In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father 1993

7.90

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

1993

The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture 2017

7.30

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

2017

The Boxer

The Boxer 1997

6.67

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

1997

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday 2002

7.26

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

2002

In America

In America 2003

7.20

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

2003

Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son 1996

6.60

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

1996

On the Edge

On the Edge 2001

6.70

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

2001

11th Hour

11th Hour 2017

7.00

Based on a true story, 11th Hour recounts how, on the evening of 9/11, Maria Jose's bar is heaving with locals united in grief and a building rage.

2017

I Am a Man

I Am a Man 1970

1

A depiction of the Ponca’s “Trail of Tears” march that led to the 1879 landmark trial of Standing Bear vs. the United States of America. This mostly unknown legal case helped all Native Americans to be considered “human beings” under the law, also setting legal precedent for many future civil rights matters within the U.S. courts.

1970

A Soldier's Choice

A Soldier's Choice 2008

1.00

Marine private John Rossi is looking forward to a new assignment in New York City on the night he ventures into a Hell's Kitchen bar, and meets a handsome but lonely boy named Damon Conrad. Damon assumes the Marine just wants sex, but when he proposes they go out on a "real date," Damon begins to think perhaps he has finally found the man of his dreams. The next night, John reveals that earlier that day he learned his division would be heading to the Middle East. Later that night, when the boys are caught-up in a moment of passion, John must choose between his devotion to the Marines and his desire for love and companionship.

2008

Re-Creation

Re-Creation 1970

1

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

1970