This list may not have much to do with everything Irish in Pennsylvania or nearby, but we thought it would be valuable to list all of the Irish or Celtic themed movies that we could find. Each has the link to the Internet Movie Database so you can read more.
The music in Irish movies is usually absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Many people first started liking Irish or Scottish music after hearing it in film. The Celtic races are usually quite passionate about life so they make some very moving pictures, albeit some sad or depressing ones. The Irish and other Celtic peoples are not afraid to show the sad part of life and many times find living day to day is the only way to live.
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) (Crime Drama)
How Green Was My Valley (1941) (Drama)
Odd Man Out (1947) (Crime Drama)
The Quiet Man (1952) (romantic comedy)
Geordie (1955) (Dramatic Comedy)
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) (Family)
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) (family / history)
The Molly Maguires (1970) (historical drama)
Barry Lyndon (1975) (romantic drama)
Gregory’s Girl (1981) (romantic comedy)
Local Hero (1983) (dramatic comedy)
Highlander (1986) (fantasy action adventure)
The Dead (1987) (drama)
My Left Foot (1989) (biographical drama)
The Field (1990) (drama)
The Commitments (1991) (music comedy)
Far and Away (1992) (romantic adventure drama)
The Crying Game (1992) (romantic drama thriller)
Into the West (1992) (family adventure)
The Snapper (1993) (comedy)
In the Name of the Father (1993) (biographical drama)
War of the Buttons (1994) (family adventure drama)
Rob Roy (1995) (biographical historical war drama)
Braveheart (1995) (biographical historical war drama)
Circle of Friends (1995) (romantic drama)
Margaret’s Museum (1995) (drama)
The Brothers McMullen (1995) (dramatic comedy)
Loch Ness (1996) (Drama)
Michael Collins (1996) (historical thriller drama)
Some Mother’s Son (1996) (true story drama)
Trainspotting (1996) (dark comedy, crime drama)
The Van (1996) (light-hearted comedy)
The Last of the High Kings (1996) (dramatic comedy)
The Butcher Boy (1997) (comedy)
I Went Down (1997) (Comedy Crime Drama)
The Matchmaker (1997) (romantic comedy)
The Boxer (1997) (sport drama)
Da (1998) (tear-jerker fantasy drama)
The General (1998) (biographical crime drama)
Waking Ned Devine (1998) (comedy)
The Nephew (1998) (Drama)
Agnes Browne (1999) (Comedy, Drama)
A Love Divided (1999) (Romance)
The Magic Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) (Family)
The Boondock Saints (1999) (action crime thriller)
My Life So Far (1999) (biographical comedy)
Yesterdays Children (2000) (Drama)
Angel’s Ashes (2000) (human drama)
Strictly Sinatra (2001) (Drama)
The Seventh Stream (2001) (drama)
Bloody Sunday (2002) (historical drama)
In America (2002) (romantic drama)
Ash Wednesday (2002) (Drama)
Gangs of New York (2002) (Crime Drama)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002) (drama)
Intermission (2003) (comedy crime drama)
Veronica Guerin (2003) (biographical crime drama)
Omagh (2004) (true drama)
The Mighty Celt (2005) (drama)
The Departed (2006) (crime drama)
Irish Jam (2006) (light-hearted comedy)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) (war drama)
Once (2006) (romantic drama)
Kings (2007) (Drama)
50 Dead Men Walking (2008) (Thriller)
Ondine (2009) (fantasy drama)
The Irish certainly have a passion for making very moving motion pictures. Some are actually hard to watch becasue of the sadness they contain. With the fantastic Irish music in the background it makes for a neat experience that is hard to forget.