Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Music
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Starring: 50 Cent, Terrence Howard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Bill Duke
Director: Jim Sheridan
The Secret Scripture (2016)
Drama | Romance
A woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor, Theo James, Aisling O'Sullivan
Director: Jim Sheridan
The Boxer (1997)
Drama | Romance | Sport
Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, boxer Danny Flynn returns to Belfast and, tired of violence, tries to lead a law-abiding life. He reconnects with Maggie, a former flame raising her son alone, and opens a community-center gym for both Catholic and Protestant youths, a decision which arouses anger among local militant IRA members.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
Director: Jim Sheridan
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown / My Left Foot (1989)
Biography | Drama
The true story of the artist, writer and cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown, based on his own book. It recounts the many problems he faced growing up in his native Ireland, and charts the ways in which he developed the use of his left foot – the only limb over which he had any control – to achieve success as an artist. Oscars were won by Daniel Day-Lewis (playing the adult Brown) and Brenda Fricker (playing Brown's mother).
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Kirsten Sheridan
Director: Jim Sheridan
In America (2002)
Drama
Following the tragic death of their two-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final destination is Manhattan where Johnny hopes to work as a stage actor.
Starring: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Emma Bolger
Director: Jim Sheridan
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Jim Sheridan
Brothers (2009)
Drama | Thriller | War
Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill and his younger brother Tommy Cahill, are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace, with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Bailee Madison, Sam Shepard
Director: Jim Sheridan
Dream House (2011)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Successful publisher Will Atenton quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby, and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates the tragedy, his only lead comes from Ann…
Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
Director: Jim Sheridan
