Discover the best of Irish cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Ireland. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Ireland
Irish cinema has a poetic soul and a wonderfully wicked sense of humour, a film culture born from a nation with an unmatched gift for storytelling. Its modern cinematic voice roared to life in the late 80s and 90s, with a new generation of filmmakers gaining global acclaim. Directors like Jim Sheridan, with the Oscar-winning masterpiece My Left Foot, and Neil Jordan, with the provocative classic The Crying Game, announced a new, confident era of Irish film. But to truly know the Irish spirit, you must know its comedy. The surreal, beloved sitcom Father Ted is a cultural touchstone, a masterclass in absurdity. Its modern heir is the global smash-hit Derry Girls, which found immense heart and humour against a difficult historical backdrop. More recently, the tender romance of Normal People captivated the world, showcasing a different, more intimate side to its storytelling. Perhaps its most magical secret is Cartoon Saloon, a world-class animation studio. Their breathtakingly beautiful, Oscar-nominated films like The Secret of Kells and Wolfwalkers are stunning works of art, drawing inspiration from ancient Irish mythology and folklore. What makes Irish cinema so special is this incredible mix of "the craic" and the profound. It’s a cinema that knows how to break your heart and make you laugh, often in the very same breath.
Best Irish series
The Fall 2013
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
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Father Ted 1995
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
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Kin 2021
The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
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Mrs Brown's Boys 2011
Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.
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Moone Boy 2012
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family in the 1980's.
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Love/Hate 2010
Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
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Best Irish movies
The Lobster 2015
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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Sing Street 2016
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.
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Reign of Fire 2002
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
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Song of the Sea 2014
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.
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Oddity 2024
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
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