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1. Father Ted (1995–1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 43,721
2. The Rockingham Shoot (1987 TV Movie)
59 min | Drama
Reilly's frustration at the remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot.
Director: Kieran Hickey | Stars: Bosco Hogan, Niall Toibin, Marie Kean, Tony Rohr
Votes: 10
3.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
His Majesty's Pleasure
(2008)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
Fisher and More continue to resist the coercion to take the oath and pay with their lives as Henry's ardor toward Anne subsides after her miscarriage.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 744
4. That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)
111 min | Drama
Based on internationally acclaimed Irish author John McGahern's award winning novel of the same name, That They May Face the Rising Sun is a vivid evocation of nature, humanity and life itself, set in a 1980's rural community in Ireland.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Ruth McCabe, Lalor Roddy
Votes: 36
5. The Tudors (2007–2010)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, James Frain
Votes: 81,083
6. Trial of the Century (2016– )
Drama
A fictional courtroom drama which shows how the trial of Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, might have gone.
Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Andrew Bennett, David Heap, Mark Huberman
Votes: 22
7. Amongst Women (1998)
60 min | Drama
In 1950s Ireland, the Moran daughters find it difficult to separate from their despot father and live their own lives.
Stars: Tony Doyle, Ger Ryan, Susan Lynch, Geraldine O'Rawe
Votes: 104
8.
Ballykissangel (1996–2001)
Episode:
Trying to Connect You
(1996)
TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
Father Peter Clifford arrives at his new church in Ballykissangel, a town filled with extravagant confessionals, bartenders who loathe organized religion and many more colorful characters he'll soon to get to know.
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin
Votes: 88
9.
The Clinic (2003–2009)
Episode:
Episode #3.10
(2005)
Not Rated | 49 min | Drama
Alex is shaken when he makes a mistake at work and tells Sam. Sam must tell Cathy even if there are severe consequences for Alex's actions.
Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Dominic Mafham, Aisling O'Sullivan, Norma Sheahan, Gary Lydon
Votes: 8
10.
Father Ted (1995–1998)
Episode:
Old Grey Whistle Theft
(1996)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Father Ted and Jack go on a picnic, while Dougal makes friends with a local bad boy priest.
Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 570
11. The Treaty (1991 TV Movie)
107 min | Drama, History
In 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic and the British government is concluded after high-stakes negotiations.
Director: Jonathan Lewis | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Condren, Ian Bannen, Julian Fellowes
Votes: 177
12. The Ferry (2019)
25 min | Short, Drama
Soon after her adoptive mother's death, Aoife searches for her birth mother and unveils a past that entangles two other women in town.
Director: Niall Mckay | Stars: Aoife Duffin, Deirdre Donnelly, Clodagh Bowyer, Eva Bartley
Votes: 8
13.
Father Ted (1995–1998)
Episode:
Competition Time
(1995)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Father Ted, Dougal and Jack enter a talent competition visited by a BBC presenter with an odd drinking problem.
Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 636
14.
Ballykissangel (1996–2001)
Episode:
Bread and Water
(1998)
TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Siobhan prepares for a water birth, Father Aidan has financial troubles, Sean Dillon's daughter arrives in Bally K and Niamh continues to move into her new home.
Director: Simon Massey | Stars: Tony Doyle, Niall Toibin, Peter Hanly, Tina Kellegher
Votes: 35
15. Moving Story (1994–1995)
60 min | Comedy
Comedy drama centred around a group of removal men, and their mishaps as they move the contents of people's houses to their new homes. A spin-off by Jack Rosenthal from his film The Chain (1984).
Stars: Warren Clarke, Phil Davis, Con O'Neill, Ronny Jhutti
Votes: 50
16.
Single-Handed (2007–2010)
Episode:
Home: Part 2
(2007)
TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jack learns that the victim was called Sylvana and that she was pregnant. Tommy was going to arrange an abortion in England for her. Tommy, in fact, has had previous experience of helping ... See full summary »
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Owen McDonnell, Ian McElhinney, Liam Carney, Laura Murphy
Votes: 116
17. Ballykissangel (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
An English priest is transferred to a small Irish village.
Stars: Frankie McCafferty, Joe Savino, Deirdre Donnelly, Gary Whelan
Votes: 1,949
18. Single-Handed (2007–2010)
TV-14 | 841 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jack Driscoll moves back to the town on the west coast of Ireland where he was born. He takes over his retired father's Garda post, and solves different cases.
Stars: Owen McDonnell, David Herlihy, Ruth McCabe, Brian Gleeson
Votes: 1,449
19.
Single-Handed (2007–2010)
Episode:
Natural Justice
(2007)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Freshly transferred to his hometown from Dublin, Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll probes the carbon monoxide poisoning of a young immigrant woman. The investigation threatens to expose dirty ... See full summary »
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Stuart Graham, Ian McElhinney, Owen McDonnell, Joe Hanley
Votes: 70
20. War of the Buttons (1994)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoelaces, and underwear of their captured opponents, in order to get the boys in trouble ... See full summary »
Director: John Roberts | Stars: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara
Votes: 4,589 | Gross: $0.01M
21.
Single-Handed (2007–2010)
Episode:
Home: Part 1
(2007)
TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
No sooner has Garda officer Jack Driscoll returned from Dublin to replace retiring copper dad Gerry in rural Connemara than he has to investigate the death of a young Balkan barmaid, who ... See full summary »
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Owen McDonnell, Ian McElhinney, Liam Carney, Laura Murphy
Votes: 138
22.
Scarlett (1994)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1994)
PG-13 | Drama, Romance
Scarlett travels to Charleston to visit Rhett's family and tries to corner him by winning his mother's affection. She convinces Rhett to take her for a sail on the harbor, where their boat ... See full summary »
Director: John Erman | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Sean Bean
Votes: 76
23. The Life of Reilly (1995)
27 min | Short
Director: Alan Archbold | Stars: Mark O'Regan, Anita Reeves, Brendan Gleeson, Stanley Townsend
Votes: 16
24. Harry Wild (2022– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
Stars: Jane Seymour, Rohan Nedd, Kevin Ryan, Rose O'Neill
Votes: 3,371
25. The Ambassador (1998–1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Harriet, the new British ambassador to Ireland, wants to make her mark while putting her husband's tragic murder behind her. The situation worsens when her son Nate, still blames her for his father's death.
Stars: Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson, William Chubb, Owen Roe
Votes: 209
26. The Butcher Boy (1997)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle
Votes: 11,454 | Gross: $1.82M
27. Glenroe (1983–2001)
30 min | Drama
A weekly drama serial telling the lives of the people who live in the Wicklow village of Glenroe. The series, which started in 1983, quickly shot to the top of the Irish TV charts, and remained there until the show ended in 2001.
Stars: Geraldine Plunkett, Emmet Bergin, Mick Lally, Robert Carrickford
Votes: 130
28. The Country Girls (1983 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Friendship of two girls, childhood friends, is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Sam Neill, Maeve Germaine, Jill Doyle, John Olohan
Votes: 64
29.
Harry Wild (2022– )
Episode:
The Village Has Eyes
(2023)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Harry and Fergus take on the case of a woman who has vanished from an Irish village that has a history of devil worship. Did the missing woman stumble onto something that led to her death? Or was she murdered by somebody closer to home?
Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Jane Seymour, Rohan Nedd, Kevin Ryan, Paul Tylak
Votes: 89
30.
The Ambassador (1998–1999)
Episode:
Innocent Passage
(1998)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
The new British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Harriet Smith, arrives in Dublin to discover that the Irish government is accusing the British of sinking one of their ships in the ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson, William Chubb, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 30
31. Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne (2009)
90 min | Drama
Austin moves back to Ireland with his mother after she fails to procure an abortion in the UK and gives birth to him there.
Director: Conor McDermottroe | Stars: Martin McCann, Jodie Whittaker, Kellie Hughes, Sandra O'Malley
Votes: 89
32. Board (2001)
Comedy
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Helen Moorcroft, Derek Reid, Joe McKinney, Patrick Wickham
Votes: 23
33. The Clinic (I) (2003–2009)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
Drama centering around the work and private lives of the doctors, medical professionals and staff attached to a busy Dublin clinic.
Stars: Dominic Mafham, Gary Lydon, Amy Huberman, Leigh Arnold
Votes: 526
34. Women on the Verge (2018)
40 min | Comedy
Set in Dublin, three career-driven thirty something female friends find their lives spiraling as their friends' lives thrive.
Stars: Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya, Eileen Walsh, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 241
35. Echoes (1988)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Life in the small Irish town of Castle Bay in the 1950s.
Stars: Barbara Brennan, Bernie Downes, Eric Erskine, Robert Hines
Votes: 49
36. Bobbie's Girl (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Two middle-aged Lesbians (Peters and Ward) find their lives complicated when one of them (Ward) takes in her ten-year-old nephew (Sangster).
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Bernadette Peters, Rachel Ward, Jonathan Silverman, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 395
37. Showbands II (2006 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Kerry Katona, Tina Kellegher, Don Wycherley
Votes: 30
38.
Women on the Verge (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2018)
40 min | Comedy
Laura bumps into her first love and thinks he might want to rekindle their relationship. Katie has officially started dating again and Alison makes a discovery about her pregnancy.
Director: Annie Griffin | Stars: Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya, Eileen Walsh, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 13
39. Scarlett (1994)
PG-13 | 360 min | Drama, Romance
In this long-awaited sequel to Gone With the Wind, Scarlett's flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah, Charleston, England, and Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.
Stars: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Annabeth Gish, Julie Harris
Votes: 3,390
40. Giving Tongue (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale.... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Charlotte Coleman, Clare Holman, Paul Venables, Shireen Shah
Votes: 28
41.
Women on the Verge (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2018)
40 min | Comedy
Laura's elated by her first therapy session but gets over involved with a homeless man. Katie tries to win her daughter's affections with a puppy. Alison's nervous about dinner with Martin's parents and persuades Laura and Katie to attend.
Director: Annie Griffin | Stars: Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya, Eileen Walsh, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 16
42. Lies We Tell (2023)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.
Director: Lisa Mulcahy | Stars: Agnes O'Casey, David Wilmot, Holly Sturton, Chris Walley
Votes: 174
43. Forever in My Heart (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 88 min | Romance
Jenna (Merritt Patterson) and Charlie (Jack Turner) found love in Ireland but their dreams drove them apart. Five years later, they reunite and Jenna has to decide where her heart belongs - back home or in the Emerald Isle.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Merritt Patterson, Jack Turner, Emmet Byrne, Roisin O'Donovan
Votes: 1,396
44. Christmas at Castle Hart (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she's hired to host his castle's epic Christmas party.
Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Stuart Townsend, Ali Hardiman, Kate O'Toole
Votes: 2,042
45. The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When a merchant goes missing, a young American investigates the disappearance and discovers the truth about Sweeney Todd, a skilled barber, and his business partner Mrs. Lovett, a butcher.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, Joanna Lumley, Selina Boyack
Votes: 849
46. Rawhead Rex (1986)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
An ancient creature called Rawhead is awakened from its slumber near an Irish village and goes on a rampage killing anyone in sight.
Director: George Pavlou | Stars: David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O'Conor, Cora Venus Lunny
Votes: 6,603
47. Borderline (VII)
Drama, Thriller | Post-production
When both are forced to work together to solve a serious crime, Detective Inspector Philip Boyd of the PSNI - straitlaced, teetotal, reactionary Presbyterian -finds himself working ... See full summary »
Stars: Amy De Bhrún, Eoin Macken, Sophie Vavasseur, Hugh O'Conor
48. The Cherry Orchard (2020)
Drama
Director: Garry Hynes | Stars: Derbhle Crotty, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Megan Cusack, Siobhán Cullen
50. Silver Apples of the Moon (1979 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama
Director: John Lynch | Stars: James Kerry, Ronan Wilmot, John Olohan, Malcolm Douglas