Michael McElhatton
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
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Actors: Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Chloe Harris, Toby Jones, Lee Ingleby
A short claymation film by Rory Bresnihan about a dog who wishes to be human
Director: Rory Bresnihan
Actors: Michael McElhatton, Peter McDonald, Paul Gibney, Barry O'Mahony, Michael Quinlan
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Director: Brian Kirk
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, David Haig, Kim Cattrall, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
Director: Terry Loane
Actors: John Joe McNeill, Niall Wright, Adrian Dunbar, Ciarán Hinds, Gina McKee
England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to imagine the disproportionate consequences that such a selfless act will cause.
Director: Terry Loane
Actors: Ruth Bradley, Pippa Haywood, Dean Andrews, Bebe Cave, Blake Harrison
The story begins in Connemara, Ireland 1845. A peasant and a fisherman called Colman (an endearing Dónall Ó Héalai) dutifully takes care of his family and his piece of land. He is an honest man who always keeps to his word and enjoys a good relationship with his landlord. But when the taxes go up yet again, even though the crops are rotting and the famine is getting worse, Colman goes to speak to his landlord in the hopes of solving this whole situation amicably. That is not to be. The meeting ends in violence and Colman is on the run, hunted for crimes he did not commit.Not only must he struggle with hunger and despair, but also with gnawing guilt because of all the people he couldn’t save.
Director: Tom Sullivan
Actors: Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Nà Chuinn, Dara Devaney, Eoin O'Dubhghaill, Dudura O'Gionnáin
Deep within the darkness of secluded forest land in rural Ireland dwells an ancient evil. Feared by the nearby superstitious villagers as cursed creatures who prey upon the lost, their secrets have been kept from civilization and remain on their hallowed ground. But when a conservationist from London moves in with his wife and infant child in order to survey the land for future construction, his actions unwittingly disturb the horde of demonic forces. Alone in a remote wilderness, he must now ensure his family's survival from their relentless attacks.
Director: Corin Hardy
Actors: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novaković, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley, Gary Lydon
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Actors: Alan Rickman, Josh Hartnett, Natasha Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rachel Griffiths
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, Gabriel Byrne
Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever.
Director: Darragh Byrne
Actors: Colm Meaney, Colin Morgan, Milka Ahlroth, Stuart Graham, Michael McElhatton
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
Director: John Crowley
Actors: Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald, Cillian Murphy, BrĂan F. O'Byrne
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Tony Doyle, Peter Caffrey, Antoine Byrne
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Director: John Butler
Actors: Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Michael McElhatton, Moe Dunford
Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch (Scott Graham) is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as an altar boy when he knocked Father O'Toole off the altar, Damien is serving a 3 month ban from his only passion in life...football. To make matters worse, Damian's team, Liverpool FC, are playing in their first European cup final in two weeks time. Damien's father (Michael McElhatton) offers him a reprieve and crucially a chance to see the European cup final if he serves the mass correctly. Damien now faces a choice: either conform to the status quo or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again...
Director: Peter McDonald
Actors: Andrew Bennett, Scott Graham, Eamonn Hunt, Michael McElhatton, Valerie Spelman
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the icy horrors beyond.
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Actors: Michelle Fairley, Joe Dempsie, Oona Chaplin, Hannah Murray, Michael McElhatton
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
Director: Kari Skogland
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan
During a ride on his sleigh Santa is mistaken for an alien in a UFO. After an attack, he ends up seriously injured in a small town. Two children must help him, so Christmas is not jeopardized.
Director: Yelena Lanskaya
Actors: Ione Skye, Greg Germann, James Cosmo, Jonathan Kerrigan, Michael McElhatton
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
Director: Conor McPherson
Actors: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon, Lena Headey, Miranda Richardson
An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker (Cillian Murphy) who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand.
Director: Meelis Arulepp
Actors: Michael McElhatton, Sam McGovern, Alfred Molina, Mikel Murfi, Cillian Murphy
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery
Director: David Blair
Actors: Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Andrew Connolly, John Kavanagh, Art Malik
A young boy learns to take control over his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café. Morten has to be shrunk down before he can grow up.
Director: Riho Unt
Actors: Susie Power, Ciarán Hinds, Brendan Gleeson, Michael McElhatton, Pauline McLynn
A comedy-drama road movie telling the story of a man taking the body of someone he barely knows for burial with his family. His good intentions are motivated by trying to patch up his relationship with his own brother. However, en route from West Cork to Rathlin Island, both romance and family secrets emerge to complicate the trip.
Director: Aoife Crehan
Actors: Brian Cox, Michiel Huisman, Colm Meaney, Niamh Algar, Michael McElhatton
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.
Director: Ericson Core
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Richard Dormer, Adrien Dorval
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Director: Rodrigo GarcĂa
Actors: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Pauline Collins, Brendan Gleeson
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
Director: Conor McPherson
Actors: Peter McDonald, Brian Cox, Conor Mullen, Laurence Kinlan, Brendan Gleeson
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Actors: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Director: Richie Smyth
Actors: Jamie Dornan, Guillaume Canet, Mark Strong, Jason O'Mara, Michael McElhatton
Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug -- who only drags them into more shady activities.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Actors: Tom Murphy, Mark O'Halloran, Michael McElhatton, Mary Murray, Paul Roe