Movie List for "ireland"

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer. Year 2005.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Writer: Martin Donovan (additional dialogue), Dan Ireland (additional dialogue), Ruth Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor (novel)
Actors: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoë Tapper, Robert Lang

Dead Meat (2004)

An infection spreads from slaughtered animals to humans, which causes the dead to rise and feed on the living. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Conor McMahon
Writer: Conor McMahon
Actors: Marian Araujo, David Muyllaert, Eoin Whelan, David Ryan

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly eighty days. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Director: Frank Coraci
Writer: Jules Verne (novel), David N. Titcher (screenplay), David Benullo (screenplay), David Andrew Goldstein (screenplay)
Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile de France, Robert Fyfe

Spin the Bottle (2004)

Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no longer has time for him and his … Year 2004.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Writer: Ian Fitzgibbon, Michael McElhatton
Actors: Michael McElhatton, Barry Barnes, Victoria Burke, Liam Carney

Visions of Europe (2004)

An anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme – in this case, the European Union. Year 2004.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Aki Kaurismäki, Fatih Akin, Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch, Christoffer Boe, Francesca Comencini, Stijn Coninx, Tony Gatlif, Sasa Gedeon, Christos Georgiou, Constantine Giannaris, Peter Greenaway, Miguel Hermoso, Arvo Iho, Damjan Kozole, Laila Pakalnina, Kenneth Scicluna, Martin Sulík, Malgorzata Szumowska, Béla Tarr, Jan Troell, Theo van Gogh, Teresa Villaverde, Aisling Walsh, Ágnes Hranitzky(co-director)
Writer: Fatih Akin (screenwriter), Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch (script), Christoffer Boe (script), Stijn Coninx, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Tony Gatlif (script), Sasa Gedeon (script), Christos Georgiou (script), Koumouros Georgiou (script), Constantine Giannaris (script), Peter Greenaway, Heinrich Heine (words), Miguel Hermoso (original idea), Arvo Iho (script), Aki Kaurismäki, Aki Kaurismäki, Damjan Kozole (script), Marek Lescák (script), Jean Pierre Magro (screenplay), Mikael Olsen (conceived by), Laila Pakalnina (script), Priit Pärn (script), Kenneth Scicluna (screenplay), Martin Sulík (script), Malgorzata Szumowska (screenplay), Hans Teeuwen (screenplay), Jan Troell (script), Meinolf Zurhorst (conceived by)
Actors: Johanna Troell, Safia Aggoune, Abel Alves, Benzirar Baroudi

King Arthur (2004)

A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Year 2004.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writer: David Franzoni
Actors: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton

The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)

In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland. Year 2003.

Generes: Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: John Irvin
Writer: Nicholas Adams
Actors: Bernard Hill, Charlotte Bradley, Andrea Corr, Stephen Brennan

Osama (2003)

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama
Director: Siddiq Barmak
Writer: Siddiq Barmak
Actors: Marina Golbahari, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar

Evelyn (2002)

1953. Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children… Year 2002.

Generes: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Paul Pender
Actors: Sophie Vavasseur, Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Pierce Brosnan

Disco Pigs (2001)

A twisted rite of passage. Year 2001.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Writer: Enda Walsh (play), Enda Walsh (screenplay)
Actors: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark

Glenafooka: Glen of the Ghost (2000)

This enchanting video examines the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces. Year 2000.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Mary Sue Connolly
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A

Wild About Harry (2000)

A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again. Year 2000.

Generes: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Declan Lowney
Writer: Colin Bateman (screenplay)
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Amanda Donohoe, James Nesbitt, Adrian Dunbar

The General (1998)

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. Year 1998.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Writer: John Boorman, Paul Williams (novel)
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Guiltrip (1995)

Army corporal Liam and his wife live on a housing estate at the edge of a small Irish town. Late one night Liam arrives home drunk, and the bitter arguments that develop between them result… Year 1995.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Gerard Stembridge
Writer: Gerard Stembridge
Actors: Andrew Connolly, Jasmine Russell, Peter Hanly, Pauline McLynn

Braveheart (1995)

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Year 1995.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Randall Wallace
Actors: James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo

Riverdance: The Show (1995)

Riverdance is rooted in a three-part suite of baroque-influenced traditional music called Timedance composed, recorded and performed for the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, which was hosted by Ireland. Year 1995.

Generes: N/A
Director: John McColgan
Writer: N/A
Actors: Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, Brendán de Gallaí, Eileen Martin