Best Irish films you've seen

arsenallegend

Over the past four years or so we've started to turn out great work and its becoming more regular too instead of one every ten years

So what is your favourite's from Ireland?

here are some of mine:)

Kisses
I went Down (when will we get DVD of this film!!)
Adam and Paul
Garage
Hunger
In Bruges
The snapper

faceman

Folks, if this thread descends into a list thread it will be locked. Please give explanations for your choices. Thanks!

PARKHEAD67

Thought intermission was very good.

Hank_Jones

The Commitments is in my opinion the greatest Irish film ever made.
It was some amazing Irish/Dublin wit, good acting (especially considering the majority had never acted before) and a cracking story.
Roddy Doyle's best work (that was turned into a film anyway).

ultain

Don't know if you could class it as an Irish film per-say but 'A company of wolfs' was very good, way before Tim Burton! the brothers grim would have liked it it. I think it really put Sheridan on the map.

Hank_Jones

ultain wrote: »

Don't know if you could class it as an Irish film per-say but 'The Company of Wolves' was very good, way before Tim Burton! the brothers grim would have liked it it. I think it really put Jordan on the map.

FYP.

ultain

Hank_Jones wrote: »

FYP.

Thank you..just removed my head from my arse:o

tony1kenobi

I know a lot of people didn't like it but I thought Braveheart was pretty good.

Purple Lemons

I loved War of The Buttons

Intermission and The Commitments are both fantastic movies in my opinion too.

seanybiker

crush proof would probably be my favourite. It was nice seeing places I was when I was younger. Acting was alright. Story wasnt the best but alright. Scummy dublin people, teenage crap going on. Well worth a watch.

Hank_Jones

tony1kenobi wrote: »

I know a lot of people didn't like it but I thought Braveheart was pretty good.

I know it was made in Trim, but can it really be considered an Irish film?

It's more of an American film with a British cast really.

bluto63

I quite enjoyed My Left Foot. Very strong performance from Daniel Day-Lewis and a really powerful story.

iMax

Intermission had one of the best opening scenes I've ever seen (internationally & Irish).

I have a soft spot for "The Courier" which unfortunately hasn't been around on DVD or VHS for well over a decade.

The commitments, well made, well written, well acted (really could have done with a follow up).

bonerm

I've got to be honest, whilst I have a few Irish films that I like I can't think of a single one I "love" or would watch whilst thinking "god I wish I had made this film or thought of this idea!". Not a single one.

No matter what the film it seems that all that ever comes out of this country is simple stories with nothing to get the viewer pulse going or head thinking. There's nothing that seems raise the bar or go beyond the medium of straightforward down-to-earth narrative. Every Irish film is just a literal journey from A to B without much in the realm of abstraction or cinematic ambition. The only thing I can even think that might be close to this was "The Commitments" and that wasn't really even made "by" this country when you get right down to it.

I mean could you ever see a film like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Punch Drunk Love" or "Amelie" coming out of Ireland? I couldn't.

RMD

If you consider the north Irish, I though Micky-bo and Me was an amazing movie.

Skerries

what was the name of that film where a load of heads from Dublin and Belfast are in a race to get to each others respective city?
oh and Rawhead Rex

Nolanger

Accelerator.

slowlydownwards

The Butcher Boy One of my all time favourites. Growing up in dysfunctional family and the stiff society that surrounds it. Reminds us how they used to lock up people in mental institutions, if they were any bit different. But the best of it all the uncrushable spirit of a young boy that just would not give in.

Hank_Jones

Nolanger wrote: »

Accelerator.

I don't mean to be bad or anything...

But Accelerator is one of the worst films (not just Irish) ever made.
The story is awful, the acting is awful, the cars are awful, the characters are awful.

It's all just awful.

Flamed Diving

The Wind That Shakes The Barley


Faceman? You know damn well why..

Nolanger

Hank_Jones wrote: »

I don't mean to be bad or anything...

But Accelerator is one of the worst films (not just Irish) ever made.
The story is awful, the acting is awful, the cars are awful, the characters are awful.

It's all just awful.

I never said it was good ffs - was replying to the previous poster who asked 'what was the name of that film where a load of heads from Dublin and Belfast are in a race to get to each others respective city' :rolleyes:

seanybiker

Playboys or the playboy . Great little film. Mainly liked it cos it was made in the little village me father grew up in.

iMax

Although the money was American. The Quiet Man would probably be a favourite too...

Flight of the Doves anyone ??

Hank_Jones

Nolanger wrote: »

I never said it was good ffs - was replying to the previous poster who asked 'what was the name of that film where a load of heads from Dublin and Belfast are in a race to get to each others respective city' :rolleyes:

Sorry, saw the thread title. Saw the word Accelerator.
Put 2 & 2 together and got 5.

Deliverance

Great thread, saw films mentioned, and will put some others on the must watch list.

My contribution is 'Once'. I liked it because it was different, romantic, uplifting and most of all amazingly unpatronising for a romantic movie. I particularly liked the ending. It ended beautifully in an unexpected way.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xIF92OUos

Kashkai

Intermission for my number one mainly bacause I thought it would be crap but it was very funny and well acted. Colin Farrell's gangsta scumbag character was well matched with Colm Meaney's Dirty Harry wanabe cop. The other interwoven subplots were well threaded together.

The Commitments was class with great music and wit. The ending for me (as someone who grew up in the Dublin of that time) was sad as they just missed out on their chance of mega stardom as a group. Considering how screwed the country is now, a sequel could work as we are back in the bad old times like when this film was shot.

The snapper had me in stitches when I first saw it. Any girl called Sharon had an awful time of it when this film was released .

cursai

What about Kings. great cast and story

Busi_Girl08

Prosperous Dave wrote: »

The snapper had me in stitches when I first saw it. Any girl called Sharon had an awful time of it when this film was released .

"Y'alright there, Sharon?" :p

I loved Mr Buuuuuuuurgess aswell.

MiloYossarian

THE FIELD(don't think it was mentioned) is a brilliant film. A good enough plot but a barnstorming performance by Richard Harris. The Bull is just a great character, powerful in body and mind, strong in his convictions and yet burdened with the weight of a great sorrow and responsibility. Some of the speeches he gets to give are rousing and epic.
And I don't know if Bloody Sunday could be considered an Irish film, or even a film, but it is certainly about the Irish, and it is great.

ultain

Yup, 'the field' was a good one.

kraggy

+1 on The Field. One of the best performances I've seen. Harris is immense.

ginoginelli

seanybiker wrote: »

crush proof would probably be my favourite. It was nice seeing places I was when I was younger. Acting was alright. Story wasnt the best but alright. Scummy dublin people, teenage crap going on. Well worth a watch.

If you liked "Crush Proof" wait untill "Between the Canals" is released. Saw it at the Jameson film festivel and was blown away by it.

Birneybau

I really liked "Garage",did'nt think I would.Thought Pat Shortt was pretty damn good,the innocence and pathos he brought to the role.Pretty miserable film but really felt for his character.Don Wycherley was cràp as usual.

mysons

Eat the Peach,(1986) A very funny Irish film about Two friends inspired by the Elvis Presley film "Roustabout" in which Elvis rides his motorcycle forty feet off the ground in a "wall of death," a cylindrical track. These two are now out to build their own "wall of death" - no matter what the cost.

http://www.videodetective.com/titledetails.aspx?PublishedID=2316

Jellybaby1

Although it wasn't the best film I've ever seen, 'Breakfast on Pluto' was a fantastic opportunity to see Cillian Murphy act his socks off!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Have to agree on The Field. Harris was superb

Love The Committments aswell, the wit is priceless and when Try a little tenderness is performed towards the end I always get goosebumps. It sounds fantastic and really contributes towards the feeling of 'pity it didnt work out'

Both of those films often aren't popular because some feel that they show an untrue portrayel of Ireland. Well you could say that about any film in any country probably

Should also mention Adam & Paul. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry, the heroes were so down and out and pathetic that all you could do was laugh at them then pity them. Lots of emotion

Garage also. So simple, really took its time and wasn't over burdened with pace or dialogue (which a lot of films today feel they must do to keep the audience entertained)
Felt really sad at the end also

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Have to agree on The Field. Harris was superb

Love The Committments aswell, the wit is priceless and when Try a little tenderness is performed towards the end I always get goosebumps. It sounds fantastic and really contributes towards the feeling of 'pity it didnt work out'

Both of those films often aren't popular because some feel that they show an untrue portrayel of Ireland. Well you could say that about any film in any country probably

Should also mention Adam & Paul. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry, the heroes were so down and out and pathetic that all you could do was laugh at them then pity them. Lots of emotion

Garage also. So simple, really took its time and wasn't over burdened with pace or dialogue (which a lot of films today feel they must do to keep the audience entertained)
Felt really sad at the end also

iMax

Although not an "Irish" film. The much under-rated "Far & Away" holds a special place in my heart. I love it.

spurious

Birneybau wrote: »

I really liked "Garage",did'nt think I would.Thought Pat Shortt was pretty damn good,the innocence and pathos he brought to the role.Pretty miserable film but really felt for his character.Don Wycherley was cràp as usual.

When I saw this thread title, 'Garage' was the film I thought of too.

seanybiker

ginoginelli wrote: »

If you liked "Crush Proof" wait untill "Between the Canals" is released. Saw it at the Jameson film festivel and was blown away by it.

Interesting. Any idea when its out.

A_Border_Bandit

seanybiker wrote: »

Playboys or the playboy . Great little film. Mainly liked it cos it was made in the little village me father grew up in.

Here man, you're talking about my neck of the woods!
God knows, I might know him!

The Playboys is a great movie though, so are The Run Of The Country, The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, all favourites of mine... But then again I'm biased; they were all done within a 5 mile radius of me and I know too many of the extras in them... :rolleyes:

amybabes

I loved Cowboys and Angels , set in Limerick, thought it was a great storyline

ginoginelli

seanybiker wrote: »

Interesting. Any idea when its out.

Dont really know man. The whole thing is set over paddys day though, so I wouldnt be surprised if its not released until around Paddys 2011.

Jellybaby1

For arsenallegend or anyone else - 'I Went Down' is not available in the shops for some reason it was withdrawn, maybe sales were too low but I managed to get good info here on boards.ie last year and got a copy DVD for my son who had been looking for it for years. He got such a shock on Christmas morning when he opened his prezzie cos he had given up any thought of ever finding it. I contacted the distributors and they kindly made up a copy for me for a very reasonable price but it won't have the fancy cover on it. Hope this helps.

Treasure Entertainment Ltd
The Copper House
St. Kevin’s Cottages
Off Synge Street
Dublin 8
Telephone: 01 475 8820

Jellybaby1

arsenallegend wrote: »

Over the past four years or so we've started to turn out great work and its becoming more regular too instead of one every ten years

So what is your favourite's from Ireland?

here are some of mine:)

Kisses
I went Down (when will we get DVD of this film!!)
Adam and Paul
Garage
Hunger
In Bruges
The snapper

It's been a while since the above post but just wanted to let you know 'I Went Down' is on TV3 tomorrow night 9.45pm.

callaway92

In Bruges was excellent.

Say Your Number

Pilgrim Hill for me, simple yet powerful, anyone who grew on or near a farm will identify with it, amazing that it cost only 4,000 euro to make, Joe Mullins puts in a great performance.

Mike Litoris

For me it is a toss up between Intermission and The Snapper. Colm Meaney is brilliant in both.

All the Roddy Doyle ones are great for a laugh, no doubt. I love them all.

Intermission & In Bruges are others that sprung to mind which I also enjoyed.

I have to say though Garage was excellent, for such a simple film it was brilliant. A little gem

Did anyone else think Once was overrated?

nyarlothothep

Fatal Deviation, Ireland's only martial arts-action film. They deserve an Oscar for trying.

Gmol

I though Intermission was absolutely brilliant along with the Snapper, and Commitments, Colin Meany class in all of them
More recently I liked 'What Richard did' I thought it was a decent enough film and a lot of it was shot nearish to me.

Most bizarre film shot in Ireland was Zardos, Sean Connery must have been off his biscuit to agree to be in that one