"The hopes of a mother. The dreams of a father. The fate of a child."

1999

2h 25m

7.3(333 votes)

Drama

Overview

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

Where to Watch

Rent

Links & Resources

Website IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

88 members

Acting

Emily Watson

Angela McCourt

Acting

Robert Carlyle

Malachy McCourt

Acting

Joe Breen

Young Frank

Acting

Michael Legge

Older Frank

Acting

Ciarán Owens

Middle Frank

Acting

Ronnie Masterson

Grandma Sheehan

Acting

Pauline McLynn

Aunt Aggie

Acting

Liam Carney

Uncle Pa Keating

Acting

Eanna MacLiam

Uncle Pat

Acting

Shane Murray-Corcoran

Young Malachy

Acting

Devon Murray

Middle Malachy

Acting

Peter Halpin

Older Malachy

Acting

Frank Laverty

Young Paddy Clohessy

Acting

James Mahon

Middle Paddy Clohessy

No Image

Acting

Laurence Kinlan

Older Paddy Clohessy

Acting

Des McAleer

Mr. Benson

Acting

Brendan McNamara

Toby Mackey

No Image

Acting

Johnny Murphy

Seamus

Acting

Maria McDermottroe

Bridey Hannon

Acting

Gerard McSorley

Father Gregory

Acting

Eamonn Owens

Quasimodo

Acting

Phelim Drew

Rent Man

Acting

Daire Lynam

Margaret Mary

No Image

Acting

Ben O'Gorman

Eugene

No Image

Acting

Sam O'Gorman

Oliver

No Image

Acting

Lucas Neville

Willie Harold

No Image

Acting

Walter Mansfield

Fintan Slattery

No Image

Acting

Sean Kearns

Dotty O'Neill

No Image

Acting

Les Doherty

Mr O'Dea

No Image

Acting

Brendan Cauldwell

Mr O'Halloran

Acting

Shay Gorman

Mr Hannon

Directing

Alan Parker

Dr. Campbell

Acting

Stephen Marcus

English Agent

Acting

Jon Kenny

Lavatory Man

Acting

Brendan O'Carroll

Funeral Carriage Driver

Acting

Susan Fitzgerald

Sister Rita

No Image

Acting

Oliver Maguire

Confession Priest

Acting

Daithi O'Suilleabhain

Young Priest

No Image

Acting

Eileen Pollock

Mrs Finucane

Acting

Alvaro Lucchesi

Laman Griffin

Acting

Mark O'Regan

Dr Troy

Acting

Moira Deady

Mrs Purcell

No Image

Acting

Kerry Condon

Theresa

Acting

Garrett Keogh

Mr Hegarty

No Image

Acting

John Anthony Murphy

Redemption Priest

No Image

Acting

Maggie McCarthy

Miss Barry

Acting

Bairbre Ní Chaoimh

Mrs O'Connell

No Image

Acting

Nuala Kelly

Dance Teacher

No Image

Acting

Brian Clifford

Telegram Boy

No Image

Acting

Edward Murphy

Young Mike Molloy

No Image

Acting

Kieran Maher

Older Mike Molloy

No Image

Acting

James McClatchie

Bishop

No Image

Acting

Patrick Bracken

Young Question Quigley

No Image

Acting

Terry O'Donovan

Older Question Quigley

No Image

Acting

Danny O'Carroll

Clarke

Art

David Ahern

Cyril Benson

No Image

Acting

Marcia DeBonis

Mrs Leibowitz

Acting

Helen Norton

Delia

Acting

Eileen Colgan

Philomena

No Image

Acting

Pauline Shanahan

Eye Nurse

No Image

Acting

Gerry Walsh

Farmer

No Image

Acting

Brendan Morrissey

Brother Murray

No Image

Acting

Darragh Neill

Heffernan

No Image

Acting

Sarah Pilkington

Minnie MacAdorey

No Image

Acting

Donncha Crowley

Sacristan

Acting

Veronica O'Reilly

Mrs Carmody

No Image

Acting

Anne O'Neill

Mrs Dooley

No Image

Acting

Phil Kelly

Father Gory

No Image

Acting

Jaz Pollock

Roden Lane Neighbour

No Image

Acting

Paddy Scully

St Vincent Man #1

No Image

Acting

J.J. Murphy

St. Vincent Man #2

Acting

Frankie McCafferty

St Vincent Man #3

Acting

Jack Lynch

St Vincent Man #4

No Image

Acting

Patrick David Nolan

Travel Agent

No Image

Acting

Gerard Lee

Priest

Acting

Martin Benson

Christian Brother

Acting

Birdy Sweeney

Old Priest

Acting

Owen O'Gorman

Sleeping Sailor

Acting

Pat McGrath

Butcher

No Image

Acting

Ray McBride

Mill Foreman

No Image

Acting

John Sheedy

Coal Yard Foreman

No Image

Acting

Sam Ryan

Shaved Head Boy #1

No Image

Acting

Donnacha Gleeson

Shaved Head Boy #2

No Image

Acting

Jim McIntrye

Gravedigger #1

No Image

Acting

Richard Walker

Gravedigger #2

No Image

Acting

Mary Ann Spencer

Parent #1

No Image

Acting

Kathleen Lamb

Parent #2

No Image

Acting

Jer O'Leary

Parent #3

Similar Movies

7.9

1973

Amarcord

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

Movie

7.4

2007

The Counterfeiters

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

Movie

7.5

2008

In Bruges

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

Movie

7.0

2017

Against the Law

United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.

Movie

6.7

1992

Patriot Games

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Movie

7.8

2014

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Movie

2016

Artifice: Loose Fellowship and Partners

Immersed in the underbelly of Brooklyn, NY, a bargain between two gangsters gets cuckoo when one of the gangsters hires a voodoo worker to overthrow his rival.

Movie

7.9

1993

In the Name of the Father

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

Movie

6.4

2008

Chiko

This is the story of Isa, who grows up in a Hamburg suburb. It might be one of the world's richest cities but every beast has its belly and here, in the very underbelly, Chiko lives in a world where violence, staking and keeping a claim, and drug taking are the norm. Where down is not an option, Chiko is determined to rise to the top, whatever and whomever it costs.

Movie

7.4

2002

The Magdalene Sisters

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Movie

7.4

2023

All of Us Strangers

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

Movie

2023

Irish Catholic

Meet Shavon O'Brien: Her family doesn't understand her, her church ignores her, even Jesus forgets about her. With only the spirit of Sinead O'Connor to guide her, Shavon battles institutional child abuse, narcissistic group think, a talking stomach and a singing poop bucket! Shavon goes from Catholic to Crusty Punk in this very, very, very, dark musical comedy!

Movie

6.4

1976

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.

Movie

5.7

1974

The Migrants

A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.

Movie

6.6

1976

In the Realm of the Senses

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

Movie

7.3

1990

Europa Europa

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Movie

7.5

1968

The Great Silence

A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

Movie

6.2

2024

The Piano Lesson

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.

Movie

6.2

1994

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

Movie

6.9

2008

Wendy and Lucy

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

Movie

Recommended Movies

7.3

2016

¿Pa' qué me casé?

Love affairs between couples and ex-couples, which give possible answers to why there are so many divorces today.

Movie

7.5

1996

Oasis: ...There And Then

Earls Court, London and Maine Road, Manchester. Four record-breaking nights, 120,000 people, a whole world of possibilities at the heart of the hurricane. If you were there, here's the memories to go with the tingles. If you weren't, just get a load of what you missed. Great songs, exclusive interviews, the sights and sounds of Oasis at their very, very best.

Movie

7.1

2001

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clark's alcohol addiction.

Movie

7.0

1990

An Angel at My Table

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.

Movie

6.2

1999

Flawless

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

Movie

6.0

1999

Anywhere but Here

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.

Movie

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

6.2

2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Movie

7.1

1970

The Things of Life

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…

Movie

6.6

2006

Goya's Ghosts

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.

Movie

7.2

2020

The Closet

After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet. While the devastated father is left with no clue about his daughter's disappearance, an exorcist shows up to help.

Movie

5.7

2021

The Colony

In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.

Movie

7.5

1999

Kikujiro

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.

Movie

6.8

1999

Ravenous

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

Movie

6.3

2024

Dead Sea

Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.

Movie

7.6

2003

Carandiru

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

Movie

7.0

2005

Angel-A

A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?

Movie

5.4

1986

Howard the Duck

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

Movie

7.2

1996

Bound

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Movie

7.6

1967

In the Heat of the Night

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Movie

7.1

1999

The Cider House Rules

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

Movie