Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and In America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Sheridan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Jim Sheridan
  • Popularity: 0.3261
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-02-06
  • Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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Jim Sheridan Movies

  • 2022
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    The Ghost of Richard Harris

    The Ghost of Richard Harris

    7.5 2022 HD

    A candid and revealing insight into the private life and public career of Richard Harris. One of the most remarkable actors of his generation, the documentary explores Harris’s complex and, at times, contradictory character. Each of his three sons — Jared, Jamie and Damian — brings their own perspective to bear as they summon the ghost of their late father to the screen.

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  • 1996
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    Moll Flanders

    Moll Flanders

    6.034 1996 HD

    The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.

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  • 2012
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    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    7.8 2012 HD

    Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Joe McBride. There is mesmeric archive and rare photographs of the making of the film. The main location of the documentary is Ford’s ancestral homeland of Connemara, on the west coat of Ireland, where his parents were born. We meet Ford’s cousins, the Feeney’s who tell the story of Ford’s parent’s departure from Ireland after the Great Famine and the young Ford’s return to Ireland in 1922 to visit his cousins the Thornton’s and saw their house being burned down by the infamous Black and Tans. Ford, under the pretense of scouting locations for a movie, gave money to the IRA. We travel to Portland Maine where Ford grew up and went on to become a director in the first bloom of Hollywood. The boy made it good but Ireland was always on his mind.

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  • 2025
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    Re-Creation

    Re-Creation

    1 2025 HD

    In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

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  • 2025
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    Juliet & Romeo

    Juliet & Romeo

    6.9 2025 HD

    Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as they reveal the truth to the very future of the Empire. But the biggest twist in this most beloved of tales, is leaving the poetry of Iambic Pentameter in the past, for the original pop music that rockets these ever-present themes right to the heart of our characters in the most surprising, and perhaps most powerful way that has ever been seen, or heard, before... The greatest love story of all time, set to the greatest music of our time.

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  • 2004
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    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    5.066 2004 HD

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

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  • 2012
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    Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

    Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion

    5 2012 HD

    A spirited 7-year-old, growing up in Dublin in the 1970's, can't wait to make her Catholic Holy Communion. The only problem is - she's a Jew.

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  • 1994
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    Words Upon the Window Pane

    Words Upon the Window Pane

    1 1994 HD

    In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.

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  • 1998
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    The General

    The General

    6.7 1998 HD

    The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

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  • 2004
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    The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife

    The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife

    1 2004 HD

    A carpenter repairs what he believes to be his wife's inadequacies.

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  • 1979
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    Mobile Homes

    Mobile Homes

    1 1979 HD

    Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.

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  • 1997
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    This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

    5.7 1997 HD

    The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.

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  • 1970
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    Shelter me: Apollo House

    Shelter me: Apollo House

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2014
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    Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

    Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy

    1 2014 HD

    Actor Adrian Dunbar has played Brendan Behan on the stage many times, and now sets out on a journey to discover the real story of the poet and playwright. He travels to all the cities Behan lived in, to places where he is still highly regarded, including the one where it all began for him as a poet – Paris.

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  • 2006
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    What If?

    What If?

    8 2006 HD

    Two struggling stuntmen decide to write their own script.

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  • 2011
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    Muide Éire

    Muide Éire

    1 2011 HD

    Muide Eire / We are Ireland documents the history of Ireland on screen. From the horse drawn carriages of Dublin's yesteryear, to the latest summer blockbuster, this film takes an intimate look at film making in Ireland - as a visual expression of Irish culture, celebrating contemporary filmmakers in both the Irish and English languages. From the glamour of the red carpet to behind the scenes 5am starts, We are Ireland invites the viewer into this world where art and industry exist in delicate balance. The heart of this documentary is our investigation into representations of Ireland and the Irish - how the Irish have been viewed abroad, and how we represent ourselves on screen.

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  • 2005
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    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    6.809 2005 HD

    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

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  • 2005
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    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    6.809 2005 HD

    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

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  • 2003
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    In America

    In America

    7.2 2003 HD

    A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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  • 2003
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    In America

    In America

    7.2 2003 HD

    A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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  • 2003
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    In America

    In America

    7.2 2003 HD

    A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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  • 1989
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    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    7.5 1989 HD

    No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

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  • 1989
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    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    7.5 1989 HD

    No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

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  • 1990
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    The Field

    The Field

    7.01 1990 HD

    "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

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  • 2009
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    Brothers

    Brothers

    7.319 2009 HD

    When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

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  • 1993
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    In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

    7.894 1993 HD

    A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

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  • 1993
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    In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

    7.894 1993 HD

    A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

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  • 1993
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    In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

    7.894 1993 HD

    A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

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  • 1999
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    Agnes Browne

    Agnes Browne

    6.197 1999 HD

    Set in Dublin in 1967, the story of feisty woman, who along with her seven children, learns to cope with adversity after the unexpected death of her husband.

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  • 1997
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    The Boxer

    The Boxer

    6.7 1997 HD

    Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

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  • 2017
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    The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture

    7.294 2017 HD

    The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

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  • 2017
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    The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture

    7.294 2017 HD

    The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

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  • 2011
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    Dream House

    Dream House

    6.197 2011 HD

    Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

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  • 2001
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    Borstal Boy

    Borstal Boy

    6.143 2001 HD

    Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.

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  • 1997
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    The Boxer

    The Boxer

    6.7 1997 HD

    Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

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  • 2017
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    11th Hour

    11th Hour

    6.417 2017 HD

    Based on a true story, 11th Hour recounts how, on the evening of 9/11, Maria Jose's bar is heaving with locals united in grief and a building rage.

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  • 2017
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    11th Hour

    11th Hour

    6.417 2017 HD

    Based on a true story, 11th Hour recounts how, on the evening of 9/11, Maria Jose's bar is heaving with locals united in grief and a building rage.

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  • 2017
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    The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture

    7.294 2017 HD

    The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

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  • 2021
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    The Letters

    The Letters

    9.3 2021 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocks Ireland "THE LETTERS" tells the story of three women from different walks of life who have weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks.

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  • 1996
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    Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

    6.7 1996 HD

    Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

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  • 2001
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    On the Edge

    On the Edge

    6.642 2001 HD

    A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

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  • 1992
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    Into the West

    Into the West

    6.4 1992 HD

    Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.

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  • 2022
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    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    7.6 2022 HD

    Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.

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  • 2025
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    Re-Creation

    Re-Creation

    1 2025 HD

    In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

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  • 2025
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    Re-Creation

    Re-Creation

    1 2025 HD

    In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

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  • 2025
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    8 2025 HD

    Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within.

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  • 1970
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    I Am a Man

    I Am a Man

    1 1970 HD

    A depiction of the Ponca’s “Trail of Tears” march that led to the 1879 landmark trial of Standing Bear vs. the United States of America. This mostly unknown legal case helped all Native Americans to be considered “human beings” under the law, also setting legal precedent for many future civil rights matters within the U.S. courts.

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  • 1970
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    I Am a Man

    I Am a Man

    1 1970 HD

    A depiction of the Ponca’s “Trail of Tears” march that led to the 1879 landmark trial of Standing Bear vs. the United States of America. This mostly unknown legal case helped all Native Americans to be considered “human beings” under the law, also setting legal precedent for many future civil rights matters within the U.S. courts.

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  • 1970
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    I Am a Man

    I Am a Man

    1 1970 HD

    A depiction of the Ponca’s “Trail of Tears” march that led to the 1879 landmark trial of Standing Bear vs. the United States of America. This mostly unknown legal case helped all Native Americans to be considered “human beings” under the law, also setting legal precedent for many future civil rights matters within the U.S. courts.

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  • 1990
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    The Field

    The Field

    7.01 1990 HD

    "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

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  • 2002
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    Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    7.2 2002 HD

    The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

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  • 1996
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    Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

    6.7 1996 HD

    Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

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  • 1979
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    Mobile Homes

    Mobile Homes

    1 1979 HD

    Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.

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  • 1997
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    The Boxer

    The Boxer

    6.7 1997 HD

    Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

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  • 1970
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    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    1 1970 HD

    The story of the 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline, tracing the path of the so-called Darley stallion from the stables of the Moroccan sultan through to the courts of England and France.

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  • 1970
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    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    1 1970 HD

    The story of the 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline, tracing the path of the so-called Darley stallion from the stables of the Moroccan sultan through to the courts of England and France.

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  • 1970
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    Into Africa and Out

    Into Africa and Out

    1 1970 HD

    A father and his teenage daughter wind their way from from Ireland to Morocco with many pets in tow.

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  • 1970
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    Into Africa and Out

    Into Africa and Out

    1 1970 HD

    A father and his teenage daughter wind their way from from Ireland to Morocco with many pets in tow.

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  • 1970
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    Hiba

    Hiba

    1 1970 HD

    When young Hiba's sister runs away with a boy of a lower class, her family struggles to come to terms with the scandal.

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  • 2025
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    Re-Creation

    Re-Creation

    1 2025 HD

    In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

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  • 2024
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    St Pancras Sunrise

    St Pancras Sunrise

    1 2024 HD

    A young Irish musician arrives in London in 1982 full of optimism and the desire to realise her dreams as an artist. She will have to come up against a reality of violence and oppression, even from the police.

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  • 2021
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    Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie

    Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie

    6.5 2021 HD

    A five part Sky Original documentary series that will look into the unsolved case of Sophie Toscan du Plantier who was brutally murdered in West Cork in 1996. Using original evidence, never-before-seen footage and interviews with those closest to the case, including Sophie’s family and key suspect Ian Bailey, the series aims to unravel the unsolved case that has haunted West Cork for decades.

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  • 1967
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    7.2 1967 HD

    Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.

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  • 1970
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    7.175 1970 HD

    Dr. Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his view of the world is left forever sullied.

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  • 1970
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    1 1970 HD

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