
Arthur Riordan
Actor · Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Arthur Riordan is a prominent Irish playwright and actor, widely recognised as a founding member of the Rough Magic Theatre Company. Born in Fermoy, County Cork, in 1966, he has become a fixture in Irish theatre both as a writer of satirical musicals and a versatile stage and screen performer.
Movies18
Movie6.7HistoryDramaAs the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024 · 86 votes
Movie6.5TV MovieComedyWhen Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
As Luck Would Have It
2021 · 45 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceA suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.
On the Edge
2001 · 60 votes
Movie6.8MysteryCrimeA gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007 · 18 votes
Movie6.2DramaBrendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
Borstal Boy
2001 · 54 votes
Movie4.0Drama'Debutante' is the story of Meg, a young Jehovah's Witness who's subjected to the worst of what the religion has to offer: a judicial committee.
Debutante
2021 · 3 votes
Movie5.2DramaRomanceIn 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic frolics with a soldier and a hidden guerrilla fighter. All of the principals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives with considerable wit and unwanted advice.
The Last September
2000 · 15 votes
Movie9.0DramaPrince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....
Prince William
2002 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaIt's Ireland in the 1960s and showbands and ballrooms are big business. However, Tony is struggling to repay his bank loan and is in danger of losing his ballroom. In order to save it, he sets out to turn unknown female performer Denise into a superstar practically overnight.
Showbands
2005 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaA priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Stella Days
2012 · 17 votes
Movie7.5"Before I Sleep" is one man's odyssey through Dublin city. It is a crowded hectic film, unmistakably Dublin, yet with one constant character - John Harte, a recently unemployed middle class man in a state of quiet anxiety.
Before I Sleep
1997 · 2 votes
MovieDramaCiaran is a passionate yet restless college dropout who has returned home to recession-struck Dublin after a year of travelling. Broke and living with his parents, struggling to re-connect with the ex-girlfriend that he left behind and the friends and social scene that have moved on without him, Ciaran questions whether he should stay or go - and comes to realize the difference between being stuck and being present
Out of Here
2013
Movie6.5ComedyTensions arise between James Joyce and Samuel Beckett during a game of Pitch and Putt golf when a guest fails to show up.
Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Beckett ‘n’ Joyce
2001 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyRelationships are strained to breaking point by an obsession with conspiracy theories surrounding JFK's assassination.
My Dinner With Oswald
1997 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe life of Frank Ryan (1902- 1944) who was an Irish radical, International Brigade volunteer in Spain, and Nazi collaborator in Berlin.
Movie10.0ThrillerGraduation short from Paul Duane.
Ink
1988 · 1 votes
MovieDramaHoly Island is a story about two lost souls, Rosa and David, trapped in purgatory in the form of a run-down port town. They meet awaiting a boat to leave the island, both longing to return home. Together they are forced to traverse an abnormal maze, piecing together their past lives through shared conversations and memories. In the end, only one of them can be saved. The other must fall.
Holy Island
2024 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
A young neurologist discovers a cure for depression, only to be opposed by a giant pharmaceutical corporation determined to destroy her.
A Sunken Place
2026
Series9
TV7.8DramaThe Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The Tudors
2007 · 863 votes
TV7.4DramaMysteryA drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Ripper Street
2012 · 203 votes
TV4.7DramaThe day-to-day dramas of the community who live and work in the fictional north Dublin suburb of Carrigstown.
Fair City
1989 · 11 votes
TV6.5DramaThe Ambassador is a British television drama series produced by the BBC written by Hugh Costello. The series starred Pauline Collins in the title role as Harriet Smith, the new British ambassador to Ireland and dealt with the personal and professional pressures in Harriet's life, as well as wider political themes. Other notable cast members were Denis Lawson and Peter Egan. Two series were made between 1998 and 1999.
The Ambassador
1998 · 4 votes
TV7.3DramaThe move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the eyes of a naive idealistic young man
Rebel Heart
2001 · 3 votes
TV7.1DramaComedyA darkly comic drama about two young women, as one of them starts to spiral out of control. Aisling used to getting her own way and Danielle, never one to hog the spotlight, is only too happy to go along with it. But things are changing. Reality is about to hit them, and hit them hard
Can't Cope, Won't Cope
2016 · 10 votes
TVMysteryCrimeA gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.
- TVDocumentary
Popular Irish personalities trace their roots, and this journey through generations of ordinary lives reveals extraordinary stories.
TV7.0FamilyKidsThirteen-year-old cancer survivor Louise creates her 'Live Large List' to experience everything she missed out on while sick. Louise makes an unlikely partner-in-crime, school loner Jess. Louise starts to tackle her wish-list.
Louise Lives Large
2024 · 1 votes