My Left Foot (1989) more movies like this

directed by Jim Sheridan
featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Ruth McCabe, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor

An alternative to the general run of "triumph over the odds" biopics, My Left Foot is the true story of Irish cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown (played by Hugh O'Conor as child and Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult) is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's indomitable mother (Brenda Fricker) never gives up ...

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The Snapper (1993) more movies like this

directed by Stephen Frears
featuring Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Fionnula Murphy, Pat Laffan

The Snapper is Stephen Frears' adaptation of the second book in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy. The Curley family is a poor but eccentric and loving Irish family. Oldest daughter Sharon (Tina Kellegher) announces she is pregnant, but refuses to reveal the identity of the father to anyone. Her father, Dessie (Colm Meaney), is supportive, but ...

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The Closer You Get (2000) more movies like this

directed by Aileen Ritchie
featuring Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ruth McCabe, Ewan Stewart

In a small Irish village where herding sheep is still one of the major industries, the largely male, unmarried population has grown dissatisfied with their lot in life; when a shipping error sends the wrong film to the local movie house, the citizens are treated to a racy item from the United States. The movie is cut short by the village priest, ...

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