The Greatest Irish Films

Drumpot

E mac wrote: »

I Went Down.

You f**king man in bath ye

mistersifter

Glassland wasn't bad either. Toni Collette was the alcoholic mother in that. She's v good in those type roles - got an Oscar nomination from 6th sense and was in Hereditary too.

A couple of recent ones worth watching are Rosie based on a Roddy Doyle story and also the horror film The hole in the ground.

Never saw Goldfish Memory but meant to be good I think.

There's a documentary from 2003 called The Revolution Will not be Televised that was widely acclaimed. An Irish film crew got caught up in the Venezuelan coup against Hugo Chavez when they were there filming something else. Ended up in government buildings as the place was being stormed if I remember correctly.

safetyboy

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

funkey_monkey

Del.Monte wrote: »

The Blue Max (1965) starring George Peppard, James Mason.

Alfred the Great (1968).


You can broaden your horizons by visiting my site here: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/ and then try and track down anything that grabs your attention.

Thanks for the link.

What is the Irish connection with the two movies quoted above - is it just that they were shot in Ireland?

schizo1014

Fatal Deviation obviously

Del.Monte

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Thanks for the link.

What is the Irish connection with the two movies quoted above - is it just that they were shot in Ireland?

That's the connection.

ballyargus

Nobody has mentioned Taffin yet?

Del.Monte

ballyargus wrote: »

Nobody has mentioned Taffin yet?

Because the thread is about the 'Greatest' Irish Movies?

https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/t/

pheasant tail

I thought Float like a Butterfly was an excellent film

pixelburp

ballyargus wrote: »

Nobody has mentioned Taffin yet?

Containing possibly the greatest line reading by a professional actor, ever:

THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!!

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

Del.Monte

pixelburp wrote: »

Containing possibly the greatest line reading by a professional actor, ever:

THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!!

Such raw talent and he hasn't improved with age.

Ger Roe

Not Irish themed, but made in Ireland with the assistance of The Irish Air Corps.

The Blue Max was one of four 'flying films' made here between the mid 60's and 1970, all involving the Air Corps in flying and technical support roles.. The Blue Max is still highly regarded for the real life flying of the specially built WW1 replica aircraft.

The WW1 trench scene at the opening of the film was shot at the base of The Sugar Loaf in Wicklow and the iconic railway bridge fly under scene was shot in Fermoy, Cork. The German aircraft base was located at what is now Weston airport, Lucan and the final 'test flight' scene was filmed at the Air Corps base in Baldonnell. It was a very big deal to have a major Hollywood studio film, made in Ireland at the time.

Air Corps cooperation with the film companies was withdrawn by the government in 1970 following a crash over Wicklow Harbour between a WW1 replica plane and a filming helicopter, while working on a flying scene for the UK produced film Zeppelin. Four people were killed, a camera man, two pilots and the director of the film.

p to the e

pixelburp wrote: »

Containing possibly the greatest line reading by a professional actor, ever:

THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!!

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

It's your one from Indiana Jones!

A great film I saw a few years back was Citadel. I never see it get mentioned much but it was a fantastic horror. Very chilling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_(film)

vriesmays

Small Wonder wrote: »

My own personal feelings for the film must be wrong then if Film Review 1989 didn't think it worthy of praise.

Personal feelings don't make a film great.

"The Run of The Country" and "The Playboys" both set in beautiful Redhills

p to the e

vriesmays wrote: »

Personal feelings don't make a film great.

Film Review 1989 does.

Sleepy

Day Lewin wrote: »

How to cheat in the Leaving Cert (obscure, unavailable but my personal favourite, extremely Irish!)

Damnit, you beat me to it! Loved that film when I saw it in the cinema.

Not a "great" by any means but a good cast, a great soundtrack and an enjoyable coming of age romp: Last of the High Kings

dublinman1990

My list of completely Irish films would comprise of A Man of No Importance & Song for a Raggy Boy.

And one other notable one that was not Irish themed but was filmed in Ireland; The Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery.

Small Wonder

vriesmays wrote: »

Personal feelings don't make a film great.

How about forming your own personal feelings instead of deferring to those contained in a 30 year old book?

Gwynplaine

Go home Yank

funkey_monkey

Just watched return to glennascul on YT.
Nice wee short. Loved the music.
I suspect that Merryman was messing about.

safetyboy

Perrier's Bounty, headrush. both very funny Irish.

Del.Monte

safetyboy wrote: »

Perrier's Bounty, headrush. both very funny Irish.

Yes, but hardly worthy of being listed among the 'greatest' Irish films?

Dr_Kolossus

Braveheart

E mac

Excalibur. Does that count as an 'irish' film?

saintsaltynuts

Last Of The High Kings.

Del.Monte

E mac wrote: »

Excalibur. Does that count as an 'irish' film?

By my criteria an Irish film can be a film about Ireland; a film shot in Ireland or a film with a predominantly Irish cast - which, of course, would probably be about Ireland. In the case of "Excalibur" it was shot in Ireland and had many Irish actors in the cast including Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne. It was financed from the USA and about a British legend but that is irrelevant.

Darby o gill and the little people

notobtuse

The Quiet Man

(My mother watched over John Wayne’s kids during filming and was an extra in the film.)

Small Wonder

notobtuse wrote: »

The Quiet Man

(My mother watched over John Wayne’s kids during filming and was an extra in the film.)

Wow.

Seamai

The Dead, John Huston's last film based on James Joyce's short story, the last scene when Donal McCann's character Gabriel discovers something about his wife's past never fails to get me.

IAMAMORON

Two movies I liked that I don't see here are,

Man About Dog - Basically a pretty cool road movie , well worth a look, a few lads end up bringing a greyhound to the coursing Derby in Clonmel. Great laugh.

This must be the Place - Famed award winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino. Sean Penn stars as a depressed, passed it rock star. Set predominantly in Dublin. Bono's daughter cameo's and a cool tribute to the famous Talking Heads song which shares the films title. Well worth a watch.

ziedth

I'm surprised the guard doesn't get more love. I thought it was excellent

Del.Monte

ziedth wrote: »

I'm surprised the guard doesn't get more love. I thought it was excellent

I liked "The Guard" as in I would happily watch it again. As for "Man About Dog" - some really belly laughs in it and another keeper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvi0-Oab6As

Outlaw Pete

Most of my favourites have been mentioned, but here's some which I think haven't been:

In Bruges.
Kisses (2008)
Nothing Personal (2009)
The Miracle (1991).
Da (1988)

funkey_monkey

Jesus!
How did we miss In Bruges?

ziedth

Don'y think I saw Mickybo and Me. Not up there with In Bruges of course but it was a good film I thought

vriesmays

How many Irish films would appear in the professional critics' top 1000 of all time.

Insect Overlord

Professional critics, their reviews, and their opinions, are just as subjective as the rest of us. They just use fancier words and more esoteric references to back them up, compared to your average viewer.

Small Wonder

vriesmays wrote: »

How many Irish films would appear in the professional critics' top 1000 of all time.

Bore off you big child.

the14thwarrior

Life's a Breeze.
cos it hasn't been mentioned yet!

Sad Professor

Small Wonder wrote: »

Bore off you big child.

Keep it friendly please.

/mod

Small Wonder

Sad Professor wrote: »

Keep it friendly please.

/mod

You're quite right. It's really not worth it.

vriesmays

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Professional critics, their reviews, and their opinions, are just as subjective as the rest of us. They just use fancier words and more esoteric references to back them up, compared to your average viewer.

They've also seen a lot more films than the average viewer. No Irish film is great.

sydthebeat

vriesmays wrote: »

They've also seen a lot more films than the average viewer. No Irish film is great.

You tried that already and failed miserably

vriesmays

None of the films mentioned here are great. Just because you thought some Irish title was good doesn't make the everyone else wrong. A great film will still be watched 50 years from now. Most Irish films resemble bad TV movies.

Del.Monte

Did you not get a part in some Irish movie?

johnny_ultimate

vriesmays wrote: »

Just because you thought some Irish title was good doesn't make the everyone else wrong.

Just because you or Film Review 1989 (side note: still laughing at that one) thought some Irish title was bad doesn’t make everyone else wrong.

You’re making this way too easy.

IAMAMORON

The best films are the ones that the viewer subjectively enjoys and feels entertained by. I have seen brilliant movies that get terrible reviews and are classed as " squishy rotten tomatoes" and turkeys. I happened to like them.

Some of the online rating sites can disable your spectrum of movies to watch. If you don't watch a movie that is classified as 23% on RT, just cause a few dickhead intellectuals living in Greenwich Village don't like it, you are going to overlook some great films, believe.

Films are there to be enjoyed, if your watching a movie to annihilate it and call it a piece a shight afterwards why are you bothering? It is your own time your wasting.

vriesmays

My left foot isn't even an Irish film. It got funded by Grenada television.