Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Love and Rage (1999)
Based on a true story, a bored aristocratic woman in the west of Ireland employs an unstable local laborer to manage her estate but soon realizes that he intends to take over her life.
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
The Secret of Kells (2009)
In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
My Mother and Other Strangers (2017)
In 1943 Northern Ireland, the Coyne family and their neighbors struggle to maintain a normal life after a US Army Air Force base is set up in the middle of their rural farming community; bringing hundreds of gum-chewing, swing-band-listening American airmen into contact with its winsome women and stolid workingmen.
Durango (1999)
In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty-mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer. Based on a story by John B Keane.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.
The Price of Desire (2015)
Compelling portrayal of the love triangle between Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray and her lovers Jean Badovici and Marisa Damia; and her long-running feud with the father of Modernism, Le Corbusier; who controversially vandalized her iconic villa E-1027 in the South of France.
Lola Montès (1955)
Biography of Irish-born actress, royal courtesan and exotic dancer Lola Montez, as she looks back on her notorious life from her later years spent performing in the circus and music halls.
Death and Nightingales (2018)
Based on the novel by Eugene McCabe, an epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885; as a young woman attempts to elope against her controlling stepfather’s wishes.