Best movies on Apple TV+ (Irlande) : our Top 20

2015 · Lenny Abrahamson

After seven years confined to a cramped, sealed room, a mother and her young son are finally freed, thrusting the child into the vast, unfamiliar world beyond the walls for the first time.

With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and Amanda Brugel

2001 · Jean-Jacques Annaud

In the shattered streets of Stalingrad during World War II, a Soviet sniper and his German counterpart become embroiled in a tense, lethal duel of wits and patience, stalking one another through ruined buildings and burning ruins as the city itself collapses around them.

With Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman and Eva Mattes

2006 · Ken Loach

In 1920s Ireland, young physician Damien O'Donovan is poised to leave for a hospital appointment in London when a visit to a friend's farm is shattered by an incursion of British Black and Tans that leaves a local man dead. Shocked and outraged, Damien enlists alongside his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but the escalating political turmoil and moral compromises of the struggle drive an increasing wedge between them.

With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane and Roger Allam

1992 · Neil Jordan

Guarding a captured British soldier, IRA man Fergus unexpectedly develops a close, complicated rapport with his prisoner, Jody, even as comrades Jude and Maguire urge him to stay detached. Before they part, Jody makes Fergus promise to seek out his girlfriend, Dil, in London. On the run from his former unit, Fergus goes to the city, finds Dil, and becomes increasingly entangled—and unsettled—by her mysterious, magnetic presence.

With Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna and Joe Savino

2007 · John Carney

A writer who uses a wheelchair moves to a quiet country town hoping to reclaim his lost voice. He forms a tender, unexpected bond with a single mother and her three children, whose warmth, struggles, and small joys pull him out of solitude and rekindle his creative fire. Immersed in their everyday lives, he rediscovers why he writes and finds new stories worth telling.

With Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley, Geoff Minogue and Bill Hodnett

1999 · Alan Parker

After the loss of a child in America, a devout Irish family moves back to Limerick in the 1930s. Their father, a former I.R.A. fighter left without work, battles destitution, social hostility and alcoholism as his family fights to survive in the brutal squalor of the city’s slums.

With Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Michael Legge, Ciarán Owens, Ronnie Masterson and Pauline McLynn

2024 · Mark Gravas

Raised in a close-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak leap at the rare chance to audition for the WWE. When only Paige earns a coveted spot in the grueling training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and enter a ruthless new world alone. Pushed to her limits, she confronts doubt and sacrifice, ultimately discovering that the very qualities that set her apart could be the key to becoming a star.

With Evanna Lynch, Miranda Otto, Ardal O'Hanlon, Richard Roxburgh, Charlotte Friels, Rupert Degas and Ed Byrne

2010 · Anand Tucker

Luis, 43, leads a comfortable bachelor life as a celebrated perfumer—admired at work and endlessly doted on by his mother and five sisters. Having spoiled and sheltered him for years, his family grows tired of always coddling and doing things for him, and they decide it’s high time he got married—preferably right away.

With Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, John Lithgow, Flaminia Cinque, Tony Rohr, Pat Laffan and Dominique McElligott

2011 · Rodrigo García

In late-19th-century Dublin, Albert Nobbs keeps herself alive by passing as a man, working as a trusted butler in one of the city’s most elegant hotels to escape the limited prospects afforded to women. Her carefully constructed identity begins to fray when she encounters a charming painter, igniting hopes of a life beyond the relentless performance and the secrets she has long kept.

With Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins, Brenda Fricker and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

2009 · Neil Jordan

Undine is a historian who leads tours at the Berlin City Museum, specializing in the evolution of the city's urban landscape. Christoph is a commercial diver, and their shared fascination with water draws them into a powerful, intimate connection. Despite the intensity of their relationship, it struggles to heal the emotional wounds left by Undine's previous affair.

With Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry, Marion O'Dwyer, Tony Curran and Mary O'Shea

2004 · John Simpson

Determined to leave the underworld behind, a Parisian dealer accepts one last assignment that pulls him to Spain, pits him against volatile gangsters, reignites his long-held crush, and drags his scheming mother back into the turmoil.

With Lee Evans, Sean McGinley, Ian McNeice and Colin Salmon

2004 ·

Born into a land where a fairy godmother bestows each child with a single virtuous "gift," Ella's blessing happens to be unquestioning obedience. What should have been an advantage quickly turns into a prison when unscrupulous people exploit her inability to refuse. Determined to regain control of her life, she embarks on a perilous journey to find the fairy who marked her at birth and beg for the curse to be lifted. Along the way Ella must outwit ogres and giants, endure the cruelty of her conniving stepsisters, evade mischievous elves, and confront the sinister uncle of Prince Charmont, who schemes to usurp the crown — all while learning to reclaim her voice and choose her own destiny.

With Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox, Joanna Lumley, Jimi Mistry and Steve Coogan

2004 · Peter Howitt

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon is paired with Sergeant Jim Baxter to hunt a serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles. As the manhunt intensifies, Baxter remains unaware that the case is stirring up long-buried fragments of Deke’s past—secrets that resurface with violent consequences and threaten far more than just the investigation.

With Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Parker Posey, Frances Fisher, Nora Dunn and Annika Pergament

2003 · Siddiq Barmak

After the death of her husband, a lone traveler is abducted by a merciless killer; she manages to flee into a rugged, unpopulated landscape and must battle brutal weather and unforgiving terrain as her pursuer relentlessly closes in.

With Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Khwaja Nader, مالک اخلاقی and Malik Akhlaqi

2003 · Neil Jordan

A veteran gambler, battered by a prolonged losing streak, decides to pull off a heist at a Monte Carlo casino — only to discover the police, alerted by an unknown tipster, are waiting before he can make his move.

With Nick Nolte, Tchéky Karyo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Gérard Darmon, Emir Kusturica, Marc Lavoine and Ouassini Embarek

2011 · Steven Soderbergh

After years apart, two brothers reunite at their family cabin deep in the Alaskan wilderness. What begins as a two-day trek to mend old wounds quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival when a relentless grizzly starts shadowing their every move, forcing them to confront the brutal landscape — and the fractures between them.

With Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas

2019 · Sophie Hyde

After years of close friendship and shared nights out around Dublin, Laura and Tyler find their easy closeness strained when Laura accepts a marriage proposal, forcing both of them to face changing priorities, unspoken feelings, and the uncertain future of their relationship.

With Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy, Amy Molloy, Pat Shortt and Olwen Fouéré

2012 · Conor McMahon

In the wake of a devastating accident, a woman chooses to enter an experimental, AI-driven rehabilitation program aimed at restoring her body and mind.

With Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Gemma-Leah Devereux, John McDonnell, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Thommas Kane-Byne and Eoghan McQuinn