Irish Cinema

I seem to have become something of a connoisseur of Irish cinema over the last twenty-five years. For the purposes of this list, I define Irish films as those which are set in Ireland or which are about Irish people abroad. They may or may not be made by Irish cast and crew.

The first list was posted in 2011, the second in 2015, the third in 2017. It's time for an update in 2024.

Irish films we own (and are happy to lend):

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) ★★★★☆
Belfast (2021) ★★★★☆

Wolfwalkers (2020) ★★★☆☆ 

Sing Street (2016) ★★★★☆
‘71 (2014) ★★★★★
Song of the Sea (2014) ★★★★★
Miss Julie (2014) ★★★★★
Calvary (2014) ★★★★★
Stella Days (2011) ★★★★★
Killing Bono (2011) ★★★☆☆
Leap Year (2010) ★★★★☆
The Secret of Kells (2009) ★★★★★
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) ★★★★☆
Ondine (2009) ★★★★☆
Hunger (2008) ★★★★★
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) ★★★★★
Breakfast on Pluto (2005) ★★★★☆
Omagh (2004) ★★★☆☆
Patrick (2004) ★★★★☆
Veronica Guerin (2003) ★★★★★
Bloody Sunday (2002) ★★★★★

Gangs of New York (2002) ★★☆☆☆

Angela's Ashes (1999) ★★★★★
Waking Ned Divine (1998) ★★★★☆
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) ★★★★☆
The Butcher Boy (1997) ★★★★★
The Boxer (1997) ★★★★☆
Michael Collins (1996) ★★★★★
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) ★★★★★
In the Name of the Father (1993) ★★★★☆
The Field (1990) ★★★★★
Ryan's Daughter (1970) ★★★★☆
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) ★★★☆☆
The Quiet Man (1952) ★★★★☆
The Informer (1935) ★★★★★
Man of Aran (1934) ★★★★☆

Irish films I have seen but we don’t own yet:

The Guard (2011) ★★★☆☆
Once (2006) ★★★☆☆
In Bruges (2008) ★★★★☆
Six Shooter (2004) ★★★★☆
In America (2003) ★★★★★
The Crying Game (1992) ★★★☆☆
The Treaty (1991) ★★★★☆
My Left Foot (1989) ★★★☆☆
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) ★★★★★

Irish films we own but I haven’t seen yet:

A Shine of Rainbows / Tomás and the Rainbow (2009)
Evelyn (2002)