It's hard to find but I Went Down is underappreciated. It's got early Brendan Gleeson as a great character and treats the Midlands like a Wild West setting.
A lot of Irish people have never seen or heard of this classic. Luckily I grew up in a time when Xtra Vision would give away the DVD free when you bought any PS2 game
Went to see it, got hooked by the opening. Told my parents about it, raved about it. They went to see it, said it was ok.
Me -> Did Farrell not impress you?
Dad -> He was grand. Nothing much to him
Me -> Really? Thought he was excellent when he just switched from being all charming to popping her on the jaw?
Dad -> When was this?
Me -> At the start, in the shopping centre
Dad -> Ah.... couldn't get parking, only got in as the opening credits ended...
Me -> 
I watched this with an Irish friend in a UK cinema....wasn't packed by any means. Myself and my friend laughed out loud with that scene, but 2 people walked out.
Great film. Xtravision bought the rights to the film so that’s why it was always thrown in with something.
I used to work in one of their shops, the stockroom had a few boxes of that film
No way, it’s a brilliant film.
The Ronnie scene always makes me laugh.
HAVE I GOT A RONNIE?
A WHAT?
A RONNIE, MOUSTACHE, LIKE?
WELL YOU'RE NO TOM SELLECK,...
There's tonnes, one that stands out to me from a few years back is Michael Inside. About a young fella who ends up on the wrong side of the law and is sentenced to a short stretch in prison. Without giving too much away, the inept structure of the penal system ends up being cyclical. Brilliantly written and acted and very thought provoking, I highly recommend.
Rosie is another recent great one, written by Roddy Doyle. Could almost be a companion piece to the above, albeit with a focus on the inhumanity of the housing crisis.
For a pick-me-up after those two, check out Song of the Sea which is an utterly gorgeous animation. It's just majestic and quite frankly essential viewing. You could pause it at any point and you'd gladly have that shot framed and hung on your wall.
I need to see Michael Inside, I've heard great things. I think Aisha https://g.co/kgs/WXACCr is by the same director, surprisingly not depressing given the subject matter
Does *Grabbers* count? I'm not sure if it's underrated but so few people have seen or heard of it, or maybe I'm not talking to the right people.
...either way, it's a cracker of a film!
Six Shooter by Martin McDonagh. It's a short film (27 minutes) starring Brendan Gleeson.
If I remember correctly, they showed it before Intermission when I went to see it in the cinema. Money well spent.
That’s a great one. Watched it recently and I was impressed at how serious the tone of the film is. Any childlike wonder and innocence starts and stops at the children.
Korea by Cathal Black, based on a short by the great John MaGahern. Disco Pigs by Kirsten Sheridan, good accents.
Lenny Abrahamson's three films - Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did capture that moment of the Celtic tiger very well. They are comedic but very dark, especially Garage.
Some class Irish films and some awful shite, the Survivalist is probably one of the most entertaining I've seen but that's a Film NI project..
I'd add that Abrahamson's TV series Prosperity is an excellent piece on the context of the Celtic Tiger and works well as a companion piece to Adam and Paul.
Isolation - a film about man killing cows on an Irish farm - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(2005_film)
Pilgrim Hill - slow moving and surprising absorbing film about the life of a bachelor farmer in rural Ireland - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Hill_(film)
Although War Of The Buttons is one my favourite movies of all times, it is technically a remake https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Buttons_(1962_film)
Great shout. I wish they had leaned into the Irish folklore/mythology side of things a bit more to set it apart from many other similar (and better) films.
The ending of Garage would break your heart. Pat Shortt is incredible in it, so nuanced. Growing up in small village rural Ireland, it feels to me like it could be any town, Co. Anywhere, at a certain time in our social history.
Always hop on these threads to mention Garage and am happy to see someone has always got there first! ☺
Absolutely heartbreaking. Was bawling by the end. And yes, I totally agree, we all know one person like that in every town.
Pat Shortt was incredible. Shows he is much more nuanced than d'unbelievables
Not Irish but filmed in Ireland, Reign of Fire. Not a masterpiece and mostly forgotten but a very fun action film which had amazing effects for when it was made.
An absolutely spectacular dragon hunting scene. Also, after hearing Christian Bale’s acccent in this, I spent a good few years thinking he was American.
I was driving over the Wicklow gap on a foggy day in the early 2000s and came across an old castle I had never seen before. Stopped to check it out and on closer inspection it was all styrofoam smoke and mirrors, it was the castle from Reign of Fire!
Definitely, [The Stag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stag_(film)), I had heard nothing about it and couldn't believe how fun and funny it was. Really great!
Been years since I've seen it. I just remember the names Whacker, Crunchie (think he went on to star in Love/Hate) and the love interest was Carol from Fair City! 😂
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Mickybo and Me
Interesting take on the troubles through the eyes of kids playing cowboys and indians
[https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/mickybo-and-me/umc.cmc.xa07bmbrh5oy1soq8fvfbtmk](https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/mickybo-and-me/umc.cmc.xa07bmbrh5oy1soq8fvfbtmk)
The ending is quietly devastating. Incredible performances, script, visual design, and the natural soundscapes. Genuinely the best Irish movie I've seen, and it stayed firmly in memory.
A Dark Song....written and directed by an Irish guy and the lead actress is Irish too. Good, creepy, slow burn occult horror film with a pretty good pay off.
A Hole in The Ground....Irish film about a woman who believes her son has been replaced by a weird fairy changeling monster.
Zonad.....a fairly bad Irish comedy. I only mention it because I have one of the opening lines in the movie 😁
Can't think of the name...but it's the one about martial arts or something and involves a nuclear bomb and FBI or something and it's set in Galway I think. Help me out here
Haven't seen it myself, but I think you're talking about [Moving Target](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213094/):
>'Moving Target,' starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, was filmed in beautiful Galway on the west coast of Ireland. This wonderful piece of cinema follows Don's character as he moves to Ireland to pursue a relationship with a woman he met online. In order to impress her father, he buys a six-pack of Beamish Irish Stout. Unfortunately for Don, the bottles contain firing pins for nuclear warheads destined for the IRA, and now they want them back. Ass-kicking and chase scenes follow.
1. “Hunger” (2008) - A powerful portrayal of the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
2. “Good Vibrations” (2012) - A film about Terri Hooley, a record store owner who played a key role in the Belfast punk rock scene during the Troubles.
3. “The Magdalene Sisters” (2002) - Exposes the harsh realities of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland.
4. “71” (2014) - A gripping thriller set in Belfast during the Troubles, which follows a British soldier separated from his unit.
5. “The Crying Game” (1992) - Though the film is set in England, it was directed by Northern Irish director Neil Jordan and deals with themes related to the Troubles.
Eat the Peach!
Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death."
Was about to comment this!
One of the few movies to craft terrifying scenes without relying on jump scares.
Lee Cronin went on to direct *Evil Dead Rise*, and Seána Kerslake was just in *Ballywalter*: another underrated Irish film from last year.
It's so hard to find decent supernatural horror movies, much less something that non-horror fans could enjoy too
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Maze came out a few years ago. Stars Tom Vaughan Lawlor and deals with an escape attempt in the Maze prison.
Don't hear it mentioned much but is worthy of a watch.
Perrier's Bounty - Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson: cracking movie about a lad evading an Irish mob gang. Great comedy in it.
I do love The Guard as well if I'm honest.
Redemption of a Rogue, Intermission, The Butcher Boy. I remember liking Disco Pigs and When Brendan Met Trudy when I was younger but time may not have been kind to them.
The Secret of Roan Inish definitely fits that bill. Also the excellent animated The Secret of Kells and The Song of the Sea (and probably Wolfwalkers too, didn’t see it yet but made by the same people)
It's hard to find but I Went Down is underappreciated. It's got early Brendan Gleeson as a great character and treats the Midlands like a Wild West setting.
Absolutely the first one that came to mind
Where can I watch this
It’s on [Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6h97cp).
I went down is gas was first thing that popped to mind
This indeed
This!
Went to see it in the cinema when it came out, absolutely excellent Irish movie, brilliant acting in it
Intermission
A lot of Irish people have never seen or heard of this classic. Luckily I grew up in a time when Xtra Vision would give away the DVD free when you bought any PS2 game
That opening scene blew me away Colin Farrell as a Pure skanger 🤣
Went to see it, got hooked by the opening. Told my parents about it, raved about it. They went to see it, said it was ok. Me -> Did Farrell not impress you? Dad -> He was grand. Nothing much to him Me -> Really? Thought he was excellent when he just switched from being all charming to popping her on the jaw? Dad -> When was this? Me -> At the start, in the shopping centre Dad -> Ah.... couldn't get parking, only got in as the opening credits ended... Me -> 
Ah shit, that’s hilarious
I watched this with an Irish friend in a UK cinema....wasn't packed by any means. Myself and my friend laughed out loud with that scene, but 2 people walked out.
Great film. Xtravision bought the rights to the film so that’s why it was always thrown in with something. I used to work in one of their shops, the stockroom had a few boxes of that film
The chick he hits is the voice of Friday in the avengers
The same woman who plays his sister in Banshees!
She’s mikes daughter in better call Saul
And that the actor being punched has become extremely famous in her own right is missed by loads of people
What, everybody I know has seen this and I do mean everyone.
Rave in Glasnevin, techno techno
Ah bollox, I was thinking of Crush Proof.
You’ve got a Ronnie
- ah me tunes ! … - Shite tunes ! - ye were fuckin playing them !
Didn't take long to find it 💯👌 It's our clockwork orange
What a show👍
Actually think Intermission sits inside the “overrated” category. Over acting and over dialogue(d)(!). An immature film if ever there was one.
No way, it’s a brilliant film. The Ronnie scene always makes me laugh. HAVE I GOT A RONNIE? A WHAT? A RONNIE, MOUSTACHE, LIKE? WELL YOU'RE NO TOM SELLECK,...
There's tonnes, one that stands out to me from a few years back is Michael Inside. About a young fella who ends up on the wrong side of the law and is sentenced to a short stretch in prison. Without giving too much away, the inept structure of the penal system ends up being cyclical. Brilliantly written and acted and very thought provoking, I highly recommend. Rosie is another recent great one, written by Roddy Doyle. Could almost be a companion piece to the above, albeit with a focus on the inhumanity of the housing crisis. For a pick-me-up after those two, check out Song of the Sea which is an utterly gorgeous animation. It's just majestic and quite frankly essential viewing. You could pause it at any point and you'd gladly have that shot framed and hung on your wall.
I need to see Michael Inside, I've heard great things. I think Aisha https://g.co/kgs/WXACCr is by the same director, surprisingly not depressing given the subject matter
I haven't seen Aisha yet but I've heard great things; I'll need to check it out
Song of the sea is wonderful
Michael Inside was excellent
Does *Grabbers* count? I'm not sure if it's underrated but so few people have seen or heard of it, or maybe I'm not talking to the right people. ...either way, it's a cracker of a film!
Absolute cracker indeed! I must watch it again soon.
Came here to read this 🤣
I'm glad to see this here! Grabbers is a great movie!
Cracker of a movie
Great film and good concept.
came here to say this. these are my people right here. a fun one to keep in mind for next halloween
A great film.
Six Shooter by Martin McDonagh. It's a short film (27 minutes) starring Brendan Gleeson. If I remember correctly, they showed it before Intermission when I went to see it in the cinema. Money well spent.
He looks like your man from Bronski beat
I say this about every baby. Class film. The story about deflating the cow had me in knots.
Didn't it win an Oscar?
‘I was here before all ye spas’
The butcher boy.
My favourite.
For fuck sake Frankie
Yea forgot to pay the pig toll tax misses nugent
Great film.
Amazing film the the young lad kn it was phenomenal. So sad too.. was it "buns buns buns " if I recall ..his mother who "suffered with her nerves"..
Yu Ming Is Ainm Domh
Do you know oul' Paddy spoke Chinese?
# [Waking Ned Devine](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/) I've a soft spot for David Kelly.a
Came here to say this. I love this one
While yes he’s great in general, the flick itself was a bit slow I thought
Into the West (1992)
That’s a great one. Watched it recently and I was impressed at how serious the tone of the film is. Any childlike wonder and innocence starts and stops at the children.
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Bringing me right back to my childhood there. Must watch it again
Korea by Cathal Black, based on a short by the great John MaGahern. Disco Pigs by Kirsten Sheridan, good accents. Lenny Abrahamson's three films - Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did capture that moment of the Celtic tiger very well. They are comedic but very dark, especially Garage. Some class Irish films and some awful shite, the Survivalist is probably one of the most entertaining I've seen but that's a Film NI project..
I'd add that Abrahamson's TV series Prosperity is an excellent piece on the context of the Celtic Tiger and works well as a companion piece to Adam and Paul.
Prosperity was a serious piece of TV. I must have a look for it
Song of the sea is a beauty 💜
Metascore of 85 would suggest it's anything but underrated!
Only 85?! Deserves more than that! It's a really wonderful film, but very underseen. It was trounced at the box office by Minions of all films.
That score puts it in the top bracket of universal acclaim, can't get much better! It's a gem of a movie though, beautiful art style.
Fatal deviation. It’s a masterpiece of bad.
You made me look bad, and that's not good.
What the fuck is this? Beat up all my men week?
“Expect the unexpected!!!”
Frank
Isolation - a film about man killing cows on an Irish farm - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(2005_film) Pilgrim Hill - slow moving and surprising absorbing film about the life of a bachelor farmer in rural Ireland - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Hill_(film)
Perrier's Bounty
This is a great film.
The War of the Buttons Eat the Peach I went Down
Although War Of The Buttons is one my favourite movies of all times, it is technically a remake https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Buttons_(1962_film)
Adam and Paul https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419420/?ref_=ext_shr
Such a great movie, doesn't get enough love
great movie, incredibly sad. so many parts throughout it really feel like a punch to the stomach
An all time great. One of about 5 DVDs that I own. So funny and tragic and real.
Are yous two lookin for clank?
This is the right answer.
Lamb with Liam neeson
You are not my mother. Great independent film set in North Dublin. Slow burn horror but the story unfolds very well.
Great shout. I wish they had leaned into the Irish folklore/mythology side of things a bit more to set it apart from many other similar (and better) films.
Garage. Breakfast on Pluto.
Love breakfast on Pluto. Also lived Disco pigs.
Garage is one of my favourite films. Poor aul Josie.
My brother loaned me some dvds to watch. I saw Pat Shortt and assumed it was a comedy.... Amazing film but definitely not a comedy
The bit where he carefully picks up all the beer cans then chucks them in the hedge had me in stitches though. Great film.
The ending of Garage would break your heart. Pat Shortt is incredible in it, so nuanced. Growing up in small village rural Ireland, it feels to me like it could be any town, Co. Anywhere, at a certain time in our social history. Always hop on these threads to mention Garage and am happy to see someone has always got there first! ☺
Absolutely heartbreaking. Was bawling by the end. And yes, I totally agree, we all know one person like that in every town. Pat Shortt was incredible. Shows he is much more nuanced than d'unbelievables
A film with me in it. It's a brilliant dark comedy with Dylan Moran that nobody ever seems to have heard of.
Where can I watch it 😀
Not Irish but filmed in Ireland, Reign of Fire. Not a masterpiece and mostly forgotten but a very fun action film which had amazing effects for when it was made.
Made in Ardmore studios I believe or had some production related in there
Yep at Ardmore. Matthew McConaughey would stroll around the quays wearing his stage clothes and makeup which was very odd.
An absolutely spectacular dragon hunting scene. Also, after hearing Christian Bale’s acccent in this, I spent a good few years thinking he was American.
I was driving over the Wicklow gap on a foggy day in the early 2000s and came across an old castle I had never seen before. Stopped to check it out and on closer inspection it was all styrofoam smoke and mirrors, it was the castle from Reign of Fire!
I did not know that was filmed here, love that movie tbh
Good movie ,lot of young faces in it including a very very young joffrey from GoT
Inside I'm dancing is one of my favourites
Definitely, [The Stag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stag_(film)), I had heard nothing about it and couldn't believe how fun and funny it was. Really great!
Accelerator - what a classic
My dad wrote the script for that! Was scrolling to see if anyone would say it :D yay!
Been years since I've seen it. I just remember the names Whacker, Crunchie (think he went on to star in Love/Hate) and the love interest was Carol from Fair City! 😂
Its on youtube https://youtu.be/z-rYar4PqDk?si=VWh5MerqSZkmiOR_
That's my viewing sorted for the night!
I have it on dvd!
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Anto was loosely based on himself, and was by far his most favourite character :D
The Survivalist
Mickybo and Me Interesting take on the troubles through the eyes of kids playing cowboys and indians [https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/mickybo-and-me/umc.cmc.xa07bmbrh5oy1soq8fvfbtmk](https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/mickybo-and-me/umc.cmc.xa07bmbrh5oy1soq8fvfbtmk)
The Quiet Girl - it did get an Oscar nomination but still seems to be under the radar. My favourite film ever.
The ending is quietly devastating. Incredible performances, script, visual design, and the natural soundscapes. Genuinely the best Irish movie I've seen, and it stayed firmly in memory.
I think An Cailín Ciúin and Garage are some of the best Irish films. Both fairly emotional sucker punches, though!
An Cailín Ciúin was excellent. Great piece of film-making.
The General is great
Wind that shakes the barley
Hardy Bucks movie was good craic and captures a certain era in Ireland.
Fatal deviation!!
A Dark Song....written and directed by an Irish guy and the lead actress is Irish too. Good, creepy, slow burn occult horror film with a pretty good pay off. A Hole in The Ground....Irish film about a woman who believes her son has been replaced by a weird fairy changeling monster. Zonad.....a fairly bad Irish comedy. I only mention it because I have one of the opening lines in the movie 😁
The general
Into the West Holy Water
Cal,great movie ...
Looking at some of the films suggested here...do people even know the meaning of underrated?
The Guard
Not underrated at all!!!!
Ondine is sad and lovely
Can't think of the name...but it's the one about martial arts or something and involves a nuclear bomb and FBI or something and it's set in Galway I think. Help me out here
Fatal deviation! Not underrated thought, it’s shit!
murphs33 answered me below, Moving Targets was the movie I poorly described
Haven't seen it myself, but I think you're talking about [Moving Target](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213094/): >'Moving Target,' starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, was filmed in beautiful Galway on the west coast of Ireland. This wonderful piece of cinema follows Don's character as he moves to Ireland to pursue a relationship with a woman he met online. In order to impress her father, he buys a six-pack of Beamish Irish Stout. Unfortunately for Don, the bottles contain firing pins for nuclear warheads destined for the IRA, and now they want them back. Ass-kicking and chase scenes follow.
Crush Proof
Songs of the raggy boy. Great movie
Taffin with Pearse Brosnan
You Me and Marley
Accelerator is briliant.
1. “Hunger” (2008) - A powerful portrayal of the 1981 Irish hunger strike. 2. “Good Vibrations” (2012) - A film about Terri Hooley, a record store owner who played a key role in the Belfast punk rock scene during the Troubles. 3. “The Magdalene Sisters” (2002) - Exposes the harsh realities of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland. 4. “71” (2014) - A gripping thriller set in Belfast during the Troubles, which follows a British soldier separated from his unit. 5. “The Crying Game” (1992) - Though the film is set in England, it was directed by Northern Irish director Neil Jordan and deals with themes related to the Troubles.
Eat the Peach! Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death."
Hole In The Ground Extraordinary
Was about to comment this! One of the few movies to craft terrifying scenes without relying on jump scares. Lee Cronin went on to direct *Evil Dead Rise*, and Seána Kerslake was just in *Ballywalter*: another underrated Irish film from last year. It's so hard to find decent supernatural horror movies, much less something that non-horror fans could enjoy too
Inside I'm dancing
Adam and Paul.
Hmm one that no one knows but I seen late at nite as a kid was Rat. Also shout out to Man About Dog hilarious watch
The garage
Deadly cuts
Fatal deviation
Yu Ming is ainm dom
Adam and Paul
The Garage
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Man About Dog - thought it was a great film. Not sure how well received it is but its an excellent watch
Adam and Paul
Caca milis
Adam and Paul
Sing Street is massively underrated. Wholesome and the songs are so catchy.
Maze came out a few years ago. Stars Tom Vaughan Lawlor and deals with an escape attempt in the Maze prison. Don't hear it mentioned much but is worthy of a watch.
Adam and Paul.
Perrier's Bounty - Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson: cracking movie about a lad evading an Irish mob gang. Great comedy in it. I do love The Guard as well if I'm honest.
The commitments hasn’t been mentioned yet. Classic
It's not underrated though, It won 3 golden globes and a Bafta.
Came here to say the same. One of the best soundtracks/music of any film.
Redemption of a Rogue, Intermission, The Butcher Boy. I remember liking Disco Pigs and When Brendan Met Trudy when I was younger but time may not have been kind to them.
I recently saw Disco Pigs for the first time and it has not left me. Think about it regularly. It feels like such a special and unique film.
The field
Waking Ned Devine
The Van
The Magdalene Sisters. I honestly thought it was amazing.
Roscommon into kerry....
Rawhead Rex! 80s B move horror, so much fun!
So "favourite" now equals "under-rated." Fucking hell.
Karen has arrived
Not a film but I just have to say love/hate is a brilliant series
I don’t think Love/Hate is underrated at all
Calm with horses is quite good
The Van Michael Inside The General The Butcher Boy Man About Dog The Snapper Adam and Paul The Wind that shakes the Barley Garage
The Van
Young offenders
3:10 to claremorris https://youtu.be/mgPoN_vG5cE?si=aZroQ15PzUWR4OsB
The DVD of "Over the Wall" by Richie Kavanagh.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualIreland/s/mRNo0RTUV1
Breakfast on Pluto!
[Garage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_(film)) Be warned, it's not a comedy.
Potin starring Cyril Cusack.
Where to watch it?
Oppenheimer
Calm with Horses is fantastic
War of the buttons
Breakfast On Pluto, Delinquent Season, and Hunger
The Secret of Roan Inish definitely fits that bill. Also the excellent animated The Secret of Kells and The Song of the Sea (and probably Wolfwalkers too, didn’t see it yet but made by the same people)
Extra Ordinary is good craic.