# List of The Troubles films

Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of The Troubles and the Dissident Irish republican campaign. This list does not include documentaries, short films. This list includes films about events from the late 1960s to the present day. For events of the early 20th century, see List of Irish revolutionary period films.

## 1960s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1968 | United Kingdom | The Violent Enemy | Don Sharp | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Candle for the Dead. |

## 1970s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1974 | Canada | A Quiet Day in Belfast | Milad Bessada | Drama. Based on the play A Quiet Day in Belfast. |
| 1975 | United Kingdom United States | Hennessy | Don Sharp | Action, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1979 | United States Netherlands | The Outsider | Tony Luraschi | Drama, History, Thriller. Based on a novel The Heritage of Michael Flaherty. |

## 1980s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1980 | United Kingdom | The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. |
| 1981 | United Kingdom | Looks and Smiles | Ken Loach | Drama. |
| 1981 | Ireland | Traveller | Joe Comerford | Drama. |
| 1981 | United Kingdom Ireland | Maeve | Pat Murphy | Drama. |
| 1982 | Ireland United Kingdom | Angel | Neil Jordan | Drama, Music, Thriller. |
| 1983 | United Kingdom | Acceptable Levels | John Davies | Drama. |
| 1983 | Belgium France | The Writing On The Wall | Armand Gatti | Drama. |
| 1984 | United Kingdom Ireland | Cal | Pat O'Connor | Drama, Thriller, Romance. Based on a novel Cal. |
| 1985 | United Kingdom | No Surrender | Peter Smith | Comedy. |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | Boy Soldier  [cy] | Karl Francis | Drama. |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | A Prayer for the Dying | Mike Hodges | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel A Prayer for the Dying. |
| 1988 | United Kingdom United States | For Queen and Country | Martin Stellman | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1989 | United Kingdom United States | Elephant | Alan Clarke | Drama. |

## 1990s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1990 | United Kingdom | Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1992 | United Kingdom | The Railway Station Man | Michael Whyte | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel The Railway Station Man. |
| 1992 | United States | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | Action, Thriller. Based on a novel Patriot Games. |
| 1992 | United Kingdom Japan | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Based on the short story "Guests of the Nation". |
| 1993 | Ireland | High Boot Benny | Joe Comerford | Drama. |
| 1993 | Ireland United States | In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on an autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four. Guildford pub bombings, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven |
| 1994 | United States | Patriots | Frank Kerr | Thriller. |
| 1994 | United States | Blown Away | Stephen Hopkins | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1995 | United Kingdom Ireland | Nothing Personal | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Drama. |
| 1996 | Lebanon Germany Ireland | Warshots | Heiner Stadler | |
| 1996 | Ireland United States | Some Mother's Son | Terry George | Drama, History. 1981 Irish hunger strike |
| 1997 | Ireland | This Is the Sea | Mary McGuckian | Drama, Romance. |
| 1997 | United Kingdom | The Eliminator | Enda Hughes | Action, Comedy. |
| 1997 | United States | The Devil's Own | Alan J. Pakula | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1997 | United Kingdom Spain Germany Ireland Japan | A Further Gesture | Robert Dornhelm | Drama, Romance, Thriller. |
| 1997 | Ireland United States | The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | Drama, Romance, Sport. |
| 1997 | United States United Kingdom France Germany Japan | The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel The Day of the Jackal. |
| 1997 | United States | My Brother's War | James Brolin | Action, Thriller. |
| 1998 | United Kingdom | Crossmaheart | Henry Herbert | Drama. Based on a novel Cycle of Violence. |
| 1998 | United States United Kingdom | Ronin | John Frankenheimer | Action, Crime, Thriller. |
| 1998 | United Kingdom Ireland | The General | John Boorman | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill |
| 1998 | United Kingdom | Divorcing Jack | David Caffrey | Thriller, Comedy. Based on a novel Divorcing Jack. |
| 1998 | United Kingdom | Titanic Town | Roger Michell | Drama. |
| 1998 | United Kingdom | Resurrection Man | Marc Evans | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Resurrection Man. Shankill Butchers |
| 1999 | Ireland | Sunset Heights | Colm Villa | Action, Thriller. |
| 1999 | United Kingdom United States | Shergar | Dennis Lewiston | Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport. Shergar |

## 2000s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 2000 | Ireland United States | Moving Target | Paul Ziller | Action. |
| 2000 | United States | An Everlasting Piece | Barry Levinson | Comedy. |
| 2001 | United Kingdom Ireland | Mapmaker | Johnny Gogan | Thriller. |
| 2001 | Ireland | Silent Grace | Maeve Murphy | Drama. Based on the plays The Armagh Women, Now and at the Hour of Our Death. Dirty protest |
| 2001 | Ireland | H3 | Les Blair | Drama. 1981 Irish hunger strike |
| 2002 | United Kingdom Ireland | Boxed | Marion Comer | Drama. |
| 2004 | United Kingdom France Ireland | Mickybo and Me | Terry Loane | Comedy, Drama. Based on the play Mojo Mickybo. |
| 2005 | Italy | The Silence of the Skylark  [it] | David Ballerini | Drama. |
| 2005 | Ireland United Kingdom | The Mighty Celt | Pearse Elliot | Drama. |
| 2005 | Ireland United Kingdom | Breakfast on Pluto | Neil Jordan | Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Breakfast on Pluto. |
| 2006 | United States Ireland | I.R.A.: King of Nothing | Damian Chapa | Action, Drama. |
| 2006 | United Kingdom Ireland | Johnny Was | Mark Hammond | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 2007 | United Kingdom Canada United States | Closing the Ring | Richard Attenborough | Drama, Romance. |
| 2008 | Ireland | Anton | Graham Cantwell | Action, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller. |
| 2008 | Ireland | Peacefire | Macdara Vallely | Drama. |
| 2008 | United Kingdom Ireland | Hunger | Steve McQueen | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. 1981 Irish hunger strike |
| 2008 | United Kingdom Canada | Fifty Dead Men Walking | Kari Skogland | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on Martin McGartland's autobiography. |
| 2009 | United States | Disappearing in America | Erik Rodgers | Drama. |
| 2009 | United Kingdom Ireland | Five Minutes of Heaven | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Drama, Thriller. |

## 2010s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 2011 | United States | No Saints for Sinners | Nathan Frankowski | Action, Crime. |
| 2012 | United Kingdom Ireland | Shadow Dancer | James Marsh | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel Shadow Dancer. |
| 2013 | United Kingdom Ireland | Good Vibrations | Lisa Barros D'Sa Glenn Leyburn | Biography, Drama, Music. |
| 2013 | United Kingdom | The Best Years | Danny Patrick | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance. |
| 2013 | Ireland | A Belfast Story | Nathan Todd | Crime, Drama. |
| 2014 | United Kingdom | Shooting for Socrates | James Erskine | Comedy, Drama, Sport. 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 2014 | United Kingdom | '71 | Yann Demange | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War. |
| 2016 | United Kingdom | The Truth Commissioner | Declan Recks | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 2016 | United Kingdom | The Journey | Nick Hamm | Biography, Drama, History. Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, St Andrews Agreement. |
| 2017 | United Kingdom China United States India | The Foreigner | Martin Campbell | Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Chinaman. |
| 2017 | United Kingdom Ireland Sweden Germany | Maze | Stephen Burke | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller. Maze Prison escape |
| 2018 | Ireland United Kingdom | Penance | Tommy Collins | Action, Romance. Based on the story Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach. |
| 2019 | United Kingdom | Cyprus Avenue | Rhodri Huw Vicky Featherstone | Comedy, Drama, Thriller. |

## 2020s

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 2020 | United Kingdom Ireland | Wildfire | Cathy Brady | Drama. |
| 2021 | Ireland | A Bend in the River | Colin Broderick | Drama. |
| 2021 | United Kingdom | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | Biography, Drama, Romance. 1969 Northern Ireland riots |
| 2022 | Ireland | The Troubles: A Dublin Story | Luke Hanlon | Crime, Drama. |
| 2023 | United Kingdom | Dead Shot | Tom Guard Charles Guard | Action, Thriller. Based on the book The Road to Balcombe Street. |
| 2023 | Ireland United Kingdom | Baltimore | Joe Lawlor Christine Molloy | Thriller. Rose Dugdale |
| 2023 | Ireland | In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Robert Lorenz | Action, Crime, Thriller. |
| 2024 | Ireland United Kingdom | Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt | Comedy, Drama. Kneecap |

## Upcoming films

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| TBA | United Kingdom | The Sniper's Daughter (Stranger with a Camera) | Oorlagh George | Mystery. |

## Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1975 | Italy | Mondo candido | Gualtiero Jacopetti Franco E. Prosperi | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Based on a novel Candide. |
| 1976 | France Italy West Germany Canada | Born for Hell | Denis Héroux | Drama, Horror, Thriller. Richard Speck |

## Television films

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1972 | United States United Kingdom | A War of Children | George Schaefer | Drama. |
| 1980 | United Kingdom | Murphy's Stroke | Frank Cvitanovich | Drama. |
| 1980 | United Kingdom | The Long March | Chris Parr | Drama. |
| 1981 | United Kingdom | Nailed | June Howson | |
| 1982 | United Kingdom | Giro City | Karl Francis | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1983 | United Kingdom | Across the Water | Paul Seed | Drama. |
| 1984 | United Kingdom | Killer Waiting | Michael Ferguson | Thriller. |
| 1984 | United States Ireland | Children in the Crossfire | George Schaefer | Drama. |
| 1984 | United Kingdom | Four Days in July | Mike Leigh | Drama. |
| 1985 | United Kingdom | We'll Support You Evermore | Douglas Livingstone | Drama. |
| 1986 | Canada | In This Corner | Atom Egoyan | Drama. |
| 1987 | United Kingdom | Rat in the Skull | Glyn Edwards Max Stafford-Clark | Drama. |
| 1988 | New Zealand | The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | Crime. |
| 1989 | Ireland United Kingdom | Hush-a-Bye Baby | Margo Harkin | Romance. |
| 1990 | Ireland | Dear Sarah | Frank Cvitanovich | Drama. Guildford Four and Maguire Seven |
| 1992 | United Kingdom | You, Me and Marley | Richard Spence | Drama. |
| 1995 | Canada United Kingdom | Beyond Reason | Jim O'Brien | Drama. |
| 1997 | Ireland | Bogwoman | Tommy Collins | Drama. |
| 1997 | Ireland United States | The Informant | Jim McBride | Drama. Based on the book Field of Blood. |
| 1999 | United Kingdom | Vicious Circle | David Blair | Crime, Drama. Based on the book The General. Martin Cahill |
| 2002 | United Kingdom | As the Beast Sleeps | Harry Bradbeer | Drama. Ulster Defence Association |
| 2002 | United Kingdom Ireland | Sunday | Charles McDougall | Drama. Bloody Sunday |
| 2002 | United Kingdom Ireland United States | Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | Drama, History, War. Based on the book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Ivan Cooper, Bloody Sunday |
| 2003 | United Kingdom Ireland | Holy Cross | Mark Brozel | Drama. Holy Cross dispute |
| 2004 | Ireland United Kingdom | Omagh | Pete Travis | Drama. Omagh bombing |
| 2006 | United Kingdom | Cracker | Antonia Bird | Crime, Drama. |
| 2018 | United Kingdom | Mother's Day | Fergus O'Brien | Drama. Warrington bombings |

## TV series

| Year | Country | Title | Director | Subject |
| 1982 | United Kingdom | Harry's Game | Lawrence Gordon Clark | Thriller. Based on a novel Harry's Game. |
| 1985 | United Kingdom | Confessional | Gordon Flemyng | Thriller. Based on a novel Confessional. |
| 1985 | United Kingdom Ireland | The Price | Peter Smith | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1988 | United Kingdom | Crossfire | Ken Hannam | Thriller. |
| 1988 | Ireland Australia | Act of Betrayal | Lawrence Gordon Clark | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1989–90 | United Kingdom | Frederick Forsyth Presents | Tom Clegg Lawrence Gordon Clark Ian Sharp James Cellan Jones | Action, Thriller. Based on a novel The Deceiver. |
| 1991 | United Kingdom | Children of the North | David Drury | Thriller. Based on a novels The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye. |
| 1992 | United Kingdom | Civvies | Karl Francis | Drama. |
| 1993–96 | United Kingdom | Circles of Deceit | Geoffrey Sax Nicholas Laughland Alan Grint Peter Barber-Fleming | |
| 1995, 1998–2007, 2016, 2018–2023 | United Kingdom Ireland | Give My Head Peace | | Comedy. |
| 2001 | United Kingdom | The Bombmaker | Graham Theakston | Action. Based on a novel The Bombmaker. |
| 2005 | United Kingdom | The Rotters' Club | Tony Dean Smith | Drama. Based on a novel The Rotters' Club. |
| 2012 | United Kingdom | White Heat | John Alexander | Drama. |
| 2014 | United Kingdom | From There to Here | James Strong | Drama. 1996 Manchester bombing |
| 2018–22 | United Kingdom | Derry Girls | Michael Lennox | Comedy. |
| 2022 | Netherlands | The Spectacular | Pieter Kuijpers Willem Bosch | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Donna Maguire |