| Harry's Game (1982) | 7.9 | |
| Some Mother's Son (1996) | 7.2 | |
| Shadow Dancer (2012) | 6.2 | |
| Maze (2017) | 5.9 | |
| The Journey (2016) | 6.7 |
Ira movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ira movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political and bleak films and TV shows about / with ira, anglo irish relations, terrorism, murder, politics, betrayal, violence, trouble, society and gun plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in UK, Ireland, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ira: Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), '71 (2014), The Journey (2016), Shadow Dancer (2012), Maze (2017), The Long Good Friday (1980), The Foreigner (2017), Bloody Sunday (2002), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Dawning (1988).
Best films
New films
| Trespasses (2025) | 7.2 | |
| The Journey (2016) | 6.7 | |
| 8ish (2019) | 4.9 | |
| Rebellion (2016) | 7.2 | |
| The Foreigner (2017) | 7.0 |
List of ira movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Style:
sexy, factual, brutal, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ira, brutality, weapons, crime gone awry, storytelling, terrorism, secret agent, snitch, danger, state affairs, undercover, spy ...
Time:
80s, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, canada, northern ireland, europe, scotland ...
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Style:
suspenseful, political, intense, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, war, survival, ira, military, british soldier, combat, riot, wartime, chase, british military ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971, year 2014
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, britain, belfast, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
ira, politician, chauffeur, british politics, surveillance, car accident, secret service, prime minister, freedom fighter, road trip, 9/11, protest ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, year 1987, year 1972, year 1973 ...
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, edinburgh scotland, glasgow scotland, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in ...
Style:
sexy, political, bleak, bloody, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rebellion, civil war, ira, politics, independence, resistance, rebel, war, injustice, abuse, occupation, debate ...
Time:
1920s, year 2006, 20th century, post world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
ireland, england, northern ireland, dublin ireland, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Style:
political thriller, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, moral dilemma, radical, terrorist, state affairs, undercover, betrayal, family relations, snitch, siblings relations, political unrest, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, year 1993, year 1973, 90s ...
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, london, england, belfast ...
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, complex
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, terrorist, prison, assassination attempt, prison escape, male objectification, danger, murder, society, husband wife relationship, political prisoner, troubled marriage ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, belfast
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, harsh, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangster, ira, organized crime, mafia, crime boss, terrorist, car bomb, danger, revenge, rivalry, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england, ireland, london, britain, europe ...
Is relevant?
131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, action thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, bomb, ira, tough guy, one against many, ex special forces, justice, terrorist, hand to hand combat, obsession, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
northern ireland, united kingdom, ireland, scotland yard, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Style:
rough, political, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
ira, irish history, rebellion, politics, civil rights, protest, conflict, terrorism, injustice, civil war, army vs civilians, riot ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place:
ireland, europe, united kingdom, northern ireland, england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 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) ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
ira, political unrest, coming of age, independence, society, youth, state affairs, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, teenage boy, friendship, struggle ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
76K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.
Style:
sincere, political, depressing, visually stunning, art house ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, ira, male nudity, suicide, prisoner, dying, terrorist, nudity, rebellion, police brutality, suffering ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 2000s, 90s, year 1981 ...
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, london, europe, belfast
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, political thriller, fast paced, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, ira, spy, covert operation, conspiracy, rescue mission, british intelligence, betrayal, neo nazi, violent, cat and mouse, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Style:
political, brutal, harsh, factual, intense ...
Plot:
politics, irish history, civil war, terrorism, revolution, biopic, ira, freedom, british empire, civil unrest, independence movement, fight ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, edwardian era, 90s, 1910s ...
Place:
ireland, england, london, northern ireland, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Harry is an undercover agent for the British army sent to Northern Ireland to infiltrate the IRA and find (and terminate) the assassin of a British Cabinet Minister. Harry is alone, the army hasn't been told he is being put in place, his wife ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
ira, covert operation, anglo irish relations, freedom, struggle, spy, terrorism, undercover, profanity, disorder, hidden identity, danger ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
ireland, europe, belfast, northern ireland, united kingdom
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, spy, anglo irish relations, freedom, trouble, dishonesty, introspection, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
ira, prison, anglo irish relations, cell mate, women's prison, female prisoner, jail cell, protest, resistance, hunger, problem, jailed ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, touching, political ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, boarding school life, lgbtq, boys love, gay slur, coming of age, gay love, playwright, drag, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, bleak, exciting, detective ...
Plot:
corruption, law enforcement, investigation, ira, criminal, racism, gang, legal, danger, district attorney, dirty cop, escapades ...
Time:
90s, year 1989
Place:
boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the ...
Style:
political, bleak, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, terrorist, prison violence, lawyer, british, working class, women, betrayal, politics, ira, struggle, prison life ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, england
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Style:
political, art house, contemplative, tense, serious ...
Plot:
ira, terrorism, trouble, forbidden love, female pubic hair, religion, international relations, war on terror, anglo irish relations, guilt, couples, political unrest ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
northern ireland, europe, ireland, belfast
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
ira, terrorism, police detective, on the run, moral dilemma, injustice, law enforcement, rebellion, rebelliousness, society, love and romance, danger ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
ireland, europe, belfast, paris france, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
ira, trouble, anglo irish relations, injustice, chaos, dedicated lawyer, state affairs, life is a bitch, terrorism, heroes, danger, legal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, uncover truth, moral dilemma, fighting the system, idealism, social decay, church, society, legal, politics, terrorism, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, political, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, murder, terrorist, assassin, friendship, police investigation, tragic event, vengeance, betrayal, revenge, devil ...
Time:
90s, year 1972, 70s, year 1992
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, new york, bronx new york city, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, intense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
redemption, vengeance, reconciliation, murder, memory, haunted by the past, secrets, life is a bitch, acceptance, trouble, terrorism, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, year 1975, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, australia, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
journalism, murder, gangster, uncover truth, tragic hero, law enforcement, drug abuse, drug dealing, fighting the system, rise and fall, life is a bitch, price of justice ...
Time:
2000s, year 1998
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
TV show
Story:
Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent (Anthony Perkins) is brought out of retirement to track them down.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, grim, dark ...
Plot:
ira, assassination, espionage, terrorism, hitman, political violence, betrayal, violence, mature, cat and mouse, urban, investigation ...
Place:
london, france
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