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Irish crime drama films
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The list Irish crime drama films includes
The Good Thief, The General, The Escapist, Johnny Was and When the Sky Falls.
The list consists of 17 members
and 1 sublist.
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Veronica Guerin
2003 film
Overview: Veronica Guerin is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda ...
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Joel SchumacherProducer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Ned DowdWriter: Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes DonoghueAn Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
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The Good Thief
2002 film by Neil Jordan
Overview: The Good Thief is a 2002 crime thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of the French film Bob le flambeur (1955) by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice ...Release date: 6 September 2002Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Neil JordanProducer: Jean-Yves Asselin, Kristin HarmsWriter: Auguste Le Breton, Jean-Pierre MelvilleAn aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in the South of France. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes ... 0
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The General
1998 Irish-British film by John Boorman
Overview: The General is an Irish crime film written and directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who undertook several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the ...Release date: 29 May 1998Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: John BoormanProducer: John Boorman, Paul WilliamsThe real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team... 0
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The Escapist
2008 British film
Overview: The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller film starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It was directed and co- ...Release date: 21 January 2008Genre: Thriller, Crime, DramaDirector: Rupert WyattProducer: Daniel Hardy, Rupert WyattFrank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill... 0
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Johnny Was
2006 Irish film
Overview: Johnny Was is an Irish/English gangster movie directed by Mark Hammond, written by Brendan Foley, and made in 2005 by Ben Katz Productions, Borderline Productions and Nordisk Film. It was released in the ...Release date: 22 February 2006Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, ActionDirector: Mark HammondProducer: Brendan Foley, Ira Besserman 0
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When the Sky Falls
2000 Irish film
Overview: When the Sky Falls is a 2000 film à clef directed by John Mackenzie and starring Joan Allen. The narrative centres on reporter Veronica Guerin, who wrote about drug-related crime for the Sunday Independent ...Release date: 26 June 2000Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: John MackenzieCast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne, Gerard Mannix FlynnProducer: Guy Andrews, Ronan Gallagher 0
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Trojan Eddie
1996 film by Gillies MacKinnon
Overview: Trojan Eddie is a 1996 British-Irish crime drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon.Release date: 9 September 1996Genre: Drama, Romance, CrimeDirector: Gillies MacKinnonProducer: Emma Burge, Seamus ByrneWriter: Billy RocheEddie, a small town ex-con, discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his ... 0
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The Front Line
2006 Irish crime drama film directed by David Gleeson
Overview: The Front Line is a 2006 Irish crime drama film directed by David Gleeson. The plot revolves around a Congolese immigrant working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals ...Release date: 16 July 2006Genre: Drama, ThrillerDirector: David GleesonCast: Eriq Ebouaney, James Frain, Gerard McSorley, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fatou N'Diaye, Brian Eli SsebunyaProducer: David Gleeson, Chris ChrisafisAn 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 ... 0
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Calm with Horses
2019 Irish drama film
Overview: Calm with Horses is a 2019 Irish crime drama film directed by Nick Rowland in his feature debut, and written by Joseph Murtagh. It concerns an ex-boxer who works as an enforcer for a criminal family in ...
Director: Nick RowlandProducer: Theo Barrowclough, Will ClarkeWriter: Joseph Murtagh, Colin BarrettDouglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two ... 0
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Cardboard Gangsters
2017 Irish film
Overview: Cardboard Gangsters is a 2017 Irish crime film set in Darndale, Coolock, Dublin. It was funded by Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Director: Mark O'ConnorProducer: Richard Bolger, Alan FitzpatrickWriter: John Connors, Mark O'ConnorA group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex. 0
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King of the Travellers
2012 Irish film
Overview: King of the Travellers is a 2012 Irish revenge drama written and directed by Mark O'Connor.
Genre: DramaDirector: Mark O'ConnorProducer: Cormac Fox, Mark O'ConnorWriter: Mark O'ConnorIn the Travelling community, a young man must put his past behind him and settle a long running feud between two families so he can be with the love of ... 0
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Barber
2023 Irish film
Overview: Barber is a 2023 Irish thriller film starring Aidan Gillen. The film is written by Fiona Bergin and Fintan Connolly, produced by Bergin and directed by Connolly. It premiered at the 2023 Dublin Intern ...
Director: Fintan ConnollyProducer: Fiona Bergin, Brian WillisWriter: Fiona Bergin, Fintan ConnollyVal Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. 0
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A Belfast Story
2013 film
Overview: A Belfast Story is a 2013 Irish crime film written and directed by Nathan Todd and starring Colm Meaney. It is Todd's directorial debut.Director: Nathan ToddProducer: Shelly Jackson, Chris PattersonWriter: Nathan ToddIn a city left torn by war, when a series of murders awaken dormant memories, many fear the worst. Colm Meaney ("Hell On Wheels"... 0
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Between the Canals
2010 Irish film
Overview: Between the Canals is an 2010 Irish crime film written and directed by Mark O'Connor.Release date: 18 March 2011Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Mark O'ConnorProducer: Mark O'ConnorFollows three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City as they each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society. 0
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Man on the Train
2011 Canadian-Irish film
Overview: Man on the Train is a 2011 crime-drama film directed by Mary McGuckian, starring Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. It is an English-language remake of the 2002 French film of the same name.Release date: 1 May 2011Genre: DramaDirector: Mary McGuckianProducer: Anne Acheson, Alissa AllenWriter: Patrick Cauvin, Mary McGuckianA mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch... 0
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Poitín
1978 Irish film
Overview: Poitín is a 1978 Irish crime drama film produced and directed by Bob Quinn, and starring Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, and Niall Tóibín. It was the first feature film to be made entirely in Irish, and the ...Release date: 1 November 1978Genre: DramaDirector: Bob QuinnCast: Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Mairead Ni Conghaile, Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta, Macdara Ó FathartaProducer: Bob QuinnWriter: Colm BaireadA poteen maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardai in Connemara 0
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Stalker
2012 Irish psychological thriller film by Mark O'Connor
Overview: Stalker is a 2012 Irish psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark O'Connor.Genre: ThrillerDirector: Mark O'ConnorProducer: Mark O'Connor, Cormac FoxA mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell. 0
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