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So many good movies, so little time.
1. The Quiet Man
2. The Informer
3. Odd Man Out
4. In The Name Of The Father
5. Bloody Sunday
6. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
7. Waking Ned Devine
8. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
9. In America
10. My Left Foot
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Some of my favorites are:

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Some Mother's Son
In the Name of the Father
The Magdalene Sisters
Ryan's Daughter
The Commitments
Waking Ned Devine
My Left Foot
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Finian's Rainbow


I still need to see Angela's Ashes and Bloody Sunday...
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
I remember this one, it's been a long time since I've seen it though.
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The Secret of Roan Inish
1994, John Sayles




The Butcher Boy
1996, Neil Jordan

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1. Boondock Saints
2. State of Grace
3. The Quiet Man
4. The Departed
5. Far and Away

Also a notable mention but not a movie the Showtime series Brotherhood.
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1. Boondock Saints
2. State of Grace
3. The Quiet Man
4. The Departed
5. Far and Away

Also a notable mention but not a movie the Showtime series Brotherhood.

Some of my favorite Irish American movies are...



The Boondock Saints
The Departed
Miller's Crossing
Angels with Dirty Faces
Good Will Hunting
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Fighting Sullivans
The Gangs of New York
Million Dollar Baby
Far and Away



Sorry about that. Thank you for correcting me Caitlyn.

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it look like I was correcting you... I almost listed The Boondock Saints in my original list... btw, have you ever seen
? When I redo my top 100 list, it will probably be in my top ten...

Oh, and I'm adding Holden's picks to my 'to see' list... they look pretty interesting...





Breakfast On Pluto (2005, Neil Jordan)

I think this is an Irish film, at least...



Since we're doing some Irish American movies:

Mystic River
The Departed
Gangs Of New York
Million Dollar Baby



Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.


Of the many not mentioned yet, my favorite ones from Ireland or about the Irish include:

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx - a charming romantic comedy with Gene Wilder and Margot Kidder
Shake Hands With the Devil (1959) - Gritty IRA action drama with James Cagney
Widows' Peak - Witty dark comedy with Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright and Natasha Richardson
The General (1998) - True-life Irish gangster saga with Brendan Gleeson
The Playboy of the Western World (1962) - Fine adaptation of the classic J.M. Synge play
The Rising of the Moon (1957) - John Ford's three-part tribute to Irish country life
The Quare Fellow - Stark, powerful film about prisons and capital punishment with Patrick McGoohan and Sylvia Syms



The following are almost equally as good and well worth a look:

The Run of the Country
The Boxer
The Field
A Man of No Importance
Cal
The Dead
The Snapper
Into the West
Mrs. Brown
A Circle of Friends
Frankie Starlight



Of the ones mentioned, my fave will always be The Quiet Man, my fave John Ford and John Wayne film. Yes, I've heard all about its flaws from a few people, but I cannot see them because I'm too busy laughing and smiling.

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Some of my favorites are:

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Some Mother's Son
In the Name of the Father
The Magdalene Sisters
Ryan's Daughter
The Commitments
Waking Ned Devine
My Left Foot
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Finian's Rainbow

I still need to see Angela's Ashes and Bloody Sunday...
Definitely Darby O'Gill--it's funny, scary, and Irish to the core!



Darby o Gill is not Irish to the core. No offence to people but i really dont like people thinking these kind of movies depict irish life. I usually get asked do Irish people live in thatched cottages and what not (unfortunately for this conversation the only Irish person i have ever known who lives in a thatch cottage was my ex girlfriend) she has moved into a bigger house now though.


My favorite Irish movie is My Left Foot followed by Michael Collins and Garage

Ye have mentioned a lot of movies that are debatably Irish. Like i said they are debatable
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