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Amazon Prime Video
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8.3
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82
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79
/10738/
3.9
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76
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85
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68
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cc age 17+

Braveheart (1995)
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Hulu
75
7.3
/201548/
72
/9290/
74
/3674/
3.7
/321965/
85
/294/
81
/479/
67
/50/
cc age 17+

The Last Duel (2021)
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
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Hoopla
73
7.2
/3139/
67
/53/
67
/37/
3.5
/884/
75
/16/
87
/58/
cc age 15+

Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
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Kanopy
73
7.0
/3349/
71
/71/
64
/52/
3.5
/2065/
75
/12/
79
/107/
71
/17/
cc age 11+

Into the West (1992)
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.
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Kanopy
72
6.8
/61725/
70
/3234/
67
/1504/
3.2
/44229/
87
/235/
68
/681/
71
/41/
cc age 12+

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
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Hoopla
71
6.7
/2048/
71
/47/
63
/19/
3.3
/646/
94
/16/
52
/42/

Widows' Peak (1994)
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
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Hoopla
71
7.1
/11915/
70
/172/
68
/120/
3.6
/5639/
79
/61/
81
/282/

The Butcher Boy (1998)
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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70
6.5
/1799/
59
/38/
57
/37/
3.4
/790/
92
/13/
79
/6/

Cal (1984)
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
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70
6.6
/9636/
68
/145/
62
/94/
3.2
/4011/
77
/35/
73
/417/
69
/19/
cc age 13+

Circle of Friends (1995)
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
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The Roku Channel
65
6.1
/10835/
61
/290/
59
/208/
3.1
/4223/
76
/153/
44
/160/
75
/41/
cc age 17+

The Invisible Woman (2013)
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
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The Roku Channel
61
6.3
/4373/
66
/51/
59
/51/
3.0
/1890/
60
/35/
59
/79/
cc age 13+

Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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The Roku Channel
61
6.0
/4622/
63
/207/
58
/110/
3.1
/1690/
79
/28/
47
/34/
57
/6/

The Stag (2013)
At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western wilderness of Ireland. Much to their chagrin, these modern men are joined by the brother of the bride, a crazy, unpredictable alpha male known as “The Machine”, and an explosive Id to their collective Ego. The Machine is a force of nature, and under his leadership, the men—stripped of modern comfort, convenience and, finally, clothing—must begin their journey into the wild.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
6.1
/10683/
63
/340/
60
/245/
2.8
/14287/
41
/86/
35
/92/
47
/32/
cc age 17+

In Secret (2014)
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.
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Netflix
60
49
5.6
/2595/
60
/252/
60
/98/
2.5
/1923/
67
/6/
69
/20/
cc age 8+

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life. Based on the stage show phenomenon of the same name and featuring Bill Whelan’s multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning music.
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5.6
/79288/
58
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2.7
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31
/191/
27
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49
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cc age 18+

The Black Dahlia (2006)
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
poster
46
5.6
/182061/
60
/3908/
59
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2.8
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15
/201/
35
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40
/42/
cc age 16+

Alexander (2004)
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
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Kanopy
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43
6.5
/5078/
63
/95/
61
/105/
3.1
/707/
32
/19/
59
/233/

Closing the Ring (2007)
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
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Hulu
60
42
5.6
/1249/
59
/110/
58
/38/
3.0
/2207/
88
/24/
39
/13/
cc age 15+

Baltimore (2024)
Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow, in which nineteen masterpieces were stolen in an effort to support the IRA’s armed struggle. The film plays out over the course of the days following the raid, when Rose is in hiding in a remote cottage.
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MGM Plus
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30
6.5
/1907/
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/37/
58
/30/
3.4
/405/
47
/109/

The McKenzie Break (1970)
A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
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Amazon Prime Video
47
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5.1
/1159/
60
/141/
52
/34/
2.8
/509/
40
/10/
25
/12/
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cc age 15+

Supervized (2019)
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
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Irish Crime: Torn Souls (2024)
Criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake is confronted with a very personal case: Superintendent Sean Kelly, with whom Cathrin is also friends, has to deal with his family history when his nephew Eoin comes to Ireland from his native Australia.
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Amazon Prime Video
46
22
5.8
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51
/36/
57
/26/
3.2
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31
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The Tiger's Tail (2006)
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
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6.8
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/3/

Bellman and True (1987)
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
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11
6.3
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The Informant (1997)
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
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The Roku Channel
47
7
5.0
/424/
37
/5/
39
/6/
3.1
/385/

The Fantasist (1986)
A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.
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5.7
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33
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/10/
40
/1/

Mystics (2003)
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
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?
7.8
/26/

Lost Memories (2017)
Sean races against the clock to his mother's deathbed in possession of his mother's dying wish while dealing with inter-family politics over the phone.
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?
7.2
/27/

The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind (2004)
Kelvin's quiet life is turned upside down when a new neighbour turns out to be a beautiful woman.
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?
8.1
/8/

Deposits (2017)
Deposits concerns the connection of all the ‘Disappeared’, who are the remains of those murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and those killed centuries earlier by the British Redcoats. What they have in common is that they are buried without trace, but they are also connected by their hopes of discovery.
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?
10
/1/

Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland (1980)
Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places his writing developed -- St. Enda's school in Rathfarnham, Dublin, and his cottage in Rosmuc, Connemara -- and the issues to which he was committed, and which still dominate Irish life: language, the role of the Church, Northern Ireland, and education. Presented in the format of a modern TV current affairs interview.
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10
/1/

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971)
Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare example of Irish social realism. After years in an industrial school, Martin Cluxton (Derek King) returns home to Dublin but finds considerable prejudice and little opportunity. Broadcast on RTÉ, it was directed by Brian MacLochlainn, co-written by Caoimhín Ó Marcaigh and MacLochlainn, with music by jazz great Louis Stewart.
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?
5.2
/64/
20
/1/

Last Days in Dublin (2001)
Monster (Grattan Smith), a diminutive young Dubliner, dreams of going abroad in search of opportunity and adventure. Finding his plans consistently thwarted by a host of oddball characters, he is joined by Freddie, a homeless explorer (MC Wuzza), as he struggles to find an alternate escape.
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?
7.9
/30/
10
/1/

Bad Company (1993)
A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.
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?
7.1
/77/
10
/1/

The Country Girls (1984)
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
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10
/1/

Arise and Go Now (1991)
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an IRA recruit, and Father Dade, the local priest, try to drive some sanity into their world
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47
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5.3
/266/
35
/2/
53
/3/

Fools of Fortune (1990)
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
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63
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7.6
/204/
40
/2/
73
/3/

Sinners (2002)
Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out of sight of society, her work in the laundry provides her with close friendships, which bring hope and relief from daily prayer and penance. (Radio Times)
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7.0
/16/
10
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Attracta (1983)
An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.
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5.5
/45/
10
/1/

Joyriders (1988)
The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
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36
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5.7
/247/
16
/3/

The Halo Effect (2004)
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He employs hopelessly incompetent staff and generally manages to keep the entire community around him ticking over. However just as Fatso seems to be getting everything under control, he is faced with a dilemma that could destroy him for good.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
?
4.6
/438/
43
/10/
42
/9/
2.9
/236/

Pete's Meteor (2002)
Lives change for members of an Irish family after a meteor crashes in their backyard. The kids believe that it was sent down to them by their dead parents, but the government hauls the rock away and sends it to the local university.
poster
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5.7
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32
/4/
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/6/
55
/2/

Puckoon (2002)
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
poster
62
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7.3
/114/
45
/2/
70
/1/

Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
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20
/1/

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told (1996)
A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his first cousin, the death of his father, and his decorated service with the French Resistance. He had settled in France before the Second World War, met fellow Irishman James Joyce, and begun writing. Patrick Magee's television performance of `Krapp's Last Tape' (1972) is interwoven with key landscapes and personalities from Beckett's life. The second part concludes the story of how Beckett finally began to connect with his audience, principally through `Waiting for Godot'. Includes an interview with the actress Billie Whitelaw, a celebrated interpreter of his work.
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45
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6.5
/558/
55
/6/
33
/3/
30
/5/

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold rose from humble origins to become the most respected and feared of America's generals. He won brilliant military victories against the English colonists and was Washington's favorite soldier. But two conflicting forces battled inside Arnold's heart; a deep concern for his country and his passionate love for an enchanting and manipulative English woman, Peggy Shippen. Blinded by desire, Arnold defected to the English army, orchestrating an attempt to assassinate his own mentor, George Washington.
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63
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6.2
/137/
67
/4/

Vicious Circle (1999)
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery
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59
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6.3
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45
/2/
70
/1/

Children in the Crossfire (1984)
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.
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53
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7.9
/95/
10
/1/
72
/4/

The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.


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