The Irish in Film

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Biography

Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt) 2000
Audie Murphy 2000
Borstal Boy (Brendan Behan) 2000
Burke and Wills 1985
Cinderella Man (James J Braddock) 2005
Entertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story1996
Eugene O'Neill 1996
Evelyn (Desmond Doyle) 2002
General, The (Martin Cahill) 1998
Gentleman Jim (James J. Corbett) 1942
His Irish Wit and Wisdom: Fulton J. Sheen 2006
If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story 2001
James Joyce's Women 1985
James Joyce (Biography) 2006
Long Gray Line, The (Martin Maher) 1955
Love Divided, A (Mary Cloney) 1999
Michael Collins 1996
Mountains of the Moon (Sir Richard Burton) 1990
My Left Foot (Christy Brown) 1989
Ned Kelly 2004
Nora (James Joyce) 2000
Oscar Wilde: Wit's End (Biography) 2000
Patriots (Alexis Shannon) 1994
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A (James Joyce) 1979
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend 2000
Story of the Clancy Brothers 2001
Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story 1999
Sullivans, The (org title: The Fighting Sullivans) 1944
True Crime Authors: The Westies 2004
Tyfoid Mary (NOVA) (Mary Mallon) 1993
Veronica Guerin 2003
When the Sky Falls (Veronica Guerin) 1999
Yankee Doodle Dandy (George M. Cohan) 1942

History

Most of the films below should be listed under 'fictional' history. Created more for entertainment than educational purposes, these films represent the only accounts of their heritage for many Irish-Americans.

Bloody Sunday 2002
Captain Boycott 1947
Fighting Prince of Donegal, The 1966
Ghost in the Darkness, The 1996
True Story Of The Molly Maguires 2006
In the Name of the Father 1993
Irish in America, The 1995
Irish in America, The: Long Journey Home 1998
Michael Collins 1996
Molly Maguires, The 1970
Mountains of the Moon 1990
Omagh 2004
One Man's Hero 1998
Plough and the Stars, The 1936
Some Mother's Son 1996
Warrior Queen 2003
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The 2006
Year of the French, The 1982

Documentary

Celts, The - Rich Traditions & Ancient Myths 1997
Celtic Journey Through Time, A: A Short History of Ireland
1998
Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story 2005
Endgame in Ireland
Eugene O'Neill (Famous Author Serieis) 1996
From a Whisper to a Scream: History of Irish Rock 2001
Home Away from Home: The Yanks in Ireland 1995
I Am Ireland: A Portrait of the Composer Sean O'Ri
If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story 2001
In Search of Ancient Ireland 2002
Irish at Gettysburg 1998
Irish Empire 1998
Irish Harvest 2001
Irish in America, The 1995
Irish in America, The: Long Journey Home 1998
Irish Mosaics - The Best of Irish Film, Music, and Sport 2002
Irish Writers 2003
JFK in Ireland 1996
Legends of Ireland: Fairies and Leprechauns 1998
Man of Aran 1934
McCourts of Limerick, The 1997
McCourts of New York, The 1998
Michael Collins: Shadow of Bealnablath 1991
Mother Ireland 1988
National Geographic's Ballad of the Irish Horse 1985
On the Irish Whiskey Trail 2006
Oscar Wilde: Wit's End (Biography) 2000
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America 1995
Sex in a Cold Climate 1997
Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story 1999
St. Patrick Apostle of Ireland 2001
True Story of the Molly Maguires 2000
Tyfoid Mary (NOVA) 1993
When Ireland Starved: An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine 1992
William Butler Yeats - The Heart of Ireland 1997

IRA/Northern Ireland

Beloved Enemy 1936
Borstal Boy 2000
Breakfast on Pluto 2005
Boxer, The 1997
Cal 1984
Children in the Crossfire 1984
Crying Game, The 1992
Danny Boy (Org. title: Angel) 1982
Dawning, The 1988
December Bride 1993
Devil's Own, The 1997
Divorcing Jack 1998
Everlasting Piece, An 2000
Fools of Fortune 1990
Four Days in July 1984
Hennessy 1975
Hidden Agenda 1990
I See a Dark Stranger 1946
In the Name of the Father 1993
Informant, The 1997
Informer, The 1935
Last September, The 2000
My Brother's War 1998
Night Fighters [ aka A Terrible Beauty] 1960
Nothing Personal 1997
Odd Man Out 1947
Omagh 2004
Patriot Games 1992
Patriots 1994
Prayer for the Dying, A 1987
Railway Station Man, The 1993
Resurrection Man 1997
Ronin 1998
Shake Hands with the Devil 1959
Some Mother's Son 1996
This Is the Sea 1997
Titanic Town 1998

Irish-Americans

25th Hour 2003
American Wake 2004
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
Ash Wednesday 2002
Bells of St. Mary's, The 1945
Blown Away 1994
Boondock Saints, The 2000
Brothers McMullen, The 1995
Cardinal, The 1963
Daredevil 2003
Fighting 69th, The 1940
Good Will Hunting 1997
Great Guy (aka Pluck of the Irish) 1936
In Old Chicago 1938
Irish Luck 1939
Last Hurrah, The 1958
Long Day's Journey Into Night 1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night (remake) 1987
Million Dollar Baby 2004
Monument Ave. 1998
Moon for the Misbegotten, A 1975
Mystic River 2003
Only the Lonely 1991
Passed Away 1992
Return to Me 2000
Snow in August 2001
Southie 1999
St. Patrick's Day 2002
Stolen Summer 2002
Studs Lonigan 1960
Sullivans, The (Org: The Fighting Sullivans) 1944
Three Cheers for the Irish 1940
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A 1945
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Irish Immigrants

2 by 4 1998
Blown Away 1994
Break, The (aka A Further Gesture) 1997
Claire Dolan 1998
Far and Away 1992
Gangs of New York 2002
Good Mother, The 1988
Harp in the South, The 2001
In America 2002
Irish in America, The 1995
Last Hurrah, The 1958
Liam 2000
Little Nellie Kelly 1940
Long Gray Line, The 1955
Molly Maguires, The 1970
Ned Kelly 1970
Ned Kelly 2004
Story of Seabiscuit, The 1949
Three Cheers for the Irish 1940
Tyfoid Mary (NOVA) 1993

Irish Mob

Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
Ash Wednesday 2002
Boondock Saints, The 2000
Departed, The (now on DVD) 2006
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The 1973
Gangs of New York 2002
General, The 1998
I Went Down 1997
Irish Eyes (aka "Vendetta") 2004
Irishman, The 1978
Killer Instinct 1992
Last Man Standing 1996
Miller's Crossing 1990
Monument Ave. 1998
Mystic River 2003
One Eyed King 2002
Ordinary Decent Criminal 1999
Prayer for the Dying, A 1987
Public Enemy, The 1931
Road to Perdition 2002
Run 1991
Southie 1999
State of Grace 1990
Vendetta (aka "Irish Eyes") 2004
When the Sky Falls 1999

Irish Folklore

Celtic Legends 2006
Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959
Fairies and Leprechauns 1997
Finian's Rainbow 1968
Finn McCoul 1993
High Spirits 1988
Irish Myths and Legends 2003
Last Leprechaun, The 1998
Leapin' Leprechauns! (aka Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns)1994
Leprechaun 1993
Legends of Ireland 1998
Luck of the Irish 2001
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, The 1999
Secret of Roan Inish, The 1994
Seventh Stream, The 2001
Very Unlucky Leprechaun, A 1998
White Pony, The 1999

The Old Country

Oftentimes, Ireland itself, the Ould Sod, is a major character in a film. Ireland, though hardly exotic, has a special allure. It is not only the scenic beauty of the island that is depicted, but also the sense of place. The typical characters that populate the scene and their interactions are an integral part of the setting.

Agnes Browne 2000
Angela's Ashes 2000
Bitter Harvest 2001
Bloom 2004
Boys and Girl from County Clare, The 2003
Broken Harvest 1994
Brylcreem Boys, The 1996
Butcher Boy, The 1998
Conflict, The (org title: Catholics) 1973
Circle of Friends 1995
Da 1988
Dancing at Lughnasa 1998
Dead, The 1987
December Bride 1993
Durango 1999
Evelyn 2002
Falling for a Dancer 1998
Field, The 1990
Frankie Starlight 1995
Girl with Green Eyes 1964
Into the West 1993
Juno and the Paycock 1930
Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The 1988
Love & Rage 1999
Magdalene Sisters, The 2003
Man of No Importance, A 1994
Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1975
Playboy of the Western World, The 1962
Playboys, The 1992
Puckoon 2002
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx 1970
Quiet Man, The 1952
Rat 2000
Ryan's Daughter 1970
Secret of Roan Inish, The 1994
Song O' My Heart 1930
This Is My Father 1998
Ulysses 1967
War of the Buttons 1995
Widows' Peak 1994

Modern Ireland

About Adam 2000
American Women (aka The Closer You Get) 2000
Commitments, The 1991
Conspiracy of Silence 2003
Cowboys & Angels (aka The Real Thing) 2003
Disco Pigs 2001
Goldfish Memory 2003
Hear My Song 1992
Intermission 2003
Lamb 1986
Matchmaker, The 1997
Moondance 1995
My Friend Joe 1999
Nephew, The 1996
On the Edge 2001
Pete's Meteor 2002
Rory O'Shea Was Here (aka Inside I'm Dancing) 2004
Run of the Country, The 1995
Snapper, The 1994
Summer Fling (aka The Last of the High Kings) 1998
Taffin 1988
Trojan Eddie 1996
Van, The 1996
Waking Ned Devine 1998

Irish Boxers

Boxer, The 1997
Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story 2005
Cinderella Man 2005
Daredevil 2003
Dempsey 1983
Far and Away 1992
Gentleman Jim 1942
Gladiator 1992
Great John L., The 1945
Irish in Us, The 1935
Life of Jimmy Dolan, The 1933
Million Dollar Baby 2004
Quiet Man, The 1952
Snatch 2000
Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story 1999
Streets Of Gold 1986

Bibliography
Novels, Plays and Biographies films were based on

Divorcing Jack Colin Bateman
Borstal Boy Brendan Behan
December Bride Sam Hanna Bell
Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy
Tara Road (film not in print) Maeve Binchy
The Last September Elizabeth Bowen
My Left Foot Christy Brown
Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife:
A Giant of a Tale from Ireland Robert Byrd
The Playboy & the Yellow Lady [Film: Love & Rage] James Carney
Patriot Games Tom Clancy
Road to Perdition Max Allan Collins
In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon
Shake Hands with the Devil Reardon Connor
The Run of the Country Shane Connaughton
The Roar of the Crowd [Film: Gentleman Jim] James J. Corbett
Titanic Town (VHS release pending) Mary Costello
The Barrytown Trilogy [Films: The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van] Roddy Doyle
Ned Kelly (aka Our Sunshine) [Film: Ned Kelly 2004] Robert Drewe
Studs Lonigan James T. Farrell
The Year of the French (film out of print) Thomas Flanagan
Dancing at Lughnasa (play) Brian Friel
The Secret of Roan Inish Rosalie Fry
The Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry
[Film: The Secret of Roan Inish] Rosalie Fry
Song for a Raggy Boy (film not in print) Patrick Galvin
Odd Man Out F.L. Green
Snow in August Pete Hamill
Mountains of the Moon William Harrison
The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel George V. Higgins
A Prayer For the Dying Jack Higgins
The Old Jest [Film: The Dawning] Jennifer Johnston
The Railway Station Man Jennifer Johnston
Ned Kelly: A Short Life [Film: Ned Kelly 1970] Ian Jones
Waking Ned Devine (screenplay) Kirk Jones
Dubliners [Film: The Dead] James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
Ulysses James Joyce
Darby O'Gill and the Good People Herminie Kavanagh
Durango John B. Keane
The Field (play) John B. Keane
Mystic River Dennis Lehane
Home Before Night [Film: Da] Hugh Leonard
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Not released in US) Paul Laverty
Lament for the Molly Maguires [Film: The Molly Maguires] Arthur H. Lewis
Cal Bernard MacLaverty
Lamb Bernard MacLaverty
Bring Up the Brass [Film: The Long Gray Line] Martin Maher
Breakfast on Pluto Patrick McCabe
The Butcher Boy Patrick McCabe
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir Frank McCourt
Resurrection Man Eoin McNamee
The Good Mother Sue Miller
Catholics [Film: (also titled) The Conflict] Brian Moore
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Brian Moore
All Our Fault [Film: Nothing Personal] Daniel Mornin
The Devil's Own Christopher Newman
The Lonely Girl [Film: Girl with Green Eyes] Edna O'Brien
The Mammy [Film: Agnes Brown] Brendan O'Carroll
The Last Hurrah Edward O'Connor
The Informer Liam O'Flaherty
Long Day's Journey into Night (play) Eugene O'Neill
The Dork from Cork [Film: Frankie Starlight] Chet Raymo
Cinderella Man Jeremy Schaap
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner F. X. Toole
Fools of Fortune William Trevor
Disco Pigs and Sucking Dublin (play) Enda Walsh
The Quiet Man and Other Stories Maurice Walsh
The General: Irish Mob Boss Paul Williams
 
What can I say? We're just to great for them to stop making movies about us.
 
i do agree that its about time people knew that a good deal of the films made about the "troubles" by americans is 90% bulls**t
 
Okay so these are the ones I've seen. But I feel like I'm leaving some out. I know I saw a kick ass documentary a few years back but for the life of me didn't get the name of it. It talked about underground like pyramids. :huh: I really need to get a hold of it. It was very interesting.

Angela's Ashes-haven't seen this all the way through. I'd like to get a hold of the book first. What I have seen in very dark and depressing.

Ash Wednesday-loved this movie,a few twists. :up:

In the Name of the Father-sad,piss you off movie.It's been a very long time since I've seen it. They were playing it at a hostel in Cork I was staying at,I watched it a little but I didn't want to ruin my buzz.

Good Will Hunting-absolutely heart wrenching.

Million Dollar Baby-do they all have to make me cry?

Mystic River-another good one with twists. Damn good cast.

Departed, The-it one a few little awards,what does that say. I raved about it after seeing it. :cwink:

Road to Perdition-I had no idea what I was getting into when I rented it and enjoyed Tom Hanks in a little more menacing role.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People-I can't remember it too well,I think there was a lot of singing,maybe some animation. :O

Waking Ned Devine-very cute,fun movie. That's surely how I'm going to die.

The MatchMaker-this was another sweet little movie,I just love listening to all the accents and the aerial view of dun aengus was awesome.

Veronica Guerin-I :heart: Cate Blanchett,she makes you feel for this poor women but showed her having so much courage. R.I.P. I wish I could be more like Veronica or had some people willing to do what she did. :csad: :up:
 

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