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Movies: Best Movies in Welsh(Cymraeg)

Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are de jure official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, with Welsh being the only de jure official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being de facto official. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 (17.8%) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 891,800 people (29.2%) aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in September 2023. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent, while 20 per cent are able to speak a fair amount. 56 per cent of Welsh speakers speak ... ()

Welsh is spoken in United Kingdom (UK) and Argentina and 29 movies (between 1935 and 2023) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in United Kingdom (UK) (23). Popular genres for Welsh movies are Drama (17), Comedy (3) and Documentary (3). The Feast (2021), The Library Suicides (2016), White Owl (1996), Leaf Boat (2020) and Coming Up Roses (1986) are among the best known & most successful Welsh movies.

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The Feast(2021)

1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 20 votes)

A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

Directed by Lee Haven-Jones - With Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Rhodri Meilir, ...

The Library Suicides(2016)

1h 27min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Twin sister librarians Nan and Ana plan revenge when their author mother commits suicide, with her final words suggesting her biographer murdered her.

Directed by Euros Lyn - With Catrin Stewart, Ryland Teifi, Sharon Morgan

Cymru Fach(2008)

Drama

A series of vignettes showing the sexual and social connections between a variety of characters in Wales.

The Happy Alcoholic(1984)

1h 49min | Drama

A stark drama about one man's struggle with alcoholism and the impact this has on his family, friends, and work. His gradual disintegration is a reflection of the decaying mining community around him.

Directed by Karl Francis

Beautiful Mistake(2000)

1h 15min | Documentary, Music

This documentary film follows a group of Welsh musicians interacting and playing in the studio. Combining shots of the city with the music of John Cale as performed by Welsh stars such as Catatonia, Big Leaves and Manic Street Preachers.

Directed by Marc Evans - With James Dean Bradfield, Huw Bunford, John Cale, Euros Childs, Cian Ciaran

The Miners' Strike(2023)

Teaming up with director Karl Francis, Dafydd Hywel speaks to some of the coal miners and their wives who played a huge part in the Miners' Strike of 1984-5, and their descendants, who have inherited a Wales without coal mines.

S.O.S. Galw Gari Tryfan(2023)

1h 30min

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Y Lleill(2023)

1h 28min

The last few days of a Welsh language independent band as they clash with the wider Welsh society.

The Making of Maps(1995)

1h 30min | Drama

Shot entirely in Welsh, Endaf Emlyn's wry and gentle film captures the magic and innocence of a young boy's imaginative world as he grapples with demons that haunt his family life. Set against the wild, windswept backdrop of the Welsh coast, The Making of Maps charts Griff's journey into adolescence and his attempts to cope with the strife with in his own family. Pulled in different directions by his philandering father, reclusive mother and unloved sister, he tries to learn the secret that eats away at the fabric of his family life. His mother ran a dance academy, but during a picnic the school's star pupil, the beautiful, ethereal Alis, vanished. Afterward, Griff's mother took to her bed, fearful of leaving her darkened room. Griff's way of dealing with his life is to draw maps outlining his own attempts to comprehend a situation that everyone seems to want to forget. -Piers Handling.

Directed by Endaf Emlyn

Coming Up Roses(1986)

1h 33min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A romantic comedy based around the proposed closure of the last cinema in a small Welsh town.

Directed by Stephen Bayly - With Bill Paterson

Grav(2021)

1h 15min | Drama
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Drama to mark the life of a late icon on his 70th birthday.

Owain Glyndŵr - Prince of Wales(1983)

History, Drama

A biopic of the last Prince of Wales.

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Leaving Lenin(1994)

1h 30min | Comedy, Drama

Seven teenagers and three teachers from a Welsh school visit Russia in a bid to rediscover themselves. On the overnight sleeper service to St Petersburg the students get separated from the teachers, which allows the students ample scope for rediscovery.

Directed by Endaf Emlyn

Branwen(1995)

1h 34min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A poignant drama set in both the Wales and Northern Ireland of 1990. Loosely based on the story of the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, one of the Welsh myths.

Directed by Ceri Sherlock

Leaf Boat(2020)

8min | Animation
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Through a striking illustrative style, this is the story of Heledd and Celyn, who navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship.

Martha, Jac and Sianco(2009)

Drama

After the death of their mother, three middle-aged siblings in west Wales must decide how to plan their futures and what to do with the family farm, which they still live on and which she has left equally between them in her will. The stress and uncertainty that arises from this huge change is exacerbated by the fact that Jac’s brash and pushy girlfriend Judy is eager to wed and move in immediately, and seems to not have the best interests of his down-to-earth sister Martha and learning-impaired brother Sianco at heart.

The Passing(2015)

1h 29min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

When two young lovers crash their car into a ravine in the remote mountains of Wales, they are plunged into a lost world. Dragged from the river by a mysterious figure, they are taken to a ramshackle farm, a place untouched by time. As events unfold we learn the explosive truth about the young couple’s past. More unsettling still, we discover the ghostly truth about Stanley, and the tragedy of the valley he once called home.

One Full Moon(1991)

1h 38min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

After many years in prison a man returns to his town of birth. The memories from his childhood, which culminate in the inexplicable murder of a young girl, are portrayed through flashbacks. The man walks through the town, the same way he walked as a boy….

Directed by Endaf Emlyn

Boy Soldier(1987)

1h 42min | Drama

Wil Thomas, a young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self-defence and is used as scapegoat by the political system.

Hedd Wyn(1992)

2h 3min | War, Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

'Hedd Wyn' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer's son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, which in August 1917 was due to be held in Birkenhead (one of the rare occasions when it was held in England). After submitting his entry, under his bardic name "Hedd Wyn" ("Blessed Peace") Evans later departs from Meirionydd by train to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Liverpool, despite his initial misgivings about the war. Ellis is sent to fight in the trenches of Flanders. 'Hedd Wyn' was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar.

Directed by Paul Turner - With Huw Garmon, Sue Roderick

A Child's Christmas(2008)

28min | Animation

An old man and a young boy discuss whether or not Christmas has changed. The old man takes the young boy back to the Christmas' of his youth, and teases him with a mysterious assertion concerning snow.

Directed by Dave Unwin

Still: Here/Now(2003)

1h 14min | Documentary

A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cultural survival; and celebrates this enduring 2500 year poetic experience.

Directed by Marc Evans - With John Cale

Nânt(2022)

17min | Drama

A fight for queer identity and a sexual awakening guided by spirits in the mountains of Snowdonia.

Ambra - Prism Of Life(2006)

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White Owl(1996)

Drama

Tylluan Wen is a Welsh language film produced in Wales in 1997 by Ffilmiau'r Nant and directed by Angharad Jones. It an adaptation of Angharad Jones' novel Y Dylluan Wen (The White Owl) and follows the story of a woman returning to her home town after many years away, determined to avenge her father's death.

Directed by Alun Ffred Jones

Blood on the Stars(1975)

56min | Comedy, Horror

Shadrach Smith and his school choir do their best to ensure that the local celebrities hired to appear at a concert in a village hall don't make it to the stage and slaughter anyone they believe is getting in their way. Released in 1974/1975.

The Quarryman(1935)

34min | Drama, Documentary

Slate is the lifeblood of Blaenau Ffestiniog, but its dust can be deadly, with a painful legacy for family and society. this drama portrays aspects of the quarryman’s life in Blaenau Ffestiniog – work, home, chapel, courtship – and indicates the importance of education to the younger generation. The story highlights the hardships and tough choices that were part and parcel of life in such a society, alongside its cultural vibrancy and community spirit.

Y Sŵn(2023)

1h 29min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In 1979, when Margaret Thatcher's first government breaks a promise to establish a Welsh language television channel, a wave of civil disobedience follows. One man - Gwynfor Evans - threatens to starve himself to death unless the government comes good on its manifesto pledge. The reimagining of one of the most colourful chapters in contemporary Welsh history.

Directed by Lee Haven-Jones

Do Not Go Gentle(2001)

1h 29min | Drama

Maureen has her hands full at home and can't take care of her father William, who may be suffering from Alzheimer's. Her brothers - Alun, an alcoholic trumpet player, and John, an insensitive businessman - don't really want to help. William, a lifelong socialist, feels angry and resentful towards the British government which has abandoned him in his old age. Having been persuaded by his children to buy a council house in the booming 80s, he discovers that this selfsame government, which made such a virtue of home ownership some ten years earlier, now expects him to sell the property in order to pay for his care. Isolated in old age, Williams secretly decides to put into action a plan to get back at the system.

Directed by Emlyn Williams