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The IrishCentral readers' top 10 Irish movies

We asked! You answered! Readers' choice of Top 10 Irish movies

Published Friday, March 27, 2009, 9:45 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:42 PM
Read more: IrishCentral.com, Ireland


A scene from Irish favorite "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
A scene from Irish favorite "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"

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There’s been a call for a drastic revision to IrishCentral’s current top 10 best Irish movies of all time. So we’ve handed over the critic’s chair to the IrishCentral commentators, who have chosen some Irish greats that weren’t as high on our radar, as well as some more obscure favorites.

The original picks were:

10. "Waking Ned Devine"
9. "Once"
8. "The Crying Game"
7. "The Snapper"
6. "Intermission"
5. "In the Name of the Father"
4. "The Field"
3. "My Left Foot"
2. "The Quiet Man"
1. "The Commitments"

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"In America"
"When Brendan Met Trudy"

And now here’s the IrishCentral readers’ picks of the best Irish movies of all time (something tells me there will be naysayers responding to this line up as well):

10. Ryan’s Daughter

The award winning 1970 film “Ryan’s Daughter” rounds out the IrishCentral reader’s top 10. The story is set in 1916 Ireland during World War I. Rosy Ryan, who lives on the quiet Dingle Peninsula, has an affair with a British officer, much to the dismay of the nationalist villagers. What ensues is a violent struggle between British and Irish, informers and nationalists, husband and lover.

9. The Matchmaker

Janeane Garofalo stars in this IrishCentral RomCom favorite as Marcy, an election campaigner for Senator John McGlory, who is sent to Ireland in search of McGlory’s relatives to secure the Irish vote. Marcy arrives in the village of Ballinagra during its annual matchmaking festival, and the matchmakers are determined to set her up with one of the locals.

8. The Boxer

Directed by Jim Sheridan and written by Terry George, 1997’s “The Boxer” tells the story of Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis), a former IRA member who has just been released from prison after 14 years. Danny is a boxer (obviously) who tries his best to escape his former life of violence, while dreaming of being with his former – and now married – flame, Maggie (Emily Watson).

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