Luck of the Irish

Two young boys from Cork decide to get rich quick

An American boxer retires to Ireland, where he finds love.

A quaint and dated American view of Ireland!

The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

The story of one man's efforts to form a successful band "The Commitments", bringing soul music to the people of Dublin, Ireland.

Great music!

What would you do if a lottery winner died of shock in your small village?

Funny at times.

A redundant man and his best mate go into business for themselves and purchase a fish and chips van. Sounds terrible, but worth watching!

With a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. This isn't anything like the movie 'about a boy'; however!

Not one for the family.

Based on the true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.


Irish history is so depressing!

Based on the best selling autobiography by an Irish-expat, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty of the slums in pre-war Limerick. Very sad but essential viewing.

Irish history is so depressing!

The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put a widowed man's children into terribly harsh Church-run orphanages. Now he must battle the courts to get his children back and in doing so change history.

Irish history is so depressing!

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse from within the Magdalene Sisters.

So depressing! Not a family movie!

An honest and at times very brutal look at life for republicans in early 20th century Ireland.

Irish history is so depressing!

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery. Action takes place in Belfast.

In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.

A dramatization of the peaceful Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre of the marchers by British forces.

Irish history is so depressing!

Black romantic comedy set around the troubled "peace process" and its effect on a cynical Belfast hack.

An adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by James Joyce; a love letter to the land of his ancestors and the country where his children grew up. The film is set at Christmas dinner in the house of two spinster musician sisters and their niece in turn-of-the-century Ireland, attended by friends and family. The all-Irish cast and careful period detail give the piece richness and gravity.

The story of Michael Collins and his struggle for the independence of Ireland.

Irish history is so depressing!