List of the best Jim Sheridan movies: In the Name of the Father(1993), My Left Foot(1989), The Field(1990), The Secret Scripture(2016), Dream House(2011), In America(2002) ... ...
Drama
Ireland|UK
1993
132 Minutes
Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson John Lynch Corin Redgrave Beatie Edney Daniel Massey Alison Crosbie
thief father barrister judge friend police detective disturbing powerful inspiring ireland courtroom prison pub injustice imprisonment false accusations father/son relationship terrorism patriotism wretched excess
A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
Biography
Ireland|UK
1989
103 Minutes
Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Ray McAnally Brenda Fricker Ruth McCabe Fiona Shaw Eanna Macliam Alison Whelan Declan Croghan Hugh O'Conor Cyril Cusack
bricklayer housewife doctor sibling writer inspiring touching dublin household pub banquet hall street christy brown cerebral palsy illness debauchery rise underdog love transformation
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Drama
Ireland
1990
107 Minutes
Director
Richard Harris John Hurt Tom Berenger Sean Bean Frances Tomelty Brenda Fricker John Cowley Sean McGinley Jenny Conroy
farmer son american priest widow idiot somber dark winsome ireland town farm ecology land ownership murder family dysfunction fable fall revenge 1930s
When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
Romance, Drama
Ireland
2016
108 Minutes
Director
Rooney Mara Vanessa Redgrave Eric Bana Jack Reynor Theo James Aisling O'Sullivan Aidan Turner Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Pauline McLynn Nika McGuigan
A woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2011
92 Minutes
Director
Daniel Craig Naomi Watts Rachel Weisz Marton Csokas Elias Koteas Jane Alexander Taylor Geare Claire Astin Geare Rachel Fox Brian Murray Bernadette Quigley
publisher wife daughter neighbor murder suspect suspenseful thrilling eerie new england small town family home psychiatric ward murder investigation amnesia mental illness grief mystery underdog 2010s
Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
Drama
2002
103 Minutes
Director
Samantha Morton Paddy Considine Sarah Bolger Emma Bolger Djimon Hounsou Ciaran Cronin
young girl actor mother daughter son endearing charming new york city canada apartment hell's kitchen immigration loss american dream grief pursuit growing up adventure discovery 2000s
A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from Ireland and search for success in New York.