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- DirectorVaughn SteinStarsMargot RobbieSimon PeggDexter FletcherA film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, a female assassin, a waitress, a teacher, a janitor, and a crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
- DirectorPaul MercierStarsRuth BradleyBarry WardLiam CunninghamA modern day Irish gangland version of the ancient Irish legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Gráinne is daughter of a major crime boss and is promised to marry the great warrior Fionn to help cement an alliance. However, she's in love with Fionn's most loyal comrade Diarmuid and her actions set off a wild chase across the country.
- DirectorPatrick RyanStarsBrian GleesonOlwen Catherine KellyEmma Eliza ReganA troubled teenage sharpshooter decides to avenge the death of her estranged sister after she is found murdered in a public bathroom.
- DirectorStephen BradleyStarsBrendan O'CarrollBrendan GleesonTony RohrSweety Barret is a big man with a gentle nature, who is not exactly known for his brain power. He loses his job with a travelling circus and is stranded in an Irish village, where he gets caught up in a local vendetta.
- DirectorTom ReeveStarsJohn LynchCornelius ClarkeLochlann O'MearáinThe town of Kilcoulin's Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.
- DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsBrendan GleesonPeter McDonaldAntoine ByrneIrish 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.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsBrendan GleesonKim CattrallCiarán HindsAfter a chance encounter, a Dubliner stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsGabriel ByrneCillian MurphyMichael McElhattonA gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
- DirectorPaul BusheBrian O'NeillStarsSue WalshJeff DoyleJohnny ElliottAfter their son is kidnapped and held for a ransom, a police officer and her ex-husband capture a banker's family to get the needed money.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsClive OwenNick RedingNicholas BallAn aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsKevin SpaceyLinda FiorentinoPeter MullanBrilliant, flamboyant master criminal Michael Lynch is more interested in his image and his posterity than the actual profit from his ill-gotten gains.
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsCillian MurphyKelly MacdonaldColin FarrellA variety of losers in Dublin have harrowingly farcical intersecting stories of love, greed and violence.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsElaine CassidyCillian MurphySarah GallagherPig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
- DirectorMark O'ConnorStarsJohn ConnorsFionn Ó LoingsighKierston WareingA group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
- DirectorRichard ShepardStarsPierce BrosnanGreg KinnearHope DavisA globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.
- DirectorPeter FoottStarsAlex MurphyChris WalleyHilary RoseTwo teenage boys cycle 160km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
- DirectorMorgan BusheStarsPat ShorttLewis MacDougallMichael SmileyTwo down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.
- DirectorStephen BurkeStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorBarry WardMartin McCannInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsPierce BrosnanJason BarryKaren MoskowA millionaire has his life turned upside down after firing his I.T. consultant.
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonDon CheadleMark StrongAn unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonChris O'DowdKelly ReillyAfter he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsCate BlanchettColin FarrellBrenda FrickerAn Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
- DirectorPeter A. DowlingStarsRadha MitchellRupert GravesIan McElhinneyAfter digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.
- DirectorMatthew J. KeatsVan PoyntonStarsLouise ButlerStephen CromwellJohnny ElliottA scoundrel's cool facade crumbles when a feared associate reemerges to settle a debt.
- DirectorJohnny GoganStarsJane McGrathKillian ScottDermot MurphyA story of youthful misadventure set against the backdrop of a lawless border terrain during the last gasps of the Irish boom.
- DirectorCiarán O'ConnorStarsRuth NeggaKarl ShielsFergus CardiffTaiwo hopes to make a life for herself and her twin sister in the faraway city of Dublin. Fearing what may await her on her arrival, Taiwo makes a desperate bid for freedom from her Dublin smugglers. However she is hunted down by a petty thief and conman, Keely, who on kidnapping her, decides to tell nobody of his catch and brings the girl home.
- DirectorStephen GaffneyStarsJohn DalessandroAaron Blake O'ConnellCallan CumminsTwo drug dealers get blackmailed by a corrupt detective.
- DirectorTerry McMahonStarsEmmett J ScanlanLeigh ArnoldDamien HannawayA ruling class sociopath kills a working class girl in a hit and run and uses a deck of playing cards to determine his fate.
- DirectorRory MullenDavid PrendevilleBrian QuinnStarsGraham EarleyJohn ConnorsRex RyanDave is a wannabe drug dealer stuck with a batch of experimental new pills, Ray is a failing club DJ getting by on a daytime radio slot, and socially awkward office worker Bernard just turned up to the wrong party by mistake. When Dave enlists Bernard's help to test out his new consignment, the weekend descends into a riotous cocktail of narcotics, booze, clubs and parties. Embarking on a series of drug-fueled misadventures, the three lads get more from the weekend then they'd ever bargained for. Bernard discovers a Dublin he never knew existed, Ray struggles to deal with his personal relationships and Dave tries to break the world record for selling drugs in order to clear his debts with one truly psychotic gangster.
- DirectorJoe O'ByrneStarsBrenda FrickerAlfred MolinaMike MyersPete is a streetwise ex-junkie running from the mob. After his two best friends die, he feels obligated to help raise their three kids who now live with their grandmother.
- DirectorPaddy MurphyStarsMichael CaseyBrian ClancyEric ClancyTwo lads receive a simple job with a big payout. All is not as it seems and if they break The Three Don'ts, they could be in for a world of hurt.
- DirectorMark O'ConnorStarsDan HylandPeter CoonanStephen JonesFollows three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City as they each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.
- DirectorBrendan MuldowneyStarsDarren HealyNora-Jane NooneGerry ShanahanAn exploration of masculinity and violence. A story of obsession and revenge, as a man tries to come to terms with a brutal, random attack and its consequences.
- DirectorDavid GleesonStarsEriq EbouaneyGerard McSorleyJames FrainAn African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery
- DirectorJoe ChadStarsIzii MonetUché Gabriel AkujobiAnna McCann
- DirectorAdam ByrneStarsAdam ByrneMinty (Adam Byrne) decides to go on the deep web and begins to deeper and deeper until he is shrouded in darkness. Welcome To The Dark Web.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsHugo WeavingJames FrechevilleStephen ReaSet in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
- DirectorJason FiggisStarsEaman CraigEmma DunlopStuart Dunne
- DirectorVaughan BuckleyStarsJane AstonJames BlakeleyVaughan BuckleyWhen law student Lily O'Brien's father is found killed as the latest in a series of murders, she and garda James Buckley are determined to find the killer. But the more they find out, the more they begin not only to question the killer's morality, but their own.
- DirectorEli PhesanStarsBrian O'RiordanPaul GannonGeorge BracebridgeAfter a botched bank robbery, two friends go into hiding until they can freely leave Ireland. However the consequences of their past actions begin to catch up with them.
- DirectorFiona GrahamStarsRobert O'ConnorRaymond S. KinsellaToni BaileyTwo petty criminals tired of living on the breadline, decide to branch out on their own. They pull off their first job but quickly realise they've messed with the wrong person. Now time is running out as they try to escape retribution.
- DirectorVan PoyntonStarsDon BakerAndie McCaffrey ByrneSiobhán CallaghanThree haunted men's lives violently interlock in a remorseless feud for survival and vengeance.
- DirectorSean GarlandStarsBernadette CarlinKen DoyleLiam HalliganA 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.
- DirectorMalcolm DeeganStarsDonna BradleyPaul ByrneDesmond DalyA psychiatrist, John Hatchett, wakes up tied to a chair in an abandoned warehouse. Left with no food, water or chance of escape, John's only weapons are his mind and he must use them to full effect.
- DirectorShimmy MarcusStarsWuzza ConlonBP FallonKarl ArgueA contemporary black caper crime comedy.
- DirectorKevin de la Isla O'NeillStarsMichelle DohertyNeill FlemingFergus KealyKatelin Ballantine, a struggling movie producer in search of an investor, reluctantly follows the promise of money into Dublin's drug underworld where she witnesses a botched murder attempt. Forced to finish the job, she is blackmailed into killing for Edmund Murren, a small time, ruthless drug supplier hell bent on becoming top dog. Two years later, Katelin has put a who's who list of drug bosses six feet under and uses her producer role to maintain a low profile. But, when a seemingly simple job unexpectedly spirals out of control, and her identity becomes known to Murren's remaining ambitious and vengeful rivals, she is cut loose. Now the target, and with family in the line of fire, Katelin must adapt to survive the onslaught of the drug underworld as the thin veil masking her double life slips away.
- DirectorFintan ConnollyStarsDavid MurrayIsabelle MenkeDavid WilmotJack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking, and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, his behavior increasingly unpredictable. Their latest scam has them in over their heads. He meets Isabelle, a German woman visiting the city and the resulting story takes place over a few days and nights when all Jack's chickens come home to roost. His life spinning out of control, he must make a decision--sink or swim.
- DirectorColin DowneyStarsNatalia CullenPatrick O'DonnellTrevor DowneyEscaping from an abusive relationship, Daria's luck seems to change when she finds a stash of money in an abandoned shed. But a violent and dangerous man comes looking for this money and will stop at nothing to get it back.