Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "irish-immigrant"

1. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.

Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 203,101

2. Gangs of New York (2002)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 472,822 | Gross: $77.81M

3. Brooklyn (2015)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 150,455 | Gross: $38.32M

4. Billy the Kid (2022– )

TV-MA | 49 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

An epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid, from his humble Irish roots and his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.

Stars: Tom Blyth, Daniel Webber, Shaun Benson, Sean Owen Roberts

Votes: 7,230

5. An American Tail (1986)

G | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff

Votes: 58,038 | Gross: $47.48M

6. The Commuter (I) (2018)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 125,368 | Gross: $36.34M

7. Irene (1940)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal

Votes: 782

8. Ned Kelly (2003)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.

Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts

Votes: 28,090 | Gross: $0.07M

9. Bad Samaritan (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero

Votes: 26,093 | Gross: $3.44M

10. In America (2002)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger

Votes: 44,275 | Gross: $15.54M

11. Burke and Hare (2010)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, History

A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry

Votes: 21,346 | Gross: $0.00M

12. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

Approved | 141 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper

Votes: 2,428

13. Never Grow Old (2019)

R | 100 min | Drama, Western

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.

Director: Ivan Kavanagh | Stars: Emile Hirsch, John Cusack, Déborah François, Molly McCann

Votes: 4,828

14. The Molly Maguires (1970)

M | 124 min | Drama, History

In 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay

Votes: 4,333 | Gross: $0.22M

15. Burke & Hare (1972)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Paul Luty, Roy Macready, Derren Nesbitt, Susan Coates

Votes: 565

16. Claire Dolan (1998)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby. The steps that she takes to free herself from her pimp and find a father for the baby are the central story of this movie.

Director: Lodge Kerrigan | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, Patrick Husted

Votes: 1,410 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Manganinnie (1980)

90 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Aboriginal woman Manganinnie survives a Black Line raid which claims the life of her husband, Meenopeekameena.

Director: John Honey | Stars: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton, Elaine Mangan

Votes: 187

18. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail

Votes: 718

19. Sister Kenny (1946)

Approved | 116 min | Biography, Drama

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

Director: Dudley Nichols | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale

Votes: 1,264

20. Little Old New York (1923)

Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Marion Davies, Harrison Ford, Courtenay Foote, Mahlon Hamilton

Votes: 1,086 | Gross: $2.40M

21. The Ballad of Lucy Sands (2024)

360 min | Crime, Drama, Family | Post-production

December 1st 1881. 16 year old Lucy meets her friends in the gritty iron mill town of workington. Failing to return home that night. Her aunt and grandma fear she has left home, until a chilling discovery, 1st March 1882 changes everything

Director: Steve Baldwin | Stars: Megan Tremethick, Kayleigh-Paige Rees, Evie Evans, Simon Alison

22. Carnegie Hall (1947)

Approved | 144 min | Music, Drama

A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when older, the son prefers to play with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra... See full summary »

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh, Martha O'Driscoll

Votes: 402

23. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 57

24. Devil's Harvest (1942)

52 min | Drama

An investigator goes after the people who are corrupting the nation's youth by spreading the weed of Satan--MARIJUANA!!!

Director: Ray Test | Stars: June Doyle, Leo Anthony, George Graham, Ben Barlow

Votes: 76

25. 2by4 (1998)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Johnnie feels a lot of pressure lately. He's the foreman on his uncle's construction crew, and money seems to be going astray. His girlfriend begins pressuring him for more of a commitment ... See full summary »

Director: Jimmy Smallhorne | Stars: Jimmy Smallhorne, Chris O'Neill, Bradley Fitts, Holyoke Joe

Votes: 288 | Gross: $0.02M

26. Looking for Eileen (1987)

98 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's ... See full summary »

Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Thom Hoffman, Lysette Anthony, Marijke Veugelers, John van Dreelen

Votes: 412

27. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)

100 min | Drama

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey

Votes: 313

28. Chasing the Win (2016)

82 min | Documentary, Sport

"There's only one way to win a race, and a million ways to lose it." Chasing the Win follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a down-on-his-luck owner, and their imperfect racehorse ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Ghelfi, Laura Sheehy | Stars: Carl O'Callaghan, Patrick Sheehy, Denis Sheehy, Mike Smith

Votes: 143

29. Black Pool (2019)

85 min | Thriller

A gripping thriller about a revenge-fueled, cat-and-mouse game of imprisonment and interrogation between two Irish immigrants whose mysterious shared past sets them on a collision course with violence.

Director: Dustin Morrow | Stars: Tom Walton, Amber Stonebraker, Todd Van Voris, Kailey Rhodes

Votes: 26

30. Bells of San Fernando (1947)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, History, Western

Mendoza ruthlessly controls the valley of San Fernando and his men guard the only entrance. When Mendoza announces he will marry Michael's girl friend Maria, Michael plans an escape. He ... See full summary »

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Donald Woods, Gloria Warren, Byron Foulger, Shirley O'Hara

Votes: 100

31. I Could Read the Sky (1999)

86 min | Drama

The film tells of the memories and feeling of loss of an Irish immigrant who eventually winds up doing construction work in the anonymous cities of England.

Director: Nichola Bruce | Stars: Dermot Healy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Coyle, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Votes: 95

32. Alex Higgins: The People's Champion (2010 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The rise and fall of the former world snooker champion, Alex Higgins.

Director: Jason Bernard | Stars: James Nesbitt, Bill Borrows, Ann Brown, Steve Davis

Votes: 52

33. On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)

96 min | Drama

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Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Annie Balfour, Paul Bennett, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Caffrey

Votes: 19

34. The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut (2006)

52 min | Documentary

A group of researchers spend nearly seven years trying to uncover the mystery of what happened to a group of 57 Irish immigrants along "Duffy's Cut", a portion of the bustling Pennsylvania railroad.

Directors: Ruán Magan, Stephen Rooke | Stars: Eric Gordon, Frank Watson, William Watson, Victoria Emerick

Votes: 16

35. Irish Hearts (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy

Sheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to America, Sheila and her father follow and join him. However, when he loses his job, Sheila is ... See full summary »

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: May McAvoy, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Kathleen Key

Votes: 32

36. Irish Fantasy (1929)

Short, Musical

An Irish grandfather tells his young grandson stories of his roots, his courtship with his grandmother and love of freedom through stories and song.

Director: Orville O. Dull | Stars: Donald Novis, Helen Foster, Nick Cogley, Harry Watson

Votes: 12

37. Medicine Fiddle (1992)

Documentary, History, Music

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Director: Michael Loukinen | Star: Lawrence 'Teddy Boy' Houle

38. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: One for the Road (1986)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In 1934, a couple of South Bronx barflies try to kill drunk Mike Malloy for his insurance money and find they're tangling with much more than they bargained for.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: James Cromwell, Geoffrey Lewis, Joe Pantoliano, Al Ruscio

Votes: 323

39. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode: The Brawlers (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Barkleys find themselves butting heads with a group of Irish settlers who have inadvertently illegally settled on Barkley land due to a fraudulent sale they were duped into.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans

Votes: 134

40. The Campbells (1986–1990)
Episode: Duty Bound (1990)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Pat Harmon, the blacksmith, is kidnapped by the wife of an escaped convict to remove her husband's shackles. While tracking the convict, Neil Campbell runs into Will Forrester and enlists his help. Pat starts to bond with his kidnappers.

Director: Malcolm Stoddard | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith

41. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee (1992)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Cameron Dye, Cliff Gorman, George Hearn

Votes: 298

42. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode: Entrapment (1983)

TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Drama

White is under investigation by the medical board for giving out pills without a prescription. An all-out war erupts between the Irish and Protestants. Cathy Martin becomes infatuated with Dr. Craig and begins sending him anonymous gifts.

Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Bry

Votes: 57

43. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Wren Boys: Part 1 (2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Davy, a young boy is drowned in concrete, is it suicide, accident, or murder?

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 164

44. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.9 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The barristers re-examine the violent attack on an Irish Catholic man by a rival gang in Darlington in 1875. They uncover a case of revenge, murder, secret societies and a deathbed accusation.

Directors: James Brailsford, Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Sasha Wass, Jeremy Dein, David Radford

45. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Owney Madden: Duke of the Westside/John 'Red' Hamilton and the Dillinger Gang (2008)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Notorious gangsters Owner "Killer" Madden and John "Red" Hamilton, who led similar lives that ended quite differently.

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Michael Walsh, T.J. English, John Beatty, William Kennedy

Votes: 9

46. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Brian O'Dea/Pat Nee (2008)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Pat Nee started out together with James 'Whitey' Bulger in the Winter Hill gang in South Boston but as Whitey started to introduce drugs to the community Nee tried to stop it and eventually... See full summary »

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Brian O'Dea, John Wareham, Pat Nee, T.J. English

47. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: No Irish Need Apply (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan learn about their strong-willed Irish ancestors, the extreme poverty that made them leave Ireland, and the horrific prejudice, persecution and exploitation they faced in 19th century America.

Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Henry Louis Gates Jr., John F. Kennedy, Jane Lynch

Votes: 38

48. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Allen (2021)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Sasha and Jeremy explore a case in which the controversial killing of a police officer sparked the round-up of dozens of suspects and ended with three men going to the gallows.

Directors: James Pearson, Clare Wales | Stars: Tony Hirst, Sasha Wass, Jeremy Dein, David Radford

49. It's History (2015– )
Episode: Lost Canals of New Jersey - The Story of Morris & Delaware and Raritan Canals (2021)

14 min | History

Many of the bodies of water in New Jersey are remnant of two major canals that transported coal from Pennsylvania to the coast during the industrial revolution. Here is the story of how and... See full summary »

Star: Ryan Socash

50. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Bullets over Boston: The Irish Mob (2008)

46 min | Documentary

The investigation of south Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who's been on the run since 1995, is chronicled. He's the FBI's second most-wanted man, behind only Osama bin Laden.

Director: Chris Lent | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Howie Carr, Pat Nee, Howie Winter