#HappyStPatricksDay A List of Movies Just For Today

10 Great Irish Movies for #StPatricksDay Include:

1. Leap Year Starring Amy Adams

"A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged," (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216492/plotsummary, 3/17/2014).

2. Philomena

"A teenager becomes pregnant and is sent by her father to live in a convent, where nuns give her child up for adoption. the film follows the true story of Philomena Lee's 50 year search for her son," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363850, The Weinstein Company, 3/17/2014).

3. Laws of Attraction 

"Two divorce attorneys, Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore) and Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan), fall in love while fighting over an Irish castle on behalf of their clients, (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363881, Deep River, 3/17/2014).

4. The Guard 

 

"A cantankerous and unorthodox Irish policeman (Brendan Gleeson) in the west of Ireland is teamed up with a by-the-book FBI agent (Don Cheadle) to investigate blackmail, murder and an international drug-smuggling ring," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363865, Sony Pictures Classics, 3/17/2014).

5. Circle of Friends 

"Set in 1950s Ireland, the film follows Benny Hogan (Minnie Driver) and her two best friends from childhood to their college years at University College, Dublin—where Benny quickly falls for Jack Foley (Chris O' Donnell)" (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363860,

Savoy Pictures, 3/17/2014). 

6. Five Minutes of Heaven 

"The first part of this films reconstructs the historical killing of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little in 1975, and the second part depicts a fictional meeting between Little (Liam Neeson) and Jim's brother Joe 33 years later," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/366212, IFC Films, 3/17/2014). 

7. Some Mother's Son 

"This film is also based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Helen Mirren plays prisoner Bobby Sand's mother, who must decide whether or not to have her son forcibly fed when the hunger strike threatens his life," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363867, Castle Rock, 3/17/2014).

8. The Madgalene Sisters 

"In 1964, three Irish teenage girls, considered "fallen women" in need rehabilitation, are sent to the Magdalene Asylum where they endure abuse" (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363864, CDI Films, 3/17/2014).

9. Far and Away

"A young man (Tom Cruise) eventually leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Nicole Kidman) to seek his fortune in 1890s America after multiple failed vengeful attempts on her father's life," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363858, Gracie Films/Laurence Mark Productions, 3/17/2014).

`10. Michael Collins

"This historical biopic stars Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish revolutionary who was key in forming the Irish Free State in the 1920s," (http://www.eonline.com/photos/11776/movies-set-in-ireland/363861, Geffren, 3/17/2014).