Ireland movies

Leap Year (2010)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Bannon, Robert | Burke, John | FitzGerald, Michael | Goode, Matthew | Herlihy, David | Milligan, Brian | Mills, Declan | O'Meara, Peter | O'Sullivan, Rory Michael | Reynolds, Michael J. | Scott, Adam | Sherman, Martin | Adams, Amy | Bhrún, Amy De | Carroll, Una
Directors: Tucker, Anand
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A woman (Adams) who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.

Hunger (2008)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Fassbender, Michael | Graham, Stuart | Cowan, Larry | Cunningham, Liam | Hogg, B.J. | McAleer, Des | McCambridge, Dennis | McMahon, Liam | Milligan, Brian | Mullen, Rory | Peel, Ben | Roddy, Lalor | Scott, Thomas James | Bereen, Helena | Madden, Helen
Directors: McQueen, Steve
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Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.

Botched (2007)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Dorff, Stephen | Murray, Jaime | Pertwee, Sean | Foreman, Jamie | Bell, Geoff | Baker-Duly, Edward | Chistol, Igor | Heap, David | Jeloudov, Greg | Maguire, Zak | O'Conor, Hugh | Smith, Russell | Smyth, Alan | Gallagher, Bronagh | Rooney, Gene
Directors: Ryan, Kit
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Ritchie Donovan (Dorff) is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper. Things start badly and go rapidly downhill when, during the robbery, Ritchie and his Russian accomplices are forced to take hostages because they are trapped by the police on the unused 13th floor.

King Arthur (2004)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Owen, Clive | Gruffudd, Ioan | Mikkelsen, Mads | Edgerton, Joel | Dancy, Hugh | Winstone, Ray | Stevenson, Ray | Knightley, Keira | Dillane, Stephen | Skarsgård, Stellan | Schweiger, Til | Gilder, Sean | Kinevane, Pat | Marescotti, Ivano | Stott, Ken
Directors: Fuqua, Antoine
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The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the very brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian’s weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, lead by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights must carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman priest and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another danger lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.

Reign of Fire (2002)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | McConaughey, Matthew | Scorupco, Izabella | Butler, Gerard | Moutter, Scott | Kennedy, David | Siddig, Alexander | Dennehy, Ned | Keenan, Rory | Maynard, Terence | Cockle, Doug | Carlton, Randall | Kelly, Chris | Thornton, Ben | Krige, Alice
Directors: Bowman, Rob
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In present-day London, twelve-year-old Quinn watches as his mother, a construction engineer, inadvertently wakes an enormous fire-breathing beast from its century-long slumber. Twenty years later, much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring. As a fire chief, Quinn is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive as they eke out a meager existence. Into their midst come a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to kill the beasts and save mankind - a way Quinn’s never seen done. Fuses a medieval past with a post-apocalyptic future in this exciting tale of adventure and survival.

Isolation (2005)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Davis, Essie | Harris, Sean | Iures, Marcel | Letts, Crispin | Lynch, John | Negga, Ruth | Townsend, Stanley
Directors: O'Brien, Billy
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The broken farmer Dan rents his farm for the scientist John from the Bovine Genetics Technology that is researching genetic modifications of cattle to increase its fertilization. The veterinarian Orla is bitten by the calf while helping the cow to deliver, and she feels that something went wrong with the experiment. During the night, the cow has a narrow passage for the calf, and Dan asks the young couple Jamie and Mary that is parked in a trailer in front of his farm’s entrance to help him in the delivery. When the offspring is born, it bites Dan; Orla arrives later and realizes that it is a genetic anomaly and she sacrifices the calf. During the autopsy of the animal, she discovers that the fetus is pregnant and she destroys the freak hybrids. However, one of them escapes and attacks a cow first and Jamie later. When John arrives in the farm, he discovers that there is the danger of infection of human beings and decides to quarantine the spot. But one offspring is alive and need to be captured.

The Actors (2003)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK
Actors: Caine, Michael | Moran, Dylan | Gambon, Michael | Headey, Lena | Richardson, Miranda | McElhatton, Michael | O'Sullivan, Aisling | Miller, Ben | Iversen, Abigail | Colgan, Michael | Walsh, Deirdre | Hickey, Bill | O'Reilly, Veronica | Ward, Paul | McGuinness, Brian
Directors: McPherson, Conor
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Conor McPherson’s comedy The Actors stars Michael Caine as an aging never-was performer. Anthony O’Malley (Caine) convinces young colleague and castmate Tom (Dylan Moran) to hone his craft by pretending to be someone he isn’t in real life. Tony suggests that they rip off gangster Barreller (Michael Gambon). All goes according to plan, until Barreller’s daughter Dolores (Lena Headey) falls in love with Tom, who is disguised as his sister’s boyfriend Clive (Ben Miller). Miranda Richardson rounds out the cast as a London crime boss.

The Secret of Kells (2009)

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation
Countries: Belgium | France | Ireland
Actors: Gleeson, Brendan | Hourican, Liam | Lally, Mick | McGrath, Michael | McGuire, Evan | Tylack, Paul | Young, Paul | Mooney, Christen
Directors: Moore, Tomm
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Follow 12-year-old Brendan (voice of Evan McGuire) as he battles Vikings and confronts an ancient serpent god on a mission to locate a legendary crystal and complete the mythical Book of Kells. Brendan lives in a heavily fortified medieval outpost known as the Abbey of Kells, where the ongoing threat of Viking raids causes the peaceful monks to live in a state of constant fear. Along with his uncle, Abbot Cellach, Brendan labors to fortify the abbey walls daily so his people will be protected from invading forces. When the mysterious Brother Aidan arrives at the abbey carrying an unfinished tome filled mystical secrets, Brendan becomes illuminated, and his dormant talents are awakened. The book must be finished, but accomplishing that mission will be no simple task. As the Vikings close in, Brendan ventures into the surrounding forest and prepares to confront his darkest fears. Accompanying him on his dangerous mission is Aisling, a half-wolf/half-human fairy whose powers will help to guide Brendan through this enchanting yet dangerous new world.

Wide Open Spaces (2009)

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Genres: Comedy
Countries: Ireland
Actors: O'Hanlon, Ardal | Bremner, Ewen | Roe, Owen | Wycherley, Don | Banks, Morwenna | Campbell, Kelly | McSorley, Gerard | McCafferty, Frankie | McCall, Sarah | Timmons, Peter | Leahy, Nasrin | Methven, Eleanor | Norton, Helen
Directors: Hall, Tom
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WIDE OPEN SPACES is an absurdist comedy about how breaking up with your best friend can be tougher than ditching a fiancée. Filtered through the singular mind of writer Arthur Mathews (FATHER TED), and directed by Tom Hall (BACHELOR’S WALK), the film channels classic double act dramas, from Laurel and Hardy to Withnail and I, combined with a stark visual and thematic sensibility, to create an unforgettable comedic escapade.

Waveriders (2008)

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Documentary | History | Sport
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Murphy, Cillian | Slater, Kelly | Fitzgerald, Richard | Davies, Gabe | Malloy, Chris | Malloy, Keith | Malloy, Dan | Kekai, Rabbit | Naughton, Kevin | Peterson, Craig | McCarthy, John | Britton, Easky | Smith, Fergal | Verge, Arthur | Kampion, Drew
Directors: Conroy, Joel
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WAVERIDERS is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds via the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth. Freeth, son of an Irishman, was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS then journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth’s wave of influence. This journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland catching monster waves of over fifty feet.