Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award. On television, he played Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Tommy Carcetti in the HBO series The Wire (2004–2008), John Boy in the RTÉ series Love/Hate (2010–2011), Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2017), and Dr. J. Allen Hynek in The History Channel's Project Blue Book (2019–2020). Gillen also featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series “Peaky Blinders” 2017-2019. In 2021, he appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin. His film roles include Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Robert in The Lovers (2017), Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). He also provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.

  • Title: Aidan Gillen
  • Popularity: 26.619
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1968-04-24
  • Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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  • Also Known As: Aiden Gillen , Aiden Murphy , Adrian Murphy , Aidan Murphy, 艾丹·吉伦, Ейдан Гіллен
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Aidan Gillen Movies

  • 2016
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    Further Beyond

    Further Beyond

    5.7 2016 HD

    In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure, Ambrose O'Higgins,...

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  • 2000
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    The Darkling

    The Darkling

    4.8 2000 HD

    When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon...

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  • 2003
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    Shanghai Knights

    Shanghai Knights

    6.13 2003 HD

    The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father,...

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  • 2019
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    I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...

    I didn't... I wasn't... I amn't...

    1 2019 HD

    A lonely single working class woman falls for the charms of a smooth-talking wealthy sexy older man- but as she grapples with her desire how far...

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  • 2023
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    Barber

    Barber

    4.4 2023 HD

    Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global...

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  • 1997
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    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    1 1997 HD

    A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's anxious and he looks like he's running away from something....

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  • 2008
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    Blackout

    Blackout

    5.4 2008 HD

    Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly...

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  • 2009
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    12 Rounds

    12 Rounds

    5.9 2009 HD

    When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is...

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  • 1991
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    Killing Time

    Killing Time

    1 1991 HD

    When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a one-way ticket to heartbreak?

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  • 2013
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    The Note

    The Note

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2001
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    My Kingdom

    My Kingdom

    5.1 2001 HD

    A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and...

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  • 2010
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    Thorne: Scaredycat

    Thorne: Scaredycat

    6.3 2010 HD

    Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two...

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  • 1988
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    The Courier

    The Courier

    1 1988 HD

    When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the...

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  • 2012
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    Shadow Dancer

    Shadow Dancer

    5.9 2012 HD

    In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

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  • 2011
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    Blitz

    Blitz

    6.172 2011 HD

    A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

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  • 1996
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    Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

    6.6 1996 HD

    Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA...

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  • 2011
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    Wake Wood

    Wake Wood

    5.6 2011 HD

    The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.

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  • 2010
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    Treacle Jr.

    Treacle Jr.

    6 2010 HD

    A middle aged man, Tom, walks out one day on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life with no explanation. He opts to live on the streets...

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  • 1997
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    Mojo

    Mojo

    4.8 1997 HD

    The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead...

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  • 2000
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    Buddy Boy

    Buddy Boy

    4.7 2000 HD

    An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.

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  • 2005
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    Trouble with Sex

    Trouble with Sex

    1.6 2005 HD

    A sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in very different worlds, though each is beset by niggling...

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  • 2001
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    The Low Down

    The Low Down

    5.2 2001 HD

    Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her...

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  • 2014
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    Calvary

    Calvary

    7.1 2014 HD

    After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

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  • 2009
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    Freefall

    Freefall

    6.3 2009 HD

    FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director...

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  • 2013
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    Mister John

    Mister John

    5.2 2013 HD

    After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a...

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  • 2023
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    Dance First

    Dance First

    7.9 2023 HD

    Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a...

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  • 2013
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    Beneath the Harvest Sky

    Beneath the Harvest Sky

    5.9 2013 HD

    A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.

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  • 2007
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    The Wire: The Last Word

    The Wire: The Last Word

    1.5 2007 HD

    A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

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  • 2007
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    The Wire Odyssey

    The Wire Odyssey

    6.6 2007 HD

    A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

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  • 2013
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    Scrapper

    Scrapper

    6.3 2013 HD

    Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of...

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  • 2015
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    Men of Granite

    Men of Granite

    10 2015 HD

    A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.

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  • 2012
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    The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

    7.781 2012 HD

    Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and...

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  • 1993
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    Safe

    Safe

    5 1993 HD

    Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.

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  • 2024
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    London Calling

    London Calling

    7 2024 HD

    Tommy Ward, a mediocre hitman, goes on the run and gets stuck in Los Angeles after mistakenly killing the relative of London’s biggest crime...

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  • 2014
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    Ambition

    Ambition

    6.7 2014 HD

    A young apprentice (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master (Aidan Gillen)....

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  • 2015
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    Still

    Still

    5.7 2015 HD

    Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier. He becomes...

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  • 2012
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    Ekki múkk

    Ekki múkk

    1 2012 HD

    A troubled man sets about wandering the countryside, meeting a fox and snail along the way. One of the 16 film experiments made for the Sigur Ros...

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  • 2015
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    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

    6.7 2015 HD

    Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD....

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  • 2015
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    You're Ugly Too

    You're Ugly Too

    6.4 2015 HD

    After her mother’s death, Stacey moves with her uncle Will to a remote region in the Irish midlands. As the two cautiously get to know each...

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  • 2001
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    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    5.9 2001 HD

    The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the...

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  • 2024
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    The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

    The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

    1 2024 HD

    In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting...

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  • 1995
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    Circle of Friends

    Circle of Friends

    6.2 1995 HD

    Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus....

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  • 1970
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    Pojedynek

    Pojedynek

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Re-Creation

    Re-Creation

    1 1970 HD

    In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan...

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  • 2017
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    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

    6.551 2017 HD

    When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he...

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  • 2024
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    Amongst the Wolves

    Amongst the Wolves

    1 2024 HD

    On the streets of Dublin, Danny, a homeless man grappling with the ghosts of his past, finds himself caught in a cycle of despair and survival....

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  • 2016
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    Sing Street

    Sing Street

    7.87 2016 HD

    A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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  • 2019
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    Confinement

    Confinement

    1 2019 HD

    A time-space map, across 500 years of north inner-city Dublin, from Henrietta Street to Grangegorman, using motion graphics, live footage and...

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  • 2007
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    Walk Away and I Stumble

    Walk Away and I Stumble

    5.8 2007 HD

    Andy Spader has been happily married for 13 years, with two teenage children, when he meets a younger woman, Claire Holmes, after going to...

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  • 2000
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    The Second Death

    The Second Death

    6 2000 HD

    On a lonely country road, James Mangan hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is damned.

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  • 2018
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    I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't

    I Didn't...I Wasn't...I Amn't

    1 2018 HD

    Against her better judgement, a young working class woman goes on a date with an older wealthy man, but as she wrestles with her desires, just how...

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  • 2018
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    Maze Runner: The Death Cure

    Maze Runner: The Death Cure

    7.1 2018 HD

    Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary...

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  • 2017
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    The Lovers

    The Lovers

    5.4 2017 HD

    The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.

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  • 1992
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    An Ungentlemanly Act

    An Ungentlemanly Act

    5.5 1992 HD

    Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually...

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  • 2003
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    Burning The Bed

    Burning The Bed

    1 2003 HD

    A man and woman spend a last night on the beach together after deciding to split up

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  • 2002
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    The Final Curtain

    The Final Curtain

    5 2002 HD

    The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing...

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  • 1997
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    Gold In The Streets

    Gold In The Streets

    1 1997 HD

    An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling to survive and adapt to life in the Bronx.

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  • 2017
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    Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

    Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

    7.8 2017 HD

    HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms in the thousands of years before Game of Thrones'...

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  • 1970
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    James and Lucia

    James and Lucia

    1 1970 HD

    The last years in the life of James Joyce, as he writes Finnegans Wake and struggles with his fading eyesight and the so-called madness of his...

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  • 2018
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    Dave Allen at Peace

    Dave Allen at Peace

    4.4 2018 HD

    Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's...

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  • 2018
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    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    7.984 2018 HD

    Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the...

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  • 2018
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    We Ourselves

    We Ourselves

    1 2018 HD

    We Ourselves is an unconventional drama about isolation and belonging, about being alone with one’s own thoughts while being part of a shared...

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  • 1987
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    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    6.6 1987 HD

    A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident...

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  • 2021
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    Rose Plays Julie

    Rose Plays Julie

    6.1 2021 HD

    Rose Plays Julie is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose...

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  • 2021
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    Those Who Wish Me Dead

    Those Who Wish Me Dead

    6.66 2021 HD

    A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire...

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  • 2018
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    Keepers of the Flame

    Keepers of the Flame

    1 2018 HD

    Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the ensuing civil war.

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  • 2012
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    The Good Man

    The Good Man

    8 2012 HD

    Michael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death in an accident. Sifiso is a teenager living in a shack...

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  • 2013
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    Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

    Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

    7.7 2013 HD

    Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to...

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  • 2017
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    When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

    When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

    7 2017 HD

    Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his director, Alfred Hitchcock. Suddenly he gets a...

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  • 1970
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    Violet

    Violet

    7.5 1970 HD

    'Violet' is the haunting, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection.

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  • 2017
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    Pickups

    Pickups

    1 2017 HD

    Pickups is about a man called Aidan who is suffering from insomnia, back trouble and the breakdown of his marriage. Aidan finds solace in a number of...

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  • 2007
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    Tapping the Wire

    Tapping the Wire

    7 2007 HD

    Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission...

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  • 1989
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    A View of Harry Clark

    A View of Harry Clark

    1 1989 HD

    Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?

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  • 2004
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    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish

    1 2004 HD

    A photographer is devastated when his lover leaves him to pursue an affair with a wealthy man.

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  • 2025
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    The Physician II

    The Physician II

    1 2025 HD

    1050 AD: Rob Cole returns to England to bring the medical light of the Orient to his countrymen. But he fails because of the intrigues of the...

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  • 2011
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    Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

    8.456 2011 HD

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

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  • 2002
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    The Wire

    The Wire

    8.58 2002 HD

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the...

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  • 1999
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    Queer as Folk

    Queer as Folk

    8 1999 HD

    Stuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty...

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  • 2010
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    Identity

    Identity

    6.4 2010 HD

    Identity is a British police procedural drama television series starring Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes, airing in the UK during July–August...

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  • 2010
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    Love/Hate

    Love/Hate

    7.5 2010 HD

    Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.

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  • 2021
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    星际杀手

    星际杀手

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2013
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    Mayday

    Mayday

    6 2013 HD

    It's Mayday in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until suddenly she goes...

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  • 2021
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    Killers of the Cosmos

    Killers of the Cosmos

    1 2021 HD

    A mysterious informant investigates each disaster-in-the-making via a wide range of experts who've studied some of science's most unbelievable...

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1991
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    In Suspicious Circumstances

    In Suspicious Circumstances

    6 1991 HD

    A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward

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  • 2005
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    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    8 2005 HD

    The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a...

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  • 2003
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    The Last Detective

    The Last Detective

    7.5 2003 HD

    "Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged...

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  • 2001
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    Dice

    Dice

    1 2001 HD

    A dark, investigative exploration of the obsessive gambling psyche.

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.136 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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  • 2021
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    Mayor of Kingstown

    Mayor of Kingstown

    7.926 2021 HD

    In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the...

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  • 2016
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    Quantum Break

    Quantum Break

    7 2016 HD

    Bridging gaming and live-action, the thriller looks into aspect the villains of the game and the dramatic backstory as it unfolds.

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  • 2015
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    Charlie

    Charlie

    1 2015 HD

    The political and personal life of Charlie Haughey during his time in office.

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  • 2013
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    Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders

    8.539 2013 HD

    A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss...

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  • 2017
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    Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

    7.6 2017 HD

    Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly...

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  • 2000
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    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    8 2000 HD

    Passionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge after his father's murder, and the chance...

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  • 2022
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    That Dirty Black Bag

    That Dirty Black Bag

    6.92 2022 HD

    The 8-day clash between Arthur McCoy — an incorruptible sheriff with a troubled past — and Red Bill, an infamous, solitary bounty hunter...

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  • 2019
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    Project Blue Book

    Project Blue Book

    8.1 2019 HD

    A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as...

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  • 1988
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    The Play on One

    The Play on One

    5.5 1988 HD

    A series of plays specially written for television.

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  • 2024
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    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    Rock, Paper, Scissors

    10 2024 HD

    Rock, Paper and Scissors are best friends and roommates who compete over everything, but it’s (mostly) all love. They each bring something...

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  • 2010
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    Thorne

    Thorne

    6.2 2010 HD

    Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. It stars David Morrissey who plays the title role of...

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  • 2021
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    Kin

    Kin

    7.55 2021 HD

    The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.

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