270 Films & TV Shows Set In Ireland
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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 ๐ฆ๐ถ Antarctica 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
Massachusetts Oklahoma 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 England 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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