Movies About the Troubles

In the Name of the Father An Irish man’s coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Some Mother’s Son The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Bloody Sunday A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
The Journey During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.
The Crying Game A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier’s world.
Belfast A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
Michael Collins Neil Jordan’s historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
The Devil’s Own A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
Maze Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
The Boxer Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after “taking the rap” for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.
An Everlasting Piece Two Irish wig salesmen, one Catholic and one Protestant, grapple with profiting from conflict amidst lucrative rival orders during the Troubles, risking their partnership while navigating dangerous territories and moral dilemmas.
No Stone Unturned An in-depth look at the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre, where six Irishmen were murdered, presumably by a Unionist paramilitary group, while watching the World Cup at the local pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland.
Hunger Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
’71 In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Derry Girls The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.