Best Irish crime movies
A curated collection of popular crime movies from Ireland.
Darkness on the Edge of Town (2014)
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Veronica Guerin (2003)
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
Barber (2023)
Barber (2023)
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pandemic, Barber’s initial investigation into Sara’s disappearance quickly darkens. Secrets start surfacing in unexpected ways. Before too long, Barber finds himself entangled with powerful men of shady morals determined to thwart his investigation. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
Vicious Circle (1999)
Vicious Circle (1999)
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery
The Tale of Billy O’c (2022)
The Tale of Billy O’c (2022)
The Tale of Billy O'C is a psychological crime thriller strongly focused on an unpredictable plot with twists keeping the audience wanting to know what happens next. It's a story of vilification, family dedication, redemption and a desire for peace. Set in a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1975, it unfolds with a backdrop of an IRA safehouse and small-town politics.
Banshee Blacktop (2016)
Banshee Blacktop (2016)
A drifter is picked up by police in connection with the disappearance of a young couple on a remote, windswept island months before. But the drifter turns the table on their investigation and relates a tale of madness and the supernatural.
Broken Writer (2022)
Broken Writer (2022)
In a post pandemic world, an acclaimed writer from Northern Ireland struggles to leave his home and find meaning in his work while his therapist helps him uncover his true self. Does she have something to do with his disappearance ?
The Dolly Television Broadcast (2020)
The Dolly Television Broadcast (2020)
In this gripping sequel to ‘Dolly Gets Fried’ (2020), Dolly intercepts the TV signal to reveal some mysterious and frightening information.
Trojan Eddie (1996)
Trojan Eddie (1996)
Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather than inform on his partner in a failed burglary, Eddie now struggles to raise his two daughters alone. Power falls for and marries traveler girl Kathleen, but when she runs off with Power's nephew Dermot — and takes the $11,000 dowry with her — Eddie must track the couple down.
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.
Gateway (2021)
Gateway (2021)
A gang of desperate criminals seek refuge in what appears to be a perfectly ordinary house - but discover it houses something much more sinister, and much more otherworldly, than they'd initially thought...
Calm with Horses (2020)
Calm with Horses (2020)
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Cardboard Gangsters (2017)
Cardboard Gangsters (2017)
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
The General (1998)
The General (1998)
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.
Jumpman (2018)
Jumpman (2018)
Young Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and to exploit him to earn money in a corrupt legal system.
Mary Boyle: The Untold Story (2016)
Mary Boyle: The Untold Story (2016)
‘Mary Boyle: The Untold Story’ reveals shocking new evidence about the case of Ireland’s youngest and longest missing person. Mary was six years old when she vanished on her grandparents’ remote farm in Donegal in March 1977 while in the company of her uncle Gerry Gallagher. The documentary contains disturbing allegations by a number of retired senior police officers that a local politician interfered in the case, ordering that the chief suspect not be arrested. He never has been and still lives in Donegal today. The documentary, written and directed by Gemma O’Doherty, has won several international awards and has been viewed almost 1 million times on YouTube. It led to public outcry in Ireland with marches and vigils held around the country demanding justice for Mary. A new police review of the case was ordered within days of the film’s release but the suspect remains at large and Mary’s body has yet to be returned to her identical twin sister Ann for burial.
My Name Is Bulger (2021)
My Name Is Bulger (2021)
While William Bulger rises to the top of the political world, the FBI starts a push to find one of their most-wanted fugitives, his brother James "Whitey" Bulger.
Cold Case Collins (2022)
Cold Case Collins (2022)
Former State Pathologist, Dr. Marie Cassidy leads a brand new investigation into the killing of revolutionary, soldier and politician Michael Collins in August 1922, an event that ignited acrimonious arguments that have endured ever since.
Crush Proof (1998)
Crush Proof (1998)
Out of prison at last, charismatic sociopath Neal tries to visit the baby son he's never seen, his indifferent parents, and the grave of his horse - not in that order. But mainly he wants to rejoin his old gang in the "pony club" subculture of the wild Northside- would be urban cowboys riding horses rough shod and bare back through the streets of Dublin. He then runs into the squealer who set him up.
Poitín (1978)
Poitín (1978)
A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
The Troubles: A Dublin Story (2022)
Twig (2024)
Twig (2024)
Twig dreams of escape from a divided Dublin. Her brother's gangland feud traps the people in a culture of fear, surveillance and containment. When tragedy strikes, Twig seeks to do the right thing, stand up to King Leon and face her fate.
Headrush (2003)
Headrush (2003)
Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a consignement of drugs for a local gangster. It's set in the present day in Dublin, Ireland against the backdrop of the end of the Celtic Tiger: the bursting of the bubble of this economy boom that's supposed to have done wonders for us all.
1902 (2001)
1902 (2001)
A brutal murder leads to an investigation that uncovers a hidden secret. The clock is ticking for what may be a tragic end. "1902" is a silent short story of forbidden love, blind justice, and betrayal.