Irish films

History
Michael Collins (Neil Jordan, 1996) - based on the life of the Irish revolutionary leader (1890-1922), starts with the 1916 rising at the GPO, mostly concerned with the War of Independence and the foundation of the state, including the Civil War.

The Wind that shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006) - set amongst the Irish War of Independence (1919-21), and the following Civil War (1922-23).

The Field (Jim Sheridan, 1990) - adapted from John B Keane's play, written in the 1960s about rural Ireland.

Northern Ireland
Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2002) - depicts the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry 1972, when British soldiers fired on a civil rights march.

In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan, 1993) - about the false imprisonment of the Guilford Four for an IRA pub bombing

Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)

Modern Ireland
Barrytown trilogy:
The Commitments (Alan Parker, 1991)
The Snapper (Stephen Frears, 1993)
The Van (Stephen Frears, 1996)

My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan, 1989)

Into the West (Mike Newell, 1992)
Intermission (John Crowley, 2003)
Adam and Paul (Lenny Abrahamson, 2004)
Once (John Carney, 2006)
The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, 2011)
What Richard Did (Lenny Abrahamson, 2012)
Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, 2014)