Best/Worst Irish Themed Movies....

[BorderEevilIII]

So which ones potray thee best and what about thee worst, well unfavorables ones....

I can't think of any LEAST faves at the moment....


but I liked

- Gangs of New York
- In The Name of The Father

[MickeyKnox]

Best:
My Left Foot
State of Grace
In The Name of the Father
In America

[syxxpac]

Does 25th Hour count?

[Erin123]

In the Name of the Father was a brilliant movie, and another Daniel Day-Lewis film The Boxer was also quite good.

[QUENTIN]

Gangs of New York, The Quiet Man, The Crying Game, and In The Name of The Father are my favorites that come to mind.

While not necesarily horrible, The Devil's Own struck me as pretty lame.

[Annie Hall]

Gangs of New York
In America
The War of the Buttons

Are just a few of my favorites

[jeo4]

GANGS OF NEW YORK is my favorite.

FAR AND AWAY is my least favorite.

[Giselle]

Best - I really liked Monument Ave. I thought Denis Leary was surprisingly good playing it straight.

[ANavissi500]

BEST - IN AMERICA 9/10

WORST - THE DEVIL'S OWN 6/10

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by jeo4
GANGS OF NEW YORK is my favorite.

FAR AND AWAY is my least favorite.

I agree.

Gangs of New York - 9.5/10

Far and Away - 4/10

[JCR]

Devils Own is the worst by a mile. You know as I'm a reasonably proud brit, I think this film was trying to offend me but it was hindered by the fact it was laughably awful. In fact I think if it had of offended me that would have been a start. But it didn't.

[Grebdron]

Boondock Saints?

[Nice Marmot]

Darby O'Gill & the Little People. The Banshee used to scare me good as a kid!

I must admit, Circle of Friends is a guilty pleasure of mine. Why do I hate most American "chick flicks" but not European ones?

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Boondock Saints?

Yeah! I'd forgotten this one...only thing in the world that made me wanna be a devout Catholic.

[HoldenCaulfield]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Boondock Saints?
I completely agree with this gentleman. The Boondock Saints is one of my favourite movies from a pure entertainment value perspective.

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

In The Name Of The Father and Gangs Of New York are great. Lets not forget The Commitments?

The Devils Own and Far & Away make me feel ashamed to be half Irish! :)

[Erin123]

Originally posted by Bullet Tooth Tony
Lets not forget The Commitments?

Ahh The Commitments :)

Jimmy Rabbitte: "The Irish are the blacks of Europe. Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. North Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin."

Lol, classic stuff :cool:

[Grebdron]

Originally posted by Bullet Tooth Tony
Lets not forget The Commitments?

My bad! I fooking loooove The Commitments!

[RicochetShaw]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Boondock Saints?


Is the worst one, IMO.




My favorite is The Crying Game, followed by Gangs of New York. Woohoo, I'm Irish!:cool:



"Watch the swears! We don't say the "I" word in this house. - Ned Flanders :D

[HoldenCaulfield]

Originally posted by RicochetShaw
Is the worst one, IMO.
Why so bad, IYO?

[Deckard]

What about Mike Hodges A PRAYER FOR DYING with Mickey Rourke????

Some other faves are

THE QUIET MAN
BOONDOCK SAINTS
THE CRYING GAME
STATE & GRACE
DARBY O GILL & THE LITTLE PEOPLE

[moviemuffin]

My favorite movie of all time was and is The Quiet Man.

I also felt that The Field captured things about Ireland and the Irish that other Irish films missed.

The Magdalene Sisters was astonishing.

Nobody else liked it but as a first generation Irish (half, my dad is Indian) American I found Matchmaker hysterical.

In America was lovely.

Secret of Roan Innish was great for kids.

I liked The Commitments but liked the sound track better than the movie.

My Left Foot-- classic.

Bloody Sunday-- amazing documentary.

I don't consider Gangs of New York Irish.

[Annie Hall]

I'm such an idiot.

The Magdalene Sisters
Secret of Roan Innish
and
The Commitments were all froozing awesome.

[BadCoverVersion]

Best...

The Crying Game
The Commitments
My Left Foot
The Magdalene Sisters
In America
Waking Ned
The Snapper
The Butcher Boy

Let me have a think about worst.

[Goosey]

Johnny Dangerously is the greatest Irish movie, period!:D

[RicochetShaw]

Originally posted by HoldenCaulfield
Why so bad, IYO?


Hehe, I've never seen "IYO" before. Anyways...

In my opinion, this is one of the messiest films I've ever seen, just horrible. Why? It has possibly the worst directing I've ever seen, and a bad screenplay to boot. The director is totally incompetent, and this is the reason I hated the movie so much. He goes to great lengths to make "cool" and "sweeping" shots when a simple shot would easily suffice (The confession scene, for one). The acting is also horrible all around, even DaFoe, who was widely praised for his role. I don't get how performances that go over the top are often hailed as being "great". Beh...

[ilovemovies]

Am I the only one who loved The Devil's Own?


My favs:

Gangs of New York
The Devil's Own


and one that nobody has surprisingly mentioned yet:

Michael Collins