The best films about the Troubles in Northern Ireland
The top 3 according to 99 votes from people: In the Name of the Father (1993) · Bloody Sunday (2002) · Five Minutes of Heaven (2009). (Updated Mar 4, 2021.)
Bloody Sunday, hunger strikes, wrongful convictions, a lost soldier in Belfast and the long road to peace: The Movie Gourmet's list of the best films about the Troubles.
Top 11
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1
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Jim Sheridan. Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing.
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2
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Paul Greengrass. The 1972 shootings of civil rights marchers in Derry.
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3
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
Oliver Hirschbiegel. A loyalist killer and his victim's brother meet decades later.
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4
The Journey (2016)
Nick Hamm. An imagined car ride between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness before the 2006 peace deal.
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5
'71 (2014)
Yann Demange. A young British soldier left behind by his unit during a Belfast riot.
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6
The General (1998)
John Boorman. Brendan Gleeson as Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, at odds with the IRA.
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7
The Crying Game (1992)
Neil Jordan. An IRA volunteer and the girlfriend of the soldier he guarded. Oscar for best screenplay.
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8
Omagh (2004)
Pete Travis. The 1998 Real IRA car bombing and the families' fight for justice.
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9
Cal (1984)
Pat O'Connor. A young getaway driver falls for the widow of a policeman killed by the IRA.
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10
The Boxer (1997)
Jim Sheridan. A former IRA man leaves prison and opens a mixed boxing gym in Belfast.
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11
Shadow Dancer (2012)
James Marsh. An IRA member turned informer by MI5 in 1990s Belfast.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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