Shane Connaughton

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)

In the seventh film in the series, in April 1916, a disillusioned Indy hops the ocean to Europe where he figures the Great War might offer him a greater sense of purpose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon  •  Carl Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  John Lynch

In the seventh film in the series, in April 1916, a disillusioned Indy hops the ocean to Europe where he figures the Great War might offer him a greater sense of purpose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon  •  Carl Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  John Lynch

Four Days in July (1984)

Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Brid Brennan  •  Des McAleer  •  Stephen Rea  •  Paula Hamilton

Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Brid Brennan  •  Des McAleer  •  Stephen Rea  •  Paula Hamilton

The Playboys (1992)

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Robin Wright  •  Milo O’Shea

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Robin Wright  •  Milo O’Shea

The Miracle (1991)

Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Niall Byrne  •  Donal McCann  •  Beverly D'Angelo

Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Niall Byrne  •  Donal McCann  •  Beverly D'Angelo

Ghostwood (2006)

Driven to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his father, New York psychologist Ed Hunter travels to a remote village in the West of Ireland and finds a community that has been living in fear for centuries. He meets a mysterious girl who tells him that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin O'Brien
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Robert Sheehan  •  Alan Devine  •  Shane Connaughton

Driven to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his father, New York psychologist Ed Hunter travels to a remote village in the West of Ireland and finds a community that has been living in fear for centuries. He meets a mysterious girl who tells him that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin O'Brien
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Robert Sheehan  •  Alan Devine  •  Shane Connaughton

Shergar (1986)

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Finch
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Duffy  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Peadar Lamb

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Finch
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Duffy  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Peadar Lamb

Needle (1990)

Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Sean McKee  •  Emma Bird  •  Anna Keaveney  •  Pete Postlethwaite

Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Sean McKee  •  Emma Bird  •  Anna Keaveney  •  Pete Postlethwaite

The Rank and File (1971)

Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike, but they are denied support by their trade union.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Peter Kerrigan  •  Neville Smith  •  Bill Dean  •  Tommy Summers

Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike, but they are denied support by their trade union.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Peter Kerrigan  •  Neville Smith  •  Bill Dean  •  Tommy Summers

Enemy (1976)

Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Bagley
CAST:  Susan Brodrick  •  Charlotta Martinus  •  John Grillo  •  David Blake Kelly

Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Bagley
CAST:  Susan Brodrick  •  Charlotta Martinus  •  John Grillo  •  David Blake Kelly

Redemption of a Rogue (2021)

Jimmy carries a leather, black doctor’s bag around with him containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. He returns home to the fictional town of Ballylough to the cold austere beauty of West Cavan to seek salvation for sins committed in the past before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Doherty
CAST:  Aaron Monaghan  •  Aisling O'Mara  •  Kieran Roche  •  Liz Fitzgibbon

Jimmy carries a leather, black doctor’s bag around with him containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. He returns home to the fictional town of Ballylough to the cold austere beauty of West Cavan to seek salvation for sins committed in the past before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Doherty
CAST:  Aaron Monaghan  •  Aisling O'Mara  •  Kieran Roche  •  Liz Fitzgibbon

The Englishman's Wife (1990)

A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic circumstances are hopeless, but it is friends and former business associates who pose the greatest threat to their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Cooper
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Denys Hawthorne  •  Laura Hall

A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic circumstances are hopeless, but it is friends and former business associates who pose the greatest threat to their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Cooper
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Adrian Dunbar  •  Denys Hawthorne  •  Laura Hall