Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

Brothers

2009

English

7.1

♡ 135

63%

62%

Action

afghanistan war (2001- )

afghanistan war (2001-2021)

Jim Sheridan Director

Tobey Maguire as Capt. Sam Cahill

Natalie Portman as Grace Cahill

Rebecca Grant as Nurse

Jake Gyllenhaal as Tommy Cahill

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

In America

2002

English

7.6

♡ 14

90%

semi autobiographical

struggling actor

tenement

Jim Sheridan Director

Nick Dunning as Gynaecologist

Djimon Hounsou as Mateo

Frank Wood as Paediatrician

Adrian Martinez as Shopkeeper

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

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

English

6.6

♡ 1

Action

Documentary

Jim Sheridan Director

Kenneth Branagh as Self

Anthony Hopkins as Self

Brian Cox as Self

Michael Jayston as Self

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.

The Secret Scripture

2016

English

6.7

♡ 15

34%

based on novel or book

Jim Sheridan Director

Eric Bana as Dr. Grene

Adrian Dunbar as Dr. Hart

Theo James as Father Gaunt

Aidan Turner as Jack Conroy

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

In the Name of the Father

1993

English

8.1

♡ 121

94%

95%

Action

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

prison

rebellion

Jim Sheridan Director

Emma Thompson as Gareth Peirce

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone

Peter Howitt as Remand Prison Officer

Paul Warriner as Soldier

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

English

5.5

♡ 32

17%

Jim Sheridan Director

Arnold Pinnock as Detective

Paulino Nunes as Detective

Pedro Salvín as Man

Russell Hornsby as Odell

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Dream House

2011

English

6.0

♡ 49

7%

Jim Sheridan Director

Sarah Gadon as Cindi

Marton Csokas as Jack Patterson

Rachel Weisz as Libby

Joe Pingue as Martin

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

My Left Foot

1989

English

7.8

♡ 23

98%

92%

Action

based on a true story

based on true story

biography

Biography

bodily disabled person

Drama

foot

poet

Jim Sheridan Director

Fiona Shaw as Dr. Eileen Cole

Ruth McCabe as Mary

Adrian Dunbar as Peter

Tom Hickey as Priest

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

The Field

1990

English

7.3

♡ 7

43%

Jim Sheridan Director

John Hurt as Bird' O'Donnell

Richard Harris as 'Bull' McCabe

Brendan Gleeson as Quarryman

Sean Bean as Tadgh McCabe

"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 it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

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The Boxer

Brothers

In America

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

The Secret Scripture

In the Name of the Father

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Dream House

My Left Foot

The Field