Sean McGinley — Actor (16)
The General (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The General
director: John Boorman actor: Brendan Gleeson / Adrian Dunbar
other title: Der General / Le Général
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
That They May Face the Rising Sun (2024) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
That They May Face the Rising Sun
director: Pat Collins actor: Barry Ward / Anna Bederke
Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere.
A Further Gesture (1997) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Further Gesture
director: Robert Dornhelm actor: Stephen Rea / Alfred Molina
other title: I.R.A. Un Gesto Estremo / Das letzte Attentat
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York, but he might as well be in prison again - until he strikes up a friendship with co-worker Tulio and gets to know his close group of Guatemalan exiles.
The Truth Commissioner (2016) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Truth Commissioner
director: Declan Recks actor: Roger Allam / Sean McGinley
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
The Claim (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Claim
other title: Le bianche tracce della vita / Das Reich und die Herrlichkeit
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Freeze Frame (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Freeze Frame
director: John Simpson actor: Lee Evans / Sean McGinley
Sean Veil is an ultra paranoid murder suspect who takes to filming himself round the clock to provide an alibi, just in case he's ever accused of another crime. Problems arise however when the police do come calling and the one tape that can prove his innocence has mysteriously disappeared.
The Informant (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Informant
director: Jim McBride actor: Cary Elwes / Anthony Brophy
other title: L'informateur / Juego sucio
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
What Where (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
What Where
director: Damien O'Donnell actor: Sean McGinley / Gary Lewis
There are five survivors in a futuristic library. Bam is their supreme dictator, and has the others interrogated and tortured, believing them to have said where. What Bam means is unclear, but he distrusts all.
Simon Magus (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Simon Magus
director: Ben Hopkins actor: Noah Taylor / Stuart Townsend
other title: Simon le magicien
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise
Shrooms (2007) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban Skybridge
Shrooms
director: Paddy Breathnach actor: Lindsey Haun / Jack Huston
other title: Shrooms - Trip senza ritorno / Shrooms – Im Rausch des Todes
A group of American teens comes to Ireland to visit a friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. When the psychedelics start taking hold, the panicked friends are attacked by ghostly creatures; but how can they determine whether what they are experiencing is reality or hallucination?
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) [Movie] Douban WikiData NeoDB TMDB IMDb
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
7.5 (6 ratings) director: Ken Loach actor: Cillian Murphy / Pádraic Delaney
other title: Il vento che accarezza l'erba / Vinden der ryster kornet
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Gangs of New York (2002) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Gangs of New York
7.1 (7 ratings) director: Martin Scorsese actor: Leonardo DiCaprio / Daniel Day-Lewis
other title: Gangs de Nova Iorque
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Braveheart (1995) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Braveheart
7.4 (11 ratings) director: Mel Gibson actor: Mel Gibson / Catherine McCormack
other title: Braveheart - Cuore impavido / Braveheart: O Desafio do Guerreiro
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The Butcher Boy (1998) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
The Butcher Boy
director: Neil Jordan actor: Eamonn Owens / Alan Boyle
other title: Il garzone del macellaio / Nó na Garganta
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
Michael Collins (1996) [Movie] TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Michael Collins
director: Neil Jordan actor: Liam Neeson / Aidan Quinn
other title: Michael Collins - O Preço da Liberdade
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.