Ireland movies

Botched (2007)

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Stephen Dorff | Jaime Murray | Sean Pertwee | Jamie Foreman | Geoff Bell | Edward Baker-Duly | Igor Chistol | David Heap | Greg Jeloudov | Zak Maguire | Hugh O'Conor | Russell Smith | Alan Smyth | Bronagh Gallagher | Gene Rooney
Directors: Kit Ryan
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Ritchie Donovan (Dorff) is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper. Things start badly and go rapidly downhill when, during the robbery, Ritchie and his Russian accomplices are forced to take hostages because they are trapped by the police on the unused 13th floor.

Once (2006)

Monday, February 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Ireland
Actors: Alaistair Foley | Glen Hansard | Senan Haugh | Darren Healy | Gerard Hendrick | Bill Hodnett | Pat McGrath | Sean Miller | Geoff Minogue | Wiltold Owski | Praghosa | Pete Short | Krzysztos Tiotka | Hugh Walsh | Mal Whyte
Directors: John Carney
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An (unnamed) Guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad’s Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An (unnamed) Girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day and takes care of her mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other as the Girl helps the Guy to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs. Written by Charles Delacroix

The Good Thief (2002)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Canada | France | Ireland | UK
Actors: Nutsa Kukhianidze | Ouassini Embarek | Marc Lavoine | Nick Nolte | Tchéky Karyo | Gérard Darmon | Saïd Taghmaoui | Patricia Kell | Julien Maurel | Emir Kusturica | Roland Munter | Warren Zavatta | Théo Trifard | Sarah Bridges | Nicolas Dromard
Directors: Neil Jordan
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram.

The Tailor of Panama (2001)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Geoffrey Rush | Brendan Gleeson | Jamie Lee Curtis | Catherine McCormack |
Directors: John Boorman
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John LeCarre’s spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador’s mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.

Shrooms (2006)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Horror
Countries: Ireland
Actors: Lindsey Haun | Jack Huston | Max Kasch | Maya Hazen | Alice Greczyn | Don Wycherley | Sean McGinley | Robert Hoffman
Directors: Paddy Breathnach
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Having been promised the ‘trip’ of a lifetime by their Irish friend and mushroom expert Jake, a group of American teenagers arrives in Ireland, keen for adventure. Despite Jake’s warnings about the ’shrooms they shouldn’t eat, things start to go horribly wrong and the teenagers suffer horrific visions. The panicked friends are attacked by ghostly creatures, never sure whether they are experiencing gruesome reality or startling hallucinations. As the group is bloodily whittled down to one, it is soon clear that, whether or not these apparitions are real, the carnage they leave behind certainly is.

The Tiger’s Tail (2006)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Ireland
Actors: Brendan Gleeson | Kim Cattrall | Ciarán Hinds | Sinéad Cusack | Sean McGinley | Denis Conway | Michael FitzGerald | Conor Flannery | Briain Gleeson | David Herlihy | John Kavanagh | Sean Markey | Angeline Ball | Cathy Belton | Ruth McCabe
Directors: John Boorman
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After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

Gangster No. 1 (2000)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK
Actors: Malcolm McDowell | David Thewlis | Paul Bettany | Saffron Burrows | Kenneth Cranham | Jamie Foreman | Eddie Marsan | Andrew Lincoln | Doug Allen | Razaaq Adoti | Cavan Clerkin | David Kennedy | Johnny Harris | Anton Saunders | Alex McSweeney
Directors: Paul McGuigan
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A middle-aged crime boss (Malcolm McDowell) smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood (played by Paul Bettany) in Swinging 60’s London, he seemed to ape his mod boss Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), and do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie’s supremacy, and especially his tall bird (Saffron Burrows). The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1.

The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: Denmark | France | Germany | Ireland | UK
Actors: Morgan Jones | Paul Tylack | Kim Larney | Anna Olson | Gary Hetzler | Danna Davis | Barbara Bergin | Michelle Read | Hilary Cahill | Hillary Kavanagh | Laurann Rabbitt | Aoife Murray | Liz Lloyd | Aileen Mythen | Justin Gregg
Directors: Michael Hegner
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Bloody Sunday (2002)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: James Nesbitt | Allan Gildea | Gerard Crossan | Mary Moulds | Carmel McCallion | Tim Pigott-Smith | Nicholas Farrell | Christopher Villiers | James Hewitt | Declan Duddy | Edel Frazer | Lindsay Lohan | Mike Edwards | Gerry Hammond | Jason Stammers
Directors: Paul Greengrass
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Documentary-style drama showing the events that lead up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more.

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Burt Reynolds | Dom DeLuise | Judith Barsi | Melba Moore | Daryl Gilley | Candy Devine | Charles Nelson Reilly | Vic Tayback | Rob Fuller | Earleen Carey | Anna Manahan | Nigel Pegram | Loni Anderson | Ken Page | Godfrey Quigley
Directors: Don Bluth
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When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what’s waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.