The year’s best Irish thriller is now available to stream at home
Headlined by a Hollywood star and featuring one of the leads of Love/Hate, the thriller has landed on streaming at the perfect time. Hokum, JOE’s favourite Irish thriller of 2026 so far, is finally available to stream at home. Accessible through Prime Video just in time for Halloween, the movie follows Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott […]
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New Irish crime thriller with Love/Hate star coming to screens very soon
It co-stars an Irish Oscar nominee. Lost City, a new Irish crime thriller starring John Connors (The Galway Bay Murders, Love/Hate), will hit cinemas very soon. From documentarian Seán Murray (Unquiet Graves) in his feature drama debut, the movie follows a boxer in Belfast named Paul (Martin McCann, Blue Lights). His life is finally beginning […]
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An excellent Irish thriller movie has just been added to streaming
Holding an 80% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars one of Ireland’s most famous actors. Prime Video has just added Barber, one of JOE’s favourite Irish crime thriller movies of recent years. The 2023 neo-noir stars recent JOE interviewee Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin) as Val Barber, a private investigator in modern-day Dublin. He is hired […]
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New Irish thriller based on ‘crazy’ true story can be watched now
JOE interviewed its two stars, who said the movie’s story feels ‘too crazy to be true’. Chasing Millions, a new Irish crime comedy thriller based on a ‘crazy’ true story, is out in cinemas from today (Friday, 9 October). Directed by Stephen Burke (2017’s great historical prison drama Maze), the movie is inspired by the […]
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An excellent Irish thriller movie is on TV tonight
From one of the directors of Happy Valley and Netflix’s Untamed, the film has an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 11 September) is Sea Fever, the excellent 2019 Irish sci-fi thriller from writer-director Neasa Hardiman (Happy Valley, Untamed, the upcoming Tall Tales & Murder). The story follows a […]
2 months ago
A tense Irish thriller movie is airing on TV tonight
‘An indie flick that punches above its weight.’ Swing Bout, the 2024 Irish crime thriller movie, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 4 September). The film follows ‘Terrible’ Toni (Ciara Berkeley – Bad Sisters, the upcoming The Witcher IV), a young English boxer with a dark past who dreams of being a world champion. She […]
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