About Irish Movies
Ireland is a culturally rich country which has so much to offer to the people who love art and culture. It is a wonderful country to be on as well as to visit. The natural beauty of the country has served as the backdrops to various Irish movies. If you go through the Irish Movie Database, you would find that the Irish movies are dominated by its history and culture. The stories of many Irish movies revolves around the Irish and their descendents, the Irish-Americans. Dominated by the life of the local people and civilization, the Irish films showcase the life of the local people, their civilization, their culture, their history and many more. The Irish Movie Database would consist of movies of different ages. The movies of different ages are dominated by different characteristics. The early Irish films fell neatly into stereotypical categories such as mobster, policemen and priests. During the course of time, the trend changed. We find the Irish films evolve into leprechauns, viragos, rogues, charmers, drunks and long suffering women at the later period of time.
The Irish Movie Database should be classified into several categories of films. One can find different categories of Irish films which can be described as below:
- Biography
- History
- Documentary
- IRA
- Irish Americans
- Irish Immigrants
- Irish Folklore
- The Old Country
- Modern Ireland
- Boxing
- Bibliography
Biographical Films
There are several biographical Irish movies that one would find in the Irish Movie Database. Like all other biographical films, the Irish biographical movies also tell the audience about the lives of many prominent personalities. These films play a major role in developing personalities of the Irish people. The film like Gentleman Jim (1942), The Long Gray Line (1955), My Left Foot (1989), Patriots (1994), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1979), St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Veronica Guerin (2003), Angela's Ashes (2000) etc. are some of the popular and famous biographical films that the Irish Movie Database should include.
Films on History
Most of the Irish films on history are basically films of 'fictional' history that have been created for entertainment than educational purposes. These Irish films represent the heritage for many Irish-Americans. The Irish Movie Database should include the historical films like The Plough and the Stars (1936), The Molly Maguires (1970), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Some Mother's Son (1996), Warrior Queen (2003), The Irish in America (1995), In the name of the Father (1993), The Fighting Prince of Donegal ( 1966), Captain Boycott (1947), Bloody Sunday (2002) etc.
Irish Folklore
The films on Irish Folklore include Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Leapin' Leprechanus! (1994), Fairies and Leprechauns (1997), Finian's Rainbow (1968), High Spirits (1988), The Magical Legend of the leprechauns (1999) etc.
Modern Ireland
These films would tell you the story of modern day Ireland, describing its people, its lifestyle, its psychology etc. You can get a picture of modern Ireland from these films. The Irish Movie Database would include the films like Cowboys & Angels (2003), Disco Pigs (2001), American Women (2000), Goldfish Memory (2003), Intermission (2003), The Machmaker (1997), The Nephew (1996), Summer Fling (1998), The Run of the Country (1995) The Snapper (1994), On the Edge (2001) etc.
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