Best Irish fantasy movies
A curated collection of popular fantasy movies from Ireland.
State of Wonder (1984)
State of Wonder (1984)
Story of a naive and simple country boy, exposed to the conflicts of war within his local community, and his search for peace.
Sodium Party (2013)
Sodium Party (2013)
Sodium Party follows Claire through a harrowing childhood to university where she meets Danny, a frequently intoxicated photographer who exposes her to real life through a cocktail of love and drugs. Their relationship is tested when ghosts of Claire's tumultuous past manifest through super 8 home movie footage causing her world to unravel.
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
Teddy Knox, a failed inventor, finds the key to a Stone Age riddle.
From Time to Time (1953)
From Time to Time (1953)
A young woman on a bike ride suffers a head injury and is transported back in time to an event which occurred on the same spot years before during the Irish War of Independence when an informer was captured by the IRA.
A Better You (2020)
A Better You (2020)
Set in a dystopian neo-steampunk world, a shy young man named Douglas invests in ‘A Better You’, a customizable carbon clone to help him win the girl of his dreams.
Immanence Deconstruction of Us (2011)
Immanence Deconstruction of Us (2011)
Immanence Deconstruction of Us: is the ‘Us’ of the title the ghostly figures, now long disappeared, from the old found footage home movies here reassembled? Or is it ‘Us’ today, watching these figures still moving, still moving in spite of the passage of time? Either way, all dissolve in the thick snow of film grain from which they emerge in Rouzbeh Rashidi’s haunting tenth feature film.
Outcast (2010)
Outcast (2010)
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Their hunter, Cathal, soon picks up the trail. Intent on tracking Mary and Fergal, he will go to any lengths to succeed in his quest, often using dark arts to aid him. Mary’s only defence is to use an ancient form of her own magic to protect her only son. When local residents begin to be brutally murdered by an unknown life force, the sense of fear escalates. Is Cathal the beast responsible for the killing? Or is it the beast that he is trying to destroy?
Ghost Train (2013)
Ghost Train (2013)
Once a year, estranged brothers Michael and Peter make a reluctant pilgrimage to the old fairground yard where their friend Sam went missing when they were boys. Both men's' lives are colored by what happened the day their friend was sucked inside the Ghost Train, never to return. This year, Michael has something to tell Peter that will cast fresh light on the incident, something that will change their lives even more than that fateful day 30 years ago...
The Outcasts (1983)
The Outcasts (1983)
In pre-famine Ireland when poverty and magic were rife, introverted farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When her isolated rural community accuses her of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection. (BFI)
The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (2006)
The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (2006)
Something peculiar happened that day. Curious Melissa was enchanted by some real Faeries. Ignoring her Mother she followed them down into Blackheath Woods... Melissa never came back.
Radha (2016)
Radha (2016)
A young woman on the run from her past finds solace in the arms of a mysterious dancer.
Hideaways (2011)
Hideaways (2011)
The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of an accident which causes the death of his father and his grandmother. Haunted by this mysterious evil he hides in a forest not to harm anybody. A few years later, Mae also takes refuge it in the forest and meets James.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2012)
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2012)
On the anniversary of Jacob Marley's death, his business partner Ebenezer Scrooge finds unwelcome company in the form of three spirits from Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Guardians Of The Crown (2014)
Guardians Of The Crown (2014)
When Matthew explores the 'spiral' in his grandmother's garden (a strange structure built by his late grandfather) he discovers an entrance into the magical world of 'the Shadows' where he meets his new Shadow friends, Yorrick and Alice, and begins his great adventure.
The Ritual (2000)
The Ritual (2000)
Nessa, an archeologist at odds with the establishment and haunted by violent dreams of Celtic sacrifices tries to find an ancient relic supposedly from the De Danann period (pre 500 B.C.) called the "Danu Amulet."
Told You (2022)
Told You (2022)
A little boy is sent to bed. Fears begin but no one really cares. But someone is watching.