My top 3.....
In Bruges
The Commitments
War of The Buttons
Ryan's Daughter
The Commitments
In Bruges
Anyone every seen The Garage with Pat Shortt?...... not a brilliant film by any means but quite deep and tragic
The Van.
The Field and My Left Foot would have to be right up there as well!
Quote from: irunthev on August 04, 2009, 03:44:46 PM
Ryan's Daughter
The Commitments
In Bruges
Anyone every seen The Garage with Pat Shortt?...... not a brilliant film by any means but quite deep and tragic
Garage was almost an experiment for Pat Shortt....just to see if he could do a serious role and even if the film was average he filled the role admirably
Bloodfist VIII: Hard Way Out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdkk2qCshjI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdkk2qCshjI)
Filmed in Galway. ;D
ONCE
IN BRUGES
the van
the commitments
once
in bruges
the field
the general
Yeah have to say I really enjoyed Once as well.
My favourites:
The Commitments
My Left Foot
Once
The Field
The General
Michael Collins
The Field
The General
Watched that Garage film with the missus, the both of us looked quizzically at each other at the abrupt ending. It wasnt bad i suppose but it was like a slow burner that never got going, I though Pat Shortt was quite good in it
Did anybody ever see The Run of the Country?? There's some great laughs in it!
Quote from: Quagmire on August 04, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Did anybody ever see The Run of the Country?? There's some great laughs in it!
Where'd you get them cattle?
there from across the border
Ever seen a man tarred and feathered.
Think i was about 11 when i seen this film. only seen it once. theses are the only two things i can remember about it.
The Blue Max
I Went Down
The Snapper
Quote from: red hander on August 04, 2009, 04:21:50 PM
The Blue Max
I Went Down
The Snapper
Lets keep this thread clean please
Quote from: The squinted eye on August 04, 2009, 04:13:50 PM
Watched that Garage film with the missus, the both of us looked quizzically at each other at the abrupt ending. It wasnt bad i suppose but it was like a slow burner that never got going, I though Pat Shortt was quite good in it
Agree, I thought Shortt's character was well thought out and he played the role brilliantly. It was about 20 minutes too long though. How many times can you show a man putting out and bringing in cans of oil in one movie? Not a bad effort though.
I've the video here in the house Longball, if you're ever about the smoke I'd give you the lend of it! It's definately worth watching a few times to get the one liners!!
The scene with the Priest and the dead pig was priceless!!!! :D
Man about dog
Quote from: longball on August 04, 2009, 03:59:24 PM
ONCE
Quote from: screenexile on August 04, 2009, 04:05:34 PM
Yeah have to say I really enjoyed Once as well.
Noooooooooooooooo
I can't believe that nobody's mentioned The Quiet Man, nor Darby O'Gill, nor even The Fighting Prince of Donegal (although I'd have to see it again to be sure it's good).
Cant believe nobodys mentioned Intermission. :o :o
Intermission
The Field
My Left Foot
The Snapper
Michael Collins
Veronica Guerin
the commiments on now on film4
How come ricky nixoncolin meaney is in every irish film ever made
into the west
some mothers son
in the name of the father
Quote from: longball on August 04, 2009, 04:19:02 PM
Quote from: Quagmire on August 04, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Did anybody ever see The Run of the Country?? There's some great laughs in it!
Where'd you get them cattle?
there from across the border
Ever seen a man tarred and feathered.
Think i was about 11 when i seen this film. only seen it once. theses are the only two things i can remember about it.
You were 11 and that's what you remember.
Not Victoria Smurfitts tits? You were 11 FFS, that's all you should remember
Quote from: Quagmire on August 04, 2009, 04:16:23 PM
Did anybody ever see The Run of the Country?? There's some great laughs in it!
Say nothing 'til ya hear more ;)
Kineo, kineo, kineo!!!!
- Run of the Country
- Man about dog
- In Bruges
- The Field
- The Quiet Man
- The Butcher Boy
My all time Fav though has to be 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'. Emotionally, I was ready to continue a war after I seen that film. I don't think another Irish film has touched it.
Her foot? Ye kissed her foot?? Trust the College boy for dirty tricks.....
The Butcher Boy is another great film too, it's tragic in ways but the humour in it is brilliant and makes it one of those you watch again for the craics in it.
Lads it was a nice little move and all but with all due respect "Once" was enough :P.
In Bruges and My Left Foot would be top of the class imho.
Angela's Ashes deserves a mention too
Quote from: Quagmire on August 05, 2009, 02:11:04 AM
Angela's Ashes deserves a mention too
I thought it was awful.
Man about Dog & Wind that shakes the Barley for me.
Cal
My Left Foot
The Commitments
The Field
Into the west
In the name of the father
Wind that shakes the Barley
Been a long time since I saw it, but if you get a chance... Fatal Deviation. So bad, you have to watch. A Co. Meath Martial Arts film, with Mikey Graham (Boyzone).
Kings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(film) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(film))
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889136/
Lamb
The Commitments
The Field
Taffin.
If you haven't seen it you're missing out. Comedy at its finest.
The quiet man is the best!!!!!!!!!
I am waiting for this
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Can anyone remember a bizarre movie called "Eat the Peach" about erecting a Wall of Death in rural 80's Ireland. It's not my favouite Irish movie, but I definitely enjoyed it.
1. In the Name of the Father
2. The Van
3. Bloody Sunday
Not an Irish made one but love Gangs of New York : )
Quote from: No way ref on August 05, 2009, 12:39:00 AM
How come ricky nixoncolin meaney is in every irish film ever made
The man loves to act....but can only do an Irish accent?
Quote from: bcarrier on August 05, 2009, 03:10:54 PM
Kings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(film)
very good show alright
Can't believe the butcher boy is not in everyones list. A masterpiece of a dark comedy. The wind that shakes the Barley also excellent. Intermission also amazingly missing of many lists. I didn't see In Bruge but many people told me it was only average. I thought angelas ashes was terrible and so was eat the peach. Honary mention to Run of the country "Next time tie a knot in your dangler". Some great Cavan slang in it!
Forgot to mention 'Breakfast on Pluto' as well. That one scene on Wimbledon Common had me doubled up!!!
Wild about Harry (My brother was an extra in this film shot in Belfast.)
Moondance (Check out the love connection bird in this film she's the spit of what my wife looked like when I married her!)
This is my Father
The most fertile man in Ireland (Actually this is an awful film but has the odd funny scene)
Spin the bottle
Man about dog
Crackle and Buzz.
Did anyone ever see an irish film starring Cillian Murphy where he plays a mentally disturbed teenager who has a girlfriend who lives next door who he calls pig. Great show but i cant remember the name
Okay I kinda promised the wife I wouldn't be on the Interwebs while we are on holiday but this one is too hard to resist, even more so that the war movies thread. Sure she's in bed and no one will tell her...
So far we have:
In Bruges
The Commitments
War of The Buttons
Ryan's Daughter
The Van
The Field
My Left Foot
Once
The General
Michael Collins
The Blue Max (I don't get the Irish connection)
I Went Down
The Snapper
Man about dog
Intermission
Veronica Guerin
Into the west
Some mothers son
In the name of the father
Run of the Country
The Quiet Man
The Butcher Boy
Eat the Peach
Bloody Sunday
Gangs of New York
Breakfast on Pluto
And for No way ref - the movie is 'Disco Pigs'
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Lamb
Bar one in that list, the things they all have in common are they are all in colour and have been made in the last thirty years. A few that I can think off from the top of my head that have been missed are: Cal, Angel, A Further Gesture, Hunger and H3. (Stephen Rea in most of those).
But if you want to discuss the 'best' Irish movies of all time you need to cast your net further. Don't get me wrong, there are some fine movies in that list (particularly Lamb & The Wind...) but my personal top five six would be, in order of preference:
1. Odd Man Out
2. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
3. The Rising of the Moon
4. Shake Hands With the Devil
5. The Crying Game
6. The Molly Maguires
Others for honourable mention that haven't got a shout:
Borstal Boy
Elephant
Pavee Lackeen
Trojan Eddie
A Terrible Beauty
Contact
Adam and Paul
The Quare Fellow
Fist Full of Dynamite (I know but hard not to include)
The Informer
Inside I'm Dancing
The Boys and Girls from County Clare
I was just going to mention Inside I'm Dancing, just because I noticed it hadn't been brought up and alot of my mates enjoyed it and told me to watch it. Personally it wasn't for me but then there's been no great praise for Angela's Ashes on here and I thought it was very good.
Whilst being far from the best, Mickey Bo and Me was enjoyable enough, I don't think it's been mentioned yet?
Here's one you all missed, and I remember seeing it on black&white telly.
Rooney (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052147/)
The scene I remember is Rooney racing down Croke Park with the sliothar on the caman.
Has "Hear My Song" got a mention? The movie about Irish tenor Josef Locke. That was watchable. Tara Fitzgerald was in it. Always like a gleek at Tara, she never has any bother disrobing in a movie.
Far and Away?
:P
I'm surprised* no-one has mentioned this fillum, if for no other reason that it is indisputably a hell of a sight more "Irish" than some of the nominations:
(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcwNTk3NDI1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDA2MzE5._V1._CR0,0,337,337_SS100_.jpg)
(A Love Divided)
It may not be the greatest film ever made, but it has some good lines in it, it deals with important issues and besides, it has Orla Brady in the lead role - never a bad thing in my book (regardless of the bloody film)!
Coincidentally, the woman on whom the story was based died recently:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2009/0711/1224250460821.html
P.S. Someone mentioned the ubiquitous Com Meaney elsewhere, without listing his (and Ireland's) seminal work - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205214/
* - Or am I? ;)
I have 'Hear my song' on video and the soundtrack on cassette tape!
Anyone see Accelerator? I heard that all the racing scenes shot inside the cars in this film were actually of half a car on a flat bed truck.
'All dogs go heaven' and 'Help I'm a Fish' were two cartoon movies made in Ireland.
Quote from: Donagh on August 06, 2009, 02:40:53 AM
Okay I kinda promised the wife I wouldn't be on the Interwebs while we are on holiday but this one is too hard to resist, even more so that the war movies thread. Sure she's in bed and no one will tell her...
So far we have:
In Bruges
The Commitments
War of The Buttons
Ryan's Daughter
The Van
The Field
My Left Foot
Once
The General
Michael Collins
The Blue Max (I don't get the Irish connection)
I Went Down
The Snapper
Man about dog
Intermission
Veronica Guerin
Into the west
Some mothers son
In the name of the father
Run of the Country
The Quiet Man
The Butcher Boy
Eat the Peach
Bloody Sunday
Gangs of New York
Breakfast on Pluto
And for No way ref - the movie is 'Disco Pigs'
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Lamb
Bar one in that list, the things they all have in common are they are all in colour and have been made in the last thirty years. A few that I can think off from the top of my head that have been missed are: Cal, Angel, A Further Gesture, Hunger and H3. (Stephen Rea in most of those).
But if you want to discuss the 'best' Irish movies of all time you need to cast your net further. Don't get me wrong, there are some fine movies in that list (particularly Lamb & The Wind...) but my personal top five six would be, in order of preference:
1. Odd Man Out
2. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
3. The Rising of the Moon
4. Shake Hands With the Devil
5. The Crying Game
6. The Molly Maguires
Others for honourable mention that haven't got a shout:
Borstal Boy
Elephant
Pavee Lackeen
Trojan Eddie
A Terrible Beauty
Contact
Adam and Paul
The Quare Fellow
Fist Full of Dynamite (I know but hard not to include)
The Informer
Inside I'm Dancing
The Boys and Girls from County Clare
Does "Hidden Agenda" qualify?
Does Barry Lyndon qualify? Great film by Kubrick (even tho Ryan O'Neill's accent is a pain in the hole).
Re: The Blue Max ... The movie, with its trench warfare scenes and aerial battle scenes (some of the best ever committed to film) were shot in Ireland using Irish extras as WWI soldiers
The Snapper
Quote from: Eoghan Mag on August 06, 2009, 09:59:25 PM
I have 'Hear my song' on video and the soundtrack on cassette tape!
Anyone see Accelerator? I heard that all the racing scenes shot inside the cars in this film were actually of half a car on a flat bed truck.
Yeah, not bad too either actually.
Were a fe of those Colin Bateman books made into movies too (think i remember watching one of them - not great, books were okay though)
Surprised no one mentioned Martin McDonaghs short film 6 shooter (available in 3 parts on youtube). Really liked that film.
Intermission, the opening scene is brilliant alone.
in the name of the father
wind that shakes the barley
inside i'm dancing i thought would be on more peoples list.
the van
the snapper
the general (not ordinary decent criminal - why did spacey try and do an irish accent)
Micheal Collins
The General
The Snapper
The Field
BogballXV 'Divorcing Jack' was one of Bateman's. The language is fierce in it!
1. In the Name of the Father
2. The Van
3. Michael Collins
I thought In Bruges was one of the most depressing films i've ever seen.
Quote from: clarshack on August 11, 2009, 10:23:45 AM
1. In the Name of the Father
2. The Van
3. Michael Collins
I thought In Bruges was one of the most depressing films i've ever seen.
I got In Bruge out the other night on DVD and contrary to what others told me I thought it was very good, with some real Dark humour but a troubling under current.
For Me:
1 Adam and Paul
2 The Committments
3 Ryan's Daughter
4 The Garage...... seriously disturbing imo
5 The Informer
Remember as a kid seeing a James Mason film about an IRA man on the run in Belfast........ from memory it was a good flick.
Fave films filmed here are the Blue Max and Excalibur.
"Irish" themed favourite would have to be State of Grace.
Contrary to alot I really liked The Devil's Own.
Can't believe no one has mentioned (or maybe they have) The Most Fertile Man in Ireland starring a Jerome Quinn lookalike. Think James Nesbitt's in it too.
.....and an oul black and white docu-drama called Man of Aran I think. Was supposed to be a documentary but yer man added a bit of artistic licence.
The Butcher Boy is a classic!
Fcked In Ireland II
does anyone remember the name of an old film set in ireland in a castle type hotel... with the peter o toole and Steve Guttenberg about an haunted castle in ireland....
i loved it as a kid!
1. Man About Dog
2. Michael Collins
3. The Van
4. Accelerator
5. The wind that shakes the Barley
Yer man that plays Larry in the Van...Think its Colm something -- Hes brilliant craic
Colm Meaney I think.
Quote from: leenie on August 11, 2009, 07:44:04 PM
does anyone remember the name of an old film set in ireland in a castle type hotel... with the peter o toole and Steve Guttenberg about an haunted castle in ireland....
i loved it as a kid!
Its called HIGH SPIRITS Leenie.
Shamefully, I remembered the name :-[