List of Irish revolutionary period films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Irish revolutionary period. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5]
Films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | United States | Whom the Gods Destroy | J. Stuart Blackton Herbert Brenon William P. S. Earle |
Drama, War. Easter Rising | |
| 1926 | Ireland | Irish Destiny | George Dewhurst | Drama, Romance. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1929 | United Kingdom | The Informer | Arthur Robison | Drama. Based on a novel The Informer. | |
| 1930 | United Kingdom | Juno and the Paycock | Alfred Hitchcock | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1934 | United States | The Key | Michael Curtiz | Drama. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1935 | Ireland | Guests of the Nation | Denis Johnston | Drama. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1935 | United States | The Informer | John Ford | Crime, Drama. Based on a novel The Informer. | |
| 1936 | United Kingdom | Ourselves Alone | Brian Desmond Hurst | Drama, Romance, War. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1936 | Ireland | The Dawn | Tom Cooper | Drama, History. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1936 | United States | Beloved Enemy | H. C. Potter | Drama, Romance, War. Michael Collins, Irish War of Independence | |
| 1937 | United Kingdom | The High Command | Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama, War. Based on a novel The General Goes Too Far. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1937 | United States | The Plough and the Stars | John Ford | Drama. Based on the play The Plough and the Stars. Easter Rising | |
| 1941 | Nazi Germany | My Life for Ireland | Mein Leben für Irland | Max W. Kimmich | Drama. Irish War of Independence |
| 1957 | Ireland | The Rising of the Moon | John Ford | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play The Rising of the Moon. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1959 | Ireland United States |
Shake Hands with the Devil | Michael Anderson | Action, Drama, History. Based on a novel Shake Hands with the Devil. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1959 | Ireland | This Other Eden | Muriel Box | Drama, Comedy. Based on the play This Other Eden. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1970 | United Kingdom United States |
Ryan's Daughter | David Lean | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Madame Bovary. | |
| 1971 | France Italy |
One Is Always Too Good to Women | On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes | Michel Boisrond | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1983 | Ireland | Attracta | Kieran Hickey | Drama. Based on a short story Attracta. | |
| 1983 | United Kingdom | Ascendancy | Edward Bennett | Drama. | |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | The Dawning | Robert Knights | Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel The Old Jest. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1990 | United Kingdom | Fools of Fortune | Pat O'Connor | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Fools of Fortune. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1996 | United States Ireland |
Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | Biography, Drama, Thriller, War. Michael Collins | |
| 1999 | France United Kingdom Ireland |
The Last September | Deborah Warner | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel The Last September. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2006 | Ireland United Kingdom Germany Italy Spain France Switzerland |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Drama, War. Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War. | |
| 2014 | Ireland | A Nightingale Falling | Garret Daly Martina McGlynn |
Drama, History, War. Based on a novel A Nightingale Falling. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Fingal’s Finest | Colin D. Farrell | Thomas Ashe, Easter Rising. | |
| 2018 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Penance | Aithrí | Tommy Collins | Action, Romance. Based on the story Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach. Easter Rising |
| 2022 | Ireland United Kingdom United States |
The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Drama. Irish Civil War |
Television films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | United Kingdom | Juno and the Paycock | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | ||
| 1958 | United States | Little Moon of Alban | George Schaefer | Drama. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1960 | United States | Juno and the Paycock | Paul Shyre | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1964 | United States | Little Moon of Alban | George Schaefer | Irish War of Independence | |
| 1972 | Norway | Skuggen av ein helt | Jon Heggedal | Based on the play The Shadow of a Gunman. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1972 | United States | The Shadow of a Gunman | Joseph Hardy | Drama. Based on the play The Shadow of a Gunman. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1974 | Sweden | Skuggan av en hjälte | Göran Graffman | Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1980 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Juno and the Paycock | Roger Cheveley | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1981 | United States | Guests of the Nation | John J. Desmond | Drama, War. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | The Rockingham Shoot | Kieran Hickey | Drama. | |
| 1991 | Ireland | The Treaty | Jonathan Lewis | Drama, History. Anglo-Irish Treaty | |
| 1997 | Ireland | Ballyseedy | Frank Hand | History. Ballyseedy massacre | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Eoin MacNeill: The Forgotten Man of 1916 | Damian McCann | Drama. Eoin MacNeill |
TV Series
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | United Kingdom | Days of Hope | Jim Allen | Drama, History, War. | |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | Troubles | Christopher Morahan | Drama. Based on a novel Troubles. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2001 | United Kingdom | Rebel Heart | John Strickland | Drama. | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Wrecking the Rising | Éirí Amach Amú | Ruán Magan | Comedy. Easter Rising |
| 2016 | Ireland | Trial of the Century | Maurice Sweeney | Drama. Patrick Pearse | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Rebellion | Aku Louhimies | Drama, History, War. Easter Rising | |
| 2019 | Ireland | Resistance | Catherine Morshead | Drama. Bloody Sunday |
References
[edit]- ^ Hanley, David (January 2024). "Imagining the Irish Revolution on Film". Offscreen.
- ^ Gibney, John (2018). "The Irish Independence Film Collection". History Ireland.
- ^ Slaymaker, James (2 November 2020). "Video Essay: "The Rising of the Moon" — Exploring the Struggle for Irish Independence through Cinema". MUBI.
- ^ Barton, Ruth (25 May 2021). "The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collin". The Irish Times.
- ^ Wells-Lassagne, Shannon (2018). "Mind the Gap: The Big House in Cinematic Representations of the Anglo-Irish War". Études Irlandaises (43–2): 79–90. doi:10.4000/etudesirlandaises.5686.