Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Irish revolutionary period. This list does not include documentaries, short films.
Films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | United States | Whom the Gods Destroy | J. Stuart Blackton Herbert Brenon William P. S. Earle |
Drama, War. Easter Rising | |
| 1926 | Ireland | Irish Destiny | George Dewhurst | Drama, Romance. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1929 | United Kingdom | The Informer | Arthur Robison | Drama. Based on a novel The Informer. | |
| 1930 | United Kingdom | Juno and the Paycock | Alfred Hitchcock | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1934 | United States | The Key | Michael Curtiz | Drama. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1935 | Ireland | Guests of the Nation | Denis Johnston | Drama. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1935 | United States | The Informer | John Ford | Crime, Drama. Based on a novel The Informer. | |
| 1936 | United Kingdom | Ourselves Alone | Brian Desmond Hurst | Drama, Romance, War. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1936 | Ireland | The Dawn | Tom Cooper | Drama, History. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1936 | United States | Beloved Enemy | H. C. Potter | Drama, Romance, War. Michael Collins, Irish War of Independence | |
| 1937 | United Kingdom | The High Command | Thorold Dickinson | Crime, Drama, War. Based on a novel The General Goes Too Far. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1937 | United States | The Plough and the Stars | John Ford | Drama. Based on the play The Plough and the Stars. Easter Rising | |
| 1941 | Nazi Germany | My Life for Ireland | Mein Leben für Irland | Max W. Kimmich | Drama. Irish War of Independence |
| 1957 | Ireland | The Rising of the Moon | John Ford | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play The Rising of the Moon. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1959 | Ireland United States |
Shake Hands with the Devil | Michael Anderson | Action, Drama, History. Based on a novel Shake Hands with the Devil. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1959 | Ireland | This Other Eden | Muriel Box | Drama, Comedy. Based on the play This Other Eden. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1970 | United Kingdom United States |
Ryan's Daughter | David Lean | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Madame Bovary. | |
| 1971 | France Italy |
One Is Always Too Good to Women | On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes | Michel Boisrond | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1983 | Ireland | Attracta | Kieran Hickey | Drama. Based on a short story Attracta. | |
| 1983 | United Kingdom | Ascendancy | Edward Bennett | Drama. | |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | The Dawning | Robert Knights | Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel The Old Jest. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1990 | United Kingdom | Fools of Fortune | Pat O'Connor | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Fools of Fortune. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1996 | United States Ireland |
Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | Biography, Drama, Thriller, War. Michael Collins | |
| 1999 | France United Kingdom Ireland |
The Last September | Deborah Warner | Drama, History, Romance. Based on a novel The Last September. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2006 | Ireland United Kingdom Germany Italy Spain France Switzerland |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Ken Loach | Drama, War. Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War. | |
| 2014 | Ireland | A Nightingale Falling | Garret Daly Martina McGlynn |
Drama, History, War. Based on a novel A Nightingale Falling. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Fingal’s Finest | Colin D. Farrell | Thomas Ashe, Easter Rising. | |
| 2018 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Penance | Aithrí | Tommy Collins | Action, Romance. Based on the story Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach. Easter Rising |
| 2022 | Ireland United Kingdom United States |
The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Drama. Irish Civil War |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | United Kingdom | Juno and the Paycock | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | ||
| 1958 | United States | Little Moon of Alban | George Schaefer | Drama. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1960 | United States | Juno and the Paycock | Paul Shyre | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1964 | United States | Little Moon of Alban | George Schaefer | Irish War of Independence | |
| 1972 | Norway | Skuggen av ein helt | Jon Heggedal | Based on the play The Shadow of a Gunman. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1972 | United States | The Shadow of a Gunman | Joseph Hardy | Drama. Based on the play The Shadow of a Gunman. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1974 | Sweden | Skuggan av en hjälte | Göran Graffman | Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1980 | Ireland United Kingdom |
Juno and the Paycock | Roger Cheveley | Drama. Based on the play Juno and the Paycock. Irish Civil War | |
| 1981 | United States | Guests of the Nation | John J. Desmond | Drama, War. Based on the short story Guests of the Nation. Irish War of Independence | |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | The Rockingham Shoot | Kieran Hickey | Drama. | |
| 1991 | Ireland | The Treaty | Jonathan Lewis | Drama, History. Anglo-Irish Treaty | |
| 1997 | Ireland | Ballyseedy | Frank Hand | History. Ballyseedy massacre | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Eoin MacNeill: The Forgotten Man of 1916 | Damian McCann | Drama. Eoin MacNeill |
TV Series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | United Kingdom | Days of Hope | Jim Allen | Drama, History, War. | |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | Troubles | Christopher Morahan | Drama. Based on a novel Troubles. Irish War of Independence | |
| 2001 | United Kingdom | Rebel Heart | John Strickland | Drama. | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Wrecking the Rising | Éirí Amach Amú | Ruán Magan | Comedy. Easter Rising |
| 2016 | Ireland | Trial of the Century | Maurice Sweeney | Drama. Patrick Pearse | |
| 2016 | Ireland | Rebellion | Aku Louhimies | Drama, History, War. Easter Rising | |
| 2019 | Ireland | Resistance | Catherine Morshead | Drama. Bloody Sunday |
References
- Hanley, David (January 2024). "Imagining the Irish Revolution on Film". Offscreen.
- Gibney, John (2018). "The Irish Independence Film Collection". History Ireland.
- Slaymaker, James (2 November 2020). "Video Essay: "The Rising of the Moon" — Exploring the Struggle for Irish Independence through Cinema". MUBI.
- Barton, Ruth (25 May 2021). "The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collin". The Irish Times.
- Wells-Lassagne, Shannon (2018). "Mind the Gap: The Big House in Cinematic Representations of the Anglo-Irish War". Études Irlandaises (43–2): 79–90. doi:10.4000/etudesirlandaises.5686.