Eamonn Owens

Angela's Ashes (1999)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mullan
CAST:  Anne-Marie Duff  •  Nora-Jane Noone  •  Eileen Walsh  •  Mary Murray

Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mullan
CAST:  Anne-Marie Duff  •  Nora-Jane Noone  •  Eileen Walsh  •  Mary Murray

The General (1998)

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boorman
CAST:  Brendan Gleeson  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Sean McGinley  •  Maria Doyle Kennedy

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boorman
CAST:  Brendan Gleeson  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Sean McGinley  •  Maria Doyle Kennedy

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)

On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold rose from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Salomon
CAST:  Aidan Quinn  •  Kelsey Grammer  •  Flora Montgomery  •  John Light

On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold rose from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Salomon
CAST:  Aidan Quinn  •  Kelsey Grammer  •  Flora Montgomery  •  John Light

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000)

A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hughes
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Luke Griffin  •  Malcolm McDowell  •  Alan Bates

A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hughes
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Luke Griffin  •  Malcolm McDowell  •  Alan Bates

Studs (2006)

The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon, their playing field. When mysterious Walter Keegan shows up offering to be their coach, captain Bubbles and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mercier
CAST:  Feidlim Cannon  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Shaun Elebert  •  Domhnall Gleeson

The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon, their playing field. When mysterious Walter Keegan shows up offering to be their coach, captain Bubbles and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mercier
CAST:  Feidlim Cannon  •  Brendan Gleeson  •  Shaun Elebert  •  Domhnall Gleeson

Dead Bodies (2003)

The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy. Tommy (Andrew Scott) had thought he had seen the last of Jean (Katy Davis) after their recent breakup, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Quinn
CAST:  Andrew Scott  •  Kelly Reilly  •  Darren Healy  •  Katy Davis

The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy. Tommy (Andrew Scott) had thought he had seen the last of Jean (Katy Davis) after their recent breakup, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Quinn
CAST:  Andrew Scott  •  Kelly Reilly  •  Darren Healy  •  Katy Davis

The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Andrea Corr  •  Bernard Hill  •  Colm Meaney  •  Shaun Evans

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Andrea Corr  •  Bernard Hill  •  Colm Meaney  •  Shaun Evans

The Butcher Boy (1998)

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Eamonn Owens  •  Alan Boyle  •  Fiona Shaw  •  Andrew Fullerton

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Eamonn Owens  •  Alan Boyle  •  Fiona Shaw  •  Andrew Fullerton

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

In the 1970s, a foundling lass, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Cillian Murphy  •  Liam Neeson  •  Ruth Negga  •  Laurence Kinlan

In the 1970s, a foundling lass, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Cillian Murphy  •  Liam Neeson  •  Ruth Negga  •  Laurence Kinlan