The Long Good Friday (1980), Maze (2017), Odd Man Out (1947), The Long Good Friday (1980), Hunger (2008), Some Mother's Son (1996), No Stone Unturned (2017), Michael Collins (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ira movies.
Storyline: A Cockney crime czar (Bob Hoskins) and his mistress (Helen Mirren) answer a threat on the eve of his big deal with a U.S. mobster (Eddie Constantine).
Plot Keywords: gangster, london, crime, violence, thriller, betrayal, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
Plot Keywords: prison, escape, protest, historical, true story, uk, conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The leader of an Irish separatist group's, been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a robbery which would give his group the money needed to continue its activities. But the robbery fails, and Johnny's wounded. Immediately a man hunt's launched, and both the police - and Kathleen go in search of Johnny, but for different reasons.—Eduardo Casais <eduardo.casais@research.nokia.com>
Plot Keywords: film noir, thriller, crime, drama, british cinema, post-war, fugitive ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, gangster, london, violence, revenge, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.
Plot Keywords: history, political, prison, conflict, violence, human rights, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Plot Keywords: war, politics, ireland, prison, mother, family, sacrifice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alex Gibney reopens the mysterious unsolved case revolving the 1994 Loughinisland massacre. On 18 June, in the small village of Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, six men were brutally murdered and a few others were wounded in a pub while watching the World Cup soccer match. Despite a long investigation by the police and many confusing leads, no perpetrators of the attack were ever found.—Rodrigo Amaro
Plot Keywords: documentary, investigation, true crime, journalism, justice, victims, historical event ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
Plot Keywords: history, biography, war, political, revolution, drama, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1921 Dublin, the I.R.A. battles the "Black & Tans", special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea (Don Murray) hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization under his former professor Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, history, military, politics, revolution, violence, conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process.
Plot Keywords: action, crime, drama, thriller, espionage, based on true story, undercover ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Former CIA analyst, Jack Ryan is in England with his family on vacation when he suddenly witnesses an explosion outside Buckingham Palace. It is revealed that some people are trying to abduct a member of the Royal Family but Jack intervenes, killing one of them and capturing the other, and stops the plan in its tracks. Afterwards, he learns that they're Irish revolutionaries and the two men are brothers. During his court hearing the one that's still alive vows to get back at Jack but is sentenced and that seems to be the end of it. However, whilst the man is being transported, he is broken out. Jack learns of this but doesn't think there's anything to worry about. But, when he is at the Naval Academy someone tries to kill him. He learns that they are also going after his family and so he rushes to find them, safe but having also been the victims of a failed assassination. That's when Jack decides to rejoin the CIA, and they try to find the man before he makes another attempt.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, crime, spy, political, suspense, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1972, the politically naïve Bernie McPhelimy (Dame Julie Walters) is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot and killed by the I.R.A., and her neighbors are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear and confusion, she dares to stand up and condemn the killings. Criticizing both factions equally, her public call for a ceasefire is interpreted by many as an attack against the I.R.A., and as her fledgling peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.—Dave F
Plot Keywords: war, conflict, family, mother, politics, community, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1993, the IRA member Collette is arrested in the London tube after leaving a bomb in the facility. MI-5 Agent Mac offers a deal to Collette to become an informer. She accepts the agreement to protect her son and in return Mac offers a new identity to her after a period working for the MI-5. Soon Mac learns that his superior Kate Fletcher is using Collette to protect her mole inside the Irish organization. Mac tries to find the identity of the informer and protect Collette.
Plot Keywords: spy, thriller, political, british, conflict, betrayal, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A thriller about an IRA gunman who draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. Frankie McGuire is one of the IRA's deadliest assassins. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, force Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, crime, drama, suspense, undercover, betrayal ...
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