A Prayer for the Dying
Sep 11, 1987 | IMDB 5.8
107 min Watch NowCrime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
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The Jackal
The Final Cut
The Rice Bomber
Baltimore
Fail Safe
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Crying Game
Beloved Enemy
The Informer
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Closing the Ring
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2008
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IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1993
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IMDB 7 | Sep , 1998
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IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1992
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.Life After Life
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1995
Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.Speed
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1994
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...Omagh
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2005
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.The Devil's Own
IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 1997
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.Bloody Sunday
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2002
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.The Jackal
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 1997
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.The Final Cut
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 1995
A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.The Rice Bomber
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2014
Based on a true social event, The Rice Bomber depicts a series of bombing events in Taiwan a decade ago. It is a time when the agriculture is struggling to survive. A man strives to arouse the government’s attention and to revive its conscience by making 17 rice bombs.Baltimore
IMDB 5.6 | Mar , 2024
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IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 1964
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IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1992
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1936
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.The Informer
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1935
Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?Fifty Dead Men Walking
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2008
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.Closing the Ring
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2007
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.