Irish or Irish Related Movies
Our purpose is not to recommend movies, but to provide a list of
movies with Irish Themes. Print this out and take to the video
store.
About Adam - 2000
Agnes Brown - 2000
All Things Bright and Beautiful Ireland, 1994,
Drama/children's, 90 min
Angela's Ashes - 2000
Angel aka Danny Boy UK, 1982, Drama, 92 minutes
Angels with Dirty Faces, 1938; Irish American Mob
Anne Devlin
Ascendancy
Ballroom of Romance, The BBC/RTE, 1982, Drama, 52 minutes
Beloved Enemy - 1936; Drama; Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne
Fictional Story based on Michael Collins
Bells of St. Mary's, The - 1945
Bishop's Story, The Ireland, 1994, Drama, 85 minutes
(Reworking of Budawanny)
Blown Away - 1994, Action; Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy
Amis, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker
Boom Babies Ireland, 1986, Drama, 34 minutes
Borstal Boy, 2000, Inspired by the book 'Borstal Boy' by
Brendan Behan Director: Peter Sheridan
Boxer, The, 113 min. Rating: R, Content: Strong Language,
Violence, Category: Movie, Drama, Director: Jim Sheridan,
Release Year: 1997
Broth of a Boy 1959 Ireland Comedy 1977 No rating B&W Tape
Brother, The Made for television
Brothers McMullen, 1995, Comedy;
Brylcreem Boys, The - 110 min.- Rating: PG-13, Content: Strong
Language, Violence, Category: Movie, Drama, Director: Terence
Ryan, Release Year: 1996
Buddawany Ireland, 1987, Drama
Butherboy, The - 1998
Cal 1984 UK Drama 102 Rated R Color Tape Catholics
Catholics - 1973
Circle of Friends - 1995
Champion, The - 1949
Claire Dolan, 1998
Closer You Get, The - 2000
Commitments, The 1991 US Drama/Musical 117Rated
RColor TapeDisc
Criminal Conversation Ireland, 1980, Drama, 60 minutes
Crying Game, The 1992 UK Drama 112 Rated R Color TapeDisc
Da - Rating: PG, Content: Strong Language, Category: Movie, Drama,
Director: Matt Clark, Release Year: 1988
Dancing at Lughnasa, Director: Pat O'Connor, Meryl Streep
Darby O'Gill & the Little People 1959 90 TapeDisc
Dawning, The 1988, Drama;
Dead, The (JJ) 1987 83 TapeDisc
December Bride Ireland, Drama, 1990, 90 minutes, Color
Dracula 1931 US Horror 75 No rating B&W Tape
Dracula 1973 US 100 No rating Color Tape
Dracula 1979 US Horror 109 Rated R Color TapeDisc
Dubliners Made for television
Eat the Peach 1986 Ireland Drama 95 No rating Color Tape Echoes
End of the World Man, The Ireland, 1985, Drama/children's, 82 min
Everlasting Piece, An- Rating: R Content: Strong Language
Category: Movie, Comedy Director: Barry Levsinson Release
Year: 2000
Eugene O'Neill, Famous Authors:, Year 1996; Type Doc;
Evelyn - 2002 - Drama - Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies,
Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn
Exposure Ireland, 1978, Drama, 48 minutes
Far and Away 1992 USDrama/Historical140
Rated PG-13 Color Tape Disc
Field, The 1990 UKDrama107Rated PG-13 Color Tape Disc
Finian's Rainbow 1968 145 TapeDisc
Finn McCoul - 1993; Family; captures the style of ancient bards
Finnegan's Wake 1965 US Drama 97 No rating B&W
Fools of Fortune 1990 UK Drama 109 Rated PG-13Color TapeDisc
Four Days in July
Frankie Starlight - 1995
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The - 1973
General, The, Year 1998; Type Action; Dublin Gangster Picture
Gentleman Jim - 1942
Girl with the Green Eyes, The - 1964, Drama
Glenroe Ireland (RTE), Television drama, ran from 1983
at least until 1987
Good Mother, The - 1988, Drama; Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson,
Jason Robards Jr., Ralph Bellamy
Good Will Hunting, 1997; Drama
Great John L, The - 1945
Guests of the Nation Ireland, 1936, Drama, silent, 50 min
Hear My Song 1991 UK-US Comedy/Drama 104Rated RColor TapeDisc
Hennesy - 1975
Hidden Agenda 1990 UK Political/Thriller 108Rated RColor
TapeDisc
High Boot Benny Ireland, 1993, Drama, 82 minutes
Husabye Baby
I am Ireland - A Portrait of the Composer Sean O'Ri
In the Name of the Father 1993IRL-US Drama/Docudrama 127
Rated R Color Tape Disc
Informer, The 1935 US Drama 91 No rating B&W TapeDisc
Into the West 1993 IrelandChildren's/Adventure/Drama 97
RatedPG Color TapeDisc
Irish at Gettysburg - 1998
Irish Eyes - 2002
Irish Horse Trainers
Irish in Us - 1935
Irish R.M., The RTE/Channel 4, 1983, Drama/serial
Irishman, The - 1978
It's Handy When People Don't Die Ireland, 1980, Drama,
100 minutes
James Joyce's Women US, 1985, Drama/Romance; 91 minutes, Video
John Huston's "The Dead" US, 1985, Drama, 91 minutes. available
on video & Disc
Joyriders
Juno and the Paycock 1930 UK Drama 85No rating B&W Tape
Kickhams, The Ireland, 1992, Drama/sports, 55 minutes
Kinkisha, The Ireland, 1977, Drama/fantasy, 65 minutes
Korea - 1995
Lamb Ireland, 1985, Drama, 110 minutes
Langrishe, Go Down Ireland, Drama, 1985, 110 minutes, Color
Last Hurrah, The 1958 US Political 121 No rating
B&W TapeDisc
Last September, The - Director: Deborah Warner, Michael Gambon,
Maggie Smith, Jane Birkin, Fiona Shaw, Keeley Hawes, Gary
Lydon
Legends of Ireland - 1998
Leapin' Lephrechauns - 1995; Family;
Liam - 2000, Drama, Irish in Liverpool
Little Nellie Kelly, 1940, Comedy, Judy Garland, George Murphy
Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The 1987 UK
Romance 116 Rated R ColorTape
Long Day's Journey into Night - 1962, Drama;
Long Gray Line, Year 1955; Type Comedy; Cast Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond
Lost Man, The 1969 US Drama 122 Rated PG Color
Love and Rage - 1999
Luck of the Irish 1948 99
Luck of the Irish - 2001, Family;
Maeve Ireland, 1981, 110 minutes, Color
Magical Legends of the Leprechauns - 1999, Family, Randy Quaid,
Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney
Man of Aran 1934 UK Documentary 77 No rating B&W Tape
Man of No Importance, A - 1994
Matchmaker, The - 1997
McCourts of Limerick, 1997; Documentary; Story of 4 McCourt
Brothers
McCourts of New York - 1998; Doc Story of McCourts in USA
Mein Leiben fur Irland/My Life for Ireland Germany, 1941,
Political, 90 minutes
Michael Collins - 132 min. - Rating: R, Content: Strong Language,
Violence, Category: Movie, Drama, Director: Neil Jordan,
Release Year: 1996
Miller's Crossing 1990, Action, Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney;
Irish Mob
Mise Eire/I Am Ireland Ireland, 1959, Documentary,
90 min in Irish
Molly Maguires, Year 1970; Drama; Sean Connery, Richard Harris
Monument Ave - 1998; Drama; Denis Leary, Colm Meaney, Martin
Sheen
Moondance Ireland/Germany/UK, 1994, Drama, 92 minutes, Color
Mountains of the Moon, Year 1990; Type Action/Adv;
My Brother's War - 1998, Action
My Left Foot 1989 Ireland Biography 103 Rated R Color TapeDisc
Naming the Names
Newton Letter, The Made for television, possibly Channel 4
Nephew - 100 min. - Category: Movie, Comedy-drama Director: Eugene
Brady Release Year: 1998
Night Fighters (originally A Terrible Beauty) 1960 85
Odd Man Out 1947 UK Crime 115 No rating B&W TapeDisc
One Man's Hero - 1998; Drama; San Patricios
Only the Lonely - 1991; Comedy; John Candy, Maureen O'Hara
Ordinary Decent Criminal, 2000, Director: Thadeuss O'Sullivan, Key
cast: Kevin Spacey & Linda Fiorentino
Out of Ireland (documentary)
Outcasts 1982
Passed Away, 1992; Comedy; Bob Hoskins, Maureen Stapleton
Patriot Games - 1992; Action; Harrison Ford
Pigs 1984
Pint of Plain, A
Playboy of the Western World, The - 1962
Playboys, The 1992 US Drama 110 Rated PG-13 ColorTape
Plough and the Stars, The 1936 US Historical 78 No rating B&W
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A 1979
US Drama 98 No rating Color Tape
Prophet Songs Ireland, 1990, Documentary, 65 minutes
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronz - 1970, Comedy, Gene
Wilder, Margot Kidder
Quiet Day in Belfast
Quiet Man, The 1952 US Romance/Comedy 129 NR ColorTape Disc
Railway Station Man, The 1992 UK 100 NR ColorTape Disc
Raining Stones
Rat - 2000
Real Charlotte, The Made for television
Riff, Raff
Ronin, 1998; Action; Robert De Niro
Run of the Country - 1995
Ryan's Daughter 1970 UK Romance/Drama176 Rated PG ColorTape Disc
Secret of Roan Inish US, 1994, Drama/children's, 100 minutes
Shadow of a Gunman Made for television
Shake Hands with the Devil 1959 110 TapeDisc
She's the One
Sinners Made for television
Snapper, The 1993 UK Comedy/Drama 90 Rated R Color
Snatch, - 2000
Song O' My Heart 1930 USMusical/Drama 91 No rating B&W Tape
Some Mother's Son, Year 1996; Type Drama; Death of Bobby Sands
Southie - 1999
St. Patrick Apostle of Ireland - 2001
St. Patrick's Day - 2002
State of Grace - 1990, Drama, Irish Mob
Sullivans, The Year 1944; Type Drama;
Sunday, Written by Jimmy McGovern; Directed by Charles McDougall;
Produced by Gub Neal, 2002
Studs Lonigan, 1960; Drama; 1920's Chicago Irish ghetto
Terrible Beauty, A See Night Fighters
This Is My Father - 119 min., Rating: R, Content: Sexual
Situations, Strong Language, Category: Movie, Drama,
Director: Paul Quinn, Release Year: 1998
Three Cheers For the Irish - 1940, Comedy, a catalog of Irish
stereotypes
Traveller Ireland, 1982, Drama/Political thriller, 80 minutes
Ulysses 1967 US Drama 140 No rating B&W TapeDisc
Van, The - 1996
Very Unlucky Leprechaun, A - 1998, Family
Visit, The Ireland, Drama Short, 1992, 22 minutes, Color
Waking Ned Devine - 1998
When Ireland Starved
When The Sky Falls, Year 1999; Type Action; Veronica Guerin
White Pony - 1999
Widow's Peak - 1994
Willy Reilly and his Colleen Bawn Ireland, 1920,
Drama, silent, black and white
Words Upon the Window Pane Ireland, 1994, 100 minutes, Color
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Year 1942; Type Musical; Cast James Cagney,
Joan Leslie Story of George M Cohan, a son of Irish
Immigrants
Year of the French, The