List of Irish revolutionary period films

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

## Films

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Year  | Country  | Main title
(Alternative title) | Original title
(Original script) | Director  | Subject

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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. Easter Rising
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

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Year  | Country  | Main title
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(Original script) | Director  | Subject

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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

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Year  | Country  | Main title
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(Original script) | Director  | Subject

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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

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1. ^ Hanley, David (January 2024). "Imagining the Irish Revolution on Film". Offscreen.
2. ^ Gibney, John (2018). "The Irish Independence Film Collection". History Ireland.
3. ^ Slaymaker, James (2 November 2020). "Video Essay: "The Rising of the Moon" — Exploring the Struggle for Irish Independence through Cinema". MUBI.
4. ^ Barton, Ruth (25 May 2021). "The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collin". The Irish Times.
5. ^ 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.5686.43–2&rft.pages=79-90&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info:doi/10.4000/etudesirlandaises.5686&rft.aulast=Wells-Lassagne&rft.aufirst=Shannon&rft_id=https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/5686&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+Irish+revolutionary+period+films" class="Z3988">