Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA's, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award, five times for a Golden Globe Award and once for an Academy Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson.
He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010). He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). He is also known for his leading roles in films such as The General (1998), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014), Frankie (2019), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the lattermost film.
He won an Primetime Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. He also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in the Showtime series The Comey Rule (2020). From 2017 to 2019 he starred in the crime series Mr. Mercedes. He received an Emmy Award nomination for Stephen Frears' Sundance TV series State of the Union (2022).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 36.585 |
| Birthday | 1955-03-29 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Also Known As | Брендан Глісон, |
2002
28 Days Later
7.227/6736
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a...
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28 Days Later
1995
Braveheart
7.9/10126
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's sol...
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Braveheart
2000
Mission: Impossible II
6.127/6714
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former...
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Mission: Impossible II
2005
Breakfast on Pluto
7.189/383
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother...
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Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
6.971/4272
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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Kingdom of Heaven
2004
Troy
7.2/10156
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...
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Troy
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7.808/20697
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Tri...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7.677/19463
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2003
Cold Mountain
6.9/1761
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts...
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Cold Mountain
1996
Michael Collins
6.895/467
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a compl...
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Michael Collins
2007
Beowulf
5.9/2813
A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.
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Beowulf
2002
Gangs of New York
7.322/6610
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murder...
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Gangs of New York
2006
The Tiger's Tail
5.8/23
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
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The Tiger's Tail
2001
The Tailor of Panama
6/482
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a ne...
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The Tailor of Panama
2002
Dark Blue
6.195/316
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his...
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Dark Blue
2023
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2/1
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of The Banshees of Inisherin.
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On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2010
Green Zone
6.5/2151
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of...
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Green Zone
2004
The Village
6.5/4182
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alte...
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The Village
1990
The Field
7/88
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell...
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The Field
2008
In Bruges
7.494/5125
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previ...
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In Bruges
2000
Harrison's Flowers
6.5/73
1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead,...
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Harrison's Flowers
2004
Six Shooter
7.1/245
Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As...
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Six Shooter
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7.7/19059
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2009
The Secret of Kells
7.402/687
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to...
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The Secret of Kells
1997
I Went Down
6/23
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in troub...
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I Went Down
1993
The Snapper
6.4/78
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father,...
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The Snapper
1999
Lake Placid
5.9/1114
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix...
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Lake Placid
2007
Black Irish
6.7/24
In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While old...
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Black Irish
1997
Turbulence
5.288/241
On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various peop...
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Turbulence
2009
Perrier's Bounty
5.698/96
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
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Perrier's Bounty
2009
Into the Storm
6.4/80
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the w...
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Into the Storm
2004
In My Country
6.198/43
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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In My Country
1998
The General
6.655/113
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwant...
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The General
2011
The Guard
7/1206
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they...
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The Guard
2012
The Raven
6.3/1333
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in t...
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The Raven
1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again
0/0
Americans want to take over the Irish creamery Angela Mooney's husband built up. Everybody in town is delighted, with the exception of Mrs Mooney, who...
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Angela Mooney Dies Again
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
6.5/1087
The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores...
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2011
Albert Nobbs
6.332/467
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a...
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Albert Nobbs
2012
Safe House
6.5/3581
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative esc...
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Safe House
2011
The Cup
5.8/16
At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the...
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The Cup
2013
The Smurfs 2
5.758/2187
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful...
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The Smurfs 2
2012
The Company You Keep
6.2/696
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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The Company You Keep
1996
Trojan Eddie
5.3/6
Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather tha...
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Trojan Eddie
2014
Calvary
7.1/946
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Calvary
2015
In the Heart of the Sea
6.76/4082
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almo...
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In the Heart of the Sea
2014
The Grand Seduction
6.6/313
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis la...
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The Grand Seduction
2010
Noreen
7.8/2
Two guards are headed to a house where there has been a shot due to a statement of a neighbour who called the police. What can possibly happen there?...
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Noreen
2019
Lost Lives
6/1
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Lost Lives
2015
Suffragette
7.241/1604
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and m...
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Suffragette
1996
Spaghetti Slow
0/0
A wealthy young Italian man is sent to Ireland to learn English, only to fall in love with the daughter of the host family he is staying with.
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Spaghetti Slow
2016
Trespass Against Us
5.8/323
Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and...
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Trespass Against Us
2014
Song of the Sea
8/1421
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When th...
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Song of the Sea
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
7.626/13826
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within min...
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Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
6.9/1416
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea...
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Stonehearst Asylum
2000
Wild About Harry
6.1/13
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.
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Wild About Harry
2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
5.5/1835
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
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Joker: Folie à Deux
1999
This Is My Father
5.4/12
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he loo...
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This Is My Father
H Is for Hawk
0/0
The true story follows Helen who, after losing her beloved father, finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubbor hawk named Mabel. Thro...
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H Is for Hawk
2016
Alone in Berlin
6.7/369
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with...
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Alone in Berlin
2024
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
0/0
In 2021, Hughes’s pub closed its doors for the last time. In January 2022, talented fiddle player, actor, and Hughes regular Brendan Gleeson meets mus...
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Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2015
Pursuit
5.5/2
Pursuit is a modern take on Irish mythology, adapting the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne and transforming it into a road movie and gangster thriller f...
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Pursuit
Sexual Healing
0/0
A look at the last years of Marvin Gaye's life, from his parting ways with Motown and self-imposed exile to Europe, to his relationship with Freddy Co...
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Sexual Healing
1997
A Further Gesture
4.7/9
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York...
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A Further Gesture
2016
Live by Night
6.2/1289
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Live by Night
2016
Assassin's Creed
5.43/7698
Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descend...
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Assassin's Creed
2000
Saltwater
7.1/7
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help,...
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Saltwater
1999
Sweety Barrett
5.8/4
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unle...
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Sweety Barrett
1991
The Treaty
8/2
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after hig...
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The Treaty
2016
Atlantic
7/0
Documentary about the two big resources in the North Atlantic, fish and oil, and the impact of their exploitation on the environment in various countr...
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Atlantic
2017
Paddington 2
7.5/2363
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Paddington 2
2001
Cáca Milis
5.5/4
A chance encounter on a train between a young woman and a blind man.
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Cáca Milis
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7.043/6127
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually b...
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2017
Hampstead
6/187
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse,...
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Hampstead
2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
6.258/33
With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where...
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So You Want To Be A Pirate!
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
0/0
Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole a...
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Love Lies Bleeding
2018
Psychic
5/1
A light and dark tale of family, showmanship and the suspension of disbelief.
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Psychic
2006
Studs
5/5
The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon...
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Studs
1999
My Life So Far
5.758/30
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor hus...
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My Life So Far
2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
4.667/12
Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing th...
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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
1992
Into the West
6.5/45
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
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Into the West
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.135/4013
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songste...
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2019
Frankie
4.9/57
About three generations of a family grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in the historic town of Sintra, Portugal.
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Frankie
1992
Far and Away
6.8/1193
A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh wi...
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Far and Away
1998
The Butcher Boy
6.794/114
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, su...
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The Butcher Boy
1990
Dear Sarah
0/0
Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as s...
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Dear Sarah
2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
6.9/752
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurre...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
7.456/2746
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
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The Banshees of Inisherin
2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
4.7/3
In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movi...
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Deconstructing 'The Village'
2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
6/87
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Rive...
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Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2006
The Path to Redemption
8/1
From pre-production to release, we are given an exclusive look into the making of Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Interviews with the cast an...
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The Path to Redemption
2022
The Dead Zoo
0/0
The story, narrated by Brendan Gleeson, of how the curators of the Dead Zoo, Dublin's beloved Natural History Museum, managed to get two enormous whal...
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The Dead Zoo
The Honey Wars
0/0
Follows Hope, a young girl with a secret ability to see the invisible threads that connect the magical world to our own. Recently uprooted by the loss...
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The Honey Wars
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
0/0
A behind the scenes look at the production of Beowulf
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