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Moondance
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandNothing ever came between these two brothers... until she arrived. โ The close relationship between two fun-loving brothers comes under threat when a beautiful, sensitive girl arrives on the scene. As the younger brother comes of age, the inevitable jealousy, confusion, rivalry and lust place their brotherly love in jeopardy.
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The Secret of Roan Inish
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1940sBetween land and sea there is a place where myths are real. โ 10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..
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Widows' Peak
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sScandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
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A Man of No Importance
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sAn extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero โ Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
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Words Upon the Window Pane
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sIn 1928 Dublin, during sรฉances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
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The Snapper
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1990sShe's got a little secret and a lot of explaining to do. โ Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
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The Forbidden Quest
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930s1931: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to prove his tale. We see the footage as he narrates. They sail south in June, 1905, with scores of Siberian huskies aboard, meeting no living soul, the crew ignorant of the trip's purpose, until they reach Antarctica. A mysterious Italian paces the deck; a polar bear appears, and the Italian, possessed, hunts it down. That night, the boatswain explains to the crew how an Arctic bear could be at the South Pole and why the Hollandia has come. Visitors arrive, and the Gothic tale plays out.
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Far and Away
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1890sWhat they needed was a country big enough for their dreams. โ A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.
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Into the West
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA magical Adventure begins ... โ Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
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The Playboys
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1950sA young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
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The Commitments
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1980sThey had nothing to lose, they risked it all. โ Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
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The Treaty
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920s The 1910sIt threatened the British Empire, and left the Irish with only each other to fight. โ How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
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I Dreamt I Woke Up
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandFilm about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains surrounding his home in Ireland.
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The Field
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930sIt Owns Him...It Possesses Him...And It Could Even Destroy Him โ "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
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Fools of Fortune
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
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High Spirits
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHe's an American. She's a ghost. Vacation romances are always a hassle. โ When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts.
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Da
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandTwo days ago Charlie's "da" passed on. He's been driving Charlie crazy ever since. โ A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
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The Dawning
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sA young woman in her late teens is caught up in the political unrest of Southern Ireland in the 1920s in this drama that features an excellent cast. Nancy (Rebecca Pidgeon) befriends the pistol packing stranger she dubs Cassius (Anthony Hopkins) while he hides in a beach hut. He talks the naive Nancy into delivering a message to Dublin. There she meets Joe Mulhare (Mark O'Regan) and befriends the recipient of the message. Only when she witnesses the shooting deaths of 12 British officers does she realize the content of the lethal message. After the shootings, Nancy rushes to try and warn Cassius about the military police who are closing in on him. Trevor Howard is the old army officer and grandfather in his last screen role, with Jean Simmons as Aunt Mary. Watch for Hugh Grant as Harry, the stuffed shirt on whom Nancy has a huge crush.
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The Dead
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sA vast, merry, and uncommon tale of love. โ After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
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Clash of the Ash
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1980sPhil Kelly (played by William Heffernan) is the anti-hero; a restless teenager imbued with natural hurling ability and a strong aversion to studying. The location is not fictitious but instead itโs the very real Fermoy in County Cork which is a welcome touch. Like much of 1980s smalltown Ireland itโs a claustrophobic place that drives people away but inexplicably retains a strange sort of hold on them. The latter is exemplified by Gina Moxleyโs character, the tempestuous Mary Hartnett who has returned after a stint in London. The other members of their gang are languid Martin (Vincent Murphy), uptight Willy, and mousey Rosie who carries a torch for Phil.
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The Fantasist
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.
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The Last Unicorn
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThere's Magic in Believing! โ From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
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Excalibur
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The Middle AgesForged by a god. Foretold by a wizard. Found by a king. โ A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
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Light Years Away
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandAn old man with a secret... A young man seeking an answer... โ A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds
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The Purple Taxi
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandWith his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sBosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family's circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty and politics. However his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.
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Barry Lyndon
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 18th CenturyAt long last Redmond Barry became a gentlemanโand that was his tragedy. โ An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
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The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sA rich count invites a theatre troupe to his home on an isolated island... but soon people start getting murdered. Has the family curse struck again?
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 17th CenturyA pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
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The MacKintosh Man
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1940sOnly MacKintosh can save them now - and MacKintosh is dead! โ A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
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And No One Could Save Her
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThe life of young newlywed, Fern O'Neil, is turned upside-down when her husband is called home to visit his dying father in Ireland. When she fails to receive a phone call from her husband, she contacts the airline and discovers he was not on the plane. Further investigation reveals that her husband is not who she thought he was. Her search ultimately takes her all the way to Ireland, where her sanity and, of course, her story come into question.
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandIn Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...
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Ryan's Daughter
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1910sA story of love...set against the violence of rebellion โ An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHappiness is a Quackser Fortune! โ In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
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Guns in the Heather
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandAn American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
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Rocky Road to Dublin
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sRocky Road to Dublin is a 1968 documentary film by Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and French cinematographer Raoul Coutard, examining the contemporary state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, โwhat do you do with your revolution once youโve got it?โ It argues that Ireland was dominated by cultural isolationism, Gaelic and clerical traditionalism at the time of its making.
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Ulysses
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1900sDublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his earthy wife.
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See You at the Pillar
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sA short film about Dublin City using a mixture of contemporary footage, folk music and quotations from past residents, Shaw, Wilde and Behan etc. Narrated in a "conversation" by Anthony Quayle and Norman Rodway.
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Island of Terror
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHow could they stop the devouring death...that lived by sucking on living human bones! โ A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 16th CenturyA brash young rebel inspires a fight for freedom! โ Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.
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I Was Happy Here
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandHe held her heart... but love is now โ Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and to her first love, Colin.
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Young Cassidy
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1910sHe's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some! โ In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.
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Girl with Green Eyes
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandCatholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.
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Dementia 13
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandAre you afraid of death by drowning? Have you ever attempted suicide? Have you ever thought of committing murder? โ When her husband John has a heart attack while out in a rowboat on the lake, Louise Haloran throws his body overboard and later tells the family that he has left on an urgent business trip. Her main concern is that she can only inherit a part of the family fortune if her husband is alive. The Halorans are a strange family, still grieving over the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen who drowned in a pond when she was just a child. They hold an annual ceremony of remembrance every year on the anniversary of her death. This year however, someone is wielding an ax intent on murder.
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Dead Man's Evidence
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandWhen a British secret agent's body washes up on the coast of Ireland, evidence implies that he was a traitor providing information to the Russians.
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The Playboy of the Western World
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.
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Gorgo
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandLike nothing you've ever seen before! โ When an undersea volcano sends tremors throughout the Atlantic, aquatic creatures come out of hiding. Merchant seamen Joe Ryan and partner Sam Slade harness the most unusual of the lot, a massive beast that looks like a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The enterprising sailors deliver their quarry to a British circus, but it turns out that the animal is a newborn. And, when his much larger mother arrives in London to rescue her son, the city feels her wrath.
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The Big Gamble
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1960sAcross 30,000 miles to the fabled Ivory Coast! โ Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
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