneStarsBrenda FrickerAlfred MolinaMike MyersPete is a streetwise ex-junkie running from the mob. After his two best friends die, he feels obligated to help raise their three kids who now live with their grandmother.Micky is a tough, loudmouth but lovable 12 year old who lives with his younger brother and sister at his grandmother's house. One day, a meteorite lands in his backyard and the kids believe that it was sent down to them by their dead parents (who they believe live up in the stars). The government ships away the rock and sends it to the local university. In the children's efforts to retrieve the meteor they believe is theirs, they meet a dorky scientist who finds a place in his heart for the kids.
- 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.A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
- StarsMichael McElhattonBrendan CoyleDeirdre O'KaneJeremy and Rats are two very different ex-cons, recently released from Dublin's Mountjoy Prison and agree to be filmed as part of a documentary series following what life is like for former prisoners once they are released.Rats gets out of jail and struggles,documentary style comedy
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- DirectorMarc EvansStarsDavid WilliamsonStuart TownsendBrenda FrickerBelfast, 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 obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.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.Based on the true story of the shankill butchers.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsPete PostlethwaiteImelda StauntonFrank KellyA woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsHelen MirrenFionnula FlanaganAidan GillenThe 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.Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strikes in the maze prison.
- DirectorPaul MercierStarsBrendan GleesonDavid WilmotEanna MacLiamEmmet Rovers are the team at the bottom of the league, and after losing their manager they are now faced with the loss of their home grounds. Maybe a manager can bring some luck for the team.An alcho manages the local football team.Comedy.
- 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."Song for a Raggy Boy" is based on the 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.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonRúaidhrí ConroyDavid WilmotA 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....A black Irish comedy about a train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange young oddball.The funniest story about a cow you will ever hear!!.Brendan Gleeson stars in this unmissable short (26 mins) by Martin Mc Donagh (In Bruges),not for the easily offended,a cinematic gem.Stream,rent,download,buy...steal a copy now.
11/10 - 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.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsPat LeavyNed DennehyDavid PearseRats is released from prison and needs to make some money--fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence: neither his mother nor his former bandmates have time for him anymore He wishes to help donate towards his obese aunty's trip to Lourdes. He struggles to find a job, but he never fails to land himself in another difficult situation.A film about rat's second attempt to go straight,while getting the money together,to send his sister to lourdes.Comedy
10/10 - DirectorMartin DuffyStarsRobert SheehanLorcan CranitchNicola CoughlanIt's Ireland in 1967, when a Flying Saucer full of aliens lands on Dan's farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe she and the other aliens are humans.The time is the summer of 1967 and young Danny Mullaney has returned home from school in the city to his tiny, conservative, close-minded, stick-in-the-mud village. He attracts a few stares because student life in Galway has transformed him into Greg from the Brady Bunch kitted out like John Lennon. As if that’s not enough, he soon learns that a space craft has crash landed in the vicinity and the young space woman is the girl of his dreams.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisEmily WatsonDaragh DonnellyYoung 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.Nineteen year old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the IRA in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his fourteen year old girlfriend.
- DirectorSue ClaytonStarsLuke GriffinJonathan Rhys MeyersSean LawlorFinbar is an Irish youth who, late one night, leapt from a freeway overpass and was never heard from again. When he suddenly reappears three years later, his family and friend Danny attempt to rebuilt their shattered lives.
- DirectorDudi AppletonStarsKris MarshallKathy Kiera ClarkeBronagh GallagherThe most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline BallJimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.The travails of Jimmy Rabbitte to form the "World's Hardest Working Band," The Commitments, and bring soul music to the people of Dublin, Ireland.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsRichard HarrisJohn HurtSean BeanWhen a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it."The land boy,THE LAND".A must see for fans of "Broke back mountain" and "Priscilla queen of the desert".The Bull is a sexually repressed homosexual who wants nothing more that to settle down with his lover the bird, yes the nicknames are a big give away, so no prizes for guessing who the daddy is. Rural Ireland is not ready for such wellies clad man love, and bull takes to strangling donkeys to release his sexual tension.
- 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.
- 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.The life story of Ireland's most famous criminal, excellent cinematography, a must see for crime fans.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsStephen ReaGrattan SmithKerry CondonFatso is the kind-hearted owner of a rather bad take-away place in Dublin. His employees are a bunch of incompetent people, whom he keeps on mostly to help them survive. Also, he has a serious gambling problem resulting in mounting debts, and loan sharks are starting to make his life miserable.Gambling's not a problem...The problem's not winning
Stephen rea is a chip shop owner who's customers and staff are more messed up than he is, a near impossible state of being to achieve.
10/10 - DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaFiona ShawEamonn OwensThe antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.The story of Francie who has a mental defect for a mother and an alcoholic father. A bad wee bastard our francie who decides to terrorize a local family because they called his family pigs. BIG mistake,top class acting and cinematography.The cream of Irish cinema.If you only watch two film on my list make it this and six shooter.
11/10 - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsColm MeaneyDonal O'KellyGer RyanSet 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.The third installment of Irish author Roddy Doyle's 'Barrytown Trilogy', following 'The Commitments' and 'The Snapper'
- DirectorKen LoachStarsCillian MurphyPádraic DelaneyLiam CunninghamAgainst the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion.
- DirectorMichael AimetteJohn G. HofmannStarsTimothy HuttonAlessandro NivolaColm Meaney16-year-old James Powers finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. One lucky weekend, he starts a wildly successful business of selling illegal magazines on the black market.Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsAlbert FinneyMatt KeeslarVictoria SmurfitIn a small village on the border of Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, the relationship between a short tempered policeman and his rebellious son becomes even more strenuous when the young man falls for a "wrong" girl.A pity this is so hard to find,a film with a real story and none of that aul hididdlee de *beep* border town,dead ma,leaving cert,father a guard, best mate a nutty farmer, girlfriend a different religion.A lot to sort out in the one summer.
Quote:Tarred and feathered hey bhouy, they'll not forget you around here in a hurry.
10/10 - DirectorTed EmeryStarsJimeoinAlan McKeeColin HayTwo Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader (Robert Morgan) of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting work, the two fear immigration officers. McKeown happens to get selected as the bachelor on a TV dating game and wins a trip to Queensland just as the pair's apartment is raided by immigration. McKee escapes just in time and joins his friend. Meanwhile, the IRA leader is sent to Australia in a witness protection program after he gives up some of his former colleagues. The two then spend the remainder of the movie being pursued by the immigration officers and the vengeful IRA head.The story of every Irish mans visit to Australia, sit tight sir,one year visa me hole,thanks 4 da aul ABN number to,no hard feelings, sure a jokes a joke,no ursel.
- DirectorJim McBrideStarsAnthony BrophyCary ElwesTimothy DaltonA young I.R.A. member is forced to turn informant on his comrades, when he is caught in an assassination attempt on a judge.A young IRA member is forced to turn informant on his comrades when he is caught in an assassination attempt on a judge.
- 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.This young wan from Dublin gets full shags the neighbour and get up da duff.Warm, funny view of an Irish family getting on with life while dealing with the assorted problems of a large family. Another film with a realistic view of Irish life.
10/10 - DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaJaye DavidsonForest WhitakerA British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.A British soldier is kidnaped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world.The biggest twist in a film ever.
- DirectorMark JoffeStarsJaneane GarofaloDavid O'HaraMilo O'SheaMarcy 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 McGlory's relatives or ancestors. Marcy arrives at the village of Ballinagra when it is preparing for an annual Matchmaking Festival. A well-dressed, handsome, single young lady, she becomes the center of attention for two professional matchmakers, Dermot and Millie, as well as for bartender Sean.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 McGlory's relatives or ancestors.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsStephen ReaRichard HarrisStuart TownsendEddie, 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.The story of Eddie, a small town ex con, who discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJeni CourtneyEileen ColganMick LallyYoung Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid GleesonStarsEriq EbouaneyGerard McSorleyJames FrainAn 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 robberyAn 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.
- DirectorTomm MooreNora TwomeyStarsEvan McGuireBrendan GleesonMick LallyA 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.The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells.
10/10 - 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.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsJulie WaltersCiarán HindsNuala O'NeillA Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.
- 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.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsCate BlanchettColin FarrellBrenda FrickerAn Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.An Irish journalist is assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about in a series of stories.
- DirectorDavid BlairStarsKen StottGerard McSorleyAndrew ConnollyCriminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery.Ken Stott plays the General, Martin Cahill, a great role for stott who plays a vicious bastard,my white rhino of films,cant get this anywhere, any suggestions?
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsJack ReynorFionn Ó LoingsighGavin DreaA promising young man about to start university suddenly throws his life into uncertainty when he accidentally commits a serious crime.
- DirectorDeclan LowneyStarsBrendan GleesonAmanda DonohoeJames NesbittA sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.
- DirectorJohn RobertsStarsGregg FitzgeraldGerard KearneyDarragh NaughtonThe children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoelaces, and underwear of their captured opponents, in order to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents' buttons, etc.; sometimes they go to battle completely naked and exposed. In one such scene, about 30 boys return from a battle to celebrate victory at a barn-house only to find some girls waiting for them, and they get very embarrassed at losing their privacy.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsMarc O'SheaBronagh GallagherMichael LiebmannA 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 Republican Army members, all of who are outraged by the youths' nihilism. The gang, led by ace thief Sean (Marc O'Shea), is connected with the IRA but couldn't care less about the group's politics. But things turn serious when an IRA member captures one of the boys, Marley (Michael Liebmann), in an effort to end the mayhem.A very young looking Bronagh Gallagher stars in a one off t.v. movie about joyriders in West Belfast circa 92, 5 "Hoods" go joyriding until they come to the attention of the Police and I.R.A..Punishment beating's,cars rammed of the road ,shooting your car to pieces when ur in it, and that's just the police response in Northern Ireland!!!Gritty drama with good acting and available on dvd.
- DirectorMarian QuinnStarsAilish McCarthySophie Jo WassonOrla LongThis story is set in "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman.This story is set in the "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman.
- DirectorYann DemangeStarsJack O'ConnellSam ReidSean HarrisIn 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn ButlerStarsFionn O'SheaArdal O'HanlonAmy HubermanNed and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it's tested by the authorities.
- DirectorStephen BurkeStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorBarry WardMartin McCannInspired 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.