Movies and TV shows set in belfast

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in belfast ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film and bleak films and TV shows about / with ira, anglo irish relations, terrorism, murder, danger, trouble, political unrest, struggle, state affairs and deadly plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in UK, Ireland, USA and other countries.
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belfast movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as belfast: The Informant (1997), Mickybo and Me (2004), Shadow Dancer (2012), Maze (2017), Three Families (2021), Zoo (2017), Shooting for Socrates (2014), A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974), The Fall (2013), The Wall (2020).

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 6.3
 675
The Informant (1997)
Genre: Drama
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: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, anglo irish relations, trouble, spy, freedom, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
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Mickybo and Me (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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.
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: youth, kids in trouble, friendship, mischievous children, boy, coming of age, society, obsession, political unrest, boyhood, friends, human rights ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, belfast
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 6.2
 13K
Shadow Dancer (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
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, state affairs, betrayal, undercover, family relations, snitch, radical, siblings relations, political unrest, single parent, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 90s, year 1993, year 1973 ...
Place: ireland, northern ireland, london, england, europe ...
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 5.9
 4K
Maze (2017)
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: psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, complex
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, prison, terrorist, assassination attempt, prison break, male objectification, murder, danger, society, nazi, confined, true crime ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: northern ireland, ireland, belfast
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 7.6
 717
Three Families (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
TV show
Story: Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
Plot: abortion rights, women, female protagonist, abortion, women's rights, misogyny, privacy invasion, birth, female politician, mother daughter relationship, abortion clinic, pregnancy ...
Place: northern ireland, belfast, ireland
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 6.5
 1K
Zoo (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, History, War
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating, costume drama
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two, elephant, zoo, animal, courage, bombing, zookeeper, animal rescue, friends, friendship, animal human communication, kindness ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, belfast
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Shooting for Socrates (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: soccer, hopes, rivalry, ambition, family relations, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, parents and children, soccer fan, football, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: ireland, belfast, brazil, northern ireland, mexico
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A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
Style: independent film
Plot: ira, anglo irish relations, religion, terrorism, sniper, protestant, dead children, children, mass child killing, catholic, mistaken identity, bomb ...
Place: ireland, belfast, northern ireland
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 8.1
 118K
The Fall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, victim, crime investigation, violence against women, police, cop, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom, belfast
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 6.6
 21
The Wall (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min.
Story: David Kinsella, funded by the Norwegian Film Institute, arrived in North Korea ready to make a documentary about a young poet at the invitation of the North Korean government, but filming hadn’t gotten very far when Kinsella realized that ...
Plot: totalitarianism, puppet, concentration camp, catholicism, bigotry, child, dictatorship, deception
Place: northern ireland, north korea, belfast
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 8.0
 463
Harry's Game (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 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: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, detective
Plot: ira, struggle, freedom, spy, anglo irish relations, terrorism, profanity, disorder, state affairs, assassination, danger, hidden identity ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: ireland, europe, belfast
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 6.2
 852
Hennessy (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style: grindhouse, political, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, revenge, anglo irish relations, explosions, terrorism, manhunt, repression, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, political corruption, assassination ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
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 2K
Johnny Was (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison...
Style: serious, rough, sincere, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: gangster, danger, drug abuse, haunted by the past, rivalry, criminal heroes, drug dealing, starting over, murder, greed, ira, anglo irish relations ...
Place: ireland, england, london, europe, belfast
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 5.5
 604
The Craic (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this ...
Style: road movie, slang, independent film
Plot: friendship, escape, beach, tourist, dating, dating show, friendship between men, runaway, surfing, friend, government agent, van ...
Time: 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, belfast, sydney australia, australia
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 6.2
 33K
Blown Away (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, psychopath, bomb squad, brutality, anarchist, stalking, investigation, race against time, government agency, danger, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: boston, ireland, usa, northern ireland, massachusetts ...
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 4.9
 211
Trapped (2008)
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, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Plot: ira, terrorism, police detective, moral dilemma, on the run, injustice, life is a bitch, society, rebelliousness, rebellion, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place: ireland, europe, belfast, paris france, dublin ireland
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Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Italy, France, Canada, UK, Spain, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: titanic, iceberg, ship, danger, social differences, workplace situations, passenger, sea disaster, society, disaster, working class, political unrest ...
Time: edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century, 1900s, year 1912 ...
Place: ireland, belfast, new york, europe
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 5.2
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Naked Massacre (1976)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.
Style: slasher, twisted, controversial, suspense, tension ...
Plot: serial killer, forced sexual contact, female nudity, sexual humiliation, home invasion, exploitation, nurse, murder, ira, rape and revenge, massacre, killer ...
Place: ireland, belfast, northern ireland
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Closing the Ring (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to ...
Style: serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, optimism, couples, death in the family, couple relations, battles, family problems, family relations, parents and children, wartime life, love and romance, sex ...
Time: 90s, 50s, 1940s
Place: ireland, europe, london
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 7.5
 73K
Hunger (2008)
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: disturbing, bleak, political, sincere, depressing ...
Plot: prison, prison life, ira, suicide, dying, rebellion, idealism, police brutality, resistance, suffering, nudity, male nudity ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1981 ...
Place: ireland, northern ireland, london, europe
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 6.6
 2K
Cal (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
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: art house, political, contemplative, tense, serious ...
Plot: ira, terrorism, trouble, guilt, religion, international relations, war on terror, anglo irish relations, female pubic hair, couples, political unrest, tragic love ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: northern ireland, europe, ireland
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 7.2
 60K
'71 (2014)
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: suspense, serious, suspenseful, political, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, war, ira, soldier, military, survival, violence, brutality, wartime, chase, riot, tragedy ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century, year 2014
Place: ireland, northern ireland, britain
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