一对杀手，肯与雷（Colin Farrell 饰），在圣诞期间来到比利时古城布鲁日，他们将在这里接到联系人哈里（Ralph Fiennes 饰）指令的新任务。雷在不久前的一次暗杀中误杀了一名男童，怀着深深愧疚的雷情绪不稳，古城中的等待对他来说是一场难耐的煎熬。肯作为带领雷入行的前辈，试图帮助雷摆脱困境，但他的努力毫无收效。百无聊赖的雷在街上结识了女演员克洛伊，这个神秘女孩引发了雷一系列的冒险经历，与此同时，肯再一次被哈里催促，原来此次任务的真相是暴怒的哈里要雷为他的误杀行为付出代价，肯面对被自己一手引入杀手行当的年轻人，难以做出抉择，两名杀手，在夜色中的古城各怀心事……
故事背景设置在了现代社会，是有关于一个塞尔奇小精灵的民间传说，她是最后一个拥有着海豹外貌却能化为人形的生物，尝试着想要重新回到大海里——那是一个童话世界即将终结的时间点，所有只存在于民间传说中的生物全部在现代社会的影响下，愈加地堕落、腐败，他们根本就不想回去，可小精灵的歌声却是让他们回归的惟一办法…… 一个有点悲伤的故事，却以一种非常美好的方式呈现出来。
这是一个真实的故事。盖瑞（丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 饰）生活于当年战火纷飞的北爱尔兰，那时北爱共和军正致力于反对英国的殖民统治。年轻的盖瑞整日无所事事，偷鸡摸狗，无意间得罪了北爱共和军。 无奈之下，其父（皮特•波斯尔思韦特 Pete Postlethwaite 饰）只能送他到英国闯天下。孰料，刚到英国的盖瑞就被当地心急立功的警察诬蔑为北爱共和军的恐怖分子，还连累了在英国的姑妈一家一同被当作恐怖分子关进了监狱。 其父四处陈情，最后也被关进了监禁。父子俩在监狱受尽苦头。直到多年之后，一位英国的女律师才开始从头调查这件极其荒谬的冤案。这件冤案最后能否得以平反，父子能否重见生天？
影片讲述了一个真实的故事。一名妇女用了50多年时间找寻被从自己身边强迫带走的孩子。那是在1952年的爱尔兰，社会风气保守，菲洛梅娜·李(Philomena Lee )生下孩子时是一个未成年少女，她以“堕落”的罪名被关押进罗斯克里(Roscrea)的修道院，而襁褓中的婴孩被修女强行抱走，送到了美国供人收养。菲洛梅娜在接下来的五十年时间里，没有一天不再想念自己的孩子，她也没有放弃找寻到他再次拥抱他的希望。《菲洛梅娜》改编自 BBC 记者马丁·斯克斯史密斯出版的作品《菲诺梅娜的遗失孩子》，来自真人真事。1952年的爱尔兰世风依旧保守，未成年的菲洛梅娜不仅不能抚养刚出生的孩子，自己也被迫在修道院受罚。三年后儿子在修道院安排下远赴美国被领养。50年无果的寻找后，她将这一秘密告诉记者马丁，在后者帮助下，踏上了前往美国的寻子之路。寻子途中，既有菲洛梅娜对儿子精彩人生的发现，也有处在人生不同阶段的老人和记者的彼此互助和情怀。
20世纪二十年代，英国和爱尔兰之间的矛盾不断加深，最终爆发爱尔兰独立战争。原本拥有光明前途的医科大学生达米安（Cillian Murphy 饰）得知战争爆发，毅然投笔从戎。他回到家乡，与弟弟泰迪（Padraic Delaney 饰）、好友丹（Liam Cunningham 饰）一起加入了爱尔兰共和军。这群青年凭借满腔热血以及出色的战术，一次次挫败受雇于英国政府的“黑与棕”民兵部队。他们的反抗迫使英军同意签订条约，然而，这也成为昔日战友分道扬镳的岔路口……
达比本来是看管属地的，但因为年迈被麦克代替了位置。达比常与森林中的小人国国王布莱恩喝酒狂欢，但是因为常人看不见小人国的人，所以达比被人视为因失业而颠狂。布莱恩要满足达比三个愿望，善良的达比愿求爱女凯蒂有美 好归宿，当凯蒂不慎坠落悬崖，达比许愿让自己代死，而布莱恩将达比推离了死神，凯蒂与麦克也有了美好的结局，达比心愿全都达成。
一部地缘政治动作惊悚片。本片根据1961年由帕特·昆兰指挥官率领的150名爱尔兰籍联合国维和部队在刚果执行维和任务的真实围城事件改编。1961年，亲西方的莫瓦塞·冲伯将军控制了加丹加省地区，并暗杀了当时刚果的民选总理帕特里斯·卢蒙巴。昆兰率领他的部队与由法国和比利时雇佣兵指挥的当地3000人部队展开激战。詹米·多南在本片中饰演帕特·昆兰，一位爱尔兰籍联合国维和部队指挥官。
格里·鲍伊尔警长是一个有着暴脾气的怪人,他没有什么幽默感,性格古怪。因为常年在戈尔韦郡工作,所以他对整个地区都了若指掌。他见过了太多的悲欢离合故事,所以他从来也就不曾考虑世界的意义。 当这个宁静的小镇成为一宗巨大的毒品交易案的关键地点后,鲍伊尔不得不和更不懂幽默的FBI探员温德尔合作进行调查。在自己的地界上工作,他根本没有把FBI放在眼里。温德尔是一个典型的美国人,恪守时间和规章,亦步亦趋地工作并且一心要将犯罪分子绳之以法。他根本不想去了解案犯与当地的背景,他想的只是破案。他看不起鲍伊尔,觉得他只是一个最基层的小警员。而鲍伊尔则觉得温德尔太书呆子气,什么都按照书本和教条来做,根本不了解真实的生活是如何运作的。 尽管看上去鲍伊尔不想帮助温德尔破案,可他还是给温德尔的工作带来了不少方便。鲍伊尔找到了于案件有关的很多蛛丝马迹,一点点把案情梳理开来。随后,怪事一桩一桩袭来,首先是鲍伊尔的搭档不见了,随后是他最喜欢的妓女要他对这个案子睁一只眼闭一只眼,最后毒贩子自己上门求情,希望鲍伊尔能放他一马——看上去,毒贩早已渗透到了警局内部,只有鲍伊尔还不知道而已。 怪脾气的鲍伊尔觉得事情蹊跷,他决定要依靠自己的双手把整个案件查个水落石出。现在,在戈尔韦郡的地界上,他唯一能信任的人只有他不喜欢的温德尔了。他们能摒弃前嫌,一起破案,找到幕后的黑手么?
影片的剧本在1983年就完成了，导演努力了12年才将其搬上银幕。故事从1916年爱尔兰武装叛乱失败、反叛领袖被处决说起。作为叛军年轻指挥官的迈克尔.柯林斯也被关押。获释后，他与哈利.勃兰德一起再展反旗。这次，他们放弃大规模武装起义，而是开展游击战和暗杀行动。在一次行动时，柯林斯受伤，由凯蒂进行护理，并逐渐建立起恋情。后来，柯林斯被迫放弃暗杀行动，进行大规模作战，爱尔兰共和军因此受到重创。柯林斯在充当停火协议的主要谈判者期间惨遭暗杀。
大饥荒发生两年后最艰苦的1847年，一位叫费尼Feeney的士兵为英国打完了战争后逃回到爱尔兰，看到一片挣扎与混乱，发现亲人全部死去，便下定决心复仇。同时英国派出了汉那Hannah去阻止费尼，而费尼和汉那却又是当年的战友……
事件起因是北爱人民不满英国政府未经审讯便予以拘留的不人道做法，决定在 1 月 30 日这天举行一场游行。英国陆军将军福特（Tim Pigott-Smith 饰）同时发表声明，定义这是一次非法游行，并将进行镇压。双方的矛盾冲突在前一夜便凸显开来，形势一触即发。北爱温和派议员库普（James Nesbitt 饰）意识到形势严峻，四处奔波告诫人们要克制，千万不可使用暴力。而另一方面英国派来一队伞兵作为先锋部队，防止北爱共和军的人伺机作乱。游行在紧张的气氛下展开，前半段的有条不紊被随之而来的混乱彻底破坏。一群激动的年轻人偏离游行路线，向驻防的的英国军队抗议并投掷石块。英国方面用高压水龙头、催泪弹和橡皮子弹还击。接着事态愈演愈烈，英军开始用真枪实弹向百姓射击，连臂膀上扎了白色手帕（以示和平）的老人也不放过。惶恐的人们四散逃窜，许多人倒在了血泊中不再起来。暴乱结束后，军方对外声称只有三人丧生，而当晚库普从医院拿来的资料显示总共 13 人死亡，14 人受伤。 本片荣获 2002 年柏林国际电影节金熊奖和天主教人道主义精神奖、2002 年英国独立电影节最佳男主角（James Nesbitt 饰）和最佳导演。
两个行事冲动的爱尔兰年轻人偷了一辆自行车前往海边，想从走私者翻覆的船里找到一包可卡因。
生活一团糟的乔伊踏上了一段冒险之旅，准备把刚出生孩子交给闺蜜照顾，不料一个厚脸皮的流浪儿尾随而来，两块未经雕琢的璞玉组成了很欢乐的一对搭档，开启逃离之路。12岁的莫利失去了母亲，又发现他负债累累的父亲正要偷以母亲名义筹来的善款。于是他带走了那些现金，并偷来一辆的士打算逃走，却惊见带着孩子的女人乔伊就在后座。乔伊是一位直肠直肚的律师，意外怀孕后要担上母亲的职责令她难以负荷，所以正打算交孩子给一位会视其如己出的朋友。机缘巧合下她加入了莫利穿越爱尔兰的疯狂之旅，一路上要偷车、截顺风车、赶渡轮和冲破警察路障。莫利被父亲紧追其后，而乔伊则渴望逃离并忘记过去。然而两位“亡命之徒”渐渐契合，发现两者都不被父母所爱，自己却不吝付出。最后他们学懂如何快乐地过活，并在对方身上获得爱的力量。
"公牛 "麦凯比的家族世代耕种一块田地，为这片土地牺牲了很多。当拥有这块田地的寡妇决定公开拍卖这块田地时，麦凯比知道自己必须拥有它。虽然当地人都不敢与他竞价，但一个富有的美国人却决定需要这块田地来修建一条高速公路。"公牛 "和他的儿子决定设法说服美国人放弃野心，返回家乡，但他们的阴谋却造成了险恶的后果。
卡尔（约翰·林奇 John Lynch 饰）是一位非常虔诚的天主教徒，然而他还有着另一重不为人知的身份，那就是恐怖分子的帮手，这一段经历成为了卡尔的心结，他想要摆脱恐怖分子的身份，却总是身不由己的被卷入其中。 一天，在图书馆里，卡尔邂逅了名为马赛拉（海伦·米伦 Helen Mirren 饰）的美丽女孩，卡尔一下子坠入了情网之中。然而，让卡尔没有想到的是，马赛拉的丈夫莫顿警官（Seamus Forde 饰）正是死于恐怖分子之手，随着卡尔和马赛拉的感情一步步的推进，他心中的愧疚感也越来越重。又一次的，卡尔被卷入了恐怖分子们筹划的抢劫行动中，等待他的，注定不会是美好的结局。
The year is 1993. The UK and Ireland are swept up in electrifying boy band mania. Across Dublin’s clubs, bars and schools, a feverish hunt begins, to find the next musical sensation. In the era before tv talent shows ruled, hundreds vied for stardom, but only five working-class Dubliners would have the luck to be plucked from obscurity and be thrust into the global spotlight. It’s here, we begin our story.
Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2001.
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in a comedy that follows an American man and an Irish woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London.
Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.
The Panel was a weekly topical comedy-style chat show produced by Happy Endings Productions for RTÉ. It is based on the Australian programme The Panel, produced by Working Dog Productions for Network Ten. The 2010–2011 season began on 7 October 2010, with a new permanent presenter, Craig Doyle, and ran each Thursday at 22:15 on RTÉ One until 26 January 2011. The theme song is "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses.
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family in the 1980's.
The 3-part documentary series The Irish Civil War tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, produced in partnership with University College Cork by RTÉ Cork as part of the Decade of Centenary commemorations and based on UCC’s “mammoth and magnificent” Atlas of the Irish Revolution, this documentary series features extensive archive film footage, photographs and materials, interviews with leading academics, archive interviews with contemporary participants and witnesses, firsthand witness accounts read by actors, detailed and dynamic graphic maps based on those featured in the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, and stunning cinematography of the very locations where events took place.
Each episode looks back at the news and events of a particular year, using news archive footage, along with subtitles as the means of narration, to recount notable Irish and international events of the time.
Ardal O'Hanlon goes on a fascinating journey around the islands of Ireland, unearthing the history, observing the wildlife and meeting the islanders trying to live sustainably within their extraordinary environment.
The show is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people. It takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary as if made by British television. Each show explores one subject from it's history through to the present covering 6 or 7 topics (or subheadings) using voxpops and informed opinion to inspire comedy sketches and unflinching rants from numerous created characters. The third series is performed by comedians David McSavage, John Colleary, Pat McDonnell and Dermot McMorrow among others. The topics we are covering this year range from Media and Politics to Christmas and Family.
In a small town in West Ireland, we following the misadventures of five hapless men down on their luck, trying to leave their backwards rural home town and attempt to reach America and sample modern civilization.
Eoin Warner sails a 140-year-old Galway Hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary wild magic of Ireland's western islands, from Basking Sharks off Inishtrahull, to White Tailed Eagle off the Cork coast.
Republic of Telly is a TV review and magazine programme on Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ Two. Presented by comedian Kevin McGahern, the programme is intended as a satirical examination at television, mocking various Irish and British TV channels, including sketches and special guests making an appearance from the shows. An added feature of the show is its correspondents Jennifer Maguire and Bernard O'Shea. Maguire conducts vox pops and celebrity interviews, whereas O'Shea conducts "live on the spot reports". Series two also introduced comedians The Rubberbandits as reporters, bizarre weathermen and agony aunts. The series has contributed to the chart success of The Rubberbandits single "Horse Outside", as well as "Everybody's Drinkin'" and "Big Box Little Box" by Damo and Ivor.
John Creedon is a man on a mission, teasing and exploring the true meaning behind some of Ireland's most unusual, iconic and famous place names.
A three-part documentary series that journeys to the heart of Ireland's coast, revealing its fascinating origins, rich biodiversity and magnetic charm.
Après Match is an Irish comedy show normally screened after competitive Irish soccer matches on RTÉ. It is performed by Barry Murphy, Risteárd Cooper and Gary Cooke. It grew out of Barry Murphy and Risteárd Cooper's Frank's Euro Ting sketches which first enlivened RTÉ's coverage of Euro '96 for which Rep. of Ireland had failed to qualify. "Après Match" proper was born when Gary Cooke joined the duo and soon became a fixture following each of Ireland's qualifying games for the 1998 World Cup. The show mocks famous, mostly Irish, soccerstars and pundits including Bill O'Herlihy, Eamon Dunphy, Johnny Giles, Liam Brady, Frank Stapleton, Colm Murray, and Graeme Souness, as well as pundits from the British channels, including Richard Keys, Andy Gray, Jamie Redknapp, Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen.
How Low Can You Go? is an RTÉ comedy travel television programme which runs on RTÉ Two. It involves actors, Michael Hayes, Bazil Ashmawy, and Mark O'Neill visiting various cities and attempting to find the lowest cost to get to and stay in a number of different cities. The Irish Independent described the programme as being "like a cross between Wish You Were Here and Jackass."
Irish satirical television series.
