Feature Film, Irish (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Quiet Girl (2022)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Director: Colm Bairéad | Stars: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric
Votes: 9,843
2. War of the Buttons (1994)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: John Roberts | Stars: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara
Votes: 4,443 | Gross: $0.01M
3. 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: 1,951 | Gross: $0.16M
4. 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: 414
5. Róise & Frank (2022)
90 min | Drama
A widow who has given up on life becomes convinced that a stray dog is the reincarnation of her Hurling-loving husband.
Directors: Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy | Stars: Bríd Ní Neachtain, Cillian O'Gairbhi, Lorcan Cranitch, Ruadhán de Faoite
Votes: 75
6. Song of Granite (2017)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Born in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Colm Seoighe, Michael O'Chonfhlaola, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf
Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Doineann (2021)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home, he discovers that his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his ... See full summary »
Director: Damian McCann | Stars: Peter Coonan, Brid Brennan, Clare Monnelly, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Votes: 140
8. Widows' Peak (1994)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In 1934, an English widow moves to Widows' Peak, Ireland. She befriends other widows and the son of one. Hostility escalates between her and an Irish spinster.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar
Votes: 1,792 | Gross: $6.24M
9. Foscadh (2021)
93 min | Drama
When his over-protective parents pass away, friendless recluse John Cunliffe discovers their land to be extremely valuable, and he is forced to navigate the choppy waters of trust, vengeance and romance for the first time.
Director: Seán Breathnach | Stars: Dónall Ó Héalai, Fionnuala Flaherty, Cillian O'Gairbhi, Macdara Ó Fátharta
Votes: 106
10. Kings (I) (2007)
88 min | Drama
A group of men reunite for a friend's funeral.
Director: Tom Collins | Stars: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Brendan Conroy, Donncha Crowley
Votes: 647
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: 130
12. Finky (2019)
95 min | Drama
A young musician with a tragic past is crippled in a car accident and given a chance at redemption when he is recruited by a violent, avant-garde circus.
Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Dara Devaney, Ned Dennehy, Diarmuid de Faoite, Fionnuala Gygax
Votes: 49
13. Korea (1995)
87 min | Drama
A powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. It is set in rural Ireland during the 1950's, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish ... See full summary »
Director: Cathal Black | Stars: Donal Donnelly, Andrew Scott, Fiona Molony, Vass Anderson
Votes: 113
14. Graveyard Clay (2007)
94 min | Comedy
This a story about an obsessive hatred that started as a case of jealous rivalry between two young sisters, resulting in a broken heart as Neil got the upper hand on her sister, Caitríona, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Bríd Ní Neachtain, Peadar Lamb, Máire Ní Mháille, Macdara Ó Fátharta
Votes: 46
15. Poitín (1978)
65 min | Drama
A poitín maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
Director: Bob Quinn | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Maighréad Ní Chonghaile
Votes: 140
16. Ailsa (1994)
75 min | Drama
Miles Butler lives an uneventful life with his girlfriend until he discovers the body of his landlord in a neighbouring apartment. The tragedy of this moment makes a deep impression on ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Brendan Coyle, Andrea Irvine, Juliette Gruber, Gary Lydon
Votes: 38
17. The Gift (2014)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A lifeboat crew discovers millions of euros worth of drugs on a fishing boat off the coast of Ireland.
Director: Tom Collins | Stars: Dara Devaney, John Finn, Owen McDonnell, Pól Ó Griofa
Votes: 682
19. An Taibhse
93 min | Horror | Filming
Éamon and his daughter Máire are hired as caretakers to look after an isolated Georgian Mansion over the winter.
Director: John Farrelly | Stars: Livvy Hill, Tom Kerrisk, Anthony Murphy, Tom Stafford
20. Soviet na hEireann (2008)
60 min | Drama
Explores that heady post World War 1 era when Ireland stood on the brink of a Soviet socialist revolution which would have utterly altered the course of its history.
Director: Jimmy Duggan | Stars: Frank Boland, Thomas Booth, Sarah Boyne, Denise Brown
21. Do Chuala Ceol (I Heard Music) (2020)
45 min
This new creative collaboration between Singer and Composer Fiona Kelleher, Musician Caoimhín Vallely and Filmmaker Dónal Ó Céilleachair brings to life an Irish Suantraí (Magical/Lullaby) ... See full summary »
Director: Donal O'Ceilleachair | Star: Alohi Feachem
22. Deoch an Dorais (Name Your Poison) (2015)
Drama
The incredible story of the Rasputin of the Bronx - Irishman Mike Malloy who survived 40 attempts on his vagrant life in prohibition era New York.
Director: Paddy Hayes
23. Biopsy Shake (2005)
Sci-Fi
Director: Conor Slattery | Stars: Nathan Slattery, Günther Berkus, John Brett, Padraig Sexton
24. City of a Thousand Suns (2022)
53 min | War
Part poem, part elegy, drawing on a rich legacy of world cinema to dive into our collective memory and shine a light on the trauma we all share as descendants of the atomic age.
Directors: Paula Kehoe, Feargal Ward | Stars: Marcus Mac Conghail, Kazuyoshi Meiki, Tristan Warner
25. An Gaeilgeoir Nocht (2006)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
A language enthusiast hits mid life crisis and leaves his wife and child to become an anti-globalisation warrior arsonist.
Director: Neasa Hardiman | Stars: Aonghus Weber, Carrie Crowley, Sorcha Ní Chéide, Doireann Learmont
Votes: 6
26. Moya (2020)
60 min | Biography
2020 marks 50 years in the music business for the first lady of Celtic music, Moya Brennan. The scope of Moya Brennan's success as a performer is staggering. As a solo artist, she has won ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Reddin | Stars: Bono, Paul Brady, Maire Brennan, Damien Dempsey
27. Michael Davitt - Radacach (2019)
Drama
Director: Deaglán O'Mocháin | Stars: Bill Waters, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhrighde, Martin Hasson
30. Ocras (2007)
59 min | Biography, History
The inside story of the 1981 hunger strike when 10 men fasted to the death in the Maze prison, told by those who were centrally involved. A first hand account of one of the landmark events in our recent history.
Director: Margo Harkin
31. Colmcille: An Naomh Dána (2021)
History
Director: Andrew Gallimore | Stars: Michael Cloke, Niall Mac Eachmharcaigh, Pól Penrose, Andrew Porter
32. Feinmharu (2013)
45 min | Drama
Director: Paul Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Michele Bungard, Joan Burke, Maria Anastacia Keogh, John Murphy
33. Anúna Invocations of Ireland (2009)
Music
"Invocations of Ireland" recorded between 2003 and 2008 features 19 tracks written or arranged by Irish composer Michael McGlynn. Locations include Christ Church Cathedral crypt, the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael McGlynn
34. 2016 Pro12 Grand Final (2016)
Sport
The final match of the Pro12 season. It was the second with Guinness as the title sponsor and the seventh ever League Grand Final. The final was played between Leinster and Connacht. ... See full summary »
Stars: Niyi Adeolokun, Rodney Ah You, Bundee Aki, Finlay Bealham
35. Aicíd: The Great Flu Pandemic in Ireland (2008)
52 min | History
Director: Peter Kelly | Star: Charlie Kranz