Best Irish Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Irish Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, suspenseful, light, melancholic, tense and touching. Plot: friendship, family relations, dog, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, love, husband wife relationship, friend, women and girl. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Romance. Country: Ireland, USA and UK.
Best Irish Movies
TOP Movies: The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), Maudie (2016), When the Wind Blows (1986), Once (2006), Veronica Guerin (2003), Disenchanted (2022), Greta (2018), Forever in My Heart (2019), Brooklyn (2015), The Quiet Girl (2022), Wonka (2023), The Young Offenders (2016), Flushed Away (2006), The Woman King (2022), In the Name of the Father (1993), Bugonia (2025), Cardboard Gangsters (2017), Chicken Run (2000), The Butcher Boy (1997), Garage (2007).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the ...
Style:
adult animation, funny, computer animated, 2d animation
Plot:
crime scene, pop music, murder, dancing, beach, murder mystery, skeleton, bank, raccoon, childhood memory, hamburger, family man ...
Time:
20th century
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25K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family ...
Style:
sincere, artsy, costume drama, touching, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, disability, painting, aunt niece relationship, dog, happiness, talent, artist, marriage, housekeeper, love, biopic ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 20th century
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, canada, newfoundland
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style:
adult animation, depressing, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, countryside, nuclear explosion, apocalypse, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place:
europe, england
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
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
journalism, strong female character, gangster, justice, corruption, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin, uncover truth, media, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam, california ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a ...
Style:
fairy tale, spoof, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
kingdom, prince, princess, marriage, desire, magic, cat, teenager, spell, queen, disney princess, friend ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
42K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, trapped, stalker, trap, female villain, stalking, nightmare, obsessive love, obsession, held captive, roommate, female stalker ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, france
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Genre: Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jenna and Charlie found love in Ireland but their dreams drove them apart. Five years later, they reunite and Jenna has to decide where her heart belongs—back home or in the Emerald Isle. Stars Merritt Patterson and Jack Turner
Style:
romantic, captivating, light, entertaining
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
job promotion, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, relationships, relationship vs career, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, love affair, love, cycling ...
Place:
ireland, columbus ohio
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, powerful ...
Plot:
little girl, funeral, dog, dysfunctional family, summer, secret, female protagonist, girl, family secret, new family, lifestyle, kids and family ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
190K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The origin of Willy Wonka and his adventures into Loompa Land
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot:
chocolate, eccentricity, genius, giraffe, dancing, laundry, top hat, balloon, magician, abuse of power, contract, castle ...
Time:
20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys cycle 160 km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
Style:
light, tense, humorous, absurd, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, friendship, cocaine, juvenile delinquent, road trip, drug, drunkenness, escapades, danger, coming of age, bicycle, chicken ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
149K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, ...
Style:
funny, computer animated, entertaining, claymation, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
boat, talking animal, rat, lifestyle change, fish out of water, disorder, rivalry, partner, lifestyle, animal, villain, stop motion ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, buckingham palace, tower bridge london, england, london
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, dramatic, tense, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, military training, female soldier, slave trade, fight, hypocrisy, warrior, military, soldier, battles, woman, women ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 2020s, 1800s ...
Place:
africa, west africa, atlantic ocean
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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?
133K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, black and white, psychological thriller, absurd ...
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, ceo, satire, alien invasion, symbolism, power politics, alien conspiracy, political conflict, extraterrestrial, yoga, lunar eclipse ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
drug dealing, friendship, danger, street life, gang, rivalry, working class, violence, power struggle, urban, mature, realism ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The follow-up to the hugely-successful and Oscar-nominated 2015 film.
Style:
spoof, light, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
robot, dog, spaceship, stop motion, sheep, anthropomorphism, painting, alien, heroes, escapades, rescue, chase ...
Time:
2010s
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224K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky ...
Style:
claymation, funny, period piece, satirical, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, bird, escape, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, prison, escape attempt, chicken, chicken farm, anthropomorphism, rat, freedom ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1959, year 2000, post world war two ...
Place:
united kingdom, england, northern england, europe, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, disturbing, cult classic, depressing ...
Plot:
mental illness, dysfunctional family, friendship, childhood, coming of age, murder, bullying, boarding school, transformation, life is a bitch, human nature, family problems ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
ireland, europe
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: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When ...
Style:
romantic, therapeutic, romantic comedy, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, wedding, dating, women's prison, best friend, lesbian, coming of age, bride and groom, wedding ceremony, black bra, nightclub ...
Place:
ireland, indiana
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.
Style:
suspenseful, medical horror, psychological thriller, tension, thrilling ...
Plot:
insomnia, scientific experiment, sleep deprivation, isolation, experimental drug, race against time, experiment, human experiment, problem, threat, experiment gone awry, paranoia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Edward, a gay novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to Spain for an ...
Style:
heartfelt, comedy drama, family comedy, emotional, feel good ...
Plot:
ex boyfriend, gay, widow, old age, mother son relationship, novelist, gay lead character, lgbtq, pride, responsibility, self discovery, friendship ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
Style:
mystical, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, folk horror, supernatural, mother and daughter, female warrior, halloween, drug overdose, family secret, undercover, teenage daughter, mysticism, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspense, disturbing, indie film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
life turned upside down, lifestyle, coming of age, friendship, summer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, accidental killing, danger, beautiful scenery, high school, sex scene, bare chested male ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, gothic, family saga ...
Plot:
heiress, female protagonist, orphan, inheritance, family secret, mansion, deception, estate, legacy, secrets, identity, investigation ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France, China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads ...
Style:
touching, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
folklore, wolf, friendship, father daughter relationship, celtic, wolf pack, peril, legends and myths, family relations, happy ending, human animal relationship, hunter ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Michael Farr (Hinds) is a widower living in a misty Irish seaside town who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. ...
Style:
suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, love and romance, family relations, love affair, apparition, father daughter relationship, love triangle, rural setting, ruins, writers, phantom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
Style:
psychological horror, atmospheric, melancholic, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
folk horror, agoraphobia, folklore, trauma, isolation, haunting, lesbian, paranoia, character study, lgbtq, memory, elderly woman ...
Place:
dublin ireland
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