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GoodFellas(1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 25min | Drama, Crime
4.3/5 (with 5,556 votes)

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

The Departed(2006)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 31min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
4.1/5 (with 6,971 votes)

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

25th Hour(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,027 votes)

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.

Gangs of New York(2002)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 47min | Drama, History, Crime
3.7/5 (with 2,935 votes)

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

The Irishman(2019)

3h 29min | Crime, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 2,970 votes)

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Miller's Crossing(1990)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 55min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.7/5 (with 690 votes)

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

The Boondock Saints(1999)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 48min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.6/5 (with 1,044 votes)

Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

Bad Boys(1983)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 110 votes)

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.

Angela's Ashes(1999)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 25min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 131 votes)

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.

Kill the Irishman(2011)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.4/5 (with 266 votes)

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

The Molly Maguires(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h | Drama, History, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.

Celtic Pride(1996)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 56 votes)

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

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Gentleman Jim(1942)

1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

The Last Hurrah(1958)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

The Catered Affair(1956)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

Very Mean Men(2000)

1h 33min | Crime, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men.

Directed by Tony Vitale

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(1945)

2h 8min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 37 votes)

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

Outing Riley(2004)

1h 26min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Bobby Riley is an affable Irish-American guy-next-door, gay and still in the closet. Bobby's discomfort with being openly gay is a source of friction in his relationship with his partner, Andy. His sister, straight-talking lawyer Maggie, knows Bobby's secret, and when their father dies, she persuades him to come out to his three brothers. The revelation doesn't just surprise his brothers, it forces some other family secrets to be revealed.

Directed by Pete Jones - With Nathan Fillion, Michael McDonald

The Matchmaker(1997)

3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

Claire Dolan(1998)

1h 35min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.

Lady Killer(1933)

1h 16min | Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.

The Matchmaker(1958)

4.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Tear Gas Squad(1940)

55min | Drama, Crime
1.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

Directed by Terry O. Morse - With Dennis Morgan

Devil Dogs of the Air(1935)

3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas(2012)

1h 43min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?

The Kennedy Dynasty(2023)

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the turbulent destiny of the United States of America throughout the 20th century; of nine brothers who had truly extraordinary lives, marked by both greatness and tragedy: the story of the Kennedy family.

Right Cross(1950)

1h 30min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager's daughter and her Mexican-American boxer.

The Irish in Us(1935)

3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.

We're Only Human(1935)

1h 9min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

Directed by James Flood - With Preston Foster
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