List of the best Aidan Quinn movies: Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), This Is My Father(1998), The Assignment(1997), The 5th Quarter(2010), Commandments(1997), The Last Keepers(2013), Two of Us(2000), Plainsong(2004), Across the Line(2010), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee(2007), Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone(1997), Haunted(1995) ... ...
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
William Franklin
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Drama
Ireland|Canada
1998
120 Minutes
Executive Producer
Aidan Quinn James Caan Stephen Rea John Cusack Moya Farrelly Jacob Tierney Colm Meaney Donal Donnelly Brendan Gleeson John Kavanagh Eamon Morrissey
college student son mother father schoolteacher farmer emotional touching ireland countryside family home village farm united states family secrets irish life class distinctions pregnancy search self-discovery
Widowed Kieran Johnson is a lonely, middle-aged, Chicago-based high school history teacher who feels disconnected to his life. He decides to take a trip to his mother's small old hometown ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
1997
115 Minutes
Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez, Carlos
Aidan Quinn Donald Sutherland Ben Kingsley Claudia Ferri Céline Bonnier Vlasta Vrana Liliana Komorowska Von Flores Al Waxman Mitchell David Rothpan Gregory Hlady
secret agent assassin cia agent wife kgb agent officer tense engaging france england germany airport espionage impersonation deception training dangerous assignment pursuit discovery 1990s
An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.
Drama
USA
2010
98 Minutes
Steven Abbate
Aidan Quinn Andie MacDowell Ryan Merriman Anessa Ramsey Andrea Powell Bonnie Johnson Michael Harding William Smith Yelton Patrick Stogner Kendrick Cross Maureen Mountcastle
Driven by the tragic and fatal car crash that took the life of his fifteen year old brother Luke, and wearing Luke's number 5 jersey, Jon Abbate helps to lead the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to the most successful season in school history.
Comedy
USA
1997
86 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Courteney Cox Anthony LaPaglia Louis Zorich Pamela Gray Pat McNamara Tom Aldredge Alice Drummond Jack Gilpin
His wife dies, his house destroyed, gets fired and his dog struck by lightning, when he shouts "Why?" at God. He decides to break all ten commandments. He moves in with his sister-in-law and cheating reporter husband.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA
2013
90 Minutes
John
Aidan Quinn Virginia Madsen Zosia Mamet Olympia Dukakis Sam Underwood Nat Wolff Joshua Bowman Jee Young Han
When the teenage daughter of a reclusive family of artists falls in love with an unusual boy at school, she awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that will change her life forever.
Drama
2000
97 Minutes
Paul McCartney
Aidan Quinn Jared Harris Ric Reid Martin Martinuzzi Neil Foster Joe Bostick Jeremy Tracz Ian Ryan Scott Wickware Robert Seelinger Louis Di Bianco
Years after the breakup of the Beatles, Paul McCartney (Aidan Quinn) pays an unexpected visit to John Lennon (Jared Harris) in New York City.
Drama
2004
96 Minutes
Tom Guthrie
Aidan Quinn Rachel Griffiths America Ferrera Geoffrey Lewis Steven Anderson Megan Follows Zachery Ty Bryan Cody Arens Mick Hazen Marian Seldes
In rural Colorado, eight people (Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths, America Ferrera), including two teachers, experience vast changes in their lives over the course of a year.
Crime, Drama
2010
100 Minutes
Charlie Wright
Aidan Quinn Andy Garcia Mario Van Peebles Danny Pino Claudia Ferri Luke Goss Gary Daniels Gina Gershon Bokeem Woodbine Jordan Belfi Geoffrey G. Ross
mexican banker director engaging thrilling on the run refuge war mobsters gangsters pursuit
Thugs, mobsters and federal agents go after a Ponzi scheme's former leader (Aidan Quinn), who has taken refuge in Mexico.
Drama
2007
131 Minutes
Henry Dawes
Aidan Quinn Adam Beach Anna Paquin August Schellenberg J.K. Simmons Colm Feore Wes Studi Fred Dalton Thompson
senator lakota chief doctor general schoolteacher president tense disheartening powerful south dakota washington, d.c. expansionism government native people politics massacre battle of the little bighorn pursuit fall underdog
Drama, History
1997
96 Minutes
Henry Morton Stanley
Aidan Quinn Nigel Hawthorne Fay Masterson Dylan Baker Edward Fox Christopher Fulford Kabir Bedi Robert Willox Simon Williams Jackson Kariuki Charles K. Kembero
British explorer Henry Stanley (Aidan Quinn) travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone (Nigel Hawthorne).
Mystery & Thriller
1995
108 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Kate Beckinsale Anthony Andrews John Gielgud Anna Massey Alex Lowe Geraldine Somerville Victoria Shalet Peter England Liz Smith Linda Bassett
professor sister spiritualist nanny young girl chilling eerie solemn brooding england university haunted house lake accidental death drowning ghosts going home guilt rationality mystery
Visions of his dead sister and other phenomena torment a man (Aidan Quinn) visiting a haunted English mansion inhabited by eccentrics.
Drama
USA
2010
102 Minutes
Adem
Melinda Shankar Aidan Quinn Ritu Singh Pande Stephen Hadeed Jr. Nandanie Dudhnath Isabella A. Santos Kamla Bhagroo Puneet Prasad Ramesh Deochand Chunilall Narine
After receiving shocking news about her absent father, a rebellious teenage girl embarks on a journey from New York to Guyana to discover the truth about her family's mysterious past.
Drama
USA
1990
126 Minutes
Armin Mueller-Stahl Aidan Quinn Elizabeth Perkins Leo Fuchs Eve Gordon Lou Jacobi Joan Plowright Kevin Pollak Israel Rubinek Elijah Wood Grant Gelt
immigrant wife son salesman cousin endearing emotional touching united states baltimore immigration culture clash family family history aspirations ambition growing up discovery rise underdog
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Drama, History
UK|Ireland|USA
1996
132 Minutes
Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Stephen Rea Alan Rickman Julia Roberts Ian Hart Brendan Gleeson Stuart Graham Sean McGinley Gerard McSorley Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
revolutionary irishman fiancé british soldier detective rousing patriotic ireland great britain dublin irish civil war uprising assassination independence guerrilla warfare irish republican army rise quest 1920s
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Drama
Spain
2007
86 Minutes
Ye Liu Aidan Quinn Meryl Streep Blair Brown Bill Irwin Joe Grifasi Lloyd Suh Rob Campbell Jodi Russell Boris McGiver Taylor Schilling
astrophysicist mentor chinese immigrant professor wealthy woman husband intricate fascinating powerful campus laboratory china apartment lecture hall united states academia astrophysics science culture shock scientific experiments
Just as his childhood sweetheart Natalia returns, his infertile brother Antonio asks Jorge to impregnate Paula, Antonio's imprisoned girlfriend.
Drama
USA
2001
112 Minutes
Janet McTeer Aidan Quinn Pat Carroll Jane Adams Gregory Russell Cook Iris DeMent Stephanie Roth Haberle David Patrick Kelly E. Katherine Kerr Taj Mahal Emmy Rossum
professor sister orphan veteran reverend engaging emotional appalachia school small town rural life lesbianism music preservation discovery forbidden love transformation 1900s
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
Canada|Ireland
2009
101 Minutes
Connie Nielsen Aidan Quinn John Bell Jack Gleeson Tara Alice Scully Niamh Shaw Bonnie Bollivar Gerald Boner Laura Doherty Adam Downey Karl O'Neill
orphan wife husband emotional intense melodramatic inspiring heartwarming passionate orphanage irish sea ireland orphanage loneliness new life adoption trust nature love rescue
A lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.
Drama
USA|Germany|Ireland|UK|Netherlands
2002
93 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Aidan Quinn Julianna Margulies Stephen Rea Sophie Vavasseur Alan Bates Niall Beagan Hugh MacDonagh Claire Mullan
daughter father son lawyer judge emotional ireland family home courtroom child custody abandonment divorce alcoholism quest 1950s
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. Unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages. Employed again, Desmond tries to get his kids back.
Adventure
USA|Brazil
1991
187 Minutes
Tom Berenger Aidan Quinn Kathy Bates John Lithgow Daryl Hannah Tom Waits Stênio Garcia Nelson Xavier José Dumont Niilo Kivirinta S. Yriwana Karaja
missionary wife reverend son native american tribesman spectacular passionate brazil river forest camp missionary work mining infidelity disease hallucinations insanity fall transformation
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, ... See full summary »
Drama
Denmark|USA|UK
2004
109 Minutes
Connie Nielsen Aidan Quinn Kelly Preston Sara-Marie Maltha Randy Colton Mark Ryan Mark Holton Tim Daly
inmate lawyer brother-in-law pen pal judge woman melodramatic tense suspenseful prison courtroom house cell death row kidnapping prison life secrets truth murder investigation
While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.
Drama
USA|UK|Ireland
1992
110 Minutes
Albert Finney Aidan Quinn Robin Wright Milo O'Shea Alan Devlin Niamh Cusack Ian McElhinney Stella McCusker
single mother baby actor police officer priest amusing heartwarming frenetic northern ireland small town church farm jail tent motherhood opposites attract judgment love triangle small-town life religion
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
106 Minutes
Detective John Hallstrom
Madeleine Stowe Aidan Quinn Laurie Metcalf James Remar Peter Friedman Bruce A. Young Matt Roth Paul Dillon Michael Kirkpatrick Sean C. Cleland Craig Winston Damon
blind woman police detective eye doctor killer partner eerie suspenseful sultry intense chicago apartment building police station memory witness protection serial murders sight police work new romance mystery rescue
Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland
2009
88 Minutes
Ciarán Hinds Aidan Quinn Iben Hjejle Jim Norton Eanna Hardwicke Hannah Lynch
widower writer brooding chilling frightening gripping seaside ireland town supernatural death love triangle writers grief love forbidden love transformation mystery 2000s
In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Rachel Brosnahan Aidan Quinn Olympia Dukakis M. Emmet Walsh Seth Gilliam Satya Bhabha Mary Beth Hurt Macy Gray Peter Gerety Michael Potts Rachel Zeiger-Haag
When a beguiling young woman moves in next door, a quiet neighborhood is awakened, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves.
Drama
2004
96 Minutes
Mary-Louise Parker Aidan Quinn Zac Efron Bubba Lewis Bernard Hocke Mikki Val Alicia Morton Jake Cherry Jeremy Shada
single mother doctor autistic person twin classmate therapist tense melodramatic inspiring doctor's office high school track autism education mother/son relationship daunting task outsider's life brotherhood growing up transformation
A devoted single mother (Mary-Louise Parker) fights to get her autistic twins an education that will give them a real chance to flourish instead of fail.
Drama
1995
110 Minutes
Robert Duvall Aidan Quinn Frances Fisher Brian Dennehy Lexi Randall Kaytlyn Knowles Francesca Eastwood
oil baron husband wife daughter friend prospector moving emotional uplifting texas farmhouse small town oil business great depression partnership family discovery transformation underdog 1930s
A down-and-out wildcatter (Robert Duvall) smells oil beneath a struggling farmer's (Aidan Quinn) land in Depression-era Texas.
Romance
USA
1993
98 Minutes
Benjamin "Benny" Pearl
Johnny Depp Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn Julianne Moore Oliver Platt CCH Pounder Dan Hedaya Joe Grifasi William H. Macy Eileen Ryan
repairman mentally challenged loner waitress brother sister endearing offbeat amusing small town family home hospital mental illness romance nonconformity love rescue 1990s
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Comedy
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Dez
Rosanna Arquette Madonna Aidan Quinn Mark Blum Robert Joy Laurie Metcalf Anna Levine Will Patton Peter Maloney Steven Wright John Turturro
housewife musician young woman husband young man mobster cheeky hilarious quirky new york city battery park disco street east village mistaken identity personal ads jewelry theft amnesia murder marital problems
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a kooky character she's read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Drama
USA
2011
82 Minutes
Sandy
Jonathan Sollis Margarita Levieva Aidan Quinn Jonathan Reed Wexler Arija Bareikis Julia Dennis Justine Cotsonas Quinn Broggy Jennifer Mudge
A college student on suspension is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2004
90 Minutes
Detective Scofield
James Spader Matthew Davis Aidan Quinn Peter Coyote Robin Tunney Lacey Chabert Alice Krige Sarah Ann Schultz Robert Miano David Selby David Andriole
When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man's world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and ...murder.
Kids & Family, Adventure
2000
90 Minutes
Miles Hendon
Robert Timmins Jonathan Timmins Aidan Quinn Alan Bates Jonathan Hyde
An adventurer (Aidan Quinn) helps young Prince Edward (Jonathan Timmins) after the boy trades places with a look-alike beggar (Robert Timmins) in Tudor England.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Canada
2012
115 Minutes
Derek
Marcia Gay Harden Leonor Watling Joseph Kell Aidan Quinn Valerie Mahaffey Gary Piquer Michael Therriault
When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|France|USA
2011
113 Minutes
Martin B
Liam Neeson Diane Kruger January Jones Aidan Quinn Bruno Ganz Frank Langella Rainer Bock Sebastian Koch Olivier Schneider Stipe Erceg Mido Hamada
doctor taxi driver impostor professor wife assassin gripping suspenseful gritty berlin germany hospice hotel identity theft mistaken identity assassination conspiracy discovery escape quest
When a man awakens from a coma only to discover that someone has taken on his identity, he teams up with a young woman to prove who he is.
Comedy
USA|UK|France
2008
98 Minutes
Poppy's Father
Emma Roberts Natasha Richardson Shirley Henderson Aidan Quinn Alex Pettyfer Georgia King Kimberley Nixon Ruby Thomas
spoiled girl teen girl father headmistress high-school student teacher charming amusing uplifting malibu, calif. england boarding school coming of age boarding-school life culture shock romance popularity father/daughter relationship growing up 2000s
A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.
Sci-Fi
USA|Germany
1990
109 Minutes
Nick
Natasha Richardson Robert Duvall Faye Dunaway Aidan Quinn Elizabeth McGovern Victoria Tennant Blanche Baker Traci Lind David Dukes Zoey Wilson Elizabeth Doby
husband chauffeur wife slave friend bleak chilling dark melodramatic united states house garden bedroom post-apocalypse repression sex pregnancy dystopia unrequited love forbidden love
In a dystopian, polluted right wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
2012
96 Minutes
Cameron Brogden
Josh Henderson Haley Webb Beau Bridges Aidan Quinn Jordan Bridges Lorna Raver Joel McKinnon Miller Crispian Belfrage Philip Lenkowsky Eileen Grubba Terence Bernie Hines
Billy and Sarah, two delinquent teenage lovers from the suburbs of Los Angeles, travel to a small southern town to falsely claim a dead friend's inheritance.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2012
91 Minutes
Lt. Col. Owens
Seth Gabel Pablo Schreiber Bow Wow Aidan Quinn Malik Yoba Reshma Shetty Dominic Fumusa
After his transfer request to stay stateside is approved, a lieutenant in the National Guard faces a dilemma as one of his soldiers looks to go AWOL as their unit gears up for deployment to Iraq.
Drama, History
UK|France
1986
128 Minutes
Felipe
Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons Ray McAnally Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Ronald Pickup Chuck Low Cherie Lunghi Bercelio Moya
priest native criminal cardinal moving passionate spirited inspiring south america jungle portugal religion redemption exploitation slavery battle sacrifice rescue transformation 1750s
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Romance
USA
1989
89 Minutes
Frankie McGuinness
Diane Keaton Carol Kane Kathryn Grody Elliott Gould Aidan Quinn Ruben Blades Richard Libertini
Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980's Atlantic City performing the songs of the 60's girl groups in this self-indulgent comedy.
Horror
1994
123 Minutes
Capt. Robert Walton
Robert De Niro Kenneth Branagh Thomas Hulce Helena Bonham Carter Aidan Quinn Ian Holm Richard Briers John Cleese Robert Hardy Cherie Lunghi Celia Imrie
frankenstein's monster captain professor doctor wife creepy suspenseful arctic geneva university mansion cottage monsters murder family scientific experiments transformation revenge wretched excess 1790s
Dr. Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) creates a soulless monster (Robert De Niro) from cadavers and tries to hide it from his beloved.
Drama
Ireland|Germany
2007
89 Minutes
Frank Brennan
Ailish McCarthy Sophie Jo Wasson Orla Long Riona Smith Shane McDaid Aidan Quinn Orla Brady Jared Harris
This story is set in the "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new snow white bra, and ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1996
109 Minutes
Richmond
Al Pacino Harris Yulin Penelope Allen Alec Baldwin Kevin Spacey Estelle Parsons Winona Ryder Aidan Quinn
actor al pacino shakespearean scholar richard iii charming offbeat positive engaging backstage theater new york city stage street actors theater production acting william shakespeare quest rise rivalry
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Drama
2010
111 Minutes
William Rainsferd
Kristin Scott Thomas Mélusine Mayance Niels Arestrup Frédéric Pierrot Michel Duchaussoy Dominique Frot Gisèle Casadesus Aidan Quinn Natasha Mashkevich Arben Bajraktaraj Sarah Ber
reporter journalist girl emotional event closet french history deportation the police pursuit 19th century
An account of research by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) into a shameful incident in French history intertwines with a story of a 10-year-old Jewish girl (Mélusine Mayance) from that time period.
Biography, Drama
USA
2004
126 Minutes
Harry Vardon
Jim Caviezel Claire Forlani Jeremy Northam Malcolm McDowell Connie Ray Brett Rice Dan Albright Paul Freeman Hilton McCrae Aidan Quinn Devon Gearhart
golfer wife friend emotional inspiring georgia golf course scotland golf competition work-life balance husband/wife relationship retirement bobby jones discovery rivalry love underdog 1930s
Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2005
112 Minutes
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Elpidia Carrillo Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner LisaGay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna
divorcée sick person prisoner old flame teen girl woman tender moving intricate melodramatic jail hospital family home supermarket graveyard mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement reunion illness
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.