Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine by convincing him to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later, the reappearance of the now-experienced gunman Antaine in a divided Derry throws Father O’Donnell into turmoil. Once allies, the pair are now placed on opposite sides of the same agenda.

The Belly of the Whale

2018

English

5.0

♡ 7

40%

Action

Crime

Drama

Morgan Bushe Director

Michael Smiley as Gits Hegarty

Denis Conway as Jack

Art Parkinson as Martin Lanks

Peter Coonan as Rooster Collins

Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.

Dark Lies the Island

2019

English

5.1

♡ 5

67%

Ian Fitzgibbon Director

Peter Coonan as Doggy Mannion

Moe Dunford as Martin Mannion

Tommy Tiernan as Richie

Charlie Murphy as Sarah

A long standing family feud rocks a small town that comes to a head when the Patriarch of the ruling family decides to upend the status quo. Married to a much younger woman who calls him Daddy, she loves his power but is still in love with her first love, Doggy who is Daddy’s estranged son! Doggy is a criminal running various shady businesses with his dimwit brother, Martin when a mysterious newcomer Richie arrives in town to shake things up. Now watch the fireworks start in this Fargo-esque delight!

King of the Travellers

2012

English

5.0

♡ 1

27%

Mark O'Connor Director

David Murray as Black Martin

Packy Lee as Eamon Moorehouse

Peter Coonan as Mickey the Bags Moorehouse

Barry Keoghan as Young Dublin Lad

King of the Travellers is a contemporary drama grounded in the traditions of the Irish traveller community and driven by emotive Shakespearean themes of love, betrayal, friendship and revenge. The story follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about the killer of his father twelve years ago. John Paul's desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father. John Paul must now battle between his consuming passion for justice versus his desire to be with the woman he now loves.

Older

2020

English

5.6

♡ 19

83%

Guy Pigden Director

Toutai Palu as Bar patron

Harley Neville as Henry

Peter Coonan as The Wise Man

Jay Simon as William Horris

Alex is a failed filmmaker approaching thirty who has moved back in with his parents and re-adopted his teenage lifestyle. While attending a wedding, he reconnects with Jenny, an old high school friend who can both appreciate and relate to Alex’s reluctance to grow up. But Alex is also trying to court Stephanie, someone he has had on and off again dalliances with for over a decade.

The Drummer and the Keeper

2017

English

6.9

♡ 1

71%

Nick Kelly Director

Jacob McCarthy as Christopher

Olwen Fouere as Doctor Assif

Niamh Algar as Ingrid

Peter Coonan as Toss

The Drummer and the Keeper tells the story of the unlikely friendship formed between two young men: Gabriel, a reckless young drummer who revels in rejecting society’s rules and Christopher, a 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, who yearns to fit in. This heartwarming story shows the strength of the human bond in the face of adversity.

Monster

2019

Irish

7.0

♡ 12

Action

Drama

irish great potato famine (1845-52)

Tomás Ó Súilleabháin Director

Peter Coonan as Bailey

Dónall Ó Héalai as Coleman Sharkey

Michael McElhatton as Lieutenant

Elaine O'Dwyer as Margaret

Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.

The Gates

2023

English

4.7

♡ 13

52%

Horror

Thriller

Stephen Hall Director

David Pearse as Father Matthews

John Rhys-Davies as Frederick Ladbroke

Peter Coonan as George Sheppard

Richard Brake as William Colcott

A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it.

1,000 Times Good Night

2013

Norwegian

7.0

♡ 3

Drama

husband wife relationship

mother daughter relationship

photojournalism

War

war photographer

Erik Poppe Director

Peter Coonan as Father #2

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Marcus

Juliette Binoche as Rebecca

Mads Ousdal as Stig

On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.

Amongst the Wolves

2024

English

5.2

♡ 7

87%

Crime

Thriller

Mark O'Connor Director

Peter Coonan as Judge

Helen Behan as Mediator

Aidan Gillen as Power

Kyle Bradley Donaldson as Thug 1

On the streets of Dublin, Danny, a homeless man grappling with the ghosts of his past, finds himself caught in a cycle of despair and survival. Haunted by memories of his time serving in the Royal Irish Army, Danny's life takes a turn when he encounters Will, a young teenager on the run from a dangerous drug gang.

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