Popular from Ireland
The Man Who Invented Christmas
How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.
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- Ireland, Canada • 2017
- Director Bharat Nalluri
- Cast Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, Morfydd Clark, Donald Sumpter
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm abruptly ends his lifelong friendship with Pádraic, resulting in alarming consequences for both.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Martin McDonagh
- Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
God's Creatures
A mother lies to protect her son but this choice comes at a cost to her community, her family and herself.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Anna Rose Holmer, Saela Davis
- Cast Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Declan Conlon, Toni O'Rourke, Marion O'Dwyer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Quiet Girl
(An Cailín Ciúin)
A quiet, neglected young girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives for the summer.
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- Ireland • 2022
- Director Colm Bairéad
- Cast Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Last Right
Complicated consequences arise for Daniel Murphy when he's mistaken for a dead stranger's next of kin.
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- Ireland • 2019
- Director Aoife Crehan
- Cast Brian Cox, Michiel Huisman, Colm Meaney, Niamh Algar, Michael McElhatton
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Peacock, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Foundation
The Galactic Empire is on the brink of destruction, as a band of exiles embark on a mission to save humanity.
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- Ireland, United States • 2021
- Creator David S. Goyer
- Cast Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Lee Pace, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV Plus
Once
Two aspiring musicians collaborate, finding love along the way.
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- Ireland • 2007
- Director John Carney
- Cast Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley, Geoff Minogue
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Flora and Son
Single mother Flora and her rebellious son Max connect over music after she brings home an abandoned acoustic guitar.
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- • 2023
- Director John Carney
- Cast Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amy Huberman, Jack Reynor
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Apple TV Plus
The Lobster
An unconventional love story...
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece • 2015
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly
- Genre Thriller, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
New from Ireland
Young Plato
A headmaster at a Belfast primary school uses ancient Greek philosophy to teach his students how to connect with their feelings.
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- Ireland, Belgium, France • 2022
- Director Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Kin
The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
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- Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Ciaran Donnelly, Peter McKenna
- Cast Charlie Cox, Aidan Gillen, Clare Dunne, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Emmett Scanlan, Sam Keeley
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Calm with Horses
A drug dealer and father of an autistic child is torn between his two worlds, which are poles apart.
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- United Kingdom, Ireland • 2020
- Director Nick Rowland
- Cast Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, David Wilmot, Simone Kirby
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
My Father's Dragon
Young runaway Elmer Elevator helps and befriends a dragon named Boris.
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- Ireland, United States • 2022
- Director Nora Twomey
- Cast Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O'Dowd
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Normal People
Marianne and Connell fall in love as teenagers and weave in and out of each other's lives over the course of several years.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Frank Blake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hulu
The Wonder
An English nurse travels to Ireland to see a girl who has supposedly survived for months without eating.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Bradley
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Shooting the Mafia
A look at how Sicilian Letizia Battaglia bore unflinching witness to the crimes of the Cosa Nostra Mafia.
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- United States, Ireland • 2019
- Director Kim Longinotto
- Cast Letizia Battaglia, Mariachiara Di Trapani, Eduardo Rebulla, Santi Caleca, Franco Zecchin, Roberto Timperi
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Vikings
A series detailing the tales of legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his descendants.
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- Ireland, Canada • 2013
- Creator Michael Hirst
- Cast Alexander Ludwig, Jordan Patrick Smith, Marco Ilsø, Katheryn Winnick
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix, Microsoft Store
The Cave
(นางนอน)
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- Thailand, Ireland • 2019
- Director Tom Waller
- Cast Ron Smoorenburg, Kelly B. Jones, Lawrence de Stefano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Gaza
A documentary journey through Gaza that seeks to tell its story through the depiction of ordinary people trying to live meaningful lives under Israeli occupation.
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- Ireland, Occupied Palestinian Territory • 2019
- Director Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
Galactik Football
In the far future, an inexperienced team aims to win the Galactik Football Cup.
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- France, Spain • 2006
- Creator Antoine Charreyron, Frederic Dybowski, Charles Barrez, Vincent Vandelli
- Cast Florence Dumortier, Fréderic Popovic, Yann Pichon, Isabelle Volpe
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Spectrum On Demand
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm abruptly ends his lifelong friendship with Pádraic, resulting in alarming consequences for both.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Martin McDonagh
- Cast Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
The Quiet Girl
(An Cailín Ciúin)
A quiet, neglected young girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives for the summer.
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- Ireland • 2022
- Director Colm Bairéad
- Cast Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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In America
A newly immigrated Irish family adjusts to life in Hell's Kitchen while grieving their dead child.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2003
- Director Jim Sheridan
- Cast Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Tom Murphy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Room
A young mother raises her 5-year-old son in captivity and struggles to answer his mounting questions.
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- Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Lenny Abrahamson
- Cast Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
The true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy who learns to use his left foot to paint and write.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom • 1989
- Director Jim Sheridan
- Cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Normal People
Marianne and Connell fall in love as teenagers and weave in and out of each other's lives over the course of several years.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Frank Blake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hulu
The Commitments
A group of working-class Dubliners form a soul band, inspired by the sound of African American musicians of the '60s.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 1991
- Director Alan Parker
- Cast Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on Redbox
The Secret of Kells
Brendan sets off to complete a magical book.
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- France, Belgium, Ireland • 2009
- Director Tomm Moore
- Cast Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Liam Hourican, Paul Tylak
- Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Calvary
Killing a priest on a Sunday. That's a good one.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom • 2014
- Director John Michael McDonagh
- Cast Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach De Bankolé
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
What Richard Did
One summer night at a house party, teenage antics cross the line and a fight may have irreparable consequences.
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- Ireland • 2012
- Director Lenny Abrahamson
- Cast Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Fionn Walton, Gavin Drea, Patrick Gibson, Sam Keeley
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
The Lobster
An unconventional love story...
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece • 2015
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly
- Genre Thriller, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
The Northman
A viking prince returns home after years of training in order to take revenge on his uncle.
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- United States • 2022
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Breadwinner
An enchanting story of a brave young girl who puts her life at risk to provide for her family.
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- Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg • 2017
- Director Nora Twomey
- Cast Saara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
A tribute to the frontman of The Clash directed by his close friend Julien Temple, who is also a dear fan of and avid chronicler of punk rock.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom • 2007
- Director Julien Temple
- Cast Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, Terry Chimes, Steve Jones
- Genre Music, Documentary
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
The Guard
The FBI is about to discover that things work a little differently around here...
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- Ireland • 2011
- Director John Michael McDonagh
- Cast Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Katarina Čas, David Wilmot
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Favourite
Two cousins compete viciously for the favor of their Queen.
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- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss
- Genre Drama, History, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand