Best Irish movie of 2026 so far is available to watch from this weekend
Based on true events, this tense thriller puts a unique twist on a classic sub-genre. No Ordinary Heist, a new Irish crime thriller inspired by actual events, is available to watch in cinemas from this weekend. The movie follows two bank workers, manager Richard Murray (Eddie Marsan) and security guard Barry McKenna (Saipan’s Éanna Hardwicke), […]
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New comedy thriller from Banshees and In Bruges director gets hilarious first look
Boasting a similar premise to In Bruges, this 2026 movie looks very funny. The first trailer has hit the web for Wild Horse Nine, the new comedy thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges). The movie sees the writer-director reuniting with Sam Rockwell, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar […]
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One of the best Irish thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight
It was nominated for Best Film at this year’s IFTA awards. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 16 March) is Aontas, the Irish language heist thriller that was an IFTA Best Film nominee this year. Airing on both BBC One and TG4, the movie follows three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the […]
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Love/Hate and Severance stars’ new Irish thriller gets proper first look
Adam Scott stars in the Ireland-set movie. A new trailer has hit the web for Hokum, the upcoming Irish horror thriller starring Adam Scott (Severance). The movie is written and directed by Damian Mc Carthy, who made one of JOE’s favourite films of recent years with 2024’s Oddity. That was a dark and twisty supernatural […]
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A compelling new Irish mystery thriller is available to watch from this week
The Irish-language thriller picked up an IFTA award earlier this month. Báite (The Drowned), a new Irish-language mystery thriller drama, is available to watch in cinemas from this week. Set in a small town in the West of Ireland in the 1970s, the movie follows 23-year-old Peggy Casey (Eleanor O’Brien), who runs her family’s pub/bed-and-breakfast. […]
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One of the best Irish thrillers of recent years to air on TV this month
The 2026 IFTA Best Film nominee will have its TV premiere very soon. Aontas, the Irish language heist thriller that was an IFTA Best Film nominee this year, will have its TV premiere later this month. Airing on both BBC One and TG4, the movie follows three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the […]
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