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8.5
/1537402/
83
/31500/
81
/15821/
4.3
/1420040/
91
/285/
94
/58094/
85
/39/
cc age 17+

The Departed (2006)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/29075/
74
/798/
71
/406/
3.9
/40471/
97
/32/
89
/773/
82
/16/
cc age 17+

The Long Good Friday (1980)
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/76204/
73
/1700/
72
/1174/
4.0
/81040/
90
/133/
83
/1705/
82
/25/
cc age 16+

Hunger (2008)
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.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.8
/11913/
68
/335/
63
/166/
3.3
/2044/
83
/52/
68
/432/
57
/16/

Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
poster
Kanopy
64
63
6.5
/13525/
64
/333/
61
/221/
3.3
/2662/
75
/44/
60
/437/
62
/15/

Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
poster
MUBI
60
6.7
/2289/
68
/80/
63
/57/
3.2
/1207/
67
/88/
65
/14/
53
/21/

The Journey (2017)
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.8
/2667/
68
/61/
61
/49/
3.3
/1319/
47
/34/
62
/69/
47
/21/

Borstal Boy (2001)
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
56
6.4
/8212/
69
/272/
60
/163/
3.1
/2819/
53
/47/
44
/217/
60
/14/
cc age 17+

Mr. Nice (2010)
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
poster
Kanopy
64
55
5.9
/3727/
67
/374/
58
/91/
3.1
/1571/
92
/13/
47
/11/

Maze (2017)
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
poster
54
6.2
/76893/
63
/1717/
61
/1314/
2.9
/41749/
34
/41/
41
/796/
52
/26/

The Devil's Own (1997)
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
poster
Kanopy
59
51
5.5
/3411/
61
/477/
53
/68/
2.9
/2564/
70
/23/
57
/9/
cc age 15+

Dead Shot (2023)
In the 1970s, a member of the IRA takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit's mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer — an SAS captain, who is also hunting him.
poster
Hulu
59
43
5.6
/1269/
58
/115/
58
/41/
3.0
/2298/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
39
6.9
/1992/
66
/11/
64
/25/
3.4
/894/
80
/5/
76
/17/

I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.
poster
67
32
7.0
/1714/
69
/19/
65
/23/
3.4
/552/
75
/8/
62
/10/

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
36
30
3.5
/8074/
50
/167/
37
/128/
2.0
/1668/
19
/65/

Ticker (2001)
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will detonate bombs throughout the city if she is not released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosive expert Frank Glass...
poster
Kanopy
66
28
6.4
/761/
57
/24/
61
/10/
80
/5/
68
/12/

The Runway (2010)
The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.
poster
Kanopy
71
26
7.1
/478/
76
/30/
73
/9/
3.4
/727/
88
/8/
50
/1/

I, Dolours (2018)
Dolours Price, the infamous IRA radical convicted of bombing England's Old Bailey in 1973, granted a series of revealing interviews in 2010 on the strict condition of their posthumous release. The interviews, brought to life through vividly cinematic reenactments, uncover the birth of her fierce commitment to Irish Republicanism. Price revisits the bombing and the 200-day hunger strike that followed, and discusses her role in the disappearances of some suspected Republican informants. With 2018 marking the 20th anniversary since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and 50 years since the start of the Troubles, filmmaker Maurice Sweeney presents an eye-opening portrait of a once passionate, now disillusioned nationalist whose clarity of purpose both inspired allegiance and promised terror for so many.
poster
Plex
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21
5.2
/1133/
53
/30/
55
/31/
3.1
/1049/
20
/3/

Born for Hell (1976)
Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.
poster
The Roku Channel
53
15
5.4
/626/
64
/15/
54
/17/
3.2
/647/
33
/10/

Riot (1996)
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot on Christmas Eve.
poster
60
14
6.6
/605/
65
/4/
65
/16/
3.4
/556/
40
/4/

Hangman's House (1928)
Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't love, Connaught O'Brien gives up hope of ever with her true love, Dermot McDermot. After her father dies and a hunted rebel leader returns to town, however, Connaught finds a renewed hope that the tides of oppression will shift and she might again find happiness. This silent romantic drama, set in Ireland, is the first film in which a then-unknown John Wayne is clearly visible.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
46
12
5.5
/412/
50
/12/
44
/13/
36
/22/

48 Angels (2006)
Seamus is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail.
poster
45
7
6.8
/547/
20
/1/
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/11/
50
/2/

Nothing Personal (1996)
A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Kenny, Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam, a Catholic.
poster
?
8.2
/130/

Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein (1997)
Tells the story of the Irish Republican Army and its political wing Sinn Fein, including America's role in this struggle with Britain.
poster
?
7.5
/47/
80
/1/

The Year London Blew Up (2005)
Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit mainland Britain.
poster
?
7.6
/76/
78
/6/
70
/1/

Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher (2024)
A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, featuring new testimony from many of those affected and a revealing interview with the man who planted the bomb, Patrick Magee.
poster
?
9.1
/53/

Act of Union (2021)
Act of Union is a documentary film on the conflicting narratives of the Northern Ireland 'troubles,' consisting of newly filmed interviews, cut alongside archive footage.
poster
?
8.6
/8/

The Enigma of Frank Ryan (2012)
The life of Frank Ryan (1902- 1944) who was an Irish radical, International Brigade volunteer in Spain, and Nazi collaborator in Berlin.
poster
?
7.3
/44/

Peacefire (2008)
In Northern Ireland during the Peace Process Colin is a joyriding hood who couldn't give a toss about the political situation, but a chance encounter with a ruthless detective turns him into an informer for the so-called forces of law and order and a target for retribution for his father's old mates in the IRA.
poster
?
8.1
/32/

Voices from the Grave (2010)
The story of the Northern Ireland Troubles through the unflinching testimony of two men who played key roles on opposite sides of that bloody conflict. Nearly ten years ago the two paramilitary leaders told their stories on condition that they could never be revealed while they were still alive. The stories told by the Irish Republican Army's Brendan Hughes and Ulster Volunteer Force's David Ervine tell us of the motivations of the participants, the planning of campaigns of violence, the misery of a hunger strike, the tracking and killing of informers and the duplicity that ended a conflict that had lasted too long. It is also a narrative of the fate of combatants when their wars are over.
poster
69
?
6.7
/123/
75
/12/
65
/2/

The Secret Army (2024)
The true story of a strange, lost film. In 1972, the IRA allowed an unusual documentary crew to film its members carrying out attacks. Right at the bloodiest point of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA bombers were filmed unmasked, and most of its underground leadership appeared on camera. The film looked like a propaganda coup, before disappearing and going largely unseen for almost 50 years, with the IRA never allowing anything like it to happen again.
poster
?
6.3
/29/
10
/1/

Mother Ireland (1988)
This film explores the development and use of images and music which personify Ireland as a woman in Irish culture and nationalism. The film highlights how these cultural and stereotypical images of Ireland as a woman influence the idealised model of woman demanded by Irish society. It uses historical film, photographs, political drawings, cartoons and music to explore the largely unrecorded role of women in Irish history and presents realistic images of Irish women at work today.
poster
?
7.8
/29/
20
/1/
10
/2/

Exiled (1999)
An Irishman emigrates to New York during the most heated point of the tensions in Northern Ireland in 1991. However, escaping the conflict in his home country does not free him from the strife. He becomes involved in gunrunning.
poster
?
7.6
/16/
20
/1/

81 (1996)
Presented as the work of a French TV crew sent to cover the Bobby Sands 1981 hunger strike, '81 is, in fact, a fictional look at two Belfast families: one catholic and nationalist, one protestant and unionist.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
6.8
/42/
65
/2/

Black Pool (2019)
Michael is a tortured Irishman living with his wife Emma in America. Perpetually down on his luck, he has projected his life’s misfortune onto a stranger, a man who changed his life in a tragic incident nearly thirty years earlier. A shadowy figure he saw for only a fleeting moment. But tonight, through a chance encounter, he believes he’s found the man who ruined his life. And he’s going to make him pay. But does he have the right man?
poster
?
6.7
/86/
20
/1/

Silent Grace (2001)
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell – on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based – was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland – not just by the more celebrated male prisoners – but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
poster
?
7.0
/14/
10
/1/

The Writing on the Wall (1983)
A youth workshop in Derry is mounting various projects, including a dramatized enquiry into the death of a soldier. But when a squaddie is shot on the doorstep, then real life intrudes in the shape of the police and security forces.
poster
47
?
5.3
/267/
40
/3/
53
/3/

Fools of Fortune (1990)
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
poster
?
7.8
/84/
45
/2/

A Sense of Loss (1973)
Shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence. The deaths of four individuals formed the central focus of the film, which Ophüls described as ‘an old, middle-aged, humanistic, social-democratic attempt to give people an idea that life after all is not that cheap’. The BBC refused to transmit the completed film on the grounds that it was ‘too pro-Irish’ (Sunday Times, 5 Nov. 1972). (via http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/media/docs/freespeech.htm)
poster
?
5.5
/56/
50
/2/
50
/3/

The Dawn (1936)
Set in 1920 Ireland when the Black & Tans were brought in from Britain to help supress revolution in Ireland. It was the first full length sound movie made in Ireland and tells the saga of an IRA flying column in Kerry and the local Malone family suspected of betraying their country. It was made in and around Killarney by Tom Cooper, the owner of the local cinema who also directs and stars as the head of the local IRA.
poster
57
?
4.9
/430/
56
/6/
56
/7/

American Raspberry (1977)
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.
poster
?
7.3
/59/
66
/6/

DeLorean: Back from the Future (2021)
John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A buccaneering American entrepreneur, DeLorean had film star looks, a famous fashion model as a wife, and an enormous ego that drove him to rival the giants of the US car industry.
poster
Kanopy
?
10
/1/

A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan Behan (1988)
Colleagues and relatives reflect on the dynamic life of Irish writer Brendan Behan, beginning with his adolescent years as an activist and his affiliation with the IRA youth group, Fianna Éireann. Behan rises to fame as a poet and playwright and achieves international success in the wake of his successful autobiography, "Borstal Boy." But in his later years, Behan's prominence wanes as alcoholism, egotistical tendencies and a growing obsession with celebrity begin to overtake him.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.8
/20/
10
/1/

Betty Williams: Contagious Courage (2018)
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 interviews, "Betty Williams: Contagious Courage" shows how average people can overcome their fear, and how one person can make a difference in a violent and unpredictable world.
poster
33
?
5.7
/118/
10
/1/
32
/4/

Patriots (1994)
Based on a true story. When a handsome and mysterious gun runner draws Alexis, a young American woman into Ireland's fight for freedom, their loyalties to their countries and each other are put the the test. As a new recruit and an American, Alexis is an obvious suspect when the IRA learns that they have been infiltrated. After Alexis is ordered to bomb a British police station to prove her allegiance, her would is torn apart by her lover's dark secret and the terrorists who want her dead.
poster
The Roku Channel
48
?
4.8
/258/
48
/5/
48
/6/

Midnight Man (1997)
British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain.
poster
62
?
7.3
/115/
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
poster
?
8.1
/47/
80
/4/
80
/5/

Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms (2002)
N/A
poster
Cultpix
51
?
5.4
/111/
53
/3/
46
/5/

Run Chrissie Run! (1986)
The action moves along quickly, jumping over holes in the script, in this made-for-television drama about Eve, an ex-terrorist from Germany who is forced to escape to Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie when she is sought by Riley, a lover from 17 years in the past. In turn, the IRA has sent two members after Riley because he shot an IRA soldier and must pay the consequences. The two IRA operatives looking for Riley come across a really nasty biker who wants vengeance on Eve for setting his car on fire -- and the three men finally track her and Chrissie to the wine-growing country of Barossa Valley. The final denouement is about to explode, as Riley also arrives on the scene. With under-par acting and a patchy plot, this film was never released theatrically.


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