St. Patrick's Day
Erin Go Bragh! Some films and TV to watch while wearing o' the green.
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.If you're going to watch one movie on St. Patrick's Day, this is the one to watch. A true classic.
- DirectorGraham DixonStarsTony RobinsonMick AstonCarenza LewisOne of Ireland's most sacred sites where St Patrick, patron saint of All Ireland, set up his first church. On Cathedral Hill sits a magnificent church renovated from its medieval origins in the 18th century.Digging for traces of the real St. Patrick.
- DirectorKris TheorinStarsWilso AnnulysseLate one night, a bored cashier collects all three toys from a box of Magic Munchos and unwittingly unleashes the ancient evil that lies within.Beware of knockoff brands of Lucky Charms.
- DirectorShaun O'ConnorStarsTadhg HickeyJack HealyMartin PurcellSet in 1912, 'Uisce Beatha' (Gaelic for Whiskey or Water Of Life) is the true story of Tom, a young man who leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the ill-fated 'Titanic'. But a night of celebration beforehand results in a twist that will affect Tom's fate drastically....Wonderful short film about Ireland.
- DirectorShaun O'ConnorStarsAmber DeasyCora FentonJack Healy1970s Ireland. A young female patient has escaped a psychiatric hospital and rings home from a telephone box - but her parents are waiting for the call.
- CreatorBrett BaerDave FinkelSharon HorganStarsSharon HorganClaes BangEve HewsonThe Garvey sisters are bound together by their parents' deaths and a promise to always protect one another.Set in Ireland, this dramedy follows Irish femme fatale sisters.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsCillian MurphyPádraic DelaneyLiam CunninghamAgainst the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.Another classic about Ireland.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJeni CourtneyEileen ColganMick LallyYoung Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.Fun film to enjoy with the kids.
- DirectorIan PowerStarsStephen MoranStephen BrittainJohn KavanaghAn Irish lad sings in the street and begs in the train station to support himself and his Da. In the more lucrative train station, he fights with an older Russian boy who speaks no English, and loses his spot. But after a while, they try working together, particularly when the U2-loving Irish lad discovers the other boy also has a musical talent.
- DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
- DirectorMary Sue ConnollyStarsMichael CoadyJim FitzpatrickEddie LenihanThis enchanting video examines the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces.Spooky Ireland--some ghostly Irish history.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsAlbert SharpeJanet MunroSean ConneryA wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.Another one to enjoy with the kids.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert MitchumTrevor HowardJohn MillsSet in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
- CreatorIvan KavanaghStarsIndia MullenAllen LeechAaron MonaghanCrime/ Mystery Drama series After a series of disappearances of young women, newspaper reporter Lisa Wallace (26), sets out to find the man responsible who she believes is the same man who murdered her mother almost twenty years earlier.Set in Ireland, this is loosely based on a series of real murders that went unsolved for years.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsFlorence PughTom BurkeKíla Lord CassidyA tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.Another classic Irish film based on an endearing Irishman who overcame overwhelming odds.
- CreatorColin TeevanStarsMichael Ford-FitzGeraldJordanne JonesBrian GleesonRebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.Set during Ireland's struggle for independence from the British empire.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsLiam NeesonAidan QuinnJulia RobertsNeil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.A biopic about one of Ireland's leaders for independence.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsHugo WeavingJames FrechevilleStephen ReaSet in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.The tragic story of the Irish potato famine.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsHelen MirrenFionnula FlanaganAidan GillenThe 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsBeverly D'AngeloDonal McCannNiall ByrneThe two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.
- DirectorJarrod AndersonStarsJohn Rhys-DaviesMoe DunfordSeán T. Ó MeallaighI AM PATRICK peels back centuries of legend and myth to tell the true story of Saint Patrick. Through historical re-enactments, expert interviews and Patrick's own writings, experience the journey from man to saint.
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsPeter McEnerySusan HampshireTom AdamsAfter inheriting his father's title, the young noble, Hugh O'Connell, is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsColman 'Tiger' KingMaggie DirraneMichael DirraneIn this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
- DirectorStefan SchwartzStarsAlice EvansDaniel LapaineSophia MylesA group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
- DirectorSuri KrishnammaStarsAlbert FinneyBrenda FrickerMichael GambonA friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.
- DirectorDagmar HirtzStarsRúaidhrí ConroyIan ShawJulia Brendler30ish Patrick and teenage Dominic are two brothers living alone in a remote farmhouse in the Southwest of Ireland, while their mother is away traveling. When their aunt comes visiting, with her arrives Anya, a young woman from Germany who starts helping Dominic with his studies in return for a chance to improve her English. As time goes by, Patrick and Anya fall in love, while Dominic also develops feelings for the girl. And when they marry and decide to move to Dublin together, Dominic comes with them, not being able to let go of his brother.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsDonal McCannSaskia ReevesCiarán HindsAt the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsScott GlennSaffron BurrowsJohn LynchA lonely widowed Irish fisherman meets a pretty mysterious woman who may just literally be the stuff of legends.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsTyrone PowerNoel PurcellCyril CusackThree vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsStewart GrangerKathleen RyanCecil ParkerIn 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords.The story how a 19th Century British colonial official's name was turned into a noun by a form of non-violent resistance by the Irish men and women he tormented.
- StarsJoe MullinsLiam NeesonNarrated by Liam Neeson, this landmark documentary tells the dramatic story of the events that took place in Dublin during Easter Week 1916, when a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire.
- DirectorSyd MacartneyStarsPeter CaffreyBrendan ConroyOrla BradyThe true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford, Ireland community when the wife decides she doesn't appreciate being forced to send their daughter to a Catholic school, despite the local priest's insistence she is bound by the pre-marriage agreement she signed to raise any children as Catholic.
- DirectorRobert HughesStarsPatrick BerginLuke GriffinAlan BatesA young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. As soon as he sets foot on Irish soil. all of the snakes automatically flee from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny, and hie is ultimately given Sainthood.
- DirectorScott P. LevyStarsAlexandra PaulGreg EviganBriana EviganWill and Maura decide to come to Ireland with their daughter and live on Maura's ancestral estate. But soon weird happenings around the house lead a local priest to confess that Maura's ancestors practiced black magic.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsJude HillLewis McAskieCaitríona BalfeA young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.A child's view of The Troubles in 1969, when he is more interested in first love than in the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in his mixed neighbourhood. Lots of wonderful Van Morrison songs in the soundtrack.
- DirectorJoe ComerfordStarsJudy DonovanDavy SpillaneAlan DevlinRoad movie telling the story of a newly wed couple of Irish travellers who set out on a smuggling trip to Northern Ireland.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsBrendan GleesonAdrian DunbarSean McGinleyThe 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.Captivating film about Irish crime boss Martin Cahill. If you're looking for something Irish but less traditional and enjoy true crime films, give this John Boorman film a try.
- DirectorJaneen DamianStarsLindsay LohanEd SpeleersAlexander VlahosWhen the love of Maddie's life gets engaged to her best friend, she puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAnjelica HustonDonal McCannHelena CarrollGabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
- 1985–1989TV-PG6.6 (328)TV EpisodeDirectorAllan ArkushJ.D. FeigelsonPeter MedakStarsRobert CarradineMarilyn JonesJohn CarradineDan Arnold finds that an antique camera used on an Amazon expedition years earlier yields mysterious photos. The town drunk claims to see leprechauns in a forest. Food critic Harry Folger pans a Chinese eatery without tasting the food.