Irske film, der er værd at se

Man får et glimrende indtryk af Irland og irernes mentalitet gennem deres fremragende film. Her er en liste over nogle af de mest markante irske film, men kom gerne med jeres favoritliste.

1.The Snapper (1993 TV Movie)
Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters... (91 mins.)
Director: Stephen Frears
Stars: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam

2. Min venstre fod (1989) Original: My Left Foot
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. (103 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan

3. Michael Collins (1996)
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic. (133 mins.)
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart

4.Intermission (2003)
A variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence. (105 mins.)
Director: John Crowley
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson

5. The Guard (2011)
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. (96 mins.)
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Ronan Collins

6. The Van (1996)
The third installment of Irish author Roddy Doyle's 'Barrytown Trilogy', following 'The Commitments' and 'The Snapper'... (100 mins.)
Director: Stephen Frears
Stars: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell

7. Forbrydergeneralen (1998) Original: The General
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team... (124 mins.)
Director: John Boorman
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy

8. Adam & Paul (2004)
Two men fight to the death in a duel, apparently over an unfinished bowl of macaroni & cheese. Or is there more than meets the eye? (83 mins.)
Director: Leonard Abrahamson
Stars: Tom Murphy, Mark O'Halloran, Gavin Dowdall, Luke Keeler

9. Vinden der ryster kornet (2006) Original: The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces. (127 mins.)
Director: Ken Loach
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

10. Into the West (1992)
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it. (97 mins.)
Director: Mike Newell
Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy

11. The Butcher Boy (1997)
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent... (110 mins.)
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle

12. Manden fra Amerika (1990) Original: The Field
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land... (107 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty

13. In the Name of the Father (1993)
A man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them. (133 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King

14. The Boxer (1997)
Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood. (113 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns

15. In Bruges (2008)
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. (107 mins.)
Director: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington

16. Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the... (117 mins.)
Director: Kari Skogland
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press
17. The Commitments (1991)
The travails of Jimmy Rabbitte to form the "World's Hardest Working Band," The Commitments, and bring soul music to the people of Dublin, Ireland. (118 mins.)
Director: Alan Parker
Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy

18. Magdalene-søstrene (2002) Original: The Magdalene Sisters
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum. (119 mins.)
Director: Peter Mullan
Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff

19. Veronica Guerin - I sandhedens tjeneste (2003)
An Irish journalist is assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about in a series of stories. (98 mins.)
Director: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds

20. Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands... (112 mins.)
Director: Terry George
Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara

21. Angelas aske (1999) Original: Angela´s Ashes
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences... (145 mins.)
Director: Alan Parker
Stars: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens

22. Dead Bodies (2003)
The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy. (88 mins.)
Director: Robert Quinn
Stars: Andrew Scott, Katy Davis, Eamonn Owens, Darren Healy

23. Man About Dog (2004)
Man About dog is an irreverent, witty and fast paced comedy caper about a tale of 3 losers who leave their quaint town with a debt of $50k to a bookie... (85 mins.)
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Allen Leech, Tom Murphy, Ciaran Nolan, Sean McGinley

24. Widows' Peak (1994)
Edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as "Widows' Peak," so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents... (101 mins.)
Director: John Irvin
Stars: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar

25. Garage (2007)
A tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer. (85 mins.)
Director: Leonard Abrahamson
Stars: Pat Shortt, John Keogh, George Costigan, Anne-Marie Duff

26. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding. (128 mins.)
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson

27. The Crying Game (1992)
A British soldier is kidnapped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world. (112 mins.)
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson

28. Ondine (2009)
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie. (111 mins.)
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry

29. Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two. (89 mins.)
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Mark Ryder

30. Den tavse mand (1952) Original: The Quiet Man
A retired American boxer returns to the village where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love. (129 mins.)
Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond

31. Ryans datter (1970) Original: Ryan´s Daughter
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer. (206 mins.)
Director: David Lean
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Christopher Jones

32. War of the Buttons (1994)
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces... (94 mins.)
Director: John Roberts
Stars: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara

33. I Went Down (1997)
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks... (107 mins.)
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot

34. Bloody Sunday (2002)
A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972. (107 mins.)
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Allan Gildea

35. Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home. (104 mins.)
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Stars: James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Steven Robertson, Alan King