12 Films & TV Shows Set In Northern Ireland During The 1970s
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'71
Northern Ireland The 1970sA young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
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Shadow Dancer
Northern Ireland England The 1970s The 1990sSet in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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Good Vibrations
🇮🇪 Ireland Northern Ireland The 1970sAre teenage dreams so hard to beat? — The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.
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Five Minutes of Heaven
Northern Ireland The 1970s The 2000sTo face the future, they must face the past. — The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
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Mickybo and Me
Northern Ireland The 1970sWe all need heroes — The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
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Bloody Sunday
Northern Ireland The 1970sThe dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
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Titanic Town
Northern Ireland The 1970sAn Extraordinary Time Called For An Extraordinary Woman — Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA, and her neighbours are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear she stands up and condemns the murders. Criticising both factions, her call for a ceasefire is interpreted as an attack against the IRA, and as her peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.
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Resurrection Man
Northern Ireland The 1970sGet right to the heart of the fear — Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.
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The Devil's Own
🇮🇪 Ireland New York Northern Ireland The 1990s The 1970sThey come from different worlds. They fight for different causes. Now, two men from opposite sides of the law are about to go to war. — Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
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Nothing Personal
Northern Ireland The 1970sA raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Kenny, Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam, a Catholic.
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In the Name of the Father
Northern Ireland The 1970sFalsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father’s name. — A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
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Dear Sarah
Northern Ireland The 1970sGiuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as she works to free her family members from prison.
