List of the best Neil Jordan movies: Interview With the Vampire(1994), Mona Lisa(1986), Breakfast on Pluto(2005), Michael Collins(1996), The Crying Game(1992), The Butcher Boy(1997), The End of the Affair(1999), Ondine(2009), The Brave One(2007), The Company of Wolves(1985), The Good Thief(2002), Byzantium(2012) ... ...
Horror, Romance, Drama
USA
1994
122 Minutes
Director
Tom Cruise Brad Pitt Antonio Banderas Stephen Rea Christian Slater Kirsten Dunst Domiziana Giordano Thandie Newton Indra Ové Laure Marsac
lord vampire woman young girl actor journalist brooding intricate sultry louisiana paris san francisco new orleans abandoned building cemetery death supernatural aging regret love
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1986
104 Minutes
Director
Bob Hoskins Cathy Tyson Michael Caine Robbie Coltrane Clarke Peters Kate Hardie Zoe Nathenson Sammi Davis
ex-convict prostitute gangster chauffeur dark gritty london unrequited love crime violence missing persons quest love 1980s
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
Ireland|UK
2005
135 Minutes
Director
Cillian Murphy Liam Neeson Stephen Rea Brendan Gleeson Gavin Friday Laurence Kinlan Ruth Negga Eva Birthistle Liam Cunningham Bryan Ferry Ian Hart
orphan priest rocker police officer magician transsexual intricate offbeat unrestrained uplifting northern ireland london club park foster home irish republican army sexual identity glam rock magic prostitution
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Drama, History
UK|Ireland|USA
1996
132 Minutes
Director
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Japan|USA
1992
113 Minutes
Director
Stephen Rea Miranda Richardson Forest Whitaker Jim Broadbent Ralph Brown Adrian Dunbar Jaye Davidson Andree Bernard
kidnapper terrorist soldier girlfriend boss cool creative gutsy hideout london nightclub apartment kidnapping assassination love politics irish republican army forbidden love transformation 1990s
A British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.
Drama
USA|Ireland
1997
106 Minutes
Director
Eamonn Owens Alan Boyle Stephen Rea Fiona Shaw Andrew Fullerton Aisling O'Sullivan Ian Hart Sinéad O'Connor
boy mother father woman priest amusing cheeky shocking ireland reform school trauma sexual abuse dysfunction behavioral disorder self-destruction pop culture growing up metamorphosis revenge underdog
The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
Drama
UK|USA
1999
109 Minutes
Director
Ralph Fiennes Julianne Moore Stephen Rea Ian Hart Sam Bould Jason Isaacs James Bolam Deborah Findlay
writer ex-lover husband priest detective child melodramatic suspenseful family home london adultery god love triangle world war ii disillusionment bombing forbidden love sacrifice mystery 1940s
A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.
Fantasy, Drama
Ireland|USA
2009
110 Minutes
Director
Colin Farrell Alicja Bachleda-Curus Alison Barry Tony Curran Emil Hostina Dervla Kirwan Stephen Rea Norma Sheahan
fisherman girl daughter priest dark dreamy fascinating tender seaside boat ireland village love luck enchantment mythology sea forbidden love mystery temptation
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2007
122 Minutes
Director
Jodie Foster Terrence Howard Nicky Katt Naveen Andrews Mary Steenburgen Ene Oloja Luis Da Silva Jr. Blaze Foster Rafael Sardina Jane Adams Gordon MacDonald
husband wife criminal detective chilling suspenseful new york city central park apartment assault death vigilantism crime revenge transformation 2000s
Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.
Horror
UK
1985
95 Minutes
Director
Angela Lansbury David Warner Sarah Patterson Graham Crowden Brian Glover Kathryn Pogson Stephen Rea Tusse Silberg
young woman grandmother werewolf hunter bride father eerie dark passionate forest household village lycanthropy romance supernatural disappearance dreams murder forbidden love metamorphosis
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Crime, Drama
France|UK|Ireland|Canada|USA
2002
108 Minutes
Director
Nick Nolte Tcheky Karyo Saïd Taghmaoui Gérard Darmon Emir Kusturica Marc Lavoine Ouassini Embarek Mark Polish Michael Polish Nutsa Kukhianidze Patricia Kell
thief junkie informant prostitute computer programmer twin gritty tense suspenseful monte carlo, monaco casino french riviera heist crime addiction gambling con game quest discovery 2000s
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
Horror
UK|Ireland
2012
118 Minutes
Director
Gemma Arterton Saoirse Ronan Jonny Lee Miller Caleb Landry Jones Sam Riley Daniel Mays Warren Brown Ruby Snape Thure Lindhardt Glenn Doherty Edyta Budnik
vampire woman teen girl brooding dark engaging melancholy passionate rousing thrilling united kingdom coast small town horror fantasy secret teen romance escape growing up forbidden love
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a local resort.
Comedy
USA
1989
108 Minutes
Director
Robert De Niro Sean Penn Demi Moore Hoyt Axton Bruno Kirby Ray McAnally James Russo Wallace Shawn
convict priest love interest daughter killer endearing playful canadian border small town prison monastery mistaken identity fugitives deception faith redemption escape discovery 1930s
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Director
Isabelle Huppert Chloë Grace Moretz Maika Monroe Colm Feore Stephen Rea Zawe Ashton Jeff Hiller Thaddeus Daniels Raven Dauda Parker Sawyers
pianist teacher friend widow stalker bleak dark creepy uneasy tense thrilling new york city subway apartment restaurant office stalking strangers obsession obsessive love
A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Ireland|UK|USA
1988
99 Minutes
Director
Daryl Hannah Peter O'Toole Steve Guttenberg Beverly D'Angelo Liam Neeson Peter Gallagher Jennifer Tilly Ray McAnally Donal McCann Connie Booth Liz Smith
owner tourist wife ghost husband hilarious suspenseful charming castle ireland bedroom bed and breakfast opposites attract tourism deception haunting business scheme ghosts forbidden love mystery
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2008
89 Minutes
Director
Dylan Moran Mark Doherty Amy Huberman Aisling O'Sullivan Keith Allen David O'Doherty Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Neil Jordan
Two roommates (Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty) ponder the problems of disposal when freak accidents claim the lives of one's friends and family.