Best Irish adventure movies
A curated collection of popular adventure movies from Ireland.
Into the West (1992)
The Sheltering Desert (1991)
The Sheltering Desert (1991)
In 1935 two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, leave Nazi Germany for South-West Africa (Namibia) to conduct field research. At the outbreak of the Second World War, many male Germans living in South-West Africa are interned in local camps. As pacifists the two German scientists refuse to be arrested and flee into the Namib Desert. They live for over two years in the vastness of the desert like ancient bushmen under indescribable circumstances, facing the challenge to survive and, at the same time, the threat to be detected. On the radio they follow the war events in Europe. Their adventure comes to an end when Hermann Korn starts suffering seriously from malnutrition.
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Wolfwalkers (2020)
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
My Father's Dragon (2022)
My Father's Dragon (2022)
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002)
Jacksepticeye Undertale Playthrough (0)
Jacksepticeye Undertale Playthrough (0)
Seán William McLoughlin plays Toby Fox's critically acclaimed debut in the video-game making world, Undertale. He ventures through it's pixelated world twice, once as merciful Frisk, befriending everyone and losing himself in the story, and a second time as the psychopathic Chara, slaughtering everyone in his path.
Norm of the North (2016)
Norm of the North (2016)
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.
Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)
Puffin Rock and the New Friends (2023)
Puffin Rock and the New Friends (2023)
Follow the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season in strange circumstances, leading Oona and her friends to embark on a race against time to try to save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger.
Reefer and the Model (1988)
Reefer and the Model (1988)
Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitch-hiker Teresa, a pregnant woman trying to overcome a drug addiction. They head to the trawler where he lives with friends Spider and Badger, that operates between Galway and the Aran Islands. The makeshift family are forced to turn to crime to make a living.
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing through a flooded cafe.
Fresh Cut Grass (2014)
Fresh Cut Grass (2014)
A little dog visits the big city in search of his sister.
