Ireland Master List, a list by thomas giblin

8.0

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81

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81

/1323/

4.2

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99

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98

/20/

87

/28/

3.5

age 8+

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

86

7.8

/84377/

76

/1378/

75

/985/

3.9

/61380/

98

/45/

92

/1439/

97

/18/

4.0

age 16+

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

85

7.8

/124502/

76

/2841/

74

/1409/

3.9

/107228/

97

/159/

91

/18306/

90

/33/

4.0

age 13+

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

84

7.7

/27653/

76

/1097/

75

/516/

4.1

/85506/

97

/149/

93

/154/

89

/29/

3.5

age 12+

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

84

8.2

/2731/

81

/75/

77

/53/

4.0

/1878/

98

/45/

92

/123/

81

/23/

3.5

Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.

84

8.1

/200926/

80

/3074/

79

/1881/

4.2

/99643/

94

/50/

95

/1869/

84

/16/

3.0

age 16+

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

83

7.9

/106679/

79

/5172/

78

/2399/

4.0

/316279/

95

/215/

92

/898/

79

/38/

3.5

age 13+

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

83

8.0

/67325/

81

/3529/

80

/1528/

4.3

/128976/

99

/95/

92

/459/

85

/24/

2.5

age 7+

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

85

82

8.1

/4846/

80

/630/

78

/62/

4.0

/3225/

100

/27/

94

/26/

87

/7/

age 9+

The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.

82

7.6

/26590/

74

/539/

72

/331/

3.9

/10996/

92

/105/

90

/532/

90

/31/

3.5

age 17+

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

82

7.5

/58256/

74

/1209/

73

/866/

4.0

/71039/

90

/116/

87

/2769/

82

/30/

4.0

age 16+

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

81

7.6

/23549/

76

/1167/

72

/231/

4.1

/205454/

96

/143/

95

/27/

76

/33/

3.0

age 16+

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

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81

7.7

/45324/

77

/934/

73

/590/

3.8

/33915/

91

/46/

91

/1726/

85

/17/

age 9+

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

81

7.7

/29845/

75

/525/

74

/448/

3.8

/14204/

91

/149/

89

/791/

83

/38/

3.5

age 16+

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

81

7.6

/45282/

73

/443/

71

/375/

3.8

/11232/

90

/174/

91

/1662/

76

/41/

4.0

age 15+

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

80

7.6

/3441/

75

/184/

76

/49/

3.8

/7427/

99

/88/

87

/11/

76

/20/

3.0

age 15+

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.

80

7.5

/76148/

73

/1693/

72

/1173/

4.0

/80421/

90

/133/

83

/1705/

82

/25/

3.5

age 16+

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

79

7.2

/694/

73

/23/

72

/9/

3.6

/2641/

97

/34/

81

/6/

3.5

age 14+

Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere.

79

7.4

/10593/

70

/191/

67

/92/

3.7

/8023/

95

/43/

87

/382/

80

/21/

3.5

age 8+

Ten-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 was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.

79

7.5

/40391/

76

/1710/

74

/755/

3.9

/62439/

90

/83/

85

/1050/

81

/20/

3.0

age 9+

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

78

6.7

/34358/

67

/1716/

66

/450/

3.5

/146681/

93

/122/

81

/92/

82

/28/

4.0

age 13+

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

78

7.6

/42134/

77

/1129/

72

/579/

3.8

/37379/

90

/51/

90

/1220/

73

/23/

3.0

age 16+

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

78

7.1

/13786/

73

/852/

71

/224/

3.6

/16235/

100

/23/

83

/70/

Two teenage boys from inner-city Cork steal bicycles and ride off on a 160km quest to find an unrecovered bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros.

78

7.4

/67385/

72

/1933/

71

/1017/

3.9

/55209/

89

/167/

80

/802/

77

/42/

3.5

age 17+

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

78

7.3

/100684/

73

/2893/

69

/1340/

3.7

/57064/

94

/135/

81

/1873/

78

/29/

3.5

age 16+

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

77

6.6

/546/

63

/33/

64

/20/

3.3

/1026/

100

/12/

95

/15/

3.5

Grief stricken Róise lost her husband, Frank, two years ago. Her son, Alan, worries about her but the arrival of a mysterious dog seems to bring happiness to her life once more. Róise soon comes to believe that the dog is, in fact, Frank reincarnated. He has come back to be with her again… and to coach the local sports team…

77

7.6

/7836/

78

/272/

73

/143/

3.9

/16156/

93

/29/

79

/58/

71

/12/

3.0

A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.

76

7.0

/5270/

71

/272/

67

/117/

3.5

/6484/

94

/140/

83

/53/

70

/23/

3.5

age 15+

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.

76

7.3

/29510/

74

/698/

70

/332/

3.7

/16525/

83

/59/

88

/1250/

71

/21/

3.0

age 11+

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

76

7.0

/1357/

72

/149/

66

/57/

3.6

/1455/

100

/24/

75

/11/

82

/5/

3.0

After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight.

76

7.2

/9715/

71

/140/

67

/120/

3.6

/3686/

83

/47/

81

/99/

81

/21/

3.5

The 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.

76

7.2

/16311/

71

/281/

67

/182/

3.5

/4511/

92

/51/

79

/354/

71

/22/

3.5

age 11+

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.

75

6.7

/54773/

67

/3721/

66

/679/

3.4

/207511/

96

/132/

77

/522/

78

/18/

3.5

age 16+

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.

75

7.2

/9774/

68

/170/

68

/181/

3.7

/14017/

94

/33/

77

/151/

3.0

After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.

75

7.1

/329039/

69

/12640/

70

/6695/

3.8

/1068375/

87

/269/

65

/1968/

82

/44/

3.5

age 18+

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

74

7.0

/16091/

70

/886/

69

/199/

3.4

/30206/

93

/161/

84

/77/

76

/32/

2.5

age 15+

Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.

74

6.6

/1229/

64

/84/

60

/22/

3.5

/3229/

98

/42/

83

/7/

81

/11/

3.0

age 13+

Aisha lives at a centre for asylum-seekers in Ireland in a state of ongoing uncertainty. Having fled Nigeria after a violent gang murdered members of her family, she is desperately trying to find some degree of permanency, where she and her mother can be reunited and live without fear. As she navigates the complex legal system to seek settlement in Ireland, she sparks an unlikely friendship with Conor, a new guard at the centre. A former prisoner, Conor’s life experience and calming presence resonate with Aisha, allowing for a tentative romance to begin. But the bond between the pair comes under strain as the threat of deportation looms ever larger.

74

7.0

/8628/

72

/531/

71

/177/

3.6

/45190/

94

/51/

84

/49/

59

/7/

age 15+

Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement begins to fall apart, Eddie’s denial gets deeper as Amber realizes that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.

74

7.0

/2041/

73

/31/

58

/31/

3.5

/724/

90

/31/

76

/33/

3.5

Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.

74

6.9

/84303/

69

/2833/

69

/1679/

3.6

/124812/

92

/164/

72

/891/

75

/33/

3.0

age 17+

A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

73

6.6

/4931/

68

/175/

62

/73/

3.3

/2875/

91

/68/

87

/19/

74

/8/

3.0

age 14+

Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.

73

6.5

/4065/

67

/303/

71

/112/

3.3

/10137/

87

/70/

71

/17/

74

/21/

3.5

age 6+

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

73

7.0

/211322/

68

/7923/

70

/4310/

3.7

/756906/

79

/281/

63

/927/

73

/45/

3.5

age 17+

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

73

6.4

/12371/

67

/996/

64

/265/

3.4

/22636/

98

/93/

77

/5/

72

/14/

3.0

age 15+

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

73

7.2

/686/

71

/34/

70

/15/

3.5

/600/

87

/31/

85

/9/

71

/14/

2.5

By the early 1980s, after two decades of violence and unrest, the situation in Northern Ireland took a sudden and profound turn inside the infamous Maze Prison. Seeking the right to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals, Irish Republicans led by Bobby Sands began a prison hunger strike that would draw international attention to the conflict. In the 66 days that he refused food, Sands would be elected to the British Parliament, put the Irish Republican struggle centre stage on the world news agenda, and pay the ultimate price for his political convictions. The film combines a powerful mosaic of archival materials, reconstructions and the illuminating accounts of former prisoners, commentators and key players in the drama. With Sands's evocative prison diary at its core, the film brings fresh insight to an iconic figure who single-handedly created a transformative moment in Ireland's history that had global aftershocks.

73

7.0

/3364/

71

/71/

64

/52/

3.5

/2065/

75

/12/

79

/107/

71

/17/

3.5

age 11+

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.

73

6.4

/27528/

65

/1457/

61

/573/

3.4

/28066/

96

/218/

59

/521/

87

/36/

3.5

age 12+

From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

77

72

7.2

/5829/

74

/207/

67

/111/

3.6

/5365/

95

/37/