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- DirectorDon SharpStarsTom BellSusan HampshireEd BegleyIrish terrorist breaks out of prison, and heads back to Ireland intending to blow up an electronics factory
- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsBridget AndrewsBridget BondNoël BrowneShot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsRod SteigerLee RemickRichard JohnsonHennessy is an Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the I.R.A. After his family is killed he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsNiall ToibinEwen WhiteDavid KellyThe story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane (Northern Ireland) British Legion Hall in 1976.
- DirectorTony LuraschiStarsCraig WassonSterling HaydenPatricia QuinnA young American man joins the IRA in Ireland but soon finds out that he is being used for political purposes and propaganda.
- DirectorPat MurphyStarsMary JacksonMark MulhollandBrid BrennanMaeve (Mary Jackson) returns to Belfast after being away for several years, and she stays in the family home with her sister and father.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul FreemanAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsVeronica QuilliganStephen ReaAlan DevlinSaxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a non-verbal deaf girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers' leader. So begins his quest to avenge them.
- DirectorKarl FrancisStarsGlenda JacksonJon FinchKenneth ColleyA television documentary team tries to present honest programs about Ireland and about local government corruption.
- StarsRay LonnenBenjamin WhitrowNicholas DayA British agent infiltrates the IRA to find an assassin. His wife is unhappy with his work. He befriends an Irish woman while searching for the killer.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsKay AdsheadFrances BarberMichael BruceA British TV crew interviewing a Catholic Belfast family gets some controversial footage, which headquarters destroys.
- DirectorPat MurphyStarsBrid BrennanBosco HoganDes McAleerThe story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsHelen MirrenJohn LynchDonal McCannA young man fraught with guilt longs to defect from the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is drawn to the widow of a slain Protestant policeman but must hide his secret that he was involved in her husband's murder and evade the authorities.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsJulia DuffyCharles HaidDavid HuffmanFor the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.
- DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsSean ChapmanSteve SweeneyGary HailesDrama about a platoon of British paratroopers on patrol in Northern Ireland.
- DirectorAisling WalshStarsMarie ConmeeAlan DevlinMargaret Doyle
- StarsPeter BarkworthHarriet WalterDerek ThompsonGeoffrey Carr's life spirals out of control after his wife and step-daughter are kidnapped by rogue IRA members. Unable to pay the ransom, he faces the choice of either dismantling his life or gambling with the lives of his family members.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsMickey RourkeBob HoskinsAlan BatesMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
- StarsEamon BolandTony DoyleSean CaffreyA police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.
- DirectorFrank CvitanovichStarsStella McCuskerBarry McGovernPaddy RocksGiuseppe 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.
- DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsGary WalkerBill HamiltonMichael FoyleA depiction of a series of violent killings in Northern Ireland with no clue as to exactly who is responsible.
- DirectorMichael BeckhamStarsMartin ShawJohn HurtRoger AllamIn 1974, a pair of pub bombings rocked Birmingham, England. The terrorist attacks killed dozens of innocent civilians, and wounded many more. But another tragedy took place in their aftermath: the wrongful conviction of six men for the crime. This docudrama follows researchers Chris Mullin (Sir John Hurt) and Ian McBride (Martin Shaw) as they investigate the case of the "Birmingham Six". As the pair uncover Police misconduct, they embark on a search for the true perpetrators of the mass murders.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert PattersonWhen an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
- DirectorJohn WhitesellStarsGeorge DzundzaChris NothDann FlorekDetectives and prosecutors face resistance from federal authorities as they pursue murder charges against an suspected IRA member serving time in federal prison, after he is suspected of killing another federal prisoner.
- StarsMichael GoughPatrick MalahideJohn KavanaghThe murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.