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The Cinema of Northern Ireland is small. Traditionally the majority of films made in or about Northern Ireland had focused almost entirely on the Troubles;[1] however, with the advent of peace since 1998, a certain evolution can be witnessed.

## List of films from Northern Ireland

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This list covers films shot and set in Northern Ireland either in part or in whole[2]

* '71 (2013)
* An Everlasting Piece (2000)
* The Best Years (2013)
* Bloody Sunday (TV film; 2002)
* Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
* The Boxer (1997)
* Cal (1984)
* Cherrybomb (2009)
* Closing the Ring (2007)
* The Crying Game (1992)
* Dear Sarah (TV film; 1990)
* Divorcing Jack (1998)
* Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009)
* Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
* Four Days in July (TV film; 1985)
* Ghost Machine (2009)
* Good Vibrations (2013)
* Grabbers (2012)
* H3 (2001)
* Hidden Agenda (1990)
* How About You (2007)
* Hunger (2008)
* The Informant (TV film; 1997)
* In the Name of the Father (1993)
* Jacqueline (1956)
* Johnny Was (2006)
* Jump (2012)
* Killing Bono (2011)
* Man About Dog (2004)
* Mickybo and Me (2004)
* The Mighty Celt (2005)
* Middletown (2006)
* Miss Conception (2008)
* The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
* Odd Man Out (1947)
* Resurrection Man (1998)
* Shadow Dancer (2012)
* Shoot to Kill (TV film; 1990)
* Some Mother's Son (1996)
* This is the Sea (1997)
* Titanic Town (1998)
* Whole Lotta Sole (aka Stand Off; 2012)

## Films shot in Northern Ireland

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This list covers films shot, or partly shot, in Northern Ireland but not set there

* A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
* Christopher and His Kind (TV film; 2011)
* City of Ember (2008)
* Your Highness (2011)

## Films about Northern Ireland

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This list covers films that deal or make allusion to Northern Irish issues but were neither shot nor set there

* The Craic (1999)
* The Devil's Own (1997)
* Hennessy (1975)
* Patriot Games (1992)

## References

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1. ^ Gallagher, Richard (2023). "Screening Ulster". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23436-1.
2. ^ "Made in Northern Ireland". Northern Ireland Screen. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

## See also

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See also: Category:Directors from Northern Ireland

* List of films set in Northern Ireland
* Cinema of Europe
* Cinema of Ireland
* Cinema of Scotland
* Cinema of the United Kingdom
* Cinema of Wales

## External links

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* CAIN Guide to Movies about the Troubles

## Further reading

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* Hill, John, Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics (BFI Publishing; 2006)
* McIlroy, Brian, Shooting to Kill: Filmmaking and the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland (Steveston Press; 2001)

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