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1. Derry Girls (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Tara Lynne O'Neill, Kathy Kiera Clarke
Votes: 58,772
2. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez
Votes: 51,543 | Gross: $0.05M
3. Belfast (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan
Votes: 92,673
4. Ordet (1955)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Hanne Aagesen
Votes: 17,432
5. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Documentary, History, War
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
Votes: 935
6. The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The affair of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time, leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
Director: Muayad Alayan | Stars: Adeeb Safadi, Sivane Kretchner, Ishai Golan, Maisa Abd Elhadi
Votes: 1,315 | Gross: $0.12M
7. Tremors (2019)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
The coming out of an evangelical father shatters his family, his community and uncovers a profoundly repressive society.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa, Rui Frati
Votes: 1,517
8. The Informant (1997)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A young I.R.A. member is forced to turn informant on his comrades, when he is caught in an assassination attempt on a judge.
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Anthony Brophy, Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, Maria Lennon
Votes: 676
9. I, Dolours (2018)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary about Dolours Price, one of very few women who rose to the top of the IRA and who was involved in bombings during the Troubles in the 1970s.
Director: Maurice Sweeney | Stars: Lorna Larkin, Lauren Beale, Gail Brady, Frank Cannon
Votes: 315
10. The House of Paisley (2023)
Documentary
Biography exploring the life and political career of Reverand Ian Paisley.
Stars: Joanne Crawford, Gerry Adams, David McIlveen, Ivan Foster
Votes: 10
11. Young Plato (2021)
102 min | Documentary
School headmaster Kevin McArevey tries to change the fortunes of an inner-city Irish community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs.
Directors: Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin | Stars: Kevin McArevey, Jan-Marie Reel
Votes: 403
12. This Is the Sea (1997)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan, who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause, and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Samantha Morton, Ross McDade, Richard Harris, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 386
13. The Ballymurphy Precedent (2018)
108 min | Documentary
The Ballymurphy Precedent tells the unknown story of the death of eleven innocent people at the hands of the British Army in a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971. This is a massacre that ... See full summary »
Director: Callum Macrae | Stars: Kevin-Barry Brown, Noel O'Brien, Callum Janes
Votes: 90
14. Shooting for Socrates (2014)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
In November 1985, the troubled streets of Belfast are torn up by rioting yet again. In amongst the angry mob, we find nine year old Tommy, nonchalantly dribbling a ball through the insanity... See full summary »
Director: James Erskine | Stars: John Hannah, Conleth Hill, Richard Dormer, Art Parkinson
Votes: 322
15. Shoot to Kill (1990 TV Movie)
222 min | Drama
Dramatised outline of the events leading up to the Stalker Inquiry in the 1980s in Northern Ireland, concerning the killing of suspected terrorists by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Vass Anderson, Rod Arthur, Ray Ashcroft, Susan Baker
Votes: 29
16. Unquiet Graves (2018)
75 min | Documentary
This feature-length documentary investigates the role the British government played in the murder of over 120 civilians in Counties Armagh and Tyrone from July 1972 to 1978.
Director: Sean A Murray | Stars: Chris Patrick-Simpson, Patrick Buchanan, Chris McMahon, Andrew McNeill
Votes: 102
17. A Sense of Loss (1972)
135 min | Documentary
Shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Bridget Andrews, Bridget Bond, Noël Browne, Mr. and Mrs. George Caldwell
Votes: 70
18. The Patriot Game (1979)
93 min | Documentary, History
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.
Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall
Votes: 177
19. Shellshock Rock (1979)
46 min | Documentary
A documentary film which captures the zeitgeist of the Ulster punk scene in the late 70s during The Troubles. Featuring live performances from bands, such as The Undertones and Stiff Little Fingers and interviews with fans.
Director: John T. Davis | Stars: John Burns, Henry Cluney, Brian Faloon, Terri Hooley
Votes: 37
20. The Life After (2018)
89 min | Documentary
The stories of the ordinary people in Northern Ireland who had to cope with the loss of their loved ones, killed during the Troubles.
Directors: Brian Hill, Niamh Kennedy
Votes: 6
21. Endgame in Ireland (2001 TV Movie)
240 min | Documentary
A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Anderson, Mick Gold | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Denis Bradley
Votes: 42
22. Homeland Gone (2020)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Lebanon is a country hijacked by sects, money, and power. While citizens long for a collective identity to thrive as a community, politicians use the sectarianism for their corrupt ambitions.
Director: Laura Lavinia | Stars: Firas Alshoufi, Hadi Nasrallah, Jamal Wakim
Votes: 11
23. Loyalists (1999– )
60 min | Documentary
Journalist Peter Taylor investigates loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.
Star: Peter Taylor
Votes: 19
24. Battle of the Bogside (2004)
60 min | Documentary
Feature documentary on the 3-days of riots in Derry, Northern Ireland that led to the deployment of British Troops into Derry in August 1969.
Director: Vinny Cunningham | Stars: Kenneth Bloomfield, James Callaghan, Gregory Campbell, Bernadette Devlin
Votes: 15
25. Billy Boys (1995)
15 min | Short, Documentary
The documentary short, made for Channel 4 and MIDA/Liverpool, contests the liberal adage of the UK as a harmonious melting pot of faiths.
Director: Lynn Keane
26. Tahqiq fel djenna (2017)
135 min | Documentary
This documentary interweaves in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip as a pair of journalists travel throughout Algeria asking their fellow citizens about the meaning of paradise that promises men 72 virgins after death.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Salima Abada, Mohamed Seghir Bendaoud, Amine Kabbes
Votes: 69
27. Petrol Bombs & Peace: Welcome to Belfast (2013 TV Movie)
Documentary
Alys Harte follows Pride of Ardoyne, a loyalist marching band from Belfast, over the summer of 2013 leading up to the Twelfth of July.
Director: Declan Lawn
28. The Bombing of Al-Bara (2013)
36 min | Documentary, Short
On Oct. 28, 2012, while filming an interview with a Syrian rebel leader in the village of al-Bara, a regime airstrike hit barely 300 meters from where he was standing.
Director: Olly Lambert
29. Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (2011)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Lelia Doolan | Star: Bernadette Devlin
Votes: 26
31.
Stand Up for Live Comedy (2020)
Episode:
Belfast
(2020)
30 min | Comedy
The second event comes from Belfast where local comedian and social media sensation Paddy Raff explains what makes Belfast audiences unique and introduces Rachel Fairburn, Mary O'Connell and Shane Todd.
Director: Geraldine Dowd | Stars: Paddy Raff, Mary O'Connell, Rachel Fairburn, Shane Todd
32.
The Outsiders (1983)
Episode:
Sean MacBride
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Sean MacBride
33.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
Noughts and Crosses
(2004)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Bernard Hill, Jonathan Miller, Simon Schaffer
Votes: 11
34.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Invasion of Iraq from the Iraqi Perspective
(2020)
14 min | Documentary, Animation
The Armchair Historian looks at the after effects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S and it's allies on the Iraqi people after the fall of Saddam Hussein and the resulting years of ... See full summary »
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, Robert Loria
35.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
9/11 and the Belligerent Empire
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ramsey Clark, Wesley Clark, Roger Lane, Abby Martin
Votes: 15
36.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
ISIS, the New Israel
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Sabah Alnasseri, Chris Hedges
37.
House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
59 min | Documentary
Looks at the challenges facing the Crown Prince as he commits to reform and tackling extremism. But growing conflict with Iran has placed the Kingdom at the heart of the Middle East crisis.
Director: Mike Rudin | Stars: Saskia Reeves, Muhamed Hafizovic, Michael Chandler, Bruce Riedel
Votes: 27