Leap Year
Anna Brady (Amy Adams) heads to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on leap day because Irish tradition states a man who receives a marriage proposal on leap day must say yes!
Philomena
A teenager becomes pregnant and is sent by her father to live in a convent, where nuns give her child up for adoption. the film follows the true story of Philomena Lee's 50 year search for her son.
Laws of Attraction
Two divorce attorneys, Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) and Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan), fall in love while fighting over an Irish castle on behalf of their clients.
Hunger
Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) leads the inmates of the Northern Irish Maze Prison in this historical drama about the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike.
Some Mother's Son
This film is also based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Helen Mirren plays prisoner Bobby Sand's mother, who must decide whether or not to have her son forcibly fed when the hunger strike threatens his life.
Waking Ned Devine
When an elderly lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townspeople in a tiny Irish village of 52 people scheme to claim the money in his memory.
P.S. I Love You
Gerry (Gerard Butler) dies of a brain tumor, but not before leaving his grieving widow, Holly (Hilary Swank), 10 messages to help her mourn and start over and arranging a trip for her to his homeland.
Ondine
Circus (Colin Farrell) is an Irish fisherman and recovering alcoholic who finds a woman Ondine (Alicja Bachleda-Curus) in his net, who he believes to be a selkie (a water nymph) that brings him luck.
Breakfast on Pluto
Based on the novel of the same name, the dark comedy stars Cillian Murphy as a transgender woman in the 1970s who leaves her small town to find her mother and acceptance.
The Guard
A cantankerous and unorthodox Irish policeman (Brendan Gleeson) in the west of Ireland is teamed up with a by-the-book FBI agent (Don Cheadle) to investigate blackmail, murder and an international drug-smuggling ring.
Circle of Friends
Set in 1950s Ireland, the film follows Benny Hogan (Minnie Driver) and her two best friends from childhood to their college years at University College, Dublin—where Benny quickly falls for Jack Foley (Chris O' Donnell).
Five Minutes of Heaven
The first part of this films reconstructs the historical killing of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little in 1975, and the second part depicts a fictional meeting between Little (Liam Neeson) and Jim's brother Joe 33 years later.
The Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins) forms a soul band with his fellow working class Dubliners in the heart and capital of Ireland.
The Magdalene Sisters
In 1964, three Irish teenage girls, considered "fallen women" in need rehabilitation, are sent to the Magdalene Asylum where they endure abuse.
Far and Away
A young man (Tom Cruise) eventually leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Nicole Kidman) to seek his fortune in 1890s America after multiple failed vengeful attempts on her father's life.
Michael Collins
This historical biopic stars Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish revolutionary who was key in forming the Irish Free State in the 1920s.
In Bruges
Irish hitman Ray (Colin Farrell) accidentally kills a young boy in an assassination attempt gone wrong, and he is ordered by his boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to go into hiding in Bruges with his partner and await further instructions.
In the Name of the Father
This biographical film is based on the true story of Irish man Gerry Conlon's (Daniel Day-Lewis) coerced confession to an Irish Republican Army bombing he didn't commit and his subsequent imprisonment with his father.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Set during the early 19th century battles for independence in Ireland, this drama tells the fictional story of two brothers, Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy O'Donovan (Pádraic Delaney), whose relationship is torn apart when they join the rebellion against the Brits.
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) decides to pose as a man in order to make money as a waiter at Dublin's best hotel in the tough times of 19th century Ireland. But when she meets a striking painter, she no longer wants to live a lie.