Films About the Irish in America

September 28, 2009 9:41 PM

Looking for movies that detail the experience of Irish-Americans or recent Irish immigrants to America.

In these films, the Irish or Irish-American identity should be fundamental to the plot, even if it is simply the environment of the film, as with the Irish-American characters in Mystic River. Also, films about Irish-Americans going to Ireland, as in The Matchmaker and The Quiet Man, are good.

posted by Astro Zombie to media & arts (10 comments total)

Gangs of New York?
posted by decagon at 9:44 PM on September 28

Far and Away
posted by sharkfu at 9:45 PM on September 28

In America.
posted by whimsicalnymph at 9:47 PM on September 28 [2 favorites]

Boondock Saints
posted by battlebison at 10:05 PM on September 28

The Departed. Or a number of films set in Boston for that matter.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 10:55 PM on September 28

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
posted by marsha56 at 12:49 AM on September 29

Gangs Of New York
posted by Plug1 at 1:39 AM on September 29

Murder and crime doesn't sound very Irish to me. They are just gangster movies that rip off Irish heritage rather than Italian.
posted by gjc at 4:09 AM on September 29 [1 favorite]

Miller's Crossing.
posted by saladin at 4:34 AM on September 29

Angela's Ashes - although I think the book is better than the film.
posted by fresh-rn at 5:42 AM on September 29 [1 favorite]