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1. The Woman in the Wall (2023–2024)
TV-MA | Drama, Thriller
Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Daryl McCormack, Simon Delaney, Philippa Dunne
Votes: 5,615
2. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
Votes: 54,663 | Gross: $1.83M
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: 33,777 | Gross: $11.09M
4. Rebellion (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 258 min | Drama, History, War
Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Michael Ford-FitzGerald, Jordanne Jones, Brian Gleeson, Jaelynne Wallace Ruane
Votes: 4,545
5. 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: 13,195 | Gross: $0.05M
6. 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: 25,768 | Gross: $0.77M
7. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Documentary, History, War
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
Votes: 931
8. Jimmy's Hall (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
During 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.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby
Votes: 6,958 | Gross: $0.56M
9. The Secret Army (2024)
89 min | Documentary
Darragh MacIntyre reveals the strange story of the lost documentary that unmasked the IRA. Right at the bloodiest point of the conflict, IRA bombers were filmed unmasked, and most of its underground leadership appeared on camera.
Star: Darragh MacIntyre
Votes: 63
10. Some Mother's Son (1996)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
The 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.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,992 | Gross: $0.61M
11. Against the Wind (1978)
617 min | Drama, History, Western
Mary Mulvane, an 18 year old Irish girl, is transported to New South Wales for seven years for doing little else than protecting her own property. She must endure the horror of transport to... See full summary »
Stars: Mary Larkin, Kerry McGuire, Jon English, Warwick Sims
Votes: 946
12. 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
13. The Hunger (II) (2020)
90 min | Documentary, History
The Story of the Irish Famine of the 1840s.
Director: Ruán Magan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Cormac Ó'Gráda, Niamh Gallagher, Mary C. Kelly
Votes: 99
14. I AM PATRICK (2020)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
I AM PATRICK peels back centuries of legend and myth to tell the true story of Saint Patrick. Through historical re-enactments, expert interviews and Patrick's own writings, experience the journey from man to saint.
Director: Jarrod Anderson | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Moe Dunford, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Ailbhe Cowley
Votes: 246
15. Charlie (2015)
Biography, Drama, History
The political and personal life of Irish politician Charles Haughey during his tenure as Taoiseach of Ireland (1979-1981, 1982, 1987-1992).
Stars: Aidan Gillen, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Lucy Cohu, Risteard Cooper
Votes: 183
16. Grainne Uaile: The Movie (2023)
270 min | Action
The life of Grainne Uaile, the 16th century Pirate Queen from Ireland.
Director: Ciaron Davies | Stars: Fionnuala Collins, Ciaron Davies, Peter Cosgrove, Patrick Mc Loughlin
Votes: 28
17. The House of Paisley (2023)
Documentary
Biography exploring the life and political career of Reverand Ian Paisley.
Stars: Joanne Crawford, Gerry Adams, David McIlveen, Ivan Foster
Votes: 10
18. The Irish Revolution (2019– )
154 min | Documentary
The story of the Irish war of independence 1919 to 1922
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Conor Mulvagh, Heather Jones, Michael Laffan
Votes: 102
19. Young Plato (2021)
102 min | Documentary
School headmaster Kevin McArevey tries to change the fortunes of an inner-city Irish community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs.
Directors: Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin | Stars: Kevin McArevey, Jan-Marie Reel
Votes: 401
20. Fools of Fortune (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory, Frankie McCafferty
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.08M
21. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
22. Strumpet City (1980)
360 min | Drama, History
From 1907 to 1914, the lives of numerous inhabitants of Dublin, still under British rule, impact on each other: the young wife of a factory worker, a country girl new to the big city, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Grimes, David Kelly, Donal McCann, Angela Harding
Votes: 127
23. The Ballymurphy Precedent (2018)
108 min | Documentary
The Ballymurphy Precedent tells the unknown story of the death of eleven innocent people at the hands of the British Army in a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971. This is a massacre that ... See full summary »
Director: Callum Macrae | Stars: Kevin-Barry Brown, Noel O'Brien, Callum Janes
Votes: 89
24. The Treaty (1991 TV Movie)
107 min | Drama, History
In 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic and the British government is concluded after high-stakes negotiations.
Director: Jonathan Lewis | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Condren, Ian Bannen, Julian Fellowes
Votes: 177
25. The Disappeared (2013)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
An investigation into the victims killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Director: Alison Millar | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bill Clinton, Seamus Heaney, Darragh MacIntyre
Votes: 92
26. The Troubles (1981– )
Documentary
Six-part documentary series looking at Northern Ireland from the perspective of recent Irish history.
Votes: 10
27. The Forgotten Maggies (2009)
51 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The documentary focuses on the human rights aspect of the Magdalene Laundries and shows how State and Church colluded to remand and keep these women against their will. The film challenges ... See full summary »
Director: Steven O'Riordan
Votes: 19
28. The Key (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Drama
British officer is assigned to duty in Ireland and gets embroiled in Anglo-Irish battles and old girl friend who is now married to an Irishman. Powell learns more than he wanted to know about "the Irish Problem."
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive, Hobart Cavanaugh
Votes: 554
29. 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
30. Reeling in the Years (1999– )
30 min | Documentary, History
A look back at the stories which occurred in Ireland and abroad between 1962 and 2019 accompanied only by soundtrack of that particular year and subtitles - no narration.
Stars: Pat Conway, Sean McKeown, Nigel Ryan
Votes: 188
31. Face Down (2023)
85 min | Documentary, History
In 1973 Thomas Niedermayer, a German businessman living in Belfast, was kidnapped from his home and disappeared. His family and friends never saw him alive again. He became one of Northern Ireland's "disappeared". His fate was unknown.
Director: Gerry Gregg | Stars: Charmaine Cottam, Marie Gilmore, Judith Herman, William Matchett
Votes: 25
32. The Writing on the Wall (1983)
Drama
The events of the Troubles are everyday happenings for the young people of the Derry Community Workshop, an alternative school for learning manual trades, which has the specificity of ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Gatti | Stars: John Deehan, Brendan Deeney, Paddy Doherty, Nigel Haggan
Votes: 10
33. The Irish Prisoner (2015)
100 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Irish prisoner is the love story between Luisa Ochoa, a young widow and Conor Doolin, an Irish soldier who was taken prisoner after the English invasion of Buenos Aires in 1806, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Jaureguialzo, Marcela Silva y Nasute | Stars: Alexia Moyano, Tom Harris, Manuel Vicente, Alberto Benegas
Votes: 36
34. The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (1998– )
Documentary, History
A survey of the ethnic history of the Irish population in the the United States of America.
Stars: Michael Murphy, Claire Bloom, Jason Robards, Mary Black
Votes: 57
35. Murdered: The Baby on the Beach (2023 TV Special)
Documentary, Crime
Investigating the "Kerry babies" case - the events that unfolded when a murdered baby was found in rural Kerry, Ireland in 1984.
Directors: David Harvey, Daniel Browne | Stars: Ger Colleran, Diarmaid Ferriter, Gerry O'Carroll, Ailbhe Smyth
Votes: 32
36. Insurrection (1966)
Drama, History
An eight part series dramatizing the Irish Easter Rising of 1916. The series was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rising.
Stars: Ray McAnally, Eoin O'Súilleabháin, Gerry Alexander, Maurie Taylor
Votes: 19
37. The Rock in the Sea
40 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A Monk living in 9th century Ireland must contend with grief, despair, isolation and his own identity, on a far-off desolate rock.
Director: Niall Duffy | Stars: Sean Derry, James Kearney, Leo Glenn, Johnny French
38. The Inquiry (2014)
60 min | History
Dublin 1913. The truth behind the rhetoric as charismatic union leader Jim Larkin faces off against tycoon William Martin Murphy in the dispute that defined modern Ireland.
Director: Brian Gray | Stars: Jed Murray, Bosco Hogan, Gerry O'Brien, Patrick O'Donnell
Votes: 8
39. Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon exposed the truth of a repressed, suppressed and censored country, and the hypocrisy of church, politics and state, through a series of 'innocent' interviews.
Director: Peter Lennon | Stars: Sean O'Faoláin, Conor Cruise O'Brien, John Huston, Douglas Gageby
Votes: 175
40. Mise Éire (1959)
88 min | Documentary
Mise Eire tells of events in Ireland leading up to, during, and immediately after the 1916 Easter Rising, extensively using original footage such as newsreels from the time.
Director: George Morrison | Stars: Liam Budhlaeir, Padraig O'Raghallaigh
Votes: 46
41. The Patriot Game (1979)
93 min | Documentary, History
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.
Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall
Votes: 177
42. Outitude: The Irish Lesbian Community (2018)
90 min | Documentary
OUTITUDE is a heartfelt documentary that attempts to get to the core of what it means to be lesbian. We explore what defines us, what connects us, and what are our commonalities. We spoke ... See full summary »
Director: Sonya Mulligan | Stars: Nell McCafferty, Una Mullally, Ailbhe Smyth
Votes: 30
43. 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta (2013)
Drama, History, War
A drama documentary outlining the lives of the "Forgotten Seven", seven leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Tim Creed, Aonghus Og McAnally, Conor Delaney
Votes: 31
44. Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire (2012)
62 min | Documentary
An examination of the making of the landmark Irish film Mise Eire and the political and national context of its release.
Director: Colm Bairéad | Stars: Tim Pat Coogan, Walter Cronkite, Eamon de Valera, Alan Dukes
45. Betty Williams: Contagious Courage (2018)
TV-14 | 67 min | Documentary
This is the story of a young mother living in Northern Ireland fifty years ago, as her country teetered on the brink of civil war. With never-before-seen footage and behind-the-scenes ... See full summary »
Director: Dawn Gifford Engle | Stars: Betty Williams, Brenden MacDonald
Votes: 16
46. The 8th (2020)
94 min | Documentary
The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. After a 35-year struggle, the pro-choice side must radically shift... See full summary »
Directors: Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle | Stars: Wendy Grace, Andrea Horan, Ailbhe Smyth, Maria Steen
Votes: 81
47. Endgame in Ireland (2001 TV Movie)
240 min | Documentary
A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Anderson, Mick Gold | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Denis Bradley
Votes: 42
48. A Kind of Sisterhood (2015)
75 min | Documentary
Follows female political prisoners in Armagh and Maghaberry jails, told in their own words.
Directors: Michele Devlin, Claire Hackett | Stars: Raymond Murray, Rosina Brown, Nell McCafferty, Jackie Upton
Votes: 11
49. How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021)
Documentary
In 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Reddin | Stars: Eric Bell, Maire Brennan, Roz Crowley, Barry Devlin
50. 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