11 Films & TV Shows Set In Ireland During The 21st Century
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Soulsmith
🇮🇪 Ireland The 2010sThe trials and tribulations of a volatile young playwright as he traverses Ireland in 2016.
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Conor McGregor: Notorious
🇮🇪 Ireland Nevada The 2010sIf you want it all you have to fight for it — Conor McGregor is the biggest star in the history of Mixed Martial Arts. Filmed over the course of 4 years, Notorious is the exclusive, all-access account of Conor’s meteoric rise from claiming benefits and living in his parents' spare room in Dublin to claiming multiple championship UFC belts and seven figure pay-packets in Las Vegas.
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Pursuit
🇮🇪 Ireland The 2010s«Pursuit is a modern-day gangland retelling of the ancient Irish legend of «The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne»» — Pursuit is a modern take on Irish mythology, adapting the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne and transforming it into a road movie and gangster thriller for a contemporary audience.
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Calvary
🇮🇪 Ireland The 2010sKilling a priest on a Sunday. That’ll be a good one. — After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Philomena
District of Columbia England 🇮🇪 Ireland The 2000s The 1950sThese two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son. — A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
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Byzantium
🇮🇪 Ireland The 2010s The 1800s The 1810s The 1820sIrresistible. Immoral. Immortal. — Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret—they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequences.
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The Cup
🇮🇪 Ireland Victoria New South Wales The 2000sTwo brothers. One dream. The odds were incredible. And the story is true. — At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.
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Leap Year
Massachusetts 🇮🇪 Ireland The 2010sAnna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th. This is not her boyfriend. — When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Massachusetts New York 🇮🇪 Ireland The 2000s The 1950sThe Saints Are Calling — Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a sheep farm in Ireland to fight for justice in Boston.
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Perrier's Bounty
🇮🇪 Ireland The 2000sBlood is thicker than water. Nothing is thicker than thieves. — A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
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How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate
🇮🇪 Ireland The 1990s The 2000sThe film the Department of Education doesn't want you to see! — "How to cheat the Leaving Certificate?" : a question posed by thousands of students every year in Ireland. A group of pupils set up an elaborate master-plan to beat the system and top the points race.