List of the best Gabriel Byrne movies: Miller's Crossing(1990), Into the West(1992), Somebody Is Waiting(1996), Back Home(2015), Defence of the Realm(1985), Emotional Arithmetic(2007), Dark Obsession(1989), Gothic(1986), No Pay, Nudity(2016), An L.A. Minute(2018), Lies We Tell(2017), In the Cloud(2017) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
114 Minutes
Tom Reagan
Gabriel Byrne Ethan Coen Albert Finney Marcia Gay Harden Jon Polito John Turturro J.E. Freeman Mike Starr Al Mancini
gangster moll bookie political boss hatchet man tense confident cool nightclub office warehouse forest household mafia prohibition rivalry underdog 1920s
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Kids & Family, Adventure
Ireland|UK
1992
102 Minutes
Papa Reilly
Gabriel Byrne Colm Meaney Ellen Barkin Ciaran Fitzgerald Ruaidhri Conroy David Kelly Johnny Murphy John Kavanagh
father brother young boy grandfather tir na nog tender playful spirited slum dublin countryside apartment street alcoholism family brotherhood mythology adolescence growing up rescue
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
90 Minutes
Roger Ellis
Gabriel Byrne Nastassja Kinski Johnny Whitworth Rebecca Gayheart Shirley Knight Brian Donovan Gary Bairos
young man mother father sibling truck driver girlfriend tense emotional united states bank house backyard road bank robbery accidental death on the run death of mother alcoholism family relationships transformation
Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is going off the rails.
Drama
Norway|France|Denmark|USA
2015
109 Minutes
Gene Reed
Gabriel Byrne Isabelle Huppert Jesse Eisenberg Devin Druid Rachel Brosnahan Ruby Jerins Megan Ketch David Strathairn Amy Ryan
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1985
96 Minutes
Nicholas "Nick" Mullen
Gabriel Byrne Greta Scacchi Denholm Elliott Ian Bannen Fulton Mackay Bill Paterson David Calder Frederick Treves Robbie Coltrane Annabel Leventon Prentis Hancock
reporter secretary politician tense suspenseful england military base espionage cold war nuclear safety discovery mystery 1980s
After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.
Drama
Canada
2007
99 Minutes
Christopher Lewis
Gabriel Byrne Roy Dupuis Dakota Goyo Kris Holdenreid Regan Jewitt Alexandre Nachi Christopher Plummer Susan Sarandon
A bond between three people in a German concentration camp is still there many years after they were split up, all deep scars from back then. One of them invites them to a reunion, and we're out for a night none of them will ever forget.
Drama
Australia|USA
1989
100 Minutes
Lord Hugo Bruckton
Gabriel Byrne Amanda Donohoe Michael Hordern Judy Parfitt Douglas Hodge Sadie Frost Struan Rodger Ian Carmichael David Delve Ralph Brown
husband wife son best friend victim thrilling suspenseful england london party household jealousy class distinctions blackmail guilt hit and run love mystery pursuit 1980s
A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.
Horror, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1986
87 Minutes
Byron
Gabriel Byrne Julian Sands Natasha Richardson Myriam Cyr Timothy Spall Alec Mango Andreas Wisniewski Dexter Fletcher Pascal King
poet doctor friend fiancée half sister creative unrestrained geneva villa fantasy world lord byron mary shelley percy bysshe shelley monsters drugs poetry metamorphosis mystery 1810s
The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Lawrence Rose
Gabriel Byrne Nathan Lane Frances Conroy Donna Murphy Valerie Mahaffey Ben Sinclair Boyd Gaines Jon Michael Hill Zoe Perry Mark Blum J.R. Horne
actor dog friend receptionist daughter producer cheeky emotional creative new york city office lounge restaurant apartment veterinarian's office acting dreams hard decisions rejection ageism
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy, & Boyd Gaines) finds out that the way out is through.
Comedy
USA
2018
86 Minutes
Ted Gold
Gabriel Byrne Kiersey Clemons Lyne Renée Katherine Kendall Brianna Baker Ash Adams Ned Bellamy Jake Adams Ed Marinaro Bob Balaban
novelist movie producer agent performance artist amusing emotional tense creative confident los angeles theater stage radio station limousine lifestyle changes career success writing inspiration artistic integrity
"An L.A. Minute" is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of Celebrity. Best-selling author Ted Gold... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2017
109 Minutes
Donald
Gabriel Byrne Sibylla Deen Harvey Keitel Mark Addy Jan Uddin Reece Ritchie Gina McKee Nicholas Farrell Emily Atack Harish Patel Danica Johnson
billionaire chauffeur mistress sister crime boss family member bleak brash disturbing emotional tense suspenseful united kingdom mansion car club apartment wedding mistresses arranged marriage
A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss' Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
90 Minutes
Doc Wolff
Gabriel Byrne Justin Chatwin Adetomiwa Edun Tomiwa Edun Laura Fraser
Using a VR environment to pinpoint the location of bombs, two geniuses invade terrorists' memories. But hiding in the shadows are those with secret agendas who seek to utilize the memory cloud for nefarious purposes.
Drama, War
2007
117 Minutes
Phillip Parker
Gabriel Byrne Mira Sorvino Vladimir Ilin Mikhail Trukhin Evgeny Sidikhin Aleksandr Abdulov
witness russian reporter thrilling leningrad city convoy winter career pursuit 1940s
A British journalist (Mira Sorvino) and her American mentor (Gabriel Byrne) witness the Nazi attack on the Russian city.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
1995
105 Minutes
Dean Keaton
Stephen Baldwin Gabriel Byrne Chazz Palminteri Kevin Pollak Pete Postlethwaite Kevin Spacey Suzy Amis Giancarlo Esposito Benicio Del Toro Dan Hedaya Paul Bartel
con artist criminal fbi agent special agent survivor district attorney intricate suspenseful dark ship port los angeles new york city police station heist deception interrogation crime robbery quest
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Bel Powley Gabriel Byrne Nathan Lane Jason Ritter Vanessa Bayer Colin O'Donoghue Desmin Borges William Moseley Poorna Jagannathan
woman therapist neighbor classmate worker family member brooding cheeky intense harvard university new york city apartment office restaurant street high expectations loneliness intelligence self-discovery therapy
A person of high intelligence struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her apartment.
Kids & Family, Adventure
Norway|Sweden|USA
1990
91 Minutes
Lt. John Merrick
Stian Smedstad Gabriel Byrne Louisa Haigh Trond Peter Stamsø Munch Bjørn Sundquist Kjell Stormoen Eva von Hanno Karl Sundby
cabin boy father pirate girl native amusing lighthearted island ship jungle village shipwreck pirates family treasure mutiny friendship adventure growing up love
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
Drama
France
2012
114 Minutes
Gad Elmaleh Gabriel Byrne Natacha Régnier Céline Sallette Liya Kebede Hippolyte Girardot Daniel Mesguich Olga Grumberg Bernard Le Coq Philippe Duclos Yann Sundberg
The newly appointed CEO of a giant European investment bank works to hold on to his power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy out his company.
Drama
USA
1994
106 Minutes
Steve Martin Gabriel Byrne Laura Linney Catherine O'Hara Stephen Baldwin Byron Jennings Michael Des Barres Amelia Campbell Kellen Crosby Alana Austin Alyssa Austin
recluse young girl adopted daughter politician wife friend emotional tender virginia small town countryside household adoption father/daughter relationship deception small-town life theft death discovery transformation
His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|Ireland
2013
105 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Gabriel Byrne Gilles Privat Aurélia Petit Laurent Capelluto Françoise Lebrun Anne-Elodie Sorlin
Alix and Doug were not supposed to meet, but they did. Alix was on a train bound for Paris where she was going to audition for a film, having just left Calais where she had performed in an ... See full summary »
Drama
Australia
2006
123 Minutes
Laura Linney Gabriel Byrne Deborra-Lee Furness John Howard Leah Purcell Stelios Yiakmis Simon Stone Sean Rees-Wemyss Eva Lazzaro Chris Heywood Alice Garner
husband wife friend sheriff father electrician dark emotional suspenseful countryside river household funeral jindabyne, australia murder marriage fishing racism discovery mystery
After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing.
Horror
USA
1999
120 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Gabriel Byrne Kevin Pollak Robin Tunney CCH Pounder Rod Steiger Derrick O'Connor Miriam Margolyes Udo Kier Victor Varnado Michael O'Hagan
satan ex-cop detective investment banker priest stepmother gripping dark disturbing maternity ward hospital room restaurant restroom new york city empire state building apocalypse good versus evil religious beliefs race against time protection
At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
107 Minutes
Lena Olin Gabriel Byrne Claire Danes Adam Trese Mili Avital Daniel Lapaine Rade Serbedzija
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1987
97 Minutes
Augustine
Ellen Barkin Gabriel Byrne Jodie Foster Martin Sheen Grace Jones Julian Sands Isabella Rossellini Alexei Sayle
An American skydiver wakes up in the middle of nowhere in Spain and must recount the last five agonizing days to figure out how she got there.
Adventure
Hungary|USA
1987
104 Minutes
Eric Stoltz Gabriel Byrne Nicola Cowper Dexter Fletcher Deborah Moore Nicholas Clay
A young knight sets out to join King Richard's crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra's ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1992
102 Minutes
Kim Basinger Gabriel Byrne Brad Pitt Michele Abrams Deirdre O'Connell Carrie Hamilton William Frankfather
cartoonist detective cartoon femme fatale human creative offbeat outlandish cool world alternate reality las vegas casino culture clash seduction animation romance schemes metamorphosis rivalry quest
When Jack Deebs was behind bars he found escape by creating Cool World, a cartoon series featuring a vixen named Holli Would. The flesh proves weaker than ink, however, as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2006
87 Minutes
Val Kilmer Gabriel Byrne Vinnie Jones Anthony LaPaglia Bruno Kirby Patrick Bergin Mick Rossi Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Patsy Kensit Roy Dotrice Sile Bermingham
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with its despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight-year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2012
93 Minutes
Charlotte Rampling Gabriel Byrne Hayley Atwell Eddie Marsan Jodhi May Ralph Brown Max Deacon Honor Blackman
detective commissioner witness emotional lobby house love murder case truth mystery
Drama
2015
118 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Gabriel Byrne Rinko Kikuchi Matt Salinger Velizar Binev Ciro Miró Ben Temple Orto Ignatiussen
Josephine Peary (Juliette Binoche) travels to the hostile North to find her lost husband, Commander Peary. She finds companionship with an Inuit woman (Rinko Kikuchi), who may have ulterior motives.
Crime, Drama
UK
2012
84 Minutes
Joseph Corso
Toby Stephens Rufus Sewell Gabriel Byrne Gil Darnell Leo Gregory Pierre Mascolo Terence Maynard Elsa Pataky Julian Sands MC Harvey Junior Quartey
thief crime boss criminal father son drug dealer detective thrilling gripping suspenseful london city united kingdom crime father/son relationship detective work robbery violence betrayal car chase
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Romance
1995
100 Minutes
Jack Kelly
Anne Parillaud Matt Dillon Gabriel Byrne Corban Walker Rudi Davies Alan Pentony Georgina Cates Niall Toibin
An Irish-American dwarf chronicles his post-World War II immigration with his mother (Anne Parillaud) and her affair with a married official (Gabriel Byrne).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Bill Cleg
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Mystery & Thriller
1988
96 Minutes
Paolo
Kathleen Turner Sting Gabriel Byrne Gabriele Ferzetti Angela Goodwin Lidia Broccolino Norman Mozzato Yorgo Voyagis Mirella Falco Alexander Van Wyk Francesca Muzio
A travel agent (Kathleen Turner) drives into another dimension and finds her dead husband (Gabriel Byrne), her son and a secret lover (Sting).
Drama
Italy
2000
107 Minutes
The Violinist
Hans Matheson Mélanie Thierry Lee Williams Gabriel Byrne Ricky Tognazzi Peter Vaughan Nia Roberts Adriano Pappalardo Andy Luotto Mattia Sbragia Domiziana Giordano
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin ... See full summary »
Drama
Chile|Colombia|Spain|USA
2015
125 Minutes
Andre Sougarret
Antonio Banderas Rodrigo Santoro Juliette Binoche Gabriel Byrne Lou Diamond Phillips Mario Casas Juan Pablo Raba Tenoch Huerta Adriana Barraza Kate del Castillo Cote de Pablo
miner mine owner rescue worker family member friend reporter bleak brooding intense chile mine office hospital house car mining disaster rescue survival stress
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Drama
Ireland
1997
104 Minutes
Old Man Jacobs
Samantha Morton Ross McDade Richard Harris Gabriel Byrne John Lynch Dearbhla Molloy Ian McElhinney Marc O'Shea Stella McCusker Mary McGuckian Des McAleer
young woman young man neighbor brother resistance fighter mother melodramatic brooding emotional northern ireland house expo belfast, northern ireland doomed romance family honor british-irish relations secret love political unrest violence forbidden love
Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
Drama
USA
2020
95 Minutes
Amy Ryan Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Lola Kirke Gabriel Byrne
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
106 Minutes
Jim
David Tennant Elisabeth Moss Michael Gambon Gabriel Byrne David Bamber Trevor White Rebecca Gethings Nigel Barber Olivia Poulet Jerome Holder Helen Belbin
psychiatrist patient student unrestrained sultry shocking powerful outlandish hedonistic frenetic hospital london community mental illness treatment therapy experimental medicine biography discovery 1960s
During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit.
Action, Fantasy
USA|UK
2014
104 Minutes
Victor Dashkov
Zoey Deutch Lucy Fry Danila Kozlovsky Gabriel Byrne Sarah Hyland Joely Richardson Olga Kurylenko Claire Foy Cameron Monaghan Dominic Sherwood Sami Gayle
teen girl vampire human princess mentor enemy brooding brash chilling school classroom dorm library gym courtyard identity vampires friendship protection peace
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi.
Fantasy
USA
1987
96 Minutes
Kevin Scanlon
Shelley Long Corbin Bernsen Judith Ivey Gabriel Byrne Sela Ward Austin Pendleton Carrie Nye Robert Lewis Madeleine Potter Thor Fields John Cunningham
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
Drama
UK|Spain|France
2004
124 Minutes
Brother Juniper
Robert De Niro F. Murray Abraham Kathy Bates Gabriel Byrne Geraldine Chaplin Émilie Dequenne Adriana Domínguez Harvey Keitel Pilar López de Ayala John Lynch Mark Polish
monk archbishop nobleman mistress marquesa daughter somber disheartening lima, peru courtroom bridge family home investigation spanish inquisition trial disaster religion divine intervention quest transformation
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
Horror
UK
1983
98 Minutes
Major Kaempffer
Scott Glenn Alberta Watson Jürgen Prochnow Ian McKellen Robert Prosky Gabriel Byrne W. Morgan Sheppard Royston Tickner
Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.
Documentary
2010
98 Minutes
Ozwald Boateng Giorgio Armani Michael Bay Paul Bettany Richard Branson Gabriel Byrne
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ireland|UK
2009
88 Minutes
Voice of the Reaper
Cillian Murphy Brendan Gleeson Jim Broadbent Jodie Whittaker Liam Cunningham Michael McElhatton Gabriel Byrne
neighbor lot gangsters amusing frenetic dublin underworld bounty revenge debt revenge
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
1981
119 Minutes
Uther Pendragon
Nicol Williamson Nigel Terry Helen Mirren Nicholas Clay Cherie Lunghi Corin Redgrave Paul Geoffrey Patrick Stewart Gabriel Byrne Liam Neeson
king arthur queen knight witch wizard king thrilling rousing suspenseful dark brutal sad england castle camelot cave medieval kingdom village war royalty
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
France|USA
2005
109 Minutes
Marcus DuVall
Ethan Hawke Laurence Fishburne John Alberto Leguizamo Maria Bello Ja Rule Drea de Matteo Matt Craven Brian Dennehy Gabriel Byrne Aisha Hinds Dorian Harewood
police officers criminal drug addict counterfeiter thief dark suspenseful thrilling police station detroit siege blizzard corruption showdown confinement rivalry escape 2000s
A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1998
127 Minutes
Will Smith Gene Hackman Jon Voight Lisa Bonet Regina King Stuart Wilson Tom Sizemore Loren Dean Barry Pepper Ian Hart Jake Busey
lawyer intelligence officer fbi agent wife journalist suspenseful intricate washington, d.c. baltimore paranoia corruption assassination conspiracy surveillance escape pursuit 20th century
A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.