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1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt
Votes: 254,795
2. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
Votes: 54,776 | Gross: $1.83M
3. Michael Collins (1996)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart
Votes: 33,836 | Gross: $11.09M
4. The Lodgers (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A family curse confines orphaned twins Rachel and Edwards to their home, in punishment for their ancestors' sins. Bound to the rules of a haunting childhood lullaby, the twins must never let any outsiders inside the house.
Director: Brian O'Malley | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley
Votes: 9,663
5. Talk of Angels (1998)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Frances McDormand
Votes: 900 | Gross: $0.02M
6. Juno and the Paycock (1929)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill
Votes: 2,542
7. The Irish Civil War (2022– )
Documentary
Documentary series telling the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923, based on the mammoth text 'Atlas of the Irish Revolution'.
Director: Ruán Magan | Stars: Peter Coonan, Tim Creed, Liz Gillis, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 73
8. The Patriot Game (1979)
93 min | Documentary, History
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.
Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall
Votes: 177
9. Men at Lunch (2012)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Mystery
The story of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Director: Seán Ó Cualáin | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Quinn, Ric Burns, Christine Roussel
Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Ballyseedy (1997 TV Movie)
94 min | History
Dramatised retelling of the Ballyseedy massacre of 1923, during the Irish Civil War, when nine IRA prisoners died after they were bound together and forced to walk into a mine field.
Director: Frank Hand | Stars: Justin Aylmer, Fran Brennan, Barry Cassin, John Fraher
Votes: 7
11. The Maze (2002 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
The history of the notorious Maze prison and its role in the Northern Ireland conflict.
Stars: Liam Neeson, Denis Faul, Bik McFarlane, Mo Mowlam
Votes: 21
12. Ascendancy (1983)
92 min | Drama
Connie is a member of the British landowning "Ascendancy" in Ireland after WWI. Through a chance friendship with a British soldier, she learns how sheltered she has been, and chooses to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Julie Covington, Ian Charleson, John Phillips, Susan Engel
Votes: 75
13. Mother Ireland (1998)
52 min | Documentary
A look at Irish politics. Mother Ireland was a dialogue between republican and feminist politics. Two years of detailed research led to a stimulating and fascinating documentary.
Director: Anne Crilly | Stars: Bernadette Devlin, Mairead Farrell, Nell McCafferty
Votes: 26
14. Croíthe Radacacha (2023)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Ciara Hyland | Stars: Síobhra Aiken, Jean Law, Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, Ailbhe Smyth
15. Cogadh ar Mhná/A War on Women (2020)
50 min | Documentary
Why is it that stories of sexual violence against women have never been part of the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War?
Director: Ciara Hyland | Stars: Cathal Sheahan, Allison Aucott, Anna Rose Hennessy, Frank Prendergast
16. Saoirse? (1961)
92 min | Documentary, War
Documents the period 1919-1922 in Ireland's history, covering the war of independence against the British and the civil war that followed using archive footage from the time, including original newsreel footage.
Director: George Morrison | Stars: Liam Budhlaeir, Aindreas O'Gallchoir, Padraig O'Raghallaigh
Votes: 16
17. A Short History of Ireland (1998 TV Movie)
66 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Norman Staples | Stars: Maurice O'Donoghue, Brendan Finucare, Owen Leonard, Kitty Leyden
Votes: 15
18. The Other Irish Travellers (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Storyville: documentary which takes a personal look at the history of Ireland's vanished Anglo-Irish classes through the quirky family of filmmaker Fiona Murphy.
Director: Fiona Murphy
19.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Martyr
(1955)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
1922, civil war in Ireland. A suspect is captured after a bloody ambush.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Brian Aherne, Lee Marvin, J.M. Kerrigan
Votes: 13
20.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
The Sudden Storm
(1974)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon Williams
Votes: 100
22.
Churchill's Bodyguard (2005– )
Episode:
Walter Meets Winston
(2005)
47 min | Documentary
In almost every piece of footage of Britain's great wartime leader Winston Churchill, is an anonymous figure: his bodyguard, Walter Thompson of Scotland Yard. This story tells how these ... See full summary »
Directors: Jonathan Martin, Philip Nugus | Stars: Winston Churchill, Michael Collins, David Lloyd George, Robert Powell
Votes: 7
23.
The Great War (2014– )
Episode:
Why the IRA Lost the Irish Civil War 1922-1923
(2022)
29 min | Documentary, History, War
The Anglo-Irish Treaty and the withdrawal of Great Britain from almost all of Ireland was supposed to be a big step towards full Irish independence. But the pro-Treaty Irish Free State and ... See full summary »
Directors: Toni Steller, Florian Wittig | Star: Jesse Alexander