Stephen Rea Movies

  • 2010
    Harold Pinter: A Celebration

    Harold Pinter: A Celebration

    Harold Pinter: A Celebration

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    In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National...

    Harold Pinter: A Celebration
  • 2018
    Hard Border

    Hard Border

    Hard Border

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    Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare...

    Hard Border
  • 1978
    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

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    An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.

    On a Paving Stone Mounted
  • 1995
    Shadow of a Gunman

    Shadow of a Gunman

    Shadow of a Gunman

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    The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men,...

    Shadow of a Gunman
  • 2022
    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

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    The playwright Brian Friel stands among the giants of Irish literature. From the 1980s onwards, he withdrew from media and public life. This film...

    Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
  • 1999
    I Could Read the Sky

    I Could Read the Sky

    I Could Read the Sky

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    The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his...

    I Could Read the Sky
  • 1972
    The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

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    Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday....

    The Moonstone
  • 1986
    Shergar

    Shergar

    Shergar

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    Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise...

    Shergar
  • 1976
    Early Struggles

    Early Struggles

    Early Struggles

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    Kevin's wife walked out, and left him holding the baby. No sleep, dirty nappies - and a career in pop music at risk. And ahead lies a visit to the...

    Early Struggles
  • 1995
    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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    A Greek-Irish sailor becomes friends with a 10-year-old sampan girl while his freighter is docked in Hong Kong.

    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  • 1979
    The Out of Town Boys

    The Out of Town Boys

    The Out of Town Boys

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    A self-made man finds his building firm in trouble as a new office block nears completion.

    The Out of Town Boys
  • 2019
    Cyprus Avenue

    Cyprus Avenue

    Cyprus Avenue

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    David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old...

    Cyprus Avenue
  • 2018
    Unquiet Graves

    Unquiet Graves

    Unquiet Graves

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    This feature-length documentary investigates the role the British government played in the murder of over 120 civilians in Counties Armagh and Tyrone...

    Unquiet Graves
  • 2021
    Sadie

    Sadie

    Sadie

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    Filmed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast for BBC's Lights Up season of theatrical films, David Ireland's play concerns Sadie, a sharp tongued Belfast...

    Sadie
  • 2004
    Proud

    Proud

    Proud

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    The true story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II.

    Proud
  • 1978
    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    The Seagull

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    A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man...

    The Seagull
  • 1987
    Scout

    Scout

    Scout

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    Drama about a Northern Irish football scout by Frank McGuinness and directed by Danny Boyle.

    Scout
  • 2004
    The Halo Effect

    The Halo Effect

    The Halo Effect

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    Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is...

    The Halo Effect
  • 2019
    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

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    Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the...

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
  • 1989
    Endgame

    Endgame

    Endgame

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    A performance of Samuel Beckett's 'Endgame', a play in which nothing happens, once - unlike Beckett's first play 'Waiting for Godot' in which nothing...

    Endgame