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1. Wicked Little Letters (2023)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
Director: Thea Sharrock | Stars: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, Gemma Jones
Votes: 13,570
2. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard
Votes: 117,327
3. Extraordinary (2023– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Jen is a self-aware young woman who lives in a world where everybody except her has a superpower.
Stars: Máiréad Tyers, Sofia Oxenham, Bilal Hasna, Luke Rollason
Votes: 16,580
4. Game Night (I) (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 256,604 | Gross: $69.18M
5. Ronin (1998)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 195,816 | Gross: $41.62M
6. The Woman in the Wall (2023–2024)
TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Daryl McCormack, Simon Delaney, Philippa Dunne
Votes: 5,878
7. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,986 | Gross: $0.39M
8. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,978 | Gross: $14.92M
9. The Vanishing Triangle (2023)
250 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Crime/ Mystery Drama series After a series of disappearances of young women, newspaper reporter Lisa Wallace (26), sets out to find the man responsible who she believes is the same man who murdered her mother almost twenty years earlier.
Stars: India Mullen, Allen Leech, Aaron Monaghan, Laoise Sweeney
Votes: 1,491
10. Sliding Doors (1998)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 71,677 | Gross: $11.88M
11. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy
Votes: 64,252 | Gross: $25.93M
12. Gold (I) (2022)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.
Director: Anthony Hayes | Stars: Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Andreas Sobik
Votes: 12,592
13. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 16,464
14. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
R | 114 min | Drama
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 28,512 | Gross: $4.89M
15. Lizzie (2018)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Borden's family.
Director: Craig William Macneill | Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jeff Perry, Fiona Shaw
Votes: 9,418 | Gross: $0.64M
16. Mary Reilly (1996)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon
Votes: 15,846 | Gross: $5.71M
17. Under Capricorn (1949)
Approved | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8,149
18. Dare to Be Wild (2015)
TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Irishwoman Mary Reynold's journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Director: Vivienne De Courcy | Stars: Emma Greenwell, Tom Hughes, Alex Macqueen, Janie Dee
Votes: 1,709
19. La Syndicaliste (2022)
121 min | Drama, Thriller
A thriller investigation set in the world of nuclear power and politics.
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, François-Xavier Demaison, Pierre Deladonchamps
Votes: 1,534
20. White Heat (2012)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
Stars: MyAnna Buring, Sam Claflin, Lindsay Duncan, Claire Foy
Votes: 731
21. The Outcasts (1982)
95 min | Drama
In 1810 Ireland, a man whose wife has died finds that his daughter is accused of being a witch. A magic fiddler comes to her aid.
Director: Robert Wynne-Simmons | Stars: Mary Ryan, Mick Lally, Don Foley, Tom Jordan
Votes: 54
22. Nothing Compares (2022)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Director: Kathryn Ferguson | Stars: Sinéad O'Connor, Gay Byrne, John O'Connor, Bob Dylan
Votes: 3,112
23. The Bright Side (II) (2020)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A stand-up comedian's life changes when she is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Director: Ruth Meehan | Stars: Gemma-Leah Devereux, Siobhán Cullen, Karen Egan, Barbara Brennan
Votes: 116
24. A Fond Kiss (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar
Votes: 7,314
25. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard
Votes: 1,765
26. Three Families (2021– )
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Lola Petticrew, Amy James-Kelly, Colin Morgan
Votes: 728
27. Ulysses (1967)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.
Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 982
28. Eagle's Wing (1979)
PG | 111 min | Western
A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 930
29. The Sea (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.
Director: Stephen Brown | Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Joe Gallagher, Karen Scully
Votes: 461
30. Talk of Angels (1998)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Frances McDormand
Votes: 900 | Gross: $0.02M
31. It Happened Here (1964)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
In 1940, Germany invades Britain and transforms it into a Fascist state where some Britons collaborate and others resist. In 1944, Pauline, an apolitical Irish nurse becomes a reluctant player in the fight between the two sides.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo | Stars: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 1,261
32. Murdered: The Baby on the Beach (2023 TV Special)
Documentary, Crime
Investigating the "Kerry babies" case - the events that unfolded when a murdered baby was found in rural Kerry, Ireland in 1984.
Directors: David Harvey, Daniel Browne | Stars: Ger Colleran, Diarmaid Ferriter, Gerry O'Carroll, Ailbhe Smyth
Votes: 36
33. The King's Guard (2000)
PG-13 | 92 min | Adventure
A princess falls in love with her father's swordsman.
Director: Jonathan Tydor | Stars: Trevor St. John, Robert G. Goodwin, Lesley-Anne Down, Khrystyne Haje
Votes: 612
34. Liverpool Ferry (2020)
19 min | Short, Drama
Sarah must make a journey from Belfast to Liverpool to avoid a life she does not want. A journey that is against the law.
Director: Lee Armstrong | Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Ross McKinney, Lauren O'Rourke, Joanne Crawford
Votes: 37
35. The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Mystery
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly, Helene Millard
Votes: 732
36. The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002 TV Special)
256 min | Family
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Errol Morris | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Aaliyah, John Agar, Woody Allen
Votes: 1,202
37. Irene (1940)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal
Votes: 790
38. The Ripper (1997 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Thriller
In 1888, in London, a prostitute is slaughtered on the street. The Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Jim Hansen is in charge of the investigation and realizes that the killer is a person with ... See full summary »
Director: Janet Meyers | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, Samuel West, Michael York
Votes: 640
39. WrestleMania 2 (1986 TV Special)
TV-PG | 181 min | Action, Sport
Second WrestleMania on April 7th, 1986, airing simultaneously in Uniondale, Chicago and Los Angeles. In the different venues, it is Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper, the Dream Team vs. the British Bulldogs and Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy.
Stars: Hulk Hogan, King Kong Bundy, Randy Savage, George 'The Animal' Steele
Votes: 1,201
40. Marche à l'ombre (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Michel Blanc, Sophie Duez, Katrine Boorman
Votes: 1,611
41. A Secret Journey (2019)
Short, Drama
After travelling to the UK for an abortion, three Irish women spend the night together in London.
Director: Plum Stupple-Harris | Stars: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Carrie Crowley, Ciara Baxendale, Noeleen Comiskey
Votes: 19
42. The 8th (2020)
94 min | Documentary
The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. After a 35-year struggle, the pro-choice side must radically shift... See full summary »
Directors: Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle | Stars: Wendy Grace, Andrea Horan, Ailbhe Smyth, Maria Steen
Votes: 81
43. Katie (2018)
89 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Behind-the-scenes documentary on Irish boxing champion, Katie Taylor, as she attempts to rekindle her career by turning pro.
Director: Ross Whitaker | Stars: Eddie Hearn, Peter Taylor, Pete Taylor, Bridget Taylor
Votes: 317
44. Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees (2016)
82 min | Documentary
Visionary scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger takes us on a journey to the ancient forests of the northern hemisphere, revealing the profound connection that exists between trees and human ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey McKay | Stars: Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Gordon Pinsent
Votes: 94
45. WWE Money in the Bank (2022 TV Special)
TV-PG | 187 min | Action, Sport
The 2022 Money in the Bank was the 13th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
Directors: Kevin Dunn, Paul Levesque | Stars: Austin Theory, Gionna Daddio, Colby Lopez, Drew Galloway
Votes: 190
46. Survivor Series (1987 TV Special)
TV-PG | 164 min | Action, Sport
Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ken Patera, Don Muracco & Paul Orndorff vs. Andre the Giant, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed, One Man Gang & Rick Rude. Strike Force, The Killer Bees, Jim Powers & ... See full summary »
Director: Kerwin Silfies | Stars: André René Roussimoff, King Kong Bundy, George Gray, Bruce Reed
Votes: 493
47. Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Sinéad O'Connor performs in the music video "Nothing Compares 2 U" from the album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The music video features a closeup of ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Star: Sinéad O'Connor
Votes: 695
48. Vicky (2022)
87 min | Documentary
In 2018 on the steps of The High Court, Vicky Phelan gave a now infamous address where she exposed one of the worst women's health scandals in Irish history, the cervical cancer debacle. "... See full summary »
Director: Sasha King
Votes: 31
49. Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini (2020)
117 min | Documentary, Drama
The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926.
Directors: Barrie Dowdall, Kevin de la Isla O'Neill | Stars: Olwen Fouéré, Padraig Cullen, Michael Heavey, Siobhan Lynam
Votes: 21
50. A Kind of Sisterhood (2015)
75 min | Documentary
Follows female political prisoners in Armagh and Maghaberry jails, told in their own words.
Directors: Michele Devlin, Claire Hackett | Stars: Raymond Murray, Rosina Brown, Nell McCafferty, Jackie Upton
Votes: 10