| Wolfwalkers (2020) | 8.0 | |
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| Barry Lyndon (1975) | 8.1 | |
| Tristan & Isolde (2006) | 6.8 | |
| Michael Collins (1996) | 7.1 |
Movies and TV shows set in ireland
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in ireland ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, melancholic, serious, sentimental and period drama films and TV shows about / with storytelling, culture clash, runaway, family relations, dialogue, mentor, drinking alcohol, drinking, death and suprisingly clever plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Ireland, UK, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ireland: Leap Year (2010), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), The Secret Scripture (2016), Brooklyn (2015), Ondine (2009), Ryan's Daughter (1970), A Shine of Rainbows (2009), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Guard (2011), The MatchMaker (1997).
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116K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, funny, rom com, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, couples, love and romance, road trip, opposites attract, marriage proposal, beautiful scenery, initially antagonists, relationships, wedding, love affair, love story ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, wales, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, controversial, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
nun, convent, catholic church, life is a bitch, corporal punishment, evil nun, human spirit, punishment, religion, catholic orphanage, sexual harassment, violence against women ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
Style:
touching, realistic, compassionate, psychological, novela ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mental institution, diary, destiny, female protagonist, tragic love, false accusation, world war two, obsession, priest, psychotherapist, life is a bitch, motorcycle ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
158K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
immigrant, love and romance, starting over, sex scene, marriage proposal, hopes, immigration, friendship, female protagonist, true love, love affair, homesickness ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
Place:
ireland, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, america ...
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23K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net believing her to be a mermaid.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mermaid, small town, sea, mysterious stranger, daughter, longing, fisherman, self discovery, character study, secrets, solitude ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
World War I seems far away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy goes horseback riding on the beach with the young English officer. There was a magnetic attraction between them the day he was the only customer in her ...
Style:
sentimental, epic, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
world war one, forbidden love, village, catholic, impotent husband, orgasm, village idiot, political unrest, soldier, fall in love, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1970, 70s
Place:
ireland, england, europe, california
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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, Family
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, human animal relationship, youth, island, adoptive father adopted son relationship, friendship, love, family relations, couples, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe
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?
101K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass ...
Style:
philosophical, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
small town, drug dealing, police investigation, fbi, police corruption, buddy cop, buddy, blackmail, drug smuggling, justice, gangster, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, peru, europe, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she ...
Style:
humorous, touching, witty, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
destiny, love story, love, love and romance, fall in love, politics, culture clash, small town, small town life, dog, politician, genealogy ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
ireland, boston, usa, europe, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Ireland
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thrilling, captivating, political ...
Plot:
irish history, world war one, revolution, anglo irish relations, working class, rebellion, war for independence, insurrection, ira, resistance, british empire, society ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA, Switzerland, Ireland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Style:
touching, romantic, exciting, period piece, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, medieval, love affair, knight, forbidden love, true love, sword and shield, love and romance, star crossed lovers, swords and armor, legends and myths, infidelity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 6th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, cornwall, england, britain, europe ...
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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: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, psychological, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
loneliness, human nature, solitude, introspection, starting over, freedom, friendship, drifter, camping, older man younger woman romance, mental disorder, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, germany, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, pregnancy, college, class differences, college life, student, catholic, voice over narration, sexual awakening, heartbreak ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1949
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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?
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother ...
Style:
scenic, fairy tale, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mermaid, island, seal the animal, celtic, selkie, friendship, fishing boat, legend, ancient mystery, pagan, magic ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1994, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, scotland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies' costume ball and Muldoon's son falls ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
fairy, imaginary kingdom, legends and myths, good versus evil, true love, couples, star crossed lovers, supernatural ability, ancient mystery, leprechaun, friendship, love and romance ...
Place:
ireland, fictional island, europe
Is relevant?
125K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, independent film, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love, street musician, pianist, love and romance, musician, friendship, singer, young lovers, love story, recording studio ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, london, czech republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, exciting, bleak, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, chases and races, family relations, danger, fugitives, disorder, on the road, on the run, rivalry, nothing goes right, partner, money ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
Style:
humorous, feel good, dark comedy, black comedy, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lottery winner, small town, friendship, friends, countryside, lottery, gambling, death, greed, skinny dipping, casino, landscape ...
Time:
future, year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Style:
affectionate, romantic, romantic drama, touching, saga ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
star crossed lovers, university, love story, coming of age, secret relationship, sex scene, school, social misfits, passion, enemies to lovers, passionate love, sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) for answers. When she refuses to provide any, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
love, coming of age, small town, bittersweet, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, young love, older man younger woman romance, male female relationship, father, misfit ...
Time:
year 1998, 1930s
Place:
ireland, illinois, chicago, usa, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the 'Red Scare'.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, touching, political ...
Plot:
anti communism, rebellion, politics, catholic priest, priest, fighting the system, deportation, idealism, rebelliousness, social relations, injustice, clergy ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2014, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
ireland, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
religion, medieval, pilgrimage, monk, relic, viking, penance, warrior, fight, heroic mission, journey, knight ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, future
Place:
ireland, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
Style:
period piece, independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
polyamory, open relationship, pregnancy, polygamy, love affair, pregnant woman, relationships, farm, power relations, couples, family relations, society ...
Time:
edwardian era, year 1991, 19th century, turn of the century, 1900s
Place:
ireland, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer.
Style:
psychological, realistic, melancholic, bleak, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, friendship, society, solitude, misfit, social relations, pornographic video, loneliness, angst, friends, coming of age, small town life ...
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six young friends on a road trip in Ireland run afoul of gypsies who curse them for accidentally running down an old woman. The curse takes the form of a terrifying flying beast that tries killing them all.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, natural horror ...
Plot:
killer animal, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, friends, accident, giant bird, redneck, brutality, creature, terror, ogre, curse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Ireland, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, period piece, sexual, realistic ...
Plot:
love and romance, crime gone awry, family relations, missing person, kidnapping, murder suspect, sister sister relationship, nobleman, couples, society, alcohol abuse, missing child ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, britain
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