Irish Movies to Stream on Netflix
The Crying GameThe Young OffendersCardboard Gangsters
Irish director Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game (1993) tells the story of a British soldier who is captured by the IRA and makes friends with one of his captors. The Crying Game has a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Young Offenders (2016) is an Irish comedy film about two teenagers, Conor and Jock, who steal bicycles and embark on a quest to find €7 million worth of cocaine, and the movie has a rating on Rotten Tomatoes of 100 percent. Additionally, two seasons of The Young Offenders spin-off sitcom have aired, with the third airing in 2020.
Cardboard Gangsters (2017) is a movie about a group of young men who seek money and power while trying to take over the drug trade in Darndale, Dublin. Cardboard Gangsters has a rating of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Black ‘47 (2018) is a historical drama set during the Great Famine that sees an Irish Ranger abandon his fight against the British Army to return home to his family. Black ‘47 features Northern Irish actor Stephen Rea and Irish actor Barry Keoghan and has a 78 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Families should watch Song of the Sea (2014), an Irish animated fantasy film about Celtic folklore and how a young Irish boy discovers that his sister is a selkie. The movie has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 99 percent.
Horror fans will enjoy the Irish movie The Hole in the Ground (2019), which is about a young boy who disappears in the woods, only to return with increasingly disturbing behavior. The Hole in the Ground has an 84 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Irish Pub (2013) is a documentary about the traditional Irish pub and has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 100 percent.
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