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Jan 9, 2024 · From award-winning movies filmed against the beautiful Ireland landscape to rom-coms and family-friendly flicks too, there's a St. Patrick's Day movie for everyone on the list. Plus, don't be surprised to see some familiar faces like Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Tom Cruise, Cillian Murphy, Nicole Kidman, and more.
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- Darby O'Gill and The Little People
- Belfast
- In The Name of The Father
- Leprechaun
- The Luck of The Irish
- The Secret of Kells
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Sing Street
- The Departed
- Gangs of New York
Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 fantasy adventure film and one of those fascinating entries in Disney's early attempts at live-actionfilmmaking. The movie is filled with classic figures of Irish folklore like leprechauns, pookas, and banshees. Walt Disney was inspired to make the movie after a trip to Ireland with the Irish Folk Commis...
Belfast is a 2021 film directed by Kenneth Branagh that very much was a personal story for the filmmaker and is semi-autobiographical. The movie follows a young boy's early childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969 during the beginning of The Troubles. This period saw a conflict over the status of Ireland with the mostly Protestant Loyalists w...
In the Name of the Father is one of two Daniel Day-Lewis movies on this list. Directed by Jim Sheridan,In the Name of the Father is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, individuals who were falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian. The four were accused of being members...
A go-to for many on St. Patrick's Day is of course the horror movie Leprechaun. Leprechauns are mythical creatures of Irish folklore. While the movie is not connected to the holiday itself, it has become a tradition the same way that other holiday horror movies have like Halloween, Trick R Treat, Silent Night Deadly Night, Black Christmas, and Eli ...
For many millennials, The Luck of the Irish was the go-to St. Patricks Day and likely the introduction to some elements of Irish folklore. It has a classic high concept, silly Disney Channel Original Movie plot, but what makes it unique is, unlike Belfast or Dary O'Gill and the Little People, The Luck of the Irishis about the Irish-American experie...
Cartoon Saloon is an Irish animation studio that has made some incredible films andThe Secret of Kellsis one of their most Irish. The movie is heavily influenced by Irish mythology and the movie is a story of the origin of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript containing the four Gospels of the New Testament located in Dublin. The movie is g...
The most recent film on the list is the Academy Award-nominatedThe Banshees of Inisherin. Starring some of the best Irish actors like Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan the movie is set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War and follows the break-up of two friends. With plenty of Irish slang and heavy accents that ...
Sing Street is a delightful film by Irish filmmaker John Carney. Set in Ireland in the 1980s, the movie follows a young man who forms a band with his new classmates to impress a girl. Sing Streetis a feel-good story that captures the optimism of youth. It is a showcase for some great young talent and a great soundtrack makes Sing Street an easy rec...
The Departedmight not be about Ireland, but it is about Boston, where descendants of Irish immigrants make up the largest ethnic group by 15.8% of the population. The story of an Irish Mob boss sending a spy within the Massachusets state police, while the police department also sends in a rat to the Irish Mob and both sides trying to discover the i...
Another entry from Martin Scorsese and another film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York was a passion project years in the making. Set in 1863, the movie sees a feud between the Protestant American native descendants and the Catholic Irish immigrants. What makes Gangs of New Yorksuch an ideal movie for St. Patrick's Day is that it's about ...
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Jan 29, 2024 · If you're looking to marathon films from the Emerald Isle this St. Patrick's Day, try some of these funny, scary, romantic and all-around best Irish movies.
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Mar 7, 2024 · Watch one of the best Irish movies of all time to celebrate St. Paddy's Day. These St. Patrick's Day movies feature Irish actors like Daniel Day-Lewis and Saoirse Ronan.
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St. Patrick’s Day Movies by moninm | created - 17 Mar 2020 | updated - 20 Nov 2022 | Public Movies with Irish or Scottish influences to get you seeing shamrocks and pots of gold at the end of every rainbow.
8.0 (39K) Rate. 87 Metascore. A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.
Jul 10, 2023 · St. Paddy's may only be on March 17, but the Irish spirit lives on with these best St. Patrick's Day movies that can be enjoyed all year round.
