Best Irish family movies

Summer of the Flying Saucer (2008)

It’s Ireland in 1967, when a flying saucer full of aliens lands on Dan’s farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe that she and all the other aliens are humans.

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden (2013)

The O'Briens (2013)

Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Pat O'Brien summons his children back to their homestead in the west of Ireland. Fionn travels from New York, Gareth from London, and daughter Una returns from Dublin, fearing the worst. Pat is not the only family member bearing the burden of a secret. The O’Briens is a modern comedy about a dysfunctional Irish family and the town they grew up in.

Blue Fiddle (2025)

Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her dad and wins the All-Ireland Music championship, her father will wake from his coma. Still in a coma, her dad is moved to a rehab centre, where Molly befriends Malachy, a grumpy old man who plays the fiddle beautifully and is told he has magic in his hands. They connect as she coaxes him to teach her to play and together they go in search of the magic that only music can bring.

Seltser City: Easter Special (0)

In this Non-Canon B. Seltser short, the gang have to save Easter by defeating the tickle monster before he steals the City’s Easter eggs.

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998)

Nine year old Molly and her father move to Ireland into a house they've inherited, nicknamed "Misfortune Manor". It brings bad luck to anyone who lives in it, and Molly and her father soon fall victim to the curse: they will lose their new found home unless they can pay the taxes they owe on it. Lucky the Leprechaun is on hand to help Molly break the curse and help with pots of gold.

The White Pony (1999)

Leah is eager to visit her uncle's ranch in Ireland, until her attempt to ride her cold cousin Shannon's horse results in Silky being injured and she is ordered not to ride again. When she meets Lucky, a leprechaun who only communicates with her, she learns that the beautiful white beast she's glimpsed from afar is in fact a bewitched fairy Sorica, who needs help retrieving a magical horn to return to her true form and her own world. Now Leah must juggle secretly helping Lucky, whose reasons for helping might not just be out of kindness; putting up with Shannon; and trying to win Uncle Jaques' trust by entering her newfound "horse" in the local race.

Shamus (1958)

Mischievous Irish boy's encounter with a leprechaun.

Fireplace 4K: Crackling Birchwood from Fireplace for Your Home (2015)

For the first time in 4K Ultra-HD, everyone's favorite Yuletide fireplace snaps and crackles in crystal clear, high-def holiday warmth.

Circasia (1976)

Happenings in a small Irish traveling circus.

Trampoline (2013)

Angie returns home after finishing college and gets a job teaching at her old school. Now that she's back, she will have to readjust to the life she left behind and figure out how to move forward.

A Ferret Called Mickey (2003)

Eight year old Paulie is happiest when dressing-up in his mother’s high heels and having tea parties in the garden. His father however would prefer him to be involved in more ‘manly’ pursuits and decides to take action. It is left to Mickey, a ferret with the cutest nose and the sharpest teeth, to sort out the men from the boys.

The End of the World Man (1986)

When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the pressures of city life, they decide to fight back - but in their own way.