Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of The Troubles. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
1960s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1968 | United Kingdom | The Violent Enemy | Don Sharp | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Candle for the Dead. |
1970s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1974 | Canada | A Quiet Day in Belfast | Milad Bessada | Drama. Based on the play A Quiet Day in Belfast. | |
1975 | United Kingdom United States |
Hennessy | Don Sharp | Action, Drama, Thriller. | |
1979 | United States Netherlands |
The Outsider | Tony Luraschi | Drama, History, Thriller. Based on a novel The Heritage of Michael Flaherty. |
1980s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1980 | United Kingdom | The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. | |
1981 | United Kingdom | Looks and Smiles | Ken Loach | Drama. | |
1981 | Ireland | Traveller | Joe Comerford | Drama. | |
1981 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Maeve | Pat Murphy | Drama. | |
1983 | United Kingdom | Acceptable Levels | John Davies | Drama. | |
1983 | Belgium France |
The Writing On The Wall | Nous étions tous des noms d'arbres | Armand Gatti | Drama. |
1984 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Cal | Pat O'Connor | Drama, Thriller, Romance. Based on a novel Cal. | |
1985 | United Kingdom | No Surrender | Peter Smith | Comedy. | |
1987 | United Kingdom | Boy Soldier | Milwr Bychan | Karl Francis | Drama. |
1987 | United Kingdom | A Prayer for the Dying | Mike Hodges | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Prayer for the Dying. | |
1988 | United Kingdom United States |
For Queen and Country | Martin Stellman | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
1989 | United Kingdom United States |
Elephant | Alan Clarke | Drama. |
1990s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1990 | United Kingdom | Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | Drama, Thriller. | |
1992 | United Kingdom | The Railway Station Man | Michael Whyte | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Railway Station Man. | |
1992 | United States | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | Action, Thriller. Based on a novel Patriot Games. | |
1992 | United Kingdom Japan |
The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation. | |
1993 | Ireland | High Boot Benny | Joe Comerford | Drama. | |
1993 | Ireland United States |
In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on an autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four. Guildford pub bombings, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven | |
1994 | United States | Patriots | Frank Kerr | Thriller. | |
1994 | United States | Blown Away | Stephen Hopkins | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
1995 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Nothing Personal | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Drama. | |
1996 | Lebanon Germany Ireland |
Warshots | Kriegsbilder | Heiner Stadler | |
1996 | Ireland United States |
Some Mother's Son | Terry George | Drama, History. 1981 Irish hunger strike | |
1997 | Ireland | This Is the Sea | Mary McGuckian | Drama, Romance. | |
1997 | United Kingdom | The Eliminator | Enda Hughes | Action, Comedy. | |
1997 | United States | The Devil's Own | Alan J. Pakula | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
1997 | United Kingdom Spain Germany Ireland Japan |
A Further Gesture | Robert Dornhelm | Drama, Romance, Thriller. | |
1997 | Ireland United States |
The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | Drama, Romance, Sport. | |
1997 | United States United Kingdom France Germany Japan |
The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel The Day of the Jackal. | |
1997 | United States | My Brother's War | James Brolin | Action, Thriller. | |
1998 | United Kingdom | Crossmaheart | Henry Herbert | Drama. Based on a novel Cycle of Violence. | |
1998 | United States United Kingdom |
Ronin | John Frankenheimer | Action, Crime, Thriller. | |
1998 | United Kingdom Ireland |
The General | John Boorman | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill | |
1998 | United Kingdom | Divorcing Jack | David Caffrey | Thriller, Comedy. Based on a novel Divorcing Jack. | |
1998 | United Kingdom | Titanic Town | Roger Michell | Drama. | |
1998 | United Kingdom | Resurrection Man | Marc Evans | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Resurrection Man. Shankill Butchers | |
1999 | Ireland | Sunset Heights | Colm Villa | Action, Thriller. | |
1999 | United Kingdom United States |
Shergar | Dennis Lewiston | Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport. Shergar |
2000s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Ireland United States |
Moving Target | Paul Ziller | Action. | |
2000 | United States | An Everlasting Piece | Barry Levinson | Comedy. | |
2001 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Mapmaker | Johnny Gogan | Thriller. | |
2001 | Ireland | Silent Grace | Maeve Murphy | Drama. Based on the plays The Armagh Women, Now and at the hour of our Death. Dirty protest | |
2001 | Ireland | H3 | Les Blair | Drama. 1981 Irish hunger strike | |
2002 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Boxed | Marion Comer | Drama. | |
2004 | United Kingdom France Ireland |
Mickybo and Me | Terry Loane | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play Mojo Mickybo. | |
2005 | Italy | The Silence of the Skylark | Il silenzio dell'allodola | David Ballerini | Drama. |
2005 | Ireland United Kingdom |
The Mighty Celt | Pearse Elliot | Drama. | |
2005 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Breakfast on Pluto. | |
2006 | United States Ireland |
I.R.A.: King of Nothing | Damian Chapa | Action, Drama. | |
2006 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Johnny Was | Mark Hammond | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
2007 | United Kingdom Canada United States |
Closing the Ring | Richard Attenborough | Drama, Romance. | |
2008 | Ireland | Anton | Graham Cantwell | Action, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller. | |
2008 | Ireland | Peacefire | Macdara Vallely | Drama. | |
2008 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Hunger | Steve McQueen | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. 1981 Irish hunger strike | |
2008 | United Kingdom Canada |
Fifty Dead Men Walking | Kari Skogland | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on Martin McGartland's autobiography. | |
2009 | United States | Disappearing in America | Erik Rodgers | Drama. | |
2009 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Five Minutes of Heaven | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Drama, Thriller. |
2010s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | United States | No Saints for Sinners | Nathan Frankowski | Action, Crime. | |
2012 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel Shadow Dancer. | |
2013 | United Kingdom | The Best Years | Danny Patrick | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance. | |
2013 | Ireland | A Belfast Story | Nathan Todd | Crime, Drama. | |
2014 | United Kingdom | Shooting for Socrates | James Erskine | Comedy, Drama, Sport. 1986 FIFA World Cup | |
2014 | United Kingdom | '71 | Yann Demange | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War. | |
2016 | United Kingdom | The Truth Commissioner | Declan Recks | Crime, Drama, Thriller. | |
2016 | United Kingdom | The Journey | Nick Hamm | Biography, Drama, History. Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, St Andrews Agreement. | |
2017 | United Kingdom China United States India |
The Foreigner | Martin Campbell | Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Chinaman. | |
2017 | United Kingdom Ireland Sweden Germany |
Maze | Stephen Burke | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller. Maze Prison escape | |
2018 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Penance | Aithrí | Tommy Collins | Action, Romance. Based on the story Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach. |
2019 | United Kingdom | Cyprus Avenue | Rhodri Huw Vicky Featherstone |
Comedy, Drama, Thriller. |
2020s edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Wildfire | Cathy Brady | Drama. | |
2021 | Ireland | A Bend in the River | Colin Broderick | Drama. | |
2021 | United Kingdom | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | Biography, Drama, Romance. 1969 Northern Ireland riots | |
2022 | Ireland | The Troubles: A Dublin Story | Luke Hanlon | Crime, Drama. | |
2023 | United Kingdom | Dead Shot | Tom Guard Charles Guard |
Action, Thriller. Based on the book The Road to Balcombe Street. | |
2023 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Baltimore | Joe Lawlor Christine Molloy |
Thriller. Rose Dugdale | |
2023 | Ireland | In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Robert Lorenz | Action, Crime, Thriller. | |
2023 | United Kingdom | The Sniper's Daughter | Oorlagh George | Mystery. |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1975 | Italy | Mondo candido | Gualtiero Jacopetti Franco E. Prosperi |
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Based on a novel Candide. | |
1976 | France Italy West Germany Canada |
Born for Hell | Die Hinrichtung | Denis Héroux | Drama, Horror, Thriller. Richard Speck |
Television films edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | United States United Kingdom |
A War of Children | George Schaefer | Drama. | |
1980 | United Kingdom | Murphy's Stroke | Frank Cvitanovich | Drama. | |
1980 | United Kingdom | The Long March | Chris Parr | Drama. | |
1981 | United Kingdom | Nailed | June Howson | ||
1982 | United Kingdom | Giro City | Karl Francis | Drama, Thriller. | |
1983 | United Kingdom | Across the Water | Paul Seed | Drama. | |
1984 | United Kingdom | Killer Waiting | Michael Ferguson | Thriller. | |
1984 | United States Ireland |
Children in the Crossfire | George Schaefer | Drama. | |
1984 | United Kingdom | Four Days in July | Mike Leigh | Drama. | |
1985 | United Kingdom | We'll Support You Evermore | Douglas Livingstone | Drama. | |
1986 | Canada | In This Corner | Atom Egoyan | Drama. | |
1987 | United Kingdom | Rat in the Skull | Glyn Edwards Max Stafford-Clark |
Drama. | |
1988 | New Zealand | The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | Crime. | |
1989 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Hush-a-Bye Baby | Margo Harkin | Romance. | |
1990 | Ireland | Dear Sarah | Frank Cvitanovich | Drama. Guildford Four and Maguire Seven | |
1992 | United Kingdom | You, Me and Marley | Richard Spence | Drama. | |
1995 | Canada United Kingdom |
Beyond Reason | Jim O'Brien | Drama. | |
1997 | Ireland United States |
The Informant | Jim McBride | Drama. Based on the book Field of Blood. | |
1999 | United Kingdom | Vicious Circle | David Blair | Crime, Drama. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill | |
2002 | United Kingdom | As the Beast Sleeps | Harry Bradbeer | Drama. Ulster Defence Association | |
2002 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Sunday | Charles McDougall | Drama. Bloody Sunday | |
2002 | United Kingdom Ireland United States |
Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | Drama, History, War. Based on the book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Ivan Cooper, Bloody Sunday | |
2003 | United Kingdom Ireland |
Holy Cross | Mark Brozel | Drama. Holy Cross dispute | |
2004 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Omagh | Pete Travis | Drama. Omagh bombing | |
2006 | United Kingdom | Cracker | Antonia Bird | Crime, Drama. | |
2018 | United Kingdom | Mother's Day | Fergus O'Brien | Drama. Warrington bombings |
TV Series edit
Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
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1982 | United Kingdom | Harry's Game | Lawrence Gordon Clark | Thriller. Based on a novel Harry's Game. | |
1985 | United Kingdom | Confessional | Gordon Flemyng | Thriller. Based on a novel Confessional. | |
1985 | United Kingdom Ireland |
The Price | Peter Smith | Drama, Thriller. | |
1988 | United Kingdom | Crossfire | Ken Hannam | Thriller. | |
1988 | Ireland Australia |
Act of Betrayal | Lawrence Gordon Clark | Drama, Thriller. | |
1989-90 | United Kingdom | Frederick Forsyth Presents | Tom Clegg Lawrence Gordon Clark Ian Sharp James Cellan Jones |
Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Deceiver. | |
1991 | United Kingdom | Children of the North | David Drury | Thriller. Based on a novels The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye. | |
1992 | United Kingdom | Civvies | Karl Francis | Drama. | |
1993-96 | United Kingdom | Circles of Deceit | Geoffrey Sax Nicholas Laughland Alan Grint Peter Barber-Fleming |
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1995 1998-2007 2016 2018-2023 |
United Kingdom Ireland |
Give My Head Peace | Comedy. | ||
2001 | United Kingdom | The Bombmaker | Graham Theakston | Action. Based on a novel The Bombmaker. | |
2005 | United Kingdom | The Rotters' Club | Tony Dean Smith | Drama. Based on a novel The Rotters' Club. | |
2012 | United Kingdom | White Heat | John Alexander | Drama. | |
2014 | United Kingdom | From There to Here | James Strong | Drama. 1996 Manchester bombing | |
2018-22 | United Kingdom | Derry Girls | Michael Lennox | Comedy. | |
2022 | Netherlands | The Spectacular | Pieter Kuijpers Willem Bosch |
Crime, Drama, Thriller. Donna Maguire | |
2024 | United Kingdom | Say Nothing | Michael Lennox | Drama. Based on the book Say Nothing. |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gallagher, Richard (2023). Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783031234361.
- ^ Gallagher, Richard (2021). "The Troubles Crime Thriller and the Future of Films about Northern Ireland" (PDF). Queen's University Belfast.
- ^ Brereton, Pat (2022). "Troubles and Northern Ireland: Representations in Film of Belfast as a Site of Conflict". Project MUSE.
- ^ McLoone, Martin (2009). "Film, Television and the Troubles" (PDF). Troubles Archive.
- ^ Gillespie, Gordon (3 October 2020). "Films". Shared Future News.
- ^ McKittrick, David (30 October 2008). "Why are all the Troubles' films about republicans?". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ "Classic films with the Troubles in mind". The Independent.
- ^ "The Top 10 Films of the Troubles (1969-1998)". Top 10 Film Lists. 27 May 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Donald (31 August 2019). "The Troubles on film: 'Hollywood has done everywhere and it's always wrong'". The Irish Times.