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Uncover the Emerald Isle's Rich Heritage: Top Irish Movies and TV Shows

Get ready to immerse yourself in the captivating world of Irish cinema and television, where the rugged landscapes and rich cultural heritage come alive on the screen. From heartwarming dramas to action-packed thrillers, we've curated a list of the best Irish movies and TV shows that will transport you to the Emerald Isle. Explore the stories that define Ireland's unique identity and discover why Irish storytelling has captivated audiences worldwide.

Wolfwalkers
Cast
Honor Kneafsey Honor Kneafsey
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Eva Whittaker
Sean Bean Sean Bean
Simon McBurney Simon McBurney
8.2 1.4K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: France, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Audience: PG
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 her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
Plot:  friendship, wolf, magic, fairy tale, shapeshifting, wolf's lair, feral child, forest, ...
Time:  1600s
Place:  ireland
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Normal People
Cast
Paul Mescal Paul Mescal
Daisy Edgar-Jones Daisy Edgar-Jones
8.1 1.4K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-MA
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.
Style:  bittersweet
Plot:  based on novel or book, small town, dublin, ireland, high school, rich woman poor man, romance, coming of age, ...
Place:  ireland
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Barry Lyndon
Cast
Ryan O'Neal Ryan O'Neal
Marisa Berenson Marisa Berenson
Patrick Magee Patrick Magee
Hardy Kru00fcger Hardy Kru00fcger
8.0 3.2K votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 188 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Plot:  based on novel or book, gambling, desertion, fencing, palace, british army, opportunist, wealth, ...
Time:  18th century
Place:  ireland
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Song of the Sea
Cast
David Rawle David Rawle
Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson
Lisa Hannigan Lisa Hannigan
Fionnula Flanagan Fionnula Flanagan
8.0 1.6K votes
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
Plot:  fairy tale, lighthouse, folk music, lighthouse keeper, swimming, dog, seal (animal), irishman, ...
Place:  ireland
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In the Name of the Father
7.9 2.0K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 133 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Plot:  prison, rebellion, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, faith, biography, northern ireland, trial, ...
Time:  1970s
Place:  ireland
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Sing Street
7.9 2.5K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:  irreverent
Plot:  friendship, london, england, sibling relationship, dublin, ireland, music video, prom, ...
Time:  1980s
Place:  ireland
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Kin
7.7 74 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
Plot:  drug trafficking, gangster, dublin, ireland, organized crime, crime family, ex-con
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Catastrophe
Cast
Sharon Horgan Sharon Horgan
Rob Delaney Rob Delaney
Mark Bonnar Mark Bonnar
Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen
7.6 171 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 24
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in a comedy that follows an American man and an Irish woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London.
Style:  irreverent, witty, romantic
Plot:  london, england, jealousy, husband wife relationship, marriage proposal, ex-boyfriend, pregnancy, stag night, ...
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In Bruges
Cast
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell
Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes
Clu00e9mence Pou00e9sy Clu00e9mence Pou00e9sy
7.5 5.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Plot:  drug dealer, hitman, tourist, dark comedy, bruges, belgium, church, guilt, ...
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Bad Sisters
Cast
Sharon Horgan Sharon Horgan
Eva Birthistle Eva Birthistle
Sarah Greene Sarah Greene
Eve Hewson Eve Hewson
7.5 279 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 18
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.
Plot:  sadistic, brother-in-law, dublin, ireland, bullying, dark comedy, domestic abuse, insurance investigator, ...
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Cast
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell
Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson
Kerry Condon Kerry Condon
Barry Keoghan Barry Keoghan
7.5 3.4K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Plot:  friendship, island, donkey, dark comedy, irish civil war (1922-23), church, drinking, former best friend, ...
Time:  1920s
Place:  ireland
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The Magdalene Sisters
Cast
Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff
Nora-Jane Noone Nora-Jane Noone
Dorothy Duffy Dorothy Duffy
Geraldine McEwan Geraldine McEwan
7.4 477 votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Plot:  nun, girls' boarding school, based on true story, sin, psychological abuse, punishment, sexual harassment, religion, ...
Time:  1960s
Place:  ireland
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Philomena
7.3 1.7K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Plot:  journalist, london, england, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, nurse, faith, ...
Place:  ireland
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The Quiet Man
Cast
John Wayne John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara
Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen
Barry Fitzgerald Barry Fitzgerald
7.3 614 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 129 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Style:  nostalgic
Plot:  countryside, fight, brother, widow, boxer, beer, love, rural area, ...
Place:  ireland
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Brooklyn
Cast
Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Ronan
Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson
Emory Cohen Emory Cohen
Jim Broadbent Jim Broadbent
7.3 3.3K votes
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 111 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Plot:  ship, based on novel or book, love triangle, homesickness, marriage, community, working class, boarding house, ...
Time:  1950s
Place:  ireland
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P.S. I Love You
Cast
Hilary Swank Hilary Swank
Gerard Butler Gerard Butler
Lisa Kudrow Lisa Kudrow
Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr.
7.2 3.5K votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Duration: 126 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Plot:  dying and death, loss of loved one, job-hopping, letter
Place:  ireland
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The Siege of Jadotville
Cast
Jamie Dornan Jamie Dornan
Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet
Mark Strong Mark Strong
Jason O'Mara Jason O'Mara
7.1 946 votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Ireland
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Plot:  based on novel or book, bravery, congo, conflict, united nations, katanga conflict, irish, irish army
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Handsome Devil
Cast
Fionn O'Shea Fionn O'Shea
Nicholas Galitzine Nicholas Galitzine
Andrew Scott Andrew Scott
Ardal O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon
7.0 706 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Plot:  high school, boarding school, homophobia, roommates, male friendship, rugby, male homosexuality, lgbt, ...
Place:  ireland
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Dublin Murders
Cast
Sarah Greene Sarah Greene
Killian Scott Killian Scott
Peter McDonald Peter McDonald
Leah McNamara Leah McNamara
7.0 132 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Plot:  detective, child murder, homicide, dublin, ireland, forest, police, woods, ...
Time:  1980s
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The Foreigner
Cast
Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan
Jackie Chan Jackie Chan
Rory Fleck-Byrne Rory Fleck-Byrne
Ray Fearon Ray Fearon
7.0 3.0K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, India
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Plot:  martial arts, london, england, based on novel or book, restaurant owner, ira (irish republican army), bomb explosion, grieving father, ...
Place:  ireland, united kingdom
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