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1. The Batman (2022)

PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell

Votes: 786,481 | Gross: $369.35M

2. This Town (2024– )

58 min | Drama

An Extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late '70s and early '80s which united black, white and Asian youths.

Stars: Levi Brown, Jordan Bolger, Ben Rose, Eve Austin

Votes: 1,065

3. The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, History

As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

Stars: Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, Arnas Fedaravicius, Mark Rowley

Votes: 165,569

4. MI-5 (2002–2011)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 18,370

5. Mandy (2019– )

15 min | Comedy

Mandy is a hapless, jobless heroine whose daft adventures mostly end in disaster. She's got Big Dreams, but can she actually be bothered?

Stars: Diane Morgan, Michelle Greenidge, Michael Spicer, Mark Silcox

Votes: 2,136

6. A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022)

TV-MA | 1,107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.

Stars: Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Alex Kingston, Gregg Chilingirian

Votes: 60,814

7. No Offence (I) (2015–2018)

TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.

Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Paul Ritter

Votes: 6,704

8. The Dig (2021)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

Director: Simon Stone | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn

Votes: 82,552

9. Ripper Street (2012–2016)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.

Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring, Jerome Flynn

Votes: 22,499

10. Dublin Murders (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the Dublin Murder Squad, Garda detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox investigate murder cases that tap into Ireland's past and also touch on their own personal lives.

Stars: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Michael D'Arcy, Eugene O'Hare

Votes: 11,990

11. Green Wing (2004–2007)

TV-14 | 65 min | Comedy, Drama

Funky hospital-based sketch-comedy-drama type show.

Stars: Sally Bretton, Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Michelle Gomez

Votes: 12,776

12. Titanic (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, History

The world's largest ship, the R.M.S. Titanic, meets with disaster when she strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage.

Stars: Peter McDonald, Steven Waddington, Glen Blackhall, Ruth Bradley

Votes: 3,574

13. Finding Joy (2018– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

A woman finds herself thrust into the limelight when she gets a job filling in for Ireland's most-beloved vlogger, Flora the Happy Hunter.

Stars: Amy Huberman, Paul Reid, Hannah James-Scott, Peter McDonald

Votes: 721

14. Felicia's Journey (1999)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A young woman leaves Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Arsinée Khanjian, Elaine Cassidy, Sheila Reid

Votes: 8,399 | Gross: $0.82M

15. Thirteen (2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. Ivy hasn't been seen for thirteen years; she was kidnapped in 2003 at the age of thirteen.

Stars: Jodie Comer, Valene Kane, Richard Rankin, Natasha Little

Votes: 9,164

16. The Damned United (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington

Votes: 45,914 | Gross: $0.45M

17. Moone Boy (2012–2015)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990.

Stars: Chris O'Dowd, David Rawle, Deirdre O'Kane, Peter McDonald

Votes: 6,633

18. Blow Dry (2001)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 2000, a small town hosts The British Hairdressing Championship, where a former 2-time winner, his son, his run-away wife and his runaway wife's lady lover reside (not all on speaking terms).

Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook

Votes: 9,034 | Gross: $0.64M

19. Mayday (2013)

Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes missing.

Stars: Aidan Gillen, Sam Spruell, Sophie Okonedo, Lesley Manville

Votes: 1,643

20. The Delivered (2019)

112 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Fanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule. Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive. When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life.

Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds

Votes: 1,807

21. The Bachelor Weekend (2013)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some unexpected detours.

Director: John Butler | Stars: Andrew Scott, Hugh O'Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian Gleeson

Votes: 4,494

22. Hollington Drive (2021)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Thriller

The lives of two sisters, Theresa, and her older head teacher sibling, Helen, and a missing child.

Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Rhashan Stone, Ken Nwosu, Tia May Watts

Votes: 1,810

23. Nora (2000)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

Dublin, 1904, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste.

Director: Pat Murphy | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott, Vinnie McCabe

Votes: 1,844 | Gross: $0.01M

24. England Is Mine (2017)

Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.

Director: Mark Gill | Stars: Jodie Comer, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jack Lowden, Peter McDonald

Votes: 3,780

25. Wreckers (2011)

TV-MA | 85 min | Drama

Dawn and Dave get an old house near Dave's childhood village to start a family there. Dave's brother pops up after years in the Army. Secrets are slowly revealed.

Director: Dictynna Hood | Stars: Claire Foy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shaun Evans, Peter McDonald

Votes: 3,139

26. The Opportunists (1999)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.

Director: Myles Connell | Stars: Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Anne Pitoniak, Kate Burton

Votes: 1,290 | Gross: $0.58M

27. Woken (2024)

90 min | Sci-Fi

A woman who wakes up from an accident with no memory of who she is, and the realisation that the human race is close to extinction.

Director: Alan Friel | Stars: Erin Kellyman, Maxine Peake, Ivanno Jeremiah, Corrado Invernizzi

Votes: 16

28. No News from God (2001)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Jero García, Gerardo Giacinti

Votes: 5,716 | Gross: $0.08M

29. I Went Down (1997)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Irish action comedy. An ex-con is forced into taking on a new task by a ruthless crime-boss, but finds he is hindered by the partner he has been teamed up with. However, he soon realizes they must work together if they are to survive.

Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot

Votes: 2,277 | Gross: $0.41M

30. Some Voices (2000)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

A schizophrenic causes havoc in his brother's restaurant.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Graham

Votes: 1,400

31. Sea of Souls (2004–2007)

120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A group of faculty and staff at a Glasgow university studies the paranormal.

Stars: Bill Paterson, Dawn Steele, Iain Robertson, Louise Irwin

Votes: 477

32. Saltwater (2000)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis: his wife has recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but he has his own serious problems; ... See full summary »

Director: Conor McPherson | Stars: Peter McDonald, Brian Cox, Conor Mullen, Laurence Kinlan

Votes: 346

33. City of Vice (2008)

50 min | Crime, Drama, History

In 18th-century London, novelists Henry and John Fielding fight crime on the perilous streets of Covent Garden, determined to clean up the city rife with prostitution, gambling, and villainy before modern policing.

Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Francis Magee, Steve Speirs, Alice O'Connell

Votes: 522

34. Festival (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

August in Edinburgh sees the population of the grand, historic Scottish capital swell with actors, directors, street performers, comedians, media high flyers and audience.

Director: Annie Griffin | Stars: Kevin Masson, Lyndsey Marshal, Paddy Bonner, Selina Cadell

Votes: 906

35. The Headsman (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

The story of time-tested loyalty of two friends during Europe's 16th-century Inquisition. Orphans Martin and Georg bond as children, but walk very different paths as adults. Georg follows ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Aeby | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 1,079

36. Paths to Freedom (2000–2001)

30 min | Comedy

Jeremy and Rats are two very different ex-cons, recently released from Dublin's Mountjoy Prison and agree to be filmed as part of a documentary series following what life is like for former prisoners once they are released.

Stars: Michael McElhatton, Brendan Coyle, Deirdre O'Kane, Pat Leavy

Votes: 217

37. Kings in Grass Castles (1998)

200 min | Drama

The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

Stars: Essie Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Fox

Votes: 140

38. Murder (2016– )

Crime

Series of individual murder dramas unique in the way in which protagonists talk directly to camera when giving their version of events.

Stars: Karla Crome, Michael Smiley, Peter McDonald, Sebastian Armesto

Votes: 135

39. Spin the Bottle (2003)

90 min | Comedy

Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money--fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence: neither his mother nor his former bandmates have time ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Pat Leavy, Ned Dennehy, David Pearse, Karl Shiels

Votes: 258

40. Killing Hitler (2003 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Drama, War

A drama-documentary about Operation Foxley, a 1944 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: Peter McDonald, Kate Ashfield, Kenneth Cranham, Keith Allen

Votes: 232

41. Your Bad Self (2010– )

Comedy

Irish sketch show, showcasing a darker side to our sense of humour.

Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Amy Huberman, Jason O'Mara, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 116

42. When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)

95 min | Comedy, Romance

A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.

Director: Kieron J. Walsh | Stars: Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn

Votes: 1,333 | Gross: $0.13M

43. Captain Jack (1999)

90 min | Drama

An eccentric seaman puts together an equally eccentric crew with the idea of sailing from northern England to the Artic along the path of Captain Scoresby, a 1791 sea captain.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Gemma Jones, Anna Massey

Votes: 356

44. Pentecost (2011)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch (Scott Graham) is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as... See full summary »

Director: Peter McDonald | Stars: Andrew Bennett, Scott Graham, Michael McElhatton, Valerie Spelman

Votes: 468

45. The Family Man (2006 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama

Dr. Patrick Stowe runs a private fertility clinic that has recently celebrated its 2000th live birth. His business is successful and he is passionate about helping his patients. His home ... See full summary »

Director: John Strickland | Stars: Suzy Aitchison, Pal Aron, Joanna Bacon, Channei Bain

Votes: 38

46. Fergus's Wedding (2002)

25 min | Comedy

Fergus and Penny are planning their wedding. While mother and the local priest are helping with the preparations for a traditional good Irish wedding, the young couple are never averse to having a quickie with whoever is available.

Stars: Michael McElhatton, Julia Ford, Peter McDonald, Deirdre O'Kane

Votes: 29

47. Spacemen Three (2008)

13 min | Short, Comedy

Space travel requires both mental and physical stamina, and when veteran astro-geologist Javier Fonseca withdraws from a vital rock-collecting mission, only one person passes the tests to ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh O'Conor | Stars: Peter McDonald, Michael McElhatton, Pat Shortt, Daniela Vanasco

Votes: 15

48. Anthropopopometry (2013)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A story of friendship, ambition and urinals. Mark and Steve are best friends who work together at a dull, mediocre job. They are self-aware, anthropomorphic urinals in an office block's ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Myles | Stars: Lloyd Hutchinson, James Sobol Kelly, Peter Kosta, Peter McDonald

49. Festival Road Trip (2008– )

26 min | Documentary

Focusing on a selection of nominated short filmmakers with an inside look at the emotions and experiences of those individuals up for some of the short film industry's most prestigious awards.

Stars: Brett Olsen, Tony Denman, Nicholas Romero, John Lasseter

Votes: 23

50. Ape (2002)

26 min | Animation, Short

Tony the Ape becomes the Alpha of Show Biz.

Director: Rory Bresnihan | Stars: Dom Irrera, Alfred Molina, Darro Sandler, Roger Gregg

Votes: 26