List of The Troubles films

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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.{{cite book |last=Gallagher |first=Richard |date=2023 |title=Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=9783031234361}}{{cite web |url=https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/297037900/ArticleGallagher.pdf |title=The Troubles Crime Thriller and the Future of Films about Northern Ireland |last=Gallagher |first=Richard |date=2021 |website=Queen's University Belfast}}{{cite web |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/856565/pdf |title=Troubles and Northern Ireland: Representations in Film of Belfast as a Site of Conflict |last=Brereton |first=Pat |date=2022 |website=Project MUSE}}{{cite web |url=http://www.troublesarchive.com/resources/Film_Television_and_the_Troubles.pdf |title=Film, Television and the Troubles |last=McLoone |first=Martin |date=2009 |website=Troubles Archive}}{{cite web |url=https://sharedfuture.news/films/ |title=Films |last=Gillespie |first=Gordon |date=3 October 2020 |website=Shared Future News}}{{cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/why-are-all-the-troubles-films-about-republicans/28453966.html |title=Why are all the Troubles' films about republicans? |last=McKittrick |first=David |date=30 October 2008 |website=Belfast Telegraph}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/classic-films-with-the-troubles-in-mind-795354.html |title=Classic films with the Troubles in mind |website=The Independent}}{{cite web |url=http://www.top10filmlists.com/the-top-10-films-of-the-troubles-1969-1998 |title=The Top 10 Films of the Troubles (1969-1998) |date=27 May 2021 |website=Top 10 Film Lists}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-troubles-on-film-hollywood-has-done-everywhere-and-it-s-always-wrong-1.3998880 |title=The Troubles on film: 'Hollywood has done everywhere and it's always wrong' |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=31 August 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} This list includes films about events from the late 1960s to the present day. For events of the early 20th century, see List of Irish revolutionary period films.

1960s

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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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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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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

|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

|{{ill|Boy Soldier|cy|Milwr Bychan|italic=y}}

|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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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

|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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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

|{{ill|The Silence of the Skylark|it|Il silenzio dell'allodola|italic=y}}

|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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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

|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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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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|United Kingdom

|The Sniper's Daughter
(Stranger with a Camera)

|Oorlagh George

|Mystery.

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films

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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

|Denis Héroux

|Drama, Horror, Thriller. Richard Speck

Television films

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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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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–present

|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

References

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Category:Lists of historical films