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Based on A.F.N. Clarke's experiences as a Parachute Regiment officer in 1970s Northern Ireland. [35] [36] 1984 Television film In This Corner: Atom Egoyan: An amateur boxer from Canada becomes an unwitting pawn in The Troubles when he is convinced by Irish Republican Army to help smuggle accused member back into Ireland as part of his entourage ...
Pages in category "Films about the Irish Republican Army" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Big Sick (2017) – romantic comedy film loosely based on the real-life romance between Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani [30] Bingo: The King of the Mornings (Portuguese: Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs) (2017) – Brazilian biographical drama film inspired in the life of Arlindo Barreto, one of many actors who played Bozo the Clown in Brazil [31]
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on the short story "Guests of the Nation". 1993 Ireland High Boot Benny: Joe Comerford: Drama. 1993 Ireland United States In the Name of the Father: Jim Sheridan: Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on an autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four.
It premiered in September 2008, and stars Jim Sturgess as McGartland, a British agent who went undercover into the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and Ben Kingsley as Fergus, his British handler. The film is set from 1988 until 1991, the time in which McGartland acted as an undercover agent within the IRA during The Troubles. In 1991 ...
12. Philomena (2013). Who's in it: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley Rating: PG-13 Inspired by true events, the Oscar-nominated drama film tells the story of a London-based journalist who ...
Some Mother's Son is a 1996 Irish-American film written and directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland. Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner Bobby Sands (played by John Lynch) led a protest against the treatment ...
Adamant in his approach to securing peace, de Valera orders a siege on The Custom House, but the Irish Republican Army suffers heavy casualties and the attack fails catastrophically. Despite the desperate situation the Irish Republican Army now finds itself in, the British unexpectedly call for a cease to the conflict.