List of films featuring the Irish Republican Army


This is a list of films in which the Irish Republican Army, a faction thereof or a break away organisation is portrayed either through its plot or by a main character.
TitleDirectorNotable castSummaryReleasedNotes
Juno and the PaycockAlfred Hitchcock1930
The InformerJohn FordVictor McLaglen1935
Beloved EnemyH.C. Potter1936
My Life for IrelandMax W. Kimmich1941
I See a Dark StrangerFrank LaunderDeborah Kerr, Trevor HowardA young Irish woman becomes a Nazi spy.1946
Odd Man OutCarol ReedJames MasonA wounded Irish nationalist leader in Belfast attempts to evade police following a failed robbery.1947
The Quiet ManJohn FordJohn Wayne1952
The Gentle GunmanBasil DeardenJohn Mills, Dirk BogardeIRA Volunteer Terry Sullivan become disillusioned with a bombing campaign of London during the Second World War.1952
Shake Hands with the DevilMichael Anderson1959
A Terrible BeautyTay GarnettRobert Mitchum1960
Ryan's DaughterDavid LeanSarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, John Mills, Leo McKern, Trevor HowardIRA men arrive in a village to prepare to receive a delivery of German rifles from a ship offshore. Although the villagers help them recover the weapons during a storm, they are captured by the local British Army detachment on leaving the beach.1970
Duck, You Sucker!Sergio LeoneJames Coburn, Rod SteigerAn Irish explosives expert on the run and a Mexican bandit unintentionally get involved in the Mexican Revolution.1971
A Sense of LossMarcel OphülsDocumentary shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence.1972
NO GO!Richard ChaseDocudrama about IRA in Derry's Bogside.1973
HennessyDon SharpRod Steiger, Lee RemickAfter his family is killed, a once peaceful Irishman plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II1975
The Eagle Has LandedJohn SturgesMichael Caine, Donald SutherlandA former IRA man sheltering in Nazi Germany, where he works as a lecturer, is parachuted into England to make preparations for a Luftwaffe parachute unit, disguised as Polish soldiers, tasked with capturing or killing Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.1976
The Patriot GameArthur MacCaigA history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.1978documentary
The OutsiderTony Luraschi1980
The Long Good FridayJohn MackenzieBob Hoskins, Helen MirrenA London crime boss is beset by problems which prove to be caused by the IRA, targeting his organisation as a result of the misdealings of one of his lackeys with them.1980
Guests of the NationJohn J. Desmond1981Television film
Harry's GameLawrence Gordon ClarkRay Lonnen, Derek ThompsonAn IRA rifleman who assassinated a British minister in front of his family in London is tracked down by an undercover British Army officer.1982Television serial
Giro CityKarl Francis1982
CalPat O'Connor1984
The Glory BoysMichael FergusonAnthony PerkinsThe IRA assigns one of its members to aid a Palestinian assassin in his attempt to kill an Israeli scientist in London, while British Intelligence officers attempt to prevent and capture them1984Television serial
ContactAlan ClarkeSean ChapmanFilm based on A.F.N. Clarke's experiences as a Parachute Regiment officer in 1970s Northern Ireland1984Television film
In This CornerAtom Egoyan1985Television film
A Prayer for the DyingMike Hodges1987
Naming the NamesSylvestra Le TouzelStuart BurgeYoung Belfast woman committed to republican cause caught in web of conflicting loyalties and violence.1987TV Movie
The DawningRobert Knights1987
Act of BetrayalLawrence Gordon ClarkElliott Gould, Patrick BerginAn IRA informer and his family are given new identities and new lives in Australia but the IRA are still determined to track them down.1988TV Movie
The DawningRobert Knights1988
The GrasscutterIan MuneTerence Cooper, Ian McElhinneyAn Ulster Volunteer Force informer living under an assumed identity in New Zealand is revealed, with both loyalist and republican groups eager to track him down.1988
A Casualty of WarTom Clegg1989Television film
ElephantAlan Clarke1989Television film
Who Bombed Birmingham?Mike BeckhamJohn Hurt, Martin Shaw1991Documentary film
Behind the MaskFrank MartinDramadoc about the Birmingham Six.1991Documentary film
The TreatyJonathan Lewis1991Television film
Force of DutyPat O'Connor1992Television film
Patriot GamesPhillip NoyceHarrison Ford1992
The Crying GameNeil Jordan1992
Circles of DeceitGeoffrey Sax1993Television film
In the Name of the FatherJim SheridanDaniel Day Lewis Pete PostlethwaiteBased on the Guildford Four, father and son are falsely imprisoned as IRA members accused of committing the Guildford pub bombing.1993
Blown AwayStephen HopkinsJeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones1994
PatriotsFrank Kerr1994
More Than a SacrificeTom Collins1995Documentary film
The Boys of Barr na SráideConor O'Carroll1996Short film
Michael CollinsNeil JordanLiam Neeson1996
Some Mother's SonTerry GeorgeHelen Mirren1996
The EliminatorEnda Hughes1996
The Devil's OwnAlan J. PakulaBrad Pitt, Harrison Ford1997
Midnight Man Lawrence Gordon Clark1995Television film
A Further GestureRobert Dornhelm1997
The InformantJim McBride1997
The JackalMichael Caton-JonesBruce Willis, Richard GereAn ex-IRA gunman is recruited to assist the CIA in tracking down a suspected presidential assassin.1997
The BoxerJim SheridanDaniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson1997
The GeneralJohn BoormanBrendan GleesonDetails the life of Dublin underworld figure Martin Cahill.1998
Titanic TownRoger Michell1998
Divorcing JackDavid Caffrey1998
RoninJohn FrankenheimerRobert De NiroIRA operatives hire mercenaries to retrieve a mysterious briefcase.1998
The CraicTed Emery1999
ExiledBill Muir1999
Brits2000Documentary television series
Borstal BoyPeter Sheridan2000
An Everlasting PieceBarry Levinson2000
The BombmakerGraham Theakston2001Television film
Shamrock and SwastikaBrendan Culleton, Irina MaldeaExamination of the Irish Republican Army's collaboration with the Abwehr during World War II.2001Television documentary
H3Les BlairDepiction of the 1981 Irish hunger strike.2001
Bloody SundayPaul GreengrassJames NesbitDepiction of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre.2002Television film
SundayCharles McDougallCiarán McMenamin, Christopher EcclestonDepiction of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre.2002Television film
The Rising of the MoonDeborah Baxtrom2002
BoxedMarion ComerTom MurphyA priest is called upon to provide last rites to an IRA prisoner.2002Drama
The Maze2002Television documentary
OmaghPete Travis2004Television film
Breakfast on PlutoNeil Jordan2005
The Year London Blew UpEdmund CoulthardDramadoc about the 1974-75 Provisional IRA campaign in London, which culminated in the Balcombe Street siege.2005Television film
Johnny WasMark Hammond2006
The Wind That Shakes the BarleyKen LoachCillian Murphy2006
I.R.A. King of NothingDamian Chapa2006
Fifty Dead Men WalkingKari SkoglandBen Kingsley, Rose McGowan, Jim SturgessA loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name.2008
HungerSteve McQueenDepiction of the Bobby Sands during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.2008
Five Minutes of HeavenOliver HirschbiegelLiam NeesonA reconciliation is attempted after 33 years2009
Voices From The GraveKate O'CallaghanThe story of the Northern Ireland Troubles through the Irish Republican Army's Brendan Hughes and Ulster Volunteer Force's David Ervine, two men who played key roles on opposite sides of the ongoing conflict.2010Documentary
Shadow DancerJames MarshAn IRA member is turned into an informer for the British, to protect her son2012
'71Yann DemangeA young British soldier is accidentally abandoned, following a riot in Belfast, in 1971.2014
The JourneyNick HammTimothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie HighmoreA fictional account of the true story of how political enemies Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness formed an unlikely political alliance.2016
RebellionColin TeevanRebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.2016
The ForeignerMartin CampbellJackie Chan, Pierce BrosnanA man seeks revenge for the death of his daughter, killed by a bombing committed by a rogue faction of the IRA.2017
ResistanceColin TeevanSet in late 1920, Resistance is a sequel series to the 2016 miniseries Rebellion2019