Find the best Irish-language movies to watch. These movies in Irish are: highly-rated by critics, highly-rated by viewers, and handpicked by our staff.
The Commitments (1991)
8.6
Before Sing Street, there was The Commitments, an Irish band of young hopefuls escaping grim reality with the joy and promise of music
Kneecap (2024)
8.7
The titular hip hop group breaks new ground in this energetic and irreverent music biopic
Felicia’s Journey (1999)
7.1
An unsettling cross-country psychological thriller that takes unexpected twists and turns
The Nightingale (2018)
7.1
An unsettling but important social horror from the director of The Babadook
The Quiet Girl (2022)
8.2
A serene yet moving portrait of an unexpected family unit filled with love
The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
8.0
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
7.4
Children rediscover home in this folklore-inspired family drama
The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)
8.3
An unflinching and poignant movie about revolution and all its messy, brutal consequences
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
7.7
A chilling Irish tragicomedy from the director of In Bruges
Wolfwalkers (2020)
8.5
A perfectly executed and truly mesmerizing animation, intriguing to the modern eye and soul
Song of the Sea (2014)
7.9
Bloody Sunday (2002)
7.8
A meticulous and infuriating reconstruction of the 1972 Bogside Massacre in Northern Ireland