Biography: Neil Jordan |

One of Ireland's most celebrated directors, Neil Jordan has made his name directing moody, often politically charged films that focus largely on themes of love, betrayal, and the darker realms of the human psyche. Born February 25, 1950, in Sligo... more
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Tags: Psychological Drama Drama Family Drama Childhood Drama 
Length: 115min
Neil Jordan directed this adaptation of Patrick McCabe's novel about a boy's struggles with violence and mental illness. Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) is a young boy growing up in Dublin in the early 1960s, where his life is dominated by his active...

Cast: Michael Caine Bob Hoskins   
Tags: Crime Drama Romantic Drama Drama 
Length: 104min
Bob Hoskins plays George, a tough but basically goodhearted British mob flunky, recently released from prison, where he'd served a term to cover up for his gangster boss (Michael Caine). Still willing to be everyone's doormat, George agrees to act as...

Cast: Julia Roberts   
Tags: Biopic Political Drama Drama 
Length: 132min
The rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence is chronicled in this biographical drama. In 1916, the British government ruled Ireland with a firm and cruel hand, as they had for 700...

Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Cast: Brad Pitt Tom Cruise   
Tags: Horror Costume Horror 
Length: 122min
Anne Rice's best-selling omantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining...

Cast: Forest Whitaker   
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama 
Length: 112min
In this successful psychological thriller, a reluctant agent of the Irish Republican Army discovers that some people just aren't who you expect them to be. Fergus (Stephen Rea) is an IRA "volunteer" who, despite personal misgivings, takes part in the...

Tags: Romantic Drama Drama Coming-of-Age 
Length: 97min
Neil Jordan's lyrical Irish romance takes place in the small seaside town of Bray (near Dublin) and concerns two teenage friends, Jimmy (Niall Byrne) and Rose (Lorraine Pilkington). They spend their days roaming the cobblestone streets and waterlogged...

Tags: Crime Drama Psychological Drama Drama 
Length: 90min
Writer/director Neil Jordan's debut feature is a tense thriller played out amid the violence in Northern Ireland. Stephen Rea stars as Danny, a saxophone player in a traveling band who witnesses the brutal murders of the manager of the band (who is...

Cast: Sean Penn Demi Moore Bruno Kirby   
Tags: Crime Comedy Buddy Film Comedy Religious Comedy 
Length: 120min
In this comedy, escaped prisoners Ned (Robert DeNiro) and Jim (Sean Penn) take refuge in a monastery where they pose as priests to avoid capture. Intending to flee across the Canadian border, the two convicts run into all kinds of unexpected trouble...

Cast: Peter O'Toole Liam Neeson   
Tags: Fantasy Comedy Haunted House Film Fantasy Comedy 
Length: 99min
The owner of an Irish castle decides to attract visitors by falsely claiming that the building is haunted, only to have a pair of real ancestral spirits start causing trouble in this uneven attempt at fantasy-comedy. The story centers on Jack and...

Cast: Neil Jordan Angela Lansbury David Warner   
Tags: Creature Film Fantasy Horror 
Length: 95min
Company of Wolves is -Little Red Riding Hood for the Alien generation. Sheltered 13-year-old Sarah Patterson, living on the edge of a foreboding woods, is visited by her grandmother Angela Lansbury. The old lady delights in telling Sarah the most...
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