Looking for a good Irish flick to watch this Paddy’s Day?
We’ve listed some of our favourite Irish films to watch if you’re planning on staying in today.
Take a look:
Sing Street
Sing Street is a classic movie about a guy who tries to get the girl by starting a band.
Set in the 1980’s Dublin, Cosmo is struggling financially and his home life is not so great until he meets Raphina, and his whole life is turned upside down.
Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle-Kennedy and Lucy Boynton, Sing Street is on Amazon Prime.
The Snapper
The Snapper tells the story of 20-year-old Sharon Curley, who after a boozy night out becomes pregnant, but won’t reveal the identity of the father to her parents.
Sharon’s father, played by Colm Meaney, now has to put his family back in the good books after Sharon has brought new levels of embarrassment and complication to the devout Roman Catholic Curley household.
You can watch The Snapper on Amazon Prime.
The CommitmentsÂ
The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based off the 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle.
The film follows Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a jazz band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
This movie is a must watch to see what mischief the band get up to along their journey to stardom.
You can watch The Commitments on Amazon Prime as well.
Once
Once follows two struggling musicians who find their way into one another’s lives.
The pair work on a demo disc together and eventually they fall in love with each other and portray their love through their songs.
You can watch Once on Netflix.
Brooklyn
Saoirse Ronan is outstanding as the character Eilis in the 2015 movie Brooklyn.
Eilis is a young Irish woman hailing from Enniscorthy, with nothing left for her at home she makes the brave decision to move to Brooklyn by herself.
While there Eilis meets Tony, who hails from an Italian family and the pair fall madly in love. However tragedy strikes and Eilis must travel home, leaving Tony behind.
You can watch Brooklyn on Disney+.
Handsome Devil
Handsome Devil is a 2016 coming of age movie in which a loner named Ned and the school’s top athlete Conor form a friendship.
Things aren’t all rosy, however, and the authorities test their friendship.
You can watch Handsome Devil on Netflix.
The Young Offenders
The Young Offenders movie follows Conor and Jock as they steal bicycles and ride off on a quest to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros of the coast of west Cork.
You can watch the Young Offenders movie on Netflix.
Dating Amber
Set during the mid 90’s, Dating Amber follows Eddie and Amber as they decide to fake a relationship to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality.
Eddie is keen to follow his Dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London, but for now while the pair are in school all they want is to fit in.
You can watch Dating Amber on Amazon Prime.
