List of The Troubles films

Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of The Troubles and the Dissident Irish republican campaign. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

1960s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1968 United Kingdom The Violent Enemy Don Sharp Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Candle for the Dead.

1970s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
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Director Subject
1974 Canada A Quiet Day in Belfast Milad Bessada Drama. Based on the play A Quiet Day in Belfast.
1975 United Kingdom
United States
Hennessy Don Sharp Action, Drama, Thriller.
1979 United States
Netherlands
The Outsider Tony Luraschi Drama, History, Thriller. Based on a novel The Heritage of Michael Flaherty.

1980s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1980 United Kingdom The Long Good Friday John Mackenzie Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller.
1981 United Kingdom Looks and Smiles Ken Loach Drama.
1981 Ireland Traveller Joe Comerford Drama.
1981 United Kingdom
Ireland
Maeve Pat Murphy Drama.
1982 Ireland
United Kingdom
Angel Neil Jordan Drama, Music, Thriller.
1983 United Kingdom Acceptable Levels John Davies Drama.
1983 Belgium
France
The Writing On The Wall Nous étions tous des noms d'arbres Armand Gatti Drama.
1984 United Kingdom
Ireland
Cal Pat O'Connor Drama, Thriller, Romance. Based on a novel Cal.
1985 United Kingdom No Surrender Peter Smith Comedy.
1987 United Kingdom Boy Soldier Milwr Bychan Karl Francis Drama.
1987 United Kingdom A Prayer for the Dying Mike Hodges Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Prayer for the Dying.
1988 United Kingdom
United States
For Queen and Country Martin Stellman Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
1989 United Kingdom
United States
Elephant Alan Clarke Drama.

1990s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1990 United Kingdom Hidden Agenda Ken Loach Drama, Thriller.
1992 United Kingdom The Railway Station Man Michael Whyte Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Railway Station Man.
1992 United States Patriot Games Phillip Noyce Action, Thriller. Based on a novel Patriot Games.
1992 United Kingdom
Japan
The Crying Game Neil Jordan Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation.
1993 Ireland High Boot Benny Joe Comerford Drama.
1993 Ireland
United States
In the Name of the Father Jim Sheridan Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on an autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four. Guildford pub bombings, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven
1994 United States Patriots Frank Kerr Thriller.
1994 United States Blown Away Stephen Hopkins Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
1995 United Kingdom
Ireland
Nothing Personal Thaddeus O'Sullivan Drama.
1996 Lebanon
Germany
Ireland
Warshots Kriegsbilder Heiner Stadler
1996 Ireland
United States
Some Mother's Son Terry George Drama, History. 1981 Irish hunger strike
1997 Ireland This Is the Sea Mary McGuckian Drama, Romance.
1997 United Kingdom The Eliminator Enda Hughes Action, Comedy.
1997 United States The Devil's Own Alan J. Pakula Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
1997 United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
Ireland
Japan
A Further Gesture Robert Dornhelm Drama, Romance, Thriller.
1997 Ireland
United States
The Boxer Jim Sheridan Drama, Romance, Sport.
1997 United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Japan
The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel The Day of the Jackal.
1997 United States My Brother's War James Brolin Action, Thriller.
1998 United Kingdom Crossmaheart Henry Herbert Drama. Based on a novel Cycle of Violence.
1998 United States
United Kingdom
Ronin John Frankenheimer Action, Crime, Thriller.
1998 United Kingdom
Ireland
The General John Boorman Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill
1998 United Kingdom Divorcing Jack David Caffrey Thriller, Comedy. Based on a novel Divorcing Jack.
1998 United Kingdom Titanic Town Roger Michell Drama.
1998 United Kingdom Resurrection Man Marc Evans Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Resurrection Man. Shankill Butchers
1999 Ireland Sunset Heights Colm Villa Action, Thriller.
1999 United Kingdom
United States
Shergar Dennis Lewiston Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport. Shergar

2000s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
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Director Subject
2000 Ireland
United States
Moving Target Paul Ziller Action.
2000 United States An Everlasting Piece Barry Levinson Comedy.
2001 United Kingdom
Ireland
Mapmaker Johnny Gogan Thriller.
2001 Ireland Silent Grace Maeve Murphy Drama. Based on the plays The Armagh Women, Now and at the hour of our Death. Dirty protest
2001 Ireland H3 Les Blair Drama. 1981 Irish hunger strike
2002 United Kingdom
Ireland
Boxed Marion Comer Drama.
2004 United Kingdom
France
Ireland
Mickybo and Me Terry Loane Comedy, Drama. Based on the play Mojo Mickybo.
2005 Italy The Silence of the Skylark Il silenzio dell'allodola David Ballerini Drama.
2005 Ireland
United Kingdom
The Mighty Celt Pearse Elliot Drama.
2005 Ireland
United Kingdom
Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Breakfast on Pluto.
2006 United States
Ireland
I.R.A.: King of Nothing Damian Chapa Action, Drama.
2006 United Kingdom
Ireland
Johnny Was Mark Hammond Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
2007 United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Closing the Ring Richard Attenborough Drama, Romance.
2008 Ireland Anton Graham Cantwell Action, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller.
2008 Ireland Peacefire Macdara Vallely Drama.
2008 United Kingdom
Ireland
Hunger Steve McQueen Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. 1981 Irish hunger strike
2008 United Kingdom
Canada
Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on Martin McGartland's autobiography.
2009 United States Disappearing in America Erik Rodgers Drama.
2009 United Kingdom
Ireland
Five Minutes of Heaven Oliver Hirschbiegel Drama, Thriller.

2010s

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
2011 United States No Saints for Sinners Nathan Frankowski Action, Crime.
2012 United Kingdom
Ireland
Shadow Dancer James Marsh Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel Shadow Dancer.
2013 United Kingdom
Ireland
Good Vibrations Lisa Barros D'Sa
Glenn Leyburn
Biography, Drama, Music.
2013 United Kingdom The Best Years Danny Patrick Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance.
2013 Ireland A Belfast Story Nathan Todd Crime, Drama.
2014 United Kingdom Shooting for Socrates James Erskine Comedy, Drama, Sport. 1986 FIFA World Cup
2014 United Kingdom '71 Yann Demange Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War.
2016 United Kingdom The Truth Commissioner Declan Recks Crime, Drama, Thriller.
2016 United Kingdom The Journey Nick Hamm Biography, Drama, History. Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, St Andrews Agreement.
2017 United Kingdom
China
United States
India
The Foreigner Martin Campbell Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Chinaman.
2017 United Kingdom
Ireland
Sweden
Germany
Maze Stephen Burke Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller. Maze Prison escape
2018 Ireland
United Kingdom
Penance Aithrí Tommy Collins Action, Romance. Based on the story Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach.
2019 United Kingdom Cyprus Avenue Rhodri Huw
Vicky Featherstone
Comedy, Drama, Thriller.

2020s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
2020 United Kingdom
Ireland
Wildfire Cathy Brady Drama.
2021 Ireland A Bend in the River Colin Broderick Drama.
2021 United Kingdom Belfast Kenneth Branagh Biography, Drama, Romance. 1969 Northern Ireland riots
2022 Ireland The Troubles: A Dublin Story Luke Hanlon Crime, Drama.
2023 United Kingdom Dead Shot Tom Guard
Charles Guard
Action, Thriller. Based on the book The Road to Balcombe Street.
2023 Ireland
United Kingdom
Baltimore Joe Lawlor
Christine Molloy
Thriller. Rose Dugdale
2023 Ireland In the Land of Saints and Sinners Robert Lorenz Action, Crime, Thriller.
2024 Ireland
United Kingdom
Kneecap Rich Peppiatt Comedy, Drama. Kneecap

Upcoming films

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
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Director Subject
202X United Kingdom The Sniper's Daughter
(Stranger with a Camera)
Oorlagh George Mystery.

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1975 Italy Mondo candido Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco E. Prosperi
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Based on a novel Candide.
1976 France
Italy
West Germany
Canada
Born for Hell Die Hinrichtung Denis Héroux Drama, Horror, Thriller. Richard Speck

Television films

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1972 United States
United Kingdom
A War of Children George Schaefer Drama.
1980 United Kingdom Murphy's Stroke Frank Cvitanovich Drama.
1980 United Kingdom The Long March Chris Parr Drama.
1981 United Kingdom Nailed June Howson
1982 United Kingdom Giro City Karl Francis Drama, Thriller.
1983 United Kingdom Across the Water Paul Seed Drama.
1984 United Kingdom Killer Waiting Michael Ferguson Thriller.
1984 United States
Ireland
Children in the Crossfire George Schaefer Drama.
1984 United Kingdom Four Days in July Mike Leigh Drama.
1985 United Kingdom We'll Support You Evermore Douglas Livingstone Drama.
1986 Canada In This Corner Atom Egoyan Drama.
1987 United Kingdom Rat in the Skull Glyn Edwards
Max Stafford-Clark
Drama.
1988 New Zealand The Grasscutter Ian Mune Crime.
1989 Ireland
United Kingdom
Hush-a-Bye Baby Margo Harkin Romance.
1990 Ireland Dear Sarah Frank Cvitanovich Drama. Guildford Four and Maguire Seven
1992 United Kingdom You, Me and Marley Richard Spence Drama.
1995 Canada
United Kingdom
Beyond Reason Jim O'Brien Drama.
1997 Ireland Bogwoman Tommy Collins Drama.
1997 Ireland
United States
The Informant Jim McBride Drama. Based on the book Field of Blood.
1999 United Kingdom Vicious Circle David Blair Crime, Drama. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill
2002 United Kingdom As the Beast Sleeps Harry Bradbeer Drama. Ulster Defence Association
2002 United Kingdom
Ireland
Sunday Charles McDougall Drama. Bloody Sunday
2002 United Kingdom
Ireland
United States
Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass Drama, History, War. Based on the book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Ivan Cooper, Bloody Sunday
2003 United Kingdom
Ireland
Holy Cross Mark Brozel Drama. Holy Cross dispute
2004 Ireland
United Kingdom
Omagh Pete Travis Drama. Omagh bombing
2006 United Kingdom Cracker Antonia Bird Crime, Drama.
2018 United Kingdom Mother's Day Fergus O'Brien Drama. Warrington bombings

TV series

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Year Country Main title
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Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1982 United Kingdom Harry's Game Lawrence Gordon Clark Thriller. Based on a novel Harry's Game.
1985 United Kingdom Confessional Gordon Flemyng Thriller. Based on a novel Confessional.
1985 United Kingdom
Ireland
The Price Peter Smith Drama, Thriller.
1988 United Kingdom Crossfire Ken Hannam Thriller.
1988 Ireland
Australia
Act of Betrayal Lawrence Gordon Clark Drama, Thriller.
1989-90 United Kingdom Frederick Forsyth Presents Tom Clegg
Lawrence Gordon Clark
Ian Sharp
James Cellan Jones
Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Deceiver.
1991 United Kingdom Children of the North David Drury Thriller. Based on a novels The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye.
1992 United Kingdom Civvies Karl Francis Drama.
1993-96 United Kingdom Circles of Deceit Geoffrey Sax
Nicholas Laughland
Alan Grint
Peter Barber-Fleming
1995
1998-2007
2016
2018-2023
United Kingdom
Ireland
Give My Head Peace Comedy.
2001 United Kingdom The Bombmaker Graham Theakston Action. Based on a novel The Bombmaker.
2005 United Kingdom The Rotters' Club Tony Dean Smith Drama. Based on a novel The Rotters' Club.
2012 United Kingdom White Heat John Alexander Drama.
2014 United Kingdom From There to Here James Strong Drama. 1996 Manchester bombing
2018-22 United Kingdom Derry Girls Michael Lennox Comedy.
2022 Netherlands The Spectacular Pieter Kuijpers
Willem Bosch
Crime, Drama, Thriller. Donna Maguire

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gallagher, Richard (2023). Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783031234361.
  2. ^ Gallagher, Richard (2021). "The Troubles Crime Thriller and the Future of Films about Northern Ireland" (PDF). Queen's University Belfast.
  3. ^ Brereton, Pat (2022). "Troubles and Northern Ireland: Representations in Film of Belfast as a Site of Conflict". Project MUSE.
  4. ^ McLoone, Martin (2009). "Film, Television and the Troubles" (PDF). Troubles Archive.
  5. ^ Gillespie, Gordon (3 October 2020). "Films". Shared Future News.
  6. ^ McKittrick, David (30 October 2008). "Why are all the Troubles' films about republicans?". Belfast Telegraph.
  7. ^ "Classic films with the Troubles in mind". The Independent.
  8. ^ "The Top 10 Films of the Troubles (1969-1998)". Top 10 Film Lists. 27 May 2021.
  9. ^ Clarke, Donald (31 August 2019). "The Troubles on film: 'Hollywood has done everywhere and it's always wrong'". The Irish Times.