This is chronology of films produced in Ireland:
1910s Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1910 A Lad from Old Ireland Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott and Gene Gauntier Drama 1911 The Colleen Bawn Sidney Olcott and Gene Gauntier Sidney Olcott Drama Rory O'More Sidney Olcott Jack J. Clark and Gene Gauntier Rebel drama 1914 For Ireland's Sake Sidney OlcottGene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark and Sidney Olcott Rebel drama Ireland a Nation Walter MacNamara Barry O'Brien, P J Bourke, Fred O'Donovan, Barney Magee Rebel drama Expanded version produced in 1920. 1915 Regeneration Raoul Walsh Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, Carl Harbaugh, James A. Marcus Irish immigrant drama Often cited as one of the first full-length gangster films 1916 O'Neil of the Glen Fred O'Donovan J. M. Kerrigan, Brian Magowan, Nora Clancy Romance 1917 When Love Came To Gavin BurkeFred O'Donovan Fred O'Donovan, Nora Clancy, Oonah Halpin, Brian Magowan, Valentine Roberts Melodrama 1918 KnocknagowFred O'Donovan Brian Magowan, Fred O'Donovan, Arthur Shields, Brenda Burke, Kathleen Murphy, Cyril Cusack Melodrama
1920s
Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1920 Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn John MacDonagh Brian Magowan, Frances Alexander, John MacDonaghhistorical drama Second and final major film of the Film Company of Ireland In the Days of St Patrick Norman Whitten Ira Ellen, Vernon Whitten, Gilbert Green, Alice Cardinall, Dermot McCarthyhistorical drama 1922 Cruiskeen Lawn John McDonagh Tom Moran Producer: Norman Whitten Casey's Millions John McDonagh Barrett MacDonnell, Chris Sylvester, Jimmy O'Dea Comedy Producer: Norman Whitten 1925 Blarney Marcel De Sano Ralph Graves, Paulette Duval, Renée Adorée Comedy 1926 Irish Destiny George Dewhurst Brian Magowan, Paddy Dunne Cullinan War Love story set in the Irish War of Independence; includes footage of actual fighting
1930s
Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1934 Man of Aran Robert Flaherty Colman "Tiger" King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane Documentary 1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'''|| Ruth FitzPatrick || James A. FitzPatrick (narrator) || Short Documentary/Travelogue || |- | rowspan = "2" | 1935 ||Guests of the Nation|| Denis Johnston || Barry Fitzgerald, Cyril Cusack, Shelah Richards || Drama || |- | Oidhche Sheanchais|| Robert J. Flaherty || Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin || Storytelling|| First Irish language sync sound filmLost until 2012 |- | rowspan="3" | 1936 ||The Dawn|| Thomas Cooper || Brian O'Sullivan || War drama || |- |The Luck of the Irish|| Donovan Pedelty || Richard Hayward, Niall MacGinnis, Kay Walsh || Drama || |- | Irish and Proud of It ||Donovan Pedelty || Richard Hayward, Dinah Sheridan and Liam Gaffney || Musical comedy || |- | rowspan = "2" | 1937 || Kathleen Mavourneen ||Norman Lee || Sally O'Neil, Tom Burke, Jack Daly and Sara Allgood || Musical drama|| also known as Kathleen|- | Rose of Tralee|| Oswald Mitchell || Binkie Stuart, Kathleen O'Regan and Fred Conyngham ||Musical || |- |1938 | Men of Ireland'' Richard Bird Brian O'Sullivan Drama
1940s
Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1948 My Hands Are Clay Lionel Tomlinson Bernardette Leahy Drama 1949 You Can't Fool an Irishman Alfred Travers Tommy Duggan comedy
1950s
Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1951 The Hills of Ireland Harry Dugan Pat O'Brien (narrator) documentary travelogue Return to Glennascaul Hilton Edwards Orson Welles horror/ short also known as Orson Welles' Ghost Story 1952 The Quiet Man John Ford John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald comedy 1953 Fintona, A Study of Housing Discrimination documentary short Irish Government-sponsored film alleging anti-Catholic housing discrimination in Fintona, Co.Tyrone. The first 3 minutes of this film is voiceover with no moving images. 1957 Pretty Polly Tony Inglis Noel Purcell short Professor Tim Henry Cass Bill Foley The Rising of the Moon John Ford Tyrone Power (narrator), Cyril Cusack, Noel Purcell and Denis O'Dea comedy/ drama Three vignettes based on short stories illustrating rural Irish life: The Majesty of the Law, A Minute's Wait and 1921 1959 Home Is the Hero Fielder Cook Walter Macken drama romance Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival Mise Éire George Morrison Liam Budhlaeir (narrator) Documentary Chronicles Irish history from 1890s-1918, including the 1916 Easter Rising. It was the first feature length Irish language film. Shake Hands with the Devil Michael Anderson James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter and Glynis Johns historical drama Portrays the Irish War of Independence Broth of a Boy George Pollock Barry Fitzgerald, June Thorburn, Eddie Golden and Godfrey Quigley comedy This Other Eden Muriel Box Audrey Dalton, Leslie Phillips, Niall MacGinnis and Geoffrey Golden Comedy-drama Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Dea children's
1960s Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments1961Saoirse?George MorrisonLiam Budhlaeir (narrator)DocumentaryThe follow-up to Mise Éire (1959) 1963 Dementia 13 Francis Ford Coppola William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee Horror-thriller also known as The Haunted and the Hunted. Produced by Roger Corman 1967 Rocky Road to Dublin Peter Lennon Seán Ó Faoláin, Conor Cruise O'Brien, John Huston and Father Michael Cleary Documentary Shown at Cannes festival, shunned in Ireland Ulysses Joseph Strick Barbara Jefford, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roëves, T. P. McKenna Drama Adaptation of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses 1969 Sinful Davey John Huston John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Fionnula Flanagan and Anjelica Huston Drama, Comedy
1970s Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Waris Hussein Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder Comedy Ryan's Daughter David Lean Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills and Sarah Miles Drama 1971 Flight of the Doves Ralph Nelson Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Dana Children's Based on a novel by Walter Macken 1972 Images Robert Altman Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais and Cathryn Harrison Psychological Thriller 1973 The Mackintosh Man John Huston Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Noel Purcell, Joe Lynch, Donal McCann Spy thriller Filmed in England, Malta, and Ireland 1974 Zardoz John Boorman Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling and Sara Kestelman Science Fiction 1975Caoineadh Airt Uí LaoireBob QuinnJohn Arden, Seán Bán BreathnachDramaBased on the 18th-century poem Caoineadh Áirt Uí Laoghaire by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill 1977 Poitín Bob Quinn Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann and Niall Toibin Drama A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joseph Strick Bosco Hogan, T. P. McKenna, John Gielgud, Rosaleen Linehan, Maureen Potter, Niall Buggy, Bryan Murray, Drama Adaptation of the novel by James Joyce
1980s Year Title Director Actors Genre Comments 1981 Excalibur John Boorman Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson Drama 1982 The Ballroom of Romance Pat O'Connor Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Cyril Cusack, Bríd Brennan, Mick Lally and Joe Pilkington Drama 1983 AttractaKieran Hickey Wendy Hiller, Kate Thompson, John Kavanagh and Joe McPartland drama 1984 The Country GirlsDesmond DavisSam Neill, Niall Tóibín Based on the 1960 Edna O'Brien novel of the same name, which was banned in Ireland. Anne Devlin Pat Murphy Brid Brennan and Bosco Hogan drama Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival Cal Pat O'Connor Helen Mirren, John Lynch Drama Helen Mirren won the award for best actress at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival 1985 Lamb Colin Gregg Liam Neeson, Hugh O'Connor Ian Bannen drama 1986 Rawhead Rex George Pavlou David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Toibin, Cora Venus Lunny and Donal McCann Horror Screenplay by Clive Barker Eat The Peach Peter Ormrod Stephen Brennan (actor), Eamon Morrissey (actor), Catherine Byrne (actor), Niall Tobin Comedy Film4 Strongbow production. 1987 The Dead John Huston Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann Drama The last film that Huston directed, released posthumously. Adapted from the short story "The Dead" by James Joyce 1988 Taffin Francis Megahy Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally and Alison Doody Thriller Da Matt Clark Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes and William Hickey Comedy-drama Written by Irish playwright and journalist Hugh Leonard, adapted from his play Da. High Spirits Neil Jordan Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Gallagher, Liam Neeson and Martin Ferrero Fantasy comedy Irish-British-American co-production Reefer and the Model Joe Comerford Ian McElhinney, Carol Scanlan, Sean Lawlor and Ray McBride Drama Nominated in three categories at the European Film Awards The Land Before Time Don Bluth Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Judith Barsi and Will Ryan Animated adventure drama 1989 All Dogs Go to Heaven Don Bluth Loni Anderson, Judith Barsi, Dom DeLuise, Melba Moore, Charles Nelson Reilly, Burt Reynolds and Vic Tayback Animated musical fantasy comedy-drama My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Jim Sheridan Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally and Fiona Shaw biography-drama Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Fricker won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture in the 62nd Academy Awards
1990s