Movies about Irish folklore and mythology
by dshaunfilm | created - 06 Jan 2021 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicAnd one bonus TV Show
Also, there are movies like The Legend of Longwood, Artemis Fowl, High Spirits (underrated movie btw) and Secret of the Cave that take place in Ireland and have some fantasy, but aren’t connected to Irish folklore and mythology.
Movies that use a very ioose portrayal of leprechauns, like Luck or the Leprechaun movies, aren’t on this list
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1. Song of the Sea (2014)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.
Director: Tomm Moore | Stars: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan
Votes: 63,137 | Gross: $0.86M
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2. Wolfwalkers (2020)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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.
Directors: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart | Stars: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney
Votes: 38,698
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3. The Secret of Kells (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Directors: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey | Stars: Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Christen Mooney
Votes: 38,309 | Gross: $0.69M
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4. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
PG | 103 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, Pat Slowey
Votes: 9,874 | Gross: $6.10M
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5. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea
Votes: 9,369
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6. Into the West (1992)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy
Votes: 3,184 | Gross: $4.79M
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7. Ondine (2009)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry
Votes: 22,645 | Gross: $0.55M
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8. Faeries (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
The king of the faeries sends for a young hunter after his shadow escapes and threatens his kingdom.
Director: Lee Mishkin | Stars: Hans Conried, Morgan Brittany, Craig Schaefer, Frank Welker
Votes: 206
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9. The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Art Carney, Peggy Cass, Bob McFadden, Ken Jennings
Votes: 766
Seen. Very loosely based
10. The Luck of the Irish (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Ryan Merriman, Henry Gibson, Alexis Lopez, Glenndon Chatman
Votes: 8,720
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11. Boys from County Hell (2020)
88 min | Comedy, Horror
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering father and son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
Director: Chris Baugh | Stars: Jack Rowan, Nigel O'Neill, Louisa Harland, Michael Hough
Votes: 4,990
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12. Oidhche Sheanchais (1935)
11 min | Short, Drama
A well known storyteller, Tomas O' Diorain tells tales of the sea around a fire in an old Irish cottage. His storytelling is juxtaposed with images of the sea.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane, Colman 'Tiger' King, Patch 'Red Beard' Ruadh
Votes: 39
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13. Scream of the Banshee (2011 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Horror
An archeology professor unearths a dangerous artifact, unwittingly releasing a creature that is able to kill with the power of its bone-splitting scream.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Lauren Holly, Lance Henriksen, Eric F. Adams, Marcelle Baer
Votes: 2,479
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14. Selkie (2000)
88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled, lonely teen gets a new lease on life when he comes upon a group of selkies, mythical people with the power to change into seals.
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Shimon Moore, Bryan Marshall, Celine O'Leary, Elspeth Ballantyne
Votes: 154
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15. You Are Not My Mother (2021)
93 min | Drama, Horror
In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
Director: Kate Dolan | Stars: Hazel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken, Ingrid Craigie, Jordanne Jones
Votes: 5,873
16. The Hallow (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley
Votes: 18,542 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Finian's Rainbow (1968)
G | 141 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks
Votes: 4,181 | Gross: $11.60M
18. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 1,176
19. The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
TV-PG | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An American spends his holiday in Ireland, where he is introduced to the world of magical creatures like leprechauns and fairies. In a subplot, a forbidden love story blossoms between leprechaun Mickey and fairy Jessica.
Stars: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney
Votes: 4,474
20. Shamrock Hill (1949)
Approved | 70 min | Musical
A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock Hill, and she tries to stop it from having a television station built on it.
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald, Trudy Marshall, Rick Vallin
Votes: 27
21. The Seventh Stream (2001 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely widowed Irish fisherman meets a pretty mysterious woman who may just literally be the stuff of legends.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Scott Glenn, Saffron Burrows, John Lynch, Eamon Morrissey
Votes: 471
22. Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the mythical kingdom of Kells, four knights use their magic armor and weapons to fight the evil forces of Queen Maeve.
Stars: Lochlann O'Mearáin, Lisa Dwan, Justin Pierre, Vincent Walsh
Votes: 757
23. The Otherworld (2016)
PG | 90 min | Fantasy
A magic fairy tale drawing on Pagan Celtic myths and Irish legends.
Director: Gisela Pereira | Stars: James Karcher, Hjeron O'Sidhe, Gisela Pereira, Chris Leidenfrost-Wilson
Votes: 223
24. Banshee Blacktop, an Irish Ghost Story (2016)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A drifter is picked up by police in connection with the disappearance of a young couple on a remote, windswept island months before. But the drifter turns the table on their investigation and relates a tale of madness and the supernatural.
Director: Sean Garland | Stars: Bernadette Carlin, Ken Doyle, Liam Halligan, Dylan Kennedy
Votes: 61
25. A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Family
A lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, John Bell, Jack Gleeson
Votes: 2,450
26. The Watchers (I) (2024)
PG-13 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | Completed
A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
Director: Ishana Shyamalan | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré, Siobhan Hewlett
27. The Outcasts (1982)
95 min | Drama
In 1810 Ireland, a man whose wife has died finds that his daughter is accused of being a witch. A magic fiddler comes to her aid.
Director: Robert Wynne-Simmons | Stars: Mary Ryan, Mick Lally, Don Foley, Tom Jordan
Votes: 52
28. The Last Leprechaun (1998)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Ethel and Tommy Barrick are sent to Ireland to spend the summer with their new stepmother. Once there, they discover her to be an evil, power-seeking witch, with real magical powers and a hatred for all things green.
Directors: David Lister, Moicontent | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Jack Scalia, David Warner, Mick Walter
Votes: 429
29. The White Pony (1999)
G | 93 min | Family, Fantasy
Leah is eager to visit her uncle's ranch in Ireland, until her attempt to ride her cold cousin Shannon's horse results in Silky being injured and she is ordered not to ride again. When she ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Warwick Davis, Carly Anderson, Victoria Farrer
Votes: 229
30. Unwelcome (2022)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Horror
Married couple Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent and murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.
Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Kristian Nairn
Votes: 6,119
31. A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998)
G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy
A very unlucky leprechaun has great adventures.
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Warwick Davis, Danielle Lombardi, Stephanie Lombardi, Tim Matheson
Votes: 729
32. Leapin' Leprechauns! (1995)
PG | 84 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Andrew Smith, John Bluthal, Ray Bright, Jeremy Levine
Votes: 288
33. Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996)
G | 85 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Gregory Smith, Madeleine Potter, Godfrey James, John Bluthal
Votes: 163
34. Beings (1998)
TV-G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
At their grandmother's old property, Kyle and Evie discover fairies in the woods. While the locals are no fans of the creatures, the two of them go to a great length to save them for a reason.
Director: Paul Matthews | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Glynis Barber, Jameson Baltes, Brittney Bomann
Votes: 535
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