List of the best Pat O'Connor movies: A Month in the Country(1987), Circle of Friends(1995), Dancing at Lughnasa(1998), Private Peaceful(2012), Fools of Fortune(1990), The January Man(1988), The Ballroom of Romance(1982), Stars and Bars(1988), Cal(1984) ... ...
Drama
UK
1987
96 Minutes
Director
Colin Firth Kenneth Branagh Natasha Richardson Jim Carter Patrick Malahide Richard Vernon Tony Haygarth
veteran soldier archaeologist stationmaster vicar wife airy charming dreamy engaging heartwarming england yorkshire countryside village church post-war life faith forbidden love self-discovery
Five centuries ago, a mural was created in a country church in the north of England, and then hidden under layers of white paint. Looking at it again will be a distraction, the Reverend Mr.... See full summary »
Drama
Ireland|USA|UK
1995
96 Minutes
Director
Chris O'Donnell Minnie Driver Geraldine O'Rawe Saffron Burrows Alan Cumming Colin Firth Aidan Gillen
student pregnant woman orphan priest doctor manager charming emotional village dublin ireland university catholic church marriage pregnancy religion friendship love growing up 1950s
3 women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.
Drama
Ireland|UK|USA
1998
92 Minutes
Director
Meryl Streep Michael Gambon Catherine McCormack Kathy Burke Sophie Thompson Bríd Brennan Rhys Ifans Darrell Johnston Lorcan Cranitch Peter Gowen Dawn Bradfield
sister spinster son brother teacher missionary amusing tender heartwarming ireland farm cottage family illegitimate child spanish civil war catholicism memory romance love sacrifice
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
War, Drama
UK
2012
100 Minutes
Director
Jack O'Connell Richard Griffiths Maxine Peake Frances de la Tour Alexandra Roach John Lynch Isobel Meikle-Small George MacKay Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Anthony Flanagan Paul Bentall
private brother girl emotional trenches flanders love family life courage growing up
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Drama
UK
1990
104 Minutes
Director
Iain Glen Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Julie Christie Michael Kitchen Sean McClory Frankie McCafferty Niamh Cusack Neil Dudgeon Catherine McFadden
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
USA
1988
97 Minutes
Director
Kevin Kline Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Susan Sarandon Harvey Keitel Danny Aiello Rod Steiger Alan Rickman Faye Grant
ex-policeman police chief mayor brother sister-in-law daughter witty suspenseful offbeat amusing new york city apartment building staircase street police station serial murders family dysfunction love triangle nonconformity mathematics
Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
Romance, Drama
USA
1982
65 Minutes
Director
Brenda Fricker John Kavanagh Mick Lally Bríd Brennan Ingrid Craigie Niall Toibin Joe Pilkington Cyril Cusack Pat Leavy Robert Carrickford May Ollis
spinster drunk dancer drummer crippled man moving somber tender rural community ireland dance hall romance aging small-town life father/daughter relationship loneliness discovery love temptation 1950s
3 cute teenage girls head to a rich uncle's beach house for the summer to party.
Comedy
USA
1988
94 Minutes
Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Harry Dean Stanton Martha Plimpton Matthew Cowles Joan Cusack Maury Chaykin Deirdre O'Connell Will Patton Steven Wright Keith David Laurie Metcalf
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
Drama
1984
104 Minutes
Director
Helen Mirren John Lynch Donal McCann John Kavanagh Ray McAnally Stevan Rimkus Kitty Gibson Louis Rolston Tom Hickey Gerard Mannix Flynn Seamus Forde
catholic ira agent husband protestant police officer father rousing emotional tense ulster county, ireland car house irish republican army violence guilt murder crime secret forbidden love discovery
A young IRA recruit (John Lynch) has an affair with the widow (Helen Mirren) of a slain Ulster policeman.