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1. The Savage Eye: An Irish Guide to Failure (2014 TV Movie)
50 min | Comedy
A one-off special episode of The Savage Eye, a compilation of the highlights of the previous four seasons, narrated by David McSavage.
Director: Kieron J. Walsh | Stars: David McSavage, John Colleary, Patrick McDonnell, Dermot McMorrow
Votes: 27
2. The Savage Eye (2009– )
26 min | Comedy
The show is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people. It takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary as if made by British ... See full summary »
Stars: David McSavage, John Colleary, Patrick McDonnell, Swarupu
Votes: 239
3. My Life for Ireland (2016)
14 min | Short, War
Director: Kieron J. Walsh | Stars: Charlie Kelly, Aoife Duffin, Denis Conway, Manus Halligan
Votes: 13
4. The Red Bear (2012)
12 min | Short, Drama, War
The Red Bear is a drama-thriller that tells the story of freelance conflict photographer Michael Turner, and his experiences documenting the Bosnian War during the early-1990s. Michael's ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Deakin | Stars: Brendan McCormack, Nick Lee, Darragh Kelly, Tomasz Oplawski
Votes: 6
5. How Was Your Day? (I) (2015)
14 min | Short, Drama
A woman is excited about the approaching birth of her first child.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Aidan McArdle, Beibhinn Jones, Sarah Allen Clarke
Votes: 82
6. Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Alan King
Votes: 16,023 | Gross: $0.02M
7. 35 Aside (1996)
27 min | Comedy, Short
Philip is a misfit at his new school. When he is bullied, his mother decides to sort out things between him and his schoolmates, because his father unable to do so, as he is currently doing time in prison.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: James Mahon, Maria Hayden, Moira Deady, Ciara Burke
Votes: 200
8.
Clean Break (2015– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2015)
TV-PG | 49 min | Drama
The Rane family return home, but while Desmond is keen to get back to normal, Annette cannot put things behind her. Danny hides out, but does not realise who is looking for him (http://www.rte.ie).
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Jo Lluque López, Aidan McArdle, Simone Kirby, Amybeth McNulty
Votes: 17
9.
Clean Break (2015– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2015)
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama
Danny Dempsey seeks refuge as word spreads about the abduction, and the kidnappers take drastic action to stay out of the clutches of the law (http://www.RTE.ie).
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Aidan McArdle, Simone Kirby, Amybeth McNulty, Phelim Drew
Votes: 16
10. What Where (2000)
13 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
There are five survivors in a futuristic library. Bam is their supreme dictator, and has the others interrogated and tortured, believing them to have said where. What Bam means is unclear, but he distrusts all.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Sean McGinley, Gary Lewis
Votes: 153
11. After 68 (1994)
26 min | Short
The story of Frieda, a young girl growing up in strife-torn late 1960's Derry, and her attempts to have a normal adolescence despite the violence which surrounds her.
Director: Stephen Burke | Stars: Deirdre Molloy, Ger Ryan, Fidelma Murphy, Dermot Martin
Votes: 15
12. Shellshock (2011)
11 min | Short, Action, Drama
Ireland, 1923. A young man returns home after fighting for the British Army during World War One. He struggles to settle back in, his memories of the trenches still haunting him.
Director: John Corcoran | Stars: Donal Gallery, Jane McGrath, Ben Mulhern, John Carey
Votes: 9
13. He Shoots, He Scores (1995)
11 min | Short
Director: John Moore | Stars: Simon Boyle, James Mahon
Votes: 33
14. East Is East (1999)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 20,053 | Gross: $4.17M
15. Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
11 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Teddy Knox, a failed inventor, finds the key to a Stone Age riddle.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Charles Dance, Bill Paterson, Eamonn Hunt, Mal Whyte
Votes: 115
16. Heartlands (2002)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Expelled from his local darts team, a mild mannered newsagent rushes across the country to the final on his own.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Michael Sheen, Mark Addy, Jim Carter, Celia Imrie
Votes: 1,318
17.
Rig 45 (2018–2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Thriller
It is right before Christmas and Andrea is called in by an insurance company to investigate a death on board of an oil rig. Once aboard the rig, Andrea starts suspecting something more sinister may be going on.
Director: Per Hanefjord | Stars: Björn Bengtsson, David Dencik, Lisa Henni, Christian Hillborg
Votes: 88
18. Patrick's Day (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance
When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Director: Terry McMahon | Stars: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Philip Jackson, Catherine Walker
Votes: 439
19. Clean Break (2015– )
Not Rated | Drama
When a kidnapping goes awry, the backlash that occurs leaves a drastic and catastrophic effect on an entire town.
Stars: Aidan McArdle, Damien Molony, Adam Fergus, Simone Kirby
Votes: 236
20. Making Ends Meet (1999)
52 min | Comedy, Drama
Welcome to the world of the petty Dublin criminal. There's Massive, Mags, the Byrne brothers and then there's Cal, a small-time crook who always has time to help the elderly even when he's ... See full summary »
Director: Declan Recks | Stars: Paul Raynor, Patrick Hyland, Des Cave, Paul Meade
Votes: 10
21. Ireland: am (1999– )
180 min | News, Talk-Show
The early morning news broadcast to Ireland.
Stars: Maura Derrane, Karen Koster, Mark Cagney, Tommy Bowe
Votes: 81
22. Rig 45 (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Thriller
Two days before Christmas, Andrea is sent by Benthos Oil to investigate a fatal accident on the company's North Sea rig. Faced with silence and a raging storm that cut off communications, she and the crew soon realize a killer's on board.
Stars: Lisa Henni, Gary Lewis, Joi Johannsson, Björn Bengtsson
Votes: 1,281
23. Handheld Horror: Take 6 (2010)
4 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Dublin City. John, Jeff, Mike, and Linda are enjoying a picnic when a disaster of epic proportions strikes. Luckily Jeff has his phone to document the whole thing.
Director: David Freyne | Stars: Patrick Murphy, Charlene Gleeson, James Gavigan, John Lynn
Votes: 9
24. Charlie Casanova (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A ruling class sociopath kills a working class girl in a hit and run and uses a deck of playing cards to determine his fate.
Director: Terry McMahon | Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Leigh Arnold, Damien Hannaway, Thomas T Williams
Votes: 396
25. Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003 Video)
52 min | Documentary
Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of Samuel Beckett's nineteen plays.
Director: Pearse Lehane | Stars: Stephen Brennan, Michael Colgan, John Crowley, Paola Dionisotti
Votes: 103
26. When Horses Run (2023)
Documentary, Short
When Horses Run explores the daily demands of being a professional flat jockey.
Director: Dale Leadon Bolger | Stars: Mark Enright, Adrian McGoldrick, Rory Cleary, Leigh Roche
28. Veiled (2013)
Short, Drama
Director: Katie Hennessy | Stars: Ben Plunkett-Reynolds, Aoife Williamson
29. Danger Doyle's Doo (1997 TV Movie)
Comedy
An unlikely hero Con McGuire (Gary Lewis) is one of life's losers, who seemed destined never to have his name next on the club championship trophy, he challenges a Godfather figure, Danger Doyle - using a pigeon stolen from a gangster.
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Jimmy Chisholm, Deirdre Davis, Simon Gallacher, Stuart Hepburn
30.
Ireland: am (1999– )
Episode:
Episode dated 15 October 2004
(2004)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Dara Tallon | Stars: Eamonn Coghlan, Maura Derrane, Damien O'Donnell
31.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Are the Irish So Ugly?
(2012)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter, Sean Finegan
32.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
What's So Grand About the Irish Family?
(2012)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: Daniel Andrews, John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter
33.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Can't the Irish Rule Themselves?
(2012)
Comedy
THE SAVAGE EYE is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people through a combination of expert interviews, vox pops, archive footage and ... See full summary »
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter, Sean Finegan
34.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Do the Irish Love Television?
(2012)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter, Sean Finegan
35.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Is Ireland So Proud of Its Education System?
(2012)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter, Sean Finegan
36.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Is Ireland the Worst Place to Be Irish?
(2012)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Fred Cooke, Dorothy Cotter, Sean Finegan
37.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Is Ireland a Better Place to Be a Foetus Than a Baby?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: David McSavage, John Colleary, Patrick McDonnell, Dermot McMorrow
38.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Are the Irish Such Failures in Love?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Dorothy Cotter, Patrick McDonnell, David McSavage
39.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Do the Irish Love Animals?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: David McSavage, John Colleary, Dorothy Cotter, Lynn Kelly
40.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
How Will the Irish Cope with a Future in Space?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Dorothy Cotter, Patrick McDonnell, David McSavage
41.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
Why Do the Irish Long for Death?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Dorothy Cotter, Patrick McDonnell, David McSavage
42.
The Savage Eye (2009– )
Episode:
How Will Ireland Resist a Hostile Enemy Invasion?
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: John Colleary, Dorothy Cotter, Patrick McDonnell, David McSavage