Movies set in Ireland
by geyslan | created - 27 Jul 2020 | updated - 16 Jan 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 32A (2007)
89 min | Drama
This story is set in "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman.
Director: Marian Quinn | Stars: Ailish McCarthy, Sophie Jo Wasson, Orla Long, Riona Smith
Votes: 398
2. '71 (2014)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 60,174 | Gross: $1.27M
3. The Abduction Club (2002)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Alice Evans, Daniel Lapaine, Sophia Myles, Matthew Rhys
Votes: 1,781
4. About Adam (2000)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
Director: Gerard Stembridge | Stars: Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Tommy Tiernan, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 6,795 | Gross: $0.15M
5. Accelerator (2000)
86 min | Action, Comedy
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Vinny Murphy | Stars: Stuart Sinclair Blyth, Gavin Kelty, Aisling O'Neill, Sorcha Gleadhill
Votes: 512
6. The Actors (2003)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime
Two failed actors decide to pull a con on a local gangster by pretending to be the people to whom he owes money.
Director: Conor McPherson | Stars: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon, Lena Headey
Votes: 1,963
7. Adam & Paul (2004)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Tom Murphy, Mark O'Halloran, Gavin Dowdall, Luke Keeler
Votes: 3,302
8. Agnes Browne (1999)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The unexpected death of her husband sends a woman and her seven children, ages 2-14, into emotional turmoil and financial crisis in 1967 Dublin. She is forced to borrow money from a ... See full summary »
Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea, Ciaran Owens
Votes: 2,231 | Gross: $0.14M
9. 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: 44
10. Alarm (2008)
105 min | Thriller
A grieving woman leaves Dublin to the Irish countryside for a fresh start. Soon her new life is disturbed by a vendetta and her own suspicion towards her new neighbors and her old friends.
Director: Gerard Stembridge | Stars: Ruth Bradley, Aidan Turner, Owen Roe, Tom Hickey
Votes: 463
11. Albert Nobbs (2011)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Votes: 25,591 | Gross: $3.01M
12. Alive and Kicking (1958)
94 min | Comedy
Three elderly ladies tire of living in an old people's home and when they heard that they are about to be separated, they make a bid for freedom. They escape to an island off the Irish ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 376
13. 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: 686
14. And No One Could Save Her (1973 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Mystery
A woman searches for her husband, who boarded a plane for Ireland and disappeared.
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Lee Remick, Milo O'Shea, Frank Grimes, Liam Redmond
Votes: 26
15. Angel (1982)
R | 92 min | Drama, Music
Saxophonist 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.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey
Votes: 975
16. Angela's Ashes (1999)
R | 145 min | Biography, Drama
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens
Votes: 23,253 | Gross: $13.04M
17. Anne Devlin (1984)
121 min | Drama
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Director: Pat Murphy | Stars: Brid Brennan, Bosco Hogan, Des McAleer, Gillian Hackett
Votes: 29
18. Another Shore (1948)
77 min | Comedy
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Robert Beatty, Moira Lister, Stanley Holloway, Michael Medwin
Votes: 156
19. Anton (2008)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970s Ireland is a radically different place from the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Cantwell | Stars: Gerard McSorley, Anthony Fox, Laura Way, Andy Smith
Votes: 211
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. Arrah-Na-Pogue (1911)
Drama, Romance
(Reel 1) Beamish McCoul joined the Irish insurrection and had become a leader in the movement when he was arrested and placed in Wicklow Jail. His property was confiscated by the ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Gene Gauntier, J.J. Clark, Sidney Olcott, Robert G. Vignola
Votes: 28
22. Ascendancy (1983)
92 min | Drama
Connie is a member of the British landowning "Ascendancy" in Ireland after WWI. Through a chance friendship with a British soldier, she learns how sheltered she has been, and chooses to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Julie Covington, Ian Charleson, John Phillips, Susan Engel
Votes: 75
23. Attracta (1983)
55 min | Drama
An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.
Director: Kieran Hickey | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Kate Thompson, Joe McPartland, John Kavanagh
Votes: 15
24. Bad Day for the Cut (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when his mother is murdered.
Director: Chris Baugh | Stars: Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski, Stuart Graham
Votes: 8,734
25. The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
52 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Mick Lally, Brid Brennan
Votes: 84
26. 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: 183,146
27. Battle of the Bone (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror
The divided communities in Northern Ireland come together to create peace against an army of drug crazed zombies.
Director: George Clarke | Stars: Phil Barnhill, Andrew Brown, Logan Bruce, George Clarke
Votes: 98
28. A Belfast Story (2013)
99 min | Crime, Drama
In a city left torn by war, when a series of murders awaken dormant memories, many fear the worst. Colm Meaney ("Hell On Wheels", "Layer Cake", "Con Air") and Malcolm Sinclair ("Casino ... See full summary »
Director: Nathan Todd | Stars: Colm Meaney, Malcolm Sinclair, Tommy O'Neill, Paddy Rocks
Votes: 554
29. Beloved Enemy (1936)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1921, Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic, independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of the rebellion's leaders and a ... See full summary »
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 385
30. Between the Canals (2011)
74 min | Crime, Drama
Follows three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City as they each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.
Director: Mark O'Connor | Stars: Dan Hyland, Peter Coonan, Stephen Jones, Anne Marie Martin
Votes: 283
31. Bipedality (2010)
68 min | Mystery
A relationship between a man and a woman discloses during the course of the film.
Director: Rouzbeh Rashidi | Stars: Julia Gelezova, Dean Kavanagh
Votes: 13
32. Black '47 (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, History
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
Director: Lance Daly | Stars: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox
Votes: 13,192 | Gross: $0.05M
33. The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Gothic lesbians prowl the corridors of a miserable little castle in Italy and fall prey to a deranged count with resplendent canine gnashers, a ghostly white complexion and the personality of Atilla the Hun.
Director: Alfredo Rizzo | Stars: Femi Benussi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Krista Nell, Patrizia Webley
Votes: 483
34. Bloody Sunday (2002)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Allan Gildea
Votes: 25,762 | Gross: $0.77M
35. Bloom (I) (2003)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.
Director: Sean Walsh | Stars: Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor, Neilí Conroy
Votes: 402
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. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn that their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, they go back to Boston to bring justice to those responsible and avenge the priest.
Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 66,918 | Gross: $10.27M
38. Borstal Boy (2000)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.
Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney
Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.09M
39. Boxed (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
The IRA, when executing an informer, calls on certain 'tame priests' to secretly provide last rites.
Director: Marion Comer | Stars: Tom Murphy, Darragh Kelly, Catherine Cusack, Brendan Mackey
Votes: 52
40. The Boxer (1997)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Young 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.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan
Votes: 22,329 | Gross: $5.80M
41. Boy Eats Girl (2005)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.
Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Tadhg Murphy, Laurence Kinlan
Votes: 4,009
42. The Boy from Mercury (1996)
87 min | Drama, Family
Harry is an eight-year-old boy growing up in Ireland with his dis-spirited widowed mother May and older brother Paul. He is bullied in school, and his only real friend is his dog Max. His ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Duffy | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay, Hugh O'Conor, James Hickey
Votes: 109
43. The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill, Shaun Evans, Andrea Corr
Votes: 1,507 | Gross: $0.14M
44. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
In 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.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson
Votes: 24,550 | Gross: $0.83M
45. Broken Law (2020)
85 min | Drama
Dave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.
Director: Paddy Slattery | Stars: Tristan Heanue, Graham Earley, John Connors, Gemma-Leah Devereux
Votes: 540
46. Brooklyn (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 150,527 | Gross: $38.32M
47. Broth of a Boy (1959)
77 min | Comedy
A British TV producer is traveling in Ireland when he comes across a village where they are planning a birthday party for the oldest man in the world. He decides he wants to make a film ... See full summary »
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, June Thorburn, Eddie Golden, Godfrey Quigley
Votes: 32
48. The Brylcreem Boys (1998)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Billy Campbell, Chris 'Kit' Ryan, Jean Butler, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 626
49. The Butcher Boy (1997)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle
Votes: 11,472 | Gross: $1.82M
50. Cal (1984)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, Romance
A 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.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh
Votes: 1,633
51. 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: 64,356 | Gross: $3.59M
52. The Canal (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A film archivist finds his sanity crumbling after he is given an old 16mm film reel with footage from a horrific murder that occurred in the early 1900's.
Director: Ivan Kavanagh | Stars: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne
Votes: 14,874
53. Captain Boycott (1947)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, History
In 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim
Votes: 430
54. Captain Lightfoot (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow, Kathleen Ryan
Votes: 890
55. Cardboard Gangsters (2017)
92 min | Crime, Drama
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
Director: Mark O'Connor | Stars: John Connors, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, Kierston Wareing, Jimmy Smallhorne
Votes: 3,299
56. Casey's Millions (1922)
Comedy
Two actors attempt to scam gullible townsfolk by pretending to be lawyers looking for the heir to a massive fortune.
Director: John MacDonagh | Stars: Barrett McDonnell, Chris Sylvester, Jimmy O'Dea, Fred Jeffs
57.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Conflict
(1973)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Trevor Howard, Raf Vallone, Martin Sheen, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 424
58. Chasing Leprechauns (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Family
Before an American company can build a smelting plant outside a small Irish village, they have to send their top troubleshooter to find a way around an antiquated law that protects the leprechauns supposedly living on the property.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Amy Huberman, Seán Duggan, Frank O'Sullivan
Votes: 533
59. Cherrybomb (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Three teenagers go on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars that quickly spins beyond their control.
Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Stars: Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan, James Nesbitt, Niamh Quinn
Votes: 7,544
60. Circle of Friends (1995)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Three women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Geraldine O'Rawe, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 9,238 | Gross: $23.40M
61. The Clash of the Ash (1987)
50 min | Drama
Phil is under pressure from his parents who have decided how his life should proceed. He refuses to sit his Leaving Certificate and runs off to London to follow his own ambitions
Director: Fergus Tighe | Stars: Liam Heffernan, Gina Moxley, Vinny Murphy, Myles Breen
Votes: 26
62. Closing the Ring (2007)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Dylan Roberts, Gene Dinovi
Votes: 4,871
63. The Colleen Bawn (II) (1911)
An Irishman from an impoverished family could save the family estate by marrying a rich woman, but his heart yearns for his poor true love.
Director: Gaston Mervale | Stars: Louise Lovely, James Martin
Votes: 24
64. 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: 38,807 | Gross: $14.92M
65. The Country Girls (1983 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Friendship of two girls, childhood friends, is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Sam Neill, Maeve Germaine, Jill Doyle, John Olohan
Votes: 64
66. 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: 141
67. Cowboys & Angels (2003)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an apartment with a gay fashion student and finds himself on the catwalk. The film sets out... See full summary »
Director: David Gleeson | Stars: Michael Legge, Allen Leech, Amy Shiels, David Murray
Votes: 2,600 | Gross: $0.03M
68. The Craic (1999)
86 min | Comedy
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Emery | Stars: Jimeoin, Alan McKee, Colin Hay, Bob Franklin
Votes: 604
69. Cré na Cille (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: 49
70. A Christmas Star (2017)
82 min | Family
Noelle's born on Christmas with the magical ability to make people stop fighting. Her dad's workplace has problems and has to sell. The only buyer is evil.
Director: Richard Elson | Stars: Erin Galway-Kendrick, Robert James-Collier, Bronagh Waugh, Richard Clements
Votes: 2,056
71. Cruiskeen Lawn (1922)
Comedy
In Ireland a poor settler's horse wins the cup after a charlatan dopes it with an elixir of life.
Director: John MacDonagh | Stars: Tom Moran, Kathleen Armstrong, Fred Jeffs, Jimmy O'Dea
72. Cry of the Innocent (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Green Beret-veteran businessman investigates the plane crash in Ireland that killed his family.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 231
73. The Cured (2017)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. Society discriminates against the once-infected zombies, as do their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference.
Director: David Freyne | Stars: Elliot Page, Sam Keeley, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Stuart Graham
Votes: 9,397 | Gross: $0.02M
74. 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
75. 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
76. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea
Votes: 9,369
77. A Date for Mad Mary (2016)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.
Director: Darren Thornton | Stars: Seána Kerslake, Carolyn Bracken, Denise McCormack, Barbara Brennan
Votes: 2,322
78. Daughter of Darkness (1948)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Anne Crawford, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed, George Thorpe
Votes: 352
79. Dawn Over Ireland (1936)
89 min | Drama, History
Set during the Fenian uprising of 1866, this Irish melodrama presents the saga of a family wrongfully accused of betraying their country. The film spans three generations to the end of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Thomas Cooper | Stars: Thomas Cooper, Brian O'Sullivan, Eileen Davis, Herbert Martin
Votes: 55
80. The Dawning (1988)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard
Votes: 416
81. 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: 8,907 | Gross: $4.37M
82. Dead Along the Way (2016)
85 min | Comedy
Hapless wedding videographers Wacker and Tony find themselves unexpectedly dealing with a dead body, overly-enthusiastic Gardaí, fertility treatment, and a vengeful gangster - oh, and an imminent wedding."
Director: Maurice O'Carroll | Stars: Niall Murphy, Ciaran Bermingham, Tom Lawlor, Donna Patrice
Votes: 95
83. Dead Bodies (2003)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy.
Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Andrew Scott, Katy Davis, Eamonn Owens, Darren Healy
Votes: 1,085
84. Dead Man's Evidence (1962)
67 min | Drama
Spy David Baxter is sent to Ireland to investigate the death of a defected colleague apparently found dead on a beach. But is the body really him?
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Jane Griffiths, Veronica Hurst, Ryck Rydon
Votes: 197
85. Dead Meat (2004)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
An infection spreads from slaughtered animals to humans, which causes the dead to rise and feed on the living.
Director: Conor McMahon | Stars: Marian Araujo, David Muyllaert, Eoin Whelan, David Ryan
Votes: 2,337
86. Dear Sarah (1989 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as she works to free her family members from prison.
Director: Frank Cvitanovich | Stars: Stella McCusker, Barry McGovern, Paddy Rocks, Bronagh Gallagher
Votes: 24
87. December Bride (1990)
88 min | Drama
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Donal McCann, Saskia Reeves, Ciarán Hinds, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 365 | Gross: $0.07M
88. The Delinquent Season (2018)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Two married couples with kids start having problems with fidelity.
Director: Mark O'Rowe | Stars: Laoise Murray, Catherine Walker, Nora Cooper, Lochlainn McKenna
Votes: 2,612
89. Dementia 13 (1963)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 8,995
90. The Devil's Doorway (2018)
Unrated | 76 min | Horror
In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
Director: Aislinn Clarke | Stars: Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, Lauren Coe
Votes: 4,021
91. The Dig (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Thriller
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim's father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help him dig.
Directors: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill | Stars: Moe Dunford, Emily Taaffe, Francis Magee, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 911
92. The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery
Finbar 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.
Director: Sue Clayton | Stars: Luke Griffin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sean Lawlor, Chris Meehan
Votes: 652
93. 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: 5,214
94. Divorcing Jack (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Thriller, Comedy
Black romantic comedy set around the troubled "peace process" and its effect on a cynical Belfast hack.
Director: David Caffrey | Stars: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Adam Black, Simon Magill
Votes: 2,175
95. Dorothy Mills (2008)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A psychiatrist is assigned to work on the case of a disturbed young girl.
Director: Agnès Merlet | Stars: Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot, Ger Ryan
Votes: 5,986
96. Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, War
Band leader and singer Danny O'Keefe, is drafted into the U.S. Army, along with three members of his orchestra, Chuck, Corny and Tiny, known as 'The Jesters.' Danny is unhappy because he ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Kenny Baker, Jeff Donnell, Lynn Merrick, Guy Bonham
Votes: 57
97. Draiocht (1996 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: Aine O'Connor | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Charlotte Bradley, James Murphy, Brendan Cauldwell
Votes: 26
98. Dublin Oldschool (2018)
95 min | Drama
Over a drug-fuelled weekend in Dublin, Jason reconnects with his estranged brother, a recovering addict living on the streets.
Director: Dave Tynan | Stars: Calum Jess, Malcolm Denby, Emmet Kirwan, Ryan Farrell
Votes: 734
99. Durango (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer. Brenda Fricker appears as Keeslar's aunt and Mark ... See full summary »
Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Matt Keeslar, Patrick Bergin, George Hearn, Brenda Fricker
Votes: 290
100. Eamon (2009)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
A family holiday brings to a head the destructive love triangle between Eamon, a little boy with behavioral problems, his selfish mother Grace and his sexually frustrated father Daniel.
Director: Margaret Corkery | Stars: Robert Donnelly, Amy Kirwan, Darren Healy, Deirdre Monaghan
Votes: 144
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