Lorcan Cranitch
Biography: Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
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Birthday: August 28, 1959
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Aisha
2022-11-17
Aisha
Overview: Aisha, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, is floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. As her situation becomes increasingly dire, Aisha struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-17
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Overview: Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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Dancing at Lughnasa
1998-09-04
Dancing at Lughnasa
Overview: Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-04
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God on Trial
2008-09-03
God on Trial
Overview: In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-03
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Christmas at Castle Hart
2021-11-27
Christmas at Castle Hart
Overview: Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-27
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Empire State
1987-03-01
Empire State
Overview: In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-01
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Hornblower: Loyalty
2003-01-05
Hornblower: Loyalty
Overview: Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-05
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Lakelands
2023-05-05
Lakelands
Overview: The film centres on local small-town GAA football "outside the bright lights of Croke Park", following a player who struggles to get back into the sport after an injury.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-05
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Róise & Frank
2022-09-16
Róise & Frank
Overview: Grief stricken Róise lost her husband, Frank, two years ago. Her son, Alan, worries about her but the arrival of a mysterious dog seems to bring happiness to her life once more. Róise soon comes to believe that the dog is, in fact, Frank reincarnated. He has come back to be with her again… and to coach the local sports team…
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Ghosts
2023-05-10
Ghosts
Overview: Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-10
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004-12-25
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Overview: Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday. Her remarkable likeness to Jack's mother, Emily, who tragically died in an accident eight years ago both baffles and unsettles the family. She even wears the same pearls that Emily wore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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The Heart Surgeon
1997-05-04
The Heart Surgeon
Overview: Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-04
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Flying Blind
2013-04-12
Flying Blind
Overview: Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton, designing surveillance drones for the military. Shes never married, and is completely in control of every part of her life. Her closest relationship is with her father, who worked as an engineer on Concorde. But her life changes forever when she embarks on a passionate affair with Kahil, a French/Algerian aerospace student, twenty years younger than her. One day, she arrives at work and is detained by the security services: Kahil is a person of interest to MI5. Her well-ordered life starts to unravel in a welter of suspicion and prejudice, as Frankie no longer knows whether to follow her passion or listen to the doubts that increasingly overwhelm her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-12
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LOLA
2023-04-07
LOLA
Overview: Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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The Playboys
1992-04-22
The Playboys
Overview: A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-22
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Macbeth
1998-01-15
Macbeth
Overview: William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-15
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Summer of the Flying Saucer
2008-07-12
Summer of the Flying Saucer
Overview: It’s Ireland in 1967, when a flying saucer full of aliens lands on Dan’s farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe that she and all the other aliens are humans.
Genres: Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-12
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The Venus de Milo Instead
1987-09-09
The Venus de Milo Instead
Overview: A group of children and their teachers from a Protestant school in Northern Ireland go on a trip to Paris.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-09
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Tarrac
2023-10-06
Tarrac
Overview: Aoife Ni Bhraoin returns home to help her father Brendan ‘The Bear’ O’Briain in his recovery from a heart attack. During this time, Aoife faces the grief of her mother that she hasn’t dealt with until now. Aoife reacquaints with a group of rowers and this all-female team, who against the odds, take on a high stakes Naomhóg rowing competition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ga
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Burn It All
2022-07-09
Burn It All
Overview: After her father leaves her mother for her best friend, a devastated Bobbie embarks on a chaotic campaign of revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-09
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Yield
Yield
Overview: Eve and her father are tasked with removing a dead sheep from a neighbouring farmer's land.
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Original Language: en
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The Legend of Longwood
2014-11-16
The Legend of Longwood
Overview: When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-16
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The Magic Toyshop
1987-11-19
The Magic Toyshop
Overview: After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Her uncle, who is a toymaker, secretly has the power to make his toys come to life, but he also maintains dictatorial control over his family and intends to exercise the same control over the new arrival.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-19
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Best: His Mother's Son
2009-04-29
Best: His Mother's Son
Overview: Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when she had her first sip of sherry to celebrate her son’s footballing success. Ten years later, she was dead from alcoholism-related heart disease. The recreation of late-Sixties Belfast was accurate and, thank goodness, intelligently subdued: no comedy Ulster accents and no point-scoring subplot about the Troubles.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-29
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Hornblower: Duty
2003-01-06
Hornblower: Duty
Overview: Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-06
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Love, Rosie
2014-10-16
Love, Rosie
Overview: Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-16
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Night Train
1998-01-01
Night Train
Overview: A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the new boarder and to his train sets, which they each use as an escape from reality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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You, Me & Marley
1992-09-30
You, Me & Marley
Overview: A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars and joyride around the city, causing havoc among the nearby Protestants and local Irish Republican Army members, all of who are outraged by the youths' nihilism. The gang, led by ace thief Sean (Marc O'Shea), is connected with the IRA but couldn't care less about the group's politics. But things turn serious when an IRA member captures one of the boys, Marley (Michael Liebmann), in an effort to end the mayhem.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-30
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Omagh
2005-03-23
Omagh
Overview: The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-23
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Life After Life
1995-04-02
Life After Life
Overview: Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-02
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Deacon Brodie
1997-03-08
Deacon Brodie
Overview: Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town councillor is a rogue and a hedonist. He steals money but gives it back. He attempts to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise office but the attempt fails and he is caught. There is a widely-publicised trial and he is sentenced to death to be hanged on the gallows he designed.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-08
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My Life for Ireland
2016-02-21
My Life for Ireland
Overview: Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Owen, a young Irish patriot, wants to join them in their fight for freedom.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-21
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Family
1994-05-08
Family
Overview: This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mum; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-08
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The Food Guide to Love
2013-12-18
The Food Guide to Love
Overview: A dysfunctional love story about an Irish food writer and a politically committed Spanish woman.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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Food of Love
1997-10-19
Food of Love
Overview: A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-19
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The Dig
2019-04-26
The Dig
Overview: After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-26
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Titanic Town
1998-08-08
Titanic Town
Overview: Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA, and her neighbours are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear she stands up and condemns the murders. Criticising both factions, her call for a ceasefire is interpreted as an attack against the IRA, and as her peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-08
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991-04-22
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Overview: True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-22
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Dah Dit Dah
1996-10-01
Dah Dit Dah
Overview: Set in Belfast in the 1970's, the film tells the story of a girl, her dad, his lover and their broken lines of communication.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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My Fragile Heart
2000-09-17
My Fragile Heart
Overview: Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is again a suspect. Trina thinks he is innocent but places herself in danger in trying to prove it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-17
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Herself
2020-11-26
Herself
Overview: Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-26
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Drifting
2020-07-11
Drifting
Overview: Cian and Pat have been joined at the hip since they were kids and have the run of their small town in the midlands. Cian is content to coast through a life of booze and casual hook-ups while Pat has grown weary of his surroundings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-11
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Take Me Swimming
2017-11-18
Take Me Swimming
Overview: A son must overcome his own conflicted feelings and honour his father's intentions to keep his mother alive, despite her expressed wish to the contrary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-18
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