After the sudden death of his parents, a young man must choose between returning to his home village in the west of Ireland to care for his estranged younger brother, and a bright future in Canada.
Casts Lochlann Ó Mearáin, Peter Coonan, Marie Mullen, Geraldine McAlinden
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Jimmy's Hall
The Unbreakable Boy
D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do
Untamed
The Secret of Roan Inish
D'Unbelievables D'Telly
The General
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Dream Kitchen
Mobile Homes
Joyride
Rain Man
An Autistic Film
Three Wishes for Jamie
Nell
Space Raiders
A Boy Called Po
Follow the Dead
Mercury Rising
The Black Balloon
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Jimmy's Hall
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2014
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.The Unbreakable Boy
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2025
Austin is a boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes Austin truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming worldview that transforms and unites everyone around him.D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do
IMDB 9.5 | Feb , 2011
In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011Untamed
IMDB 5.6 | Mar , 1955
When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.The Secret of Roan Inish
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1994
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.D'Unbelievables D'Telly
IMDB 9.4 | Jan , 1998
Irish Comedy Starring Jon Kenny & Pat ShorttThe General
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1998
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.The Lighthouse of the Orcas
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2016
A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.Dream Kitchen
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1999
A tale about isolation and lack of communication, the gap between the reality a teenage boy lives, and how he would like it be. He has a secret that he would like to tell his family, something that he has come to terms with and is about to affect the rest of his life. But how will they react?Mobile Homes
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1979
Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.Joyride
IMDB 5.9 | Jul , 2022
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.Rain Man
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1988
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.An Autistic Film
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2023
A drama film dealing with autism made by an autistic filmmaker featuring autistic cast members. Looking at the highs and lows, and struggles of living with autism. Following 2 women's lives as they try to make the best of their situations. This film offers a real insight and challenges the many taboos and miss conceptions on autism.Three Wishes for Jamie
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1987
Adapted from Charles O'Neal's 1949 book, this follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th Century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue.Nell
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1994
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.Space Raiders
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2005
A Boy Called Po
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2016
A recently widowed, now single father struggles to raise his sixth-grade son with autism. The pressure of his job and coping with the loss of his wife proves to push him nearly to the breaking point.Follow the Dead
IMDB 1 | Oct , 2020
The remote town of Ferbane struggles to react when no one seems able to communicate with Dublin City anymore, and videos that have surfaced online suggest that the capital has succumb to an undead threat, and danger may be on its way!Mercury Rising
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 1998
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.The Black Balloon
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2008
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?