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1. Secret History (1991– )
Documentary, History
Historical events are extensively re-explored both through written records and systematic examinations in the field.
Stars: Paul McGann, Nigel Anthony, Chris Plumley, Michael Pennington
Votes: 71
2. Road (I) (2014)
102 min | Documentary, Sport
Brothers addicted to speed. At any price. Motorcycle road racing is the most dangerous of all motor sports. One in which men compete at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour on closed country ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery | Stars: Liam Neeson, Liam Beckett, Siobhan Carter, Stephen Davison
Votes: 1,506
3. Fréwaka
Horror | Post-production
Follow a student of nursing palliative care, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present, her relationship, her career and her ability to function.
Director: Aislinn Clarke | Stars: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya, Tara Breathnach
4. Doineann (2021)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home, he discovers that his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his ... See full summary »
Director: Damian McCann | Stars: Peter Coonan, Brid Brennan, Clare Monnelly, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Votes: 169
5. Heysel: The Day Football Died (2005 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Powerful documentary which revisits the Heysel Stadium disaster of May 1985, when 39 fans were crushed to death before the European Cup Final between Liverpool FC and Juventus.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Phelim Drew, Jim Beglin, Zbigniew Boniek, Alan Kennedy
Votes: 7
6. Lost Lives (2019)
93 min | Documentary
Inspired by the book of the same name, it records the circumstances of every man, woman and child who died in a conflict - the Northern Irish 'Troubles.' A reminder that war is hell.
Directors: Dermot Lavery, Michael Hewitt | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Brid Brennan, Roma Downey, Adrian Dunbar
Votes: 90
7. The Man Who Shot the Great War (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Described as a photographic discovery of the century, this documentary uncovers the remarkable story of Lance Corporal George Hackney.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Ian McElhinney, Hushang Jamshidi, Phillip Orr, Vivienne Pollock
Votes: 28
8. Seamus Heaney: The Music Of What Happens (2019 TV Movie)
Documentary
A major feature-length film about the life and work of Seamus Heaney.
Director: Adam Low
Votes: 11
9. Patrick Kielty and a Night in November (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Behind-the-scenes documentary following rookie actor Patrick Kielty in a new production of Marie Jones' controversial play, A Night in November.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Marie Jones, Patrick Kielty, Martin Lynch, Ian McElhinney
10. Those Were the Days (2011–2013)
Documentary
Richard Dormer narrates this nostalgic documentary series that delves into the BBC archives to reveal the changing face of life in Northern Ireland.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Dana, Phil Coulter, Eamonn McCann
11. Sisters of Science (Deirfiúracha na hEolaíochta) (2014– )
Documentary
A new four part Irish language series produced for RTÉ One by DoubleBand Films in which presenter Róisín Ní Thomáin explores the stories of four pioneering Irish women who helped shape the world of science.
Star: Róisín Ní Thomáin
12. Still Life (I) (1999)
15 min | Drama, Short
An elderly woman awakes on a Sunday morning at 7:30, but stays in bed. While in bed she stares around her room and dozes, reminiscing about her past # the loss of her friends, her husband ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hewitt | Stars: Barbara Adair, Agnes Bernelle, Conor Grimes
14. Still Can't Hear Her Mouth (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Mystery
Still Can't Hear Her Mouth looks at the length and breath of it's subjects belief in faded memories, hear-say and the uncanny. A subtle portrait documentary set in Northern Ireland, Hungary and Sheffield, UK.
Director: Derville Quigley
15. Eoin MacNeill: The Forgotten Man of 1916 (2016 TV Movie)
59 min | Drama
A biography of one of the founders of the Gaelic League and a largely forgotten figure in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Director: Damian McCann | Stars: Gavin Butler, Vincent Higgins
16. Beckham and the Battle with Argentina (2002 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
With David Beckham looking uncertain for the 2002 World Cup finals after his clash with Argentinean Aldo Duscher, this documentary charts the explosive 35 year feud between their two nations, when football became war by another means.
Director: Dermot Lavery | Stars: Louis Mellis, Osvaldo Ardiles, John Barnes, Bobby Charlton
17. The Man Who Could Fly (2009)
Documentary
To celebrate the centenary of flight in Ireland, presenter Eddie Irvine tells the dramatic but little-known story of the young aviator Harry Ferguson, the first man in Ireland to fly a plane, at Hillsborough, County Down in 1909.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Eddie Irvine, Matt McElhinney
18. Cilla's Unswung Sixties (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Cilla Black examines the less 'swinging' side of the UK's most influential decade of the 20th century.
Director: Jane Magowan | Stars: Cilla Black, Sandra Berry, Geraldine Biddle-Perry, Acker Bilk
19. My Big Fat Moonie Wedding (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Catching up with the lives some of the members of Religious cult, the Unification Church who participated in a mass wedding in which 4,000 people married total strangers.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Hermione Gulliford, Agnieszka Orynska, Robert Zawadzki
Votes: 11
20. Britain Goes Camping (2010 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Tracing the rise of camping in the UK from its middle class "escape to the country" roots to the present trend of festival and family holiday camping.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Alison Steadman, Matthew De Abaitua, Emma Kennedy, Dixe Wills
21. Sassie's Gran (2012)
6 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Jean Elliott graced catwalks as a Belfast beauty queen in the 1960s. Now her grandson does the same but in drag. This warm-hearted short film charts their intimate relationship over the years using still images.
Stars: Jean Elliott, Scott Shilliday
22. Super 8 Stories (2003–2006)
30 min | Documentary
Unseen home movies, shot on super 8 film, by people from across Northern Ireland.
Star: Marie Jones
23. Making the Monkees (2007 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
In 1967, four unknown actors in a kids TV show became the biggest pop band in the world. In America, they outsold Elvis and The Beatles combined. They were The Monkees. But The Monkees were... See full summary »
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: John Simm, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Don Kirshner
Votes: 67
24. From Belfast to Dachau (2005)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary about Belfast man Teddy Dixon who, as a soldier in WWII, fought in France and Germany and was among the first to discover the horrors of Dachau concentration camp.
Director: Dermot Lavery | Stars: Brid Brennan, Edward Dixon
25. Stephanie Knows Who (1994)
23 min | Drama, Short
Director: Mark Corcoran | Stars: Michael O'Reilly, Christine Larkin, Sheila McDonald, Dermot Lavery
26.
Secret History (1991– )
Episode:
Queen Victoria And The Crippled Kaiser
(2013)
47 min | Documentary, History
When Queen Victoria's grandson, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, was born with a paralyzed arm, it led to a story of child cruelty, secret shame and incestuous desire.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Stars: Jim Carter, Frank Cannon, Brett Kahr, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Votes: 35
27.
Those Were the Days (2011–2013)
Episode:
Teenage Kicks
(2013)
Documentary
The changing face of everyday life in the north west.
Director: Laura Doherty | Star: Richard Dormer
28.
Those Were the Days (2011–2013)
Episode:
The Town I Loved So Well
(2013)
Documentary
A youthful Phil Coulter recalls the day the President came to town.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Gerry Anderson, Billy Connolly, Phil Coulter
29.
Those Were the Days (2011–2013)
Episode:
All Kinds of Everything
(2013)
Documentary
Teenage sensation Dana fresh from her Eurovision success and a soaking wet Hugo Duncan.
Stars: Richard Dormer, Gerry Anderson, Maoliosa Bond, Phil Coulter
30.
Those Were the Days (2011–2013)
Episode:
Things Can Only Get Better
(2013)
Documentary
Derry-Londonderry celebrates becoming the UK's first City of Culture.
31.
Sisters of Science (Deirfiúracha na hEolaíochta) (2014– )
Episode:
Dorothy Stopford-Price
(2014)
Documentary
The series begins with a profile of Dorothy Stopford Price, the woman who pioneered the introduction of the BCG vaccine and spearheaded the country's fight against TB.
Director: Cathal Ó Cuaig | Star: Róisín Ní Thomáin
32.
Sisters of Science (Deirfiúracha na hEolaíochta) (2014– )
Episode:
Lilian Bland
(2014)
Documentary
Róisín Ní Thomáin continues to profile Irish women who helped to shape the world of science by focusing on the achievements of Lilian Bland - the early aviator who was the first woman in the world to design, build and fly her own plane.
Director: Cathal Ó Cuaig | Star: Róisín Ní Thomáin
33.
Sisters of Science (Deirfiúracha na hEolaíochta) (2014– )
Episode:
Kathleen Lonsdale
(2014)
Documentary
In episode three Róisín Ní Thomáin focuses on the achievements of Kathleen Lonsdale, whose pioneering work in the field of X-ray crystallography made her one of the most important chemists of the 20th century.
Director: Cathal Ó Cuaig | Star: Róisín Ní Thomáin
34.
Sisters of Science (Deirfiúracha na hEolaíochta) (2014– )
Episode:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
(2014)
Documentary
Róisín Ní Thomáin concludes the series by focusing on the achievements of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a world-renowned astrophysicist who made her name in the late 1960s with her discovery of pulsars, or pulsating stars.
Director: Cathal Ó Cuaig | Star: Róisín Ní Thomáin
35.
Secret History (1991– )
Episode:
WW1's Forgotten Heroes
(2014)
47 min | Documentary, History
Former Royal Marines commando Arthur Williams embarks on a journey to explore the experiences of nearly two million British soldiers who suffered life-changing injuries and disabilities during the First World War.
Director: Brian Henry Martin | Star: Arthur Williams