Barry McGovern
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Birthday: January 01, 1948
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Joe Versus the Volcano
1990-03-09
Joe Versus the Volcano
Overview: Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Far and Away
1992-05-22
Far and Away
Overview: A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-22
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The Cured
2017-11-24
The Cured
Overview: What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Waiting for Godot
2001-02-04
Waiting for Godot
Overview: Two tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-04
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Sprachlos in Irland
2021-09-03
Sprachlos in Irland
Overview: For Connie, things have been going to plan for many years, both professionally and in her private life. That is, until the son of the CEO takes over the business, forcing new demands on the workforce. In future, English is to be the business language. English? Fluently? Not wanting to lose her job, Connie immediately signs up for an intensive English language course in Ireland. But the perfectionist is totally unprepared for her teacher Gillian, the warm-hearted, yet slightly chaotic and young-looking woman, who sees her main job as funeral director as a vocation. Connie also has her problems with her co-student, Max, a Tom Jones imitator, who is currently in Ireland to visit his 16-year-old daughter, Amy. Much to Connie's displeasure, the bon vivant is not interested in rules and regulations. Connie soon realizes that she is missing something more in her perfect life than speaking perfect English. But can she leave her life behind and risk taking the plunge into the great unknown?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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Driftwood
1997-01-01
Driftwood
Overview: When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doesn't remember anything. He has no name and no past. His dependence lies on Sarah. A role that makes her forget her loneliness and she decides to therefore lie about their situation... She says that they are situated on an island, where no one can reach them. From now, his life lies in her hands.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Overview: Short drama film set in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. A boy follows his executed father's final wish...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
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Miracle at Midnight
1998-03-17
Miracle at Midnight
Overview: Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a remarkable effort to save thousands of their Jewish countrymen from the horror of Nazi concentration camps. Hendrik and his doctor father undertake the dangerous task of deceiving the Nazis and hiding Jewish families. When the Koster men must themselves go into hiding, Henrik's sister and mother are left to face capture by the suspicious Gestapo.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-17
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A Sunken Place
2023-01-01
A Sunken Place
Overview: A young neurologist discovers a cure for depression, only to be opposed by a giant pharmaceutical corporation determined to destroy her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-01
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Braveheart
1995-05-24
Braveheart
Overview: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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August Saturday
1990-12-29
August Saturday
Overview: Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-29
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Blue Fiddle
2025-02-21
Blue Fiddle
Overview: Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her dad and wins the All-Ireland Music championship, her father will wake from his coma. Still in a coma, her dad is moved to a rehab centre, where Molly befriends Malachy, a grumpy old man who plays the fiddle beautifully and is told he has magic in his hands. They connect as she coaxes him to teach her to play and together they go in search of the magic that only music can bring.
Genres: Drama Music Family
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2025-02-21
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The Treaty
1991-12-05
The Treaty
Overview: How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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My Name Is Emily
2016-04-08
My Name Is Emily
Overview: Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital where he's been confined.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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Gift of the Magi
2010-12-16
Gift of the Magi
Overview: A newlywed couple burdened with economic hardship decides not to exchange Christmas presents to save money over the holidays. Secretly, they make sacrifices to buy the other a special gift.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-16
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Penance
2018-05-01
Penance
Overview: Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine by convincing him to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later, the reappearance of the now-experienced gunman Antaine in a divided Derry throws Father O’Donnell into turmoil. Once allies, the pair are now placed on opposite sides of the same agenda.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2018-05-01
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Royally Ever After
2018-05-19
Royally Ever After
Overview: Sara's dream of finding the perfect mate is realized when boyfriend Daniel proposes marriage, but there is one tiny hitch. It turns out he is the real-life prince of a small European monarchy, and his marriage requires the approval of his royal parents. Commoner Sara will have to do more than simply impress the in-laws-to-be. If she wants to become Daniel’s wife, she’ll have to prove she’s got all the makings of an honest-to-goodness princess.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-19
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Citizen Lane
2018-05-18
Citizen Lane
Overview: Citizen Lane is an innovative mix of documentary and drama that delivers a vivid and compelling portrait of Hugh Lane, one of the most fascinating and yet enigmatic figures in modern Irish history. A man of multiple contradictions, by turns infuriatingly parsimonious or extraordinarily generous, a professed nationalist and a knight of the realm; a monumental snob and a fearless campaigner for access to the arts.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-18
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The Informant
1997-03-15
The Informant
Overview: A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
Genres: Action War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-15
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The General
1998-05-01
The General
Overview: The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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Dear Sarah
1990-02-07
Dear Sarah
Overview: Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as she works to free her family members from prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-07
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Katie: The Year of a Child
1979-12-13
Katie: The Year of a Child
Overview: Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-13
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Blind Alley
1992-01-01
Blind Alley
Overview: An optician awakes from a bad dream to find himself in a living nightmare as he faces death-by-video.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Wild Mountain Thyme
2020-12-11
Wild Mountain Thyme
Overview: Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-11
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At Sea
At Sea
Overview: A hypnotic, hallucinatory reverie at the edge of liminal space. It is a visceral human experience, a rupture, a rhapsody of sound and image, moving beyond the sensory, to be carried deep in the body.
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Original Language: en
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