Free streaming of 50 Irish film masterpieces online

Discover a vast selection of Irish movies for free on RTÉ Player and TG4 Player, featuring classics and contemporary films starring renowned Irish actors such as Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy, and Liam Neeson.

RTÉ Player offers a variety of titles, including:

That They May Face the Rising Sun, an IFTA-winning adaptation of John McGahern's novel.
A hard-hitting drama about a Dublin youth sent to prison, directed by Frank Berry.
The Artist And The Wall Of Death, a documentary about artist Stephen Skrynka.
Graham Cantwell’s coming-of-age LGBTQ+ drama exploring Dublin’s scene.

These films are available in both English and Irish (Gaeilge) languages.

In addition to these, RTÉ Player offers family-friendly movies like DC League of Super-Pets, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, and classics such as the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) as well as movies streamed live on weekends.

TG4 Player hosts films like:

Arracht, an Irish language drama about a fisherman unable to protect his family during the famine.
An Cailín Ciúin, an Oscar-nominated adaptation of Clare Keegan’s novella.

One of the standout titles on RTÉ Player is On a Farm in Rural Northern Ireland, an Oscar-winning short comedy. Another must-watch is Lisa Mulcahy's IFTA-winning gothic thriller Lies We Tell, based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1864 novel Uncle Silas.

A notable film on both platforms is The Commitments, an iconic take on Roddy Doyle's classic novel about a would-be music mogul assembling a soul band with attitude.

One unique title on RTÉ Player is Breakfast On Pluto, a movie about an Irish trans woman searching 1970s London for her estranged mother and manages to fall foul of the IRA.

TG4 Player offers Arracht, an Irish language drama about a fisherman unable to protect his family during the famine, and An Irish Goodbye, but no specific details about it were provided.

Other notable titles on RTÉ Player include When All Is Ruin Once Again, a cinematic essay about rural life in the midst of great local, national, and global change; Drifting, a short film featuring an early appearance from future Oscar nominee Paul Mescal; Eat Sleep Cheer Repeat, a documentary about competitive cheerleading in Ireland; So This is Christmas, an acclaimed documentary about people in Ireland navigating the Christmas season; Mrs Robinson, the inspirational life story of change-maker Mary Robinson, Ireland's first female President, a pioneering UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the successor of Nelson Mandela as Chair of The Elders; In "Tarrac", a young woman returns home after her father suffers a heart attack and finds herself returning to the competitive world of rowing in Naomhógs, native Irish boats.

RTÉ Player also offers Michael Inside, a hard-hitting drama about an 18-year-old living in a Dublin housing estate who is sent to prison; The Young Offenders, the original movie featuring the adventures of two loveable teenage boys from Cork who steal bicycles and ride off on a quest to find a missing bale of cocaine worth €7,000,000; Violet Gibson, The Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini, a docu-drama telling the true story of Irish woman Violet Gibson, who shot and almost assassinated Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926; Katie, a riveting and highly emotional documentary about the world's greatest female boxer Katie Taylor; The Snapper, a hilarious adaptation of the second book in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy; How To Be Happy, a quirky comedy starring Brian Gleeson and Gemma-Leah Devereux; Juanita Wilson's Oscar-nominated short film "The Door"; Finky, a movie about a musician and puppeteer looking to escape his past, who steals an envelope full of cash and runs off to Scotland with his childhood friend Tom Tom; Ann, a dramatisation of the real-life story of Ann Lovett, a 15-year-old girl who died in childbirth in a grotto in Granard, Co. Longford in 1984; Six Shooter, an Oscar-winning short film by Martin McDonagh featuring a sorrowful train ride home for a grieving man leading to a fateful encounter with a bizarre and psychotic young stranger; A Love Divided, a moving and dramatic tale of a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant in 1950's Ireland; North Circular, a documentary offering a musical odyssey traveling the length of Dublin's North Circular Road; Pray For Our Sinners, an illuminating tale about the impact of the Catholic Church on a community in decades past; The Artist And The Wall Of Death, a fascinating documentary telling the unlikely true story of Glaswegian visual artist, Stephen Skrynka, and his dangerous life-long obsession with riding the 'Wall of Death', the traditional fairground motorbike ride; One Night In Millstreet, a documentary telling the story of the 1995 boxing title fight between Steve 'The Celtic Warrior' Collins and Chris 'Simply The Best' Eubank; Get Up And Go, a comedy featuring Love/Hate stars Peter Coonan and Killian Scott; Bloom, a vivid adaptation of James Joyce's novel Ulysses starring Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor, and Patrick Bergin; Song of Granite, a critically acclaimed, lyrical and unconventional account of the life of the complex and enigmatic Joe Heaney, one of the greats of traditional Irish sean-nós singing, streamable via TG4 Player; The Wind that Shakes the Barley, a celebrated drama by Ken Loach in which two brothers fight side-by-side against the British for Ireland's independence; Million Dollar Pigeons, a hilarious and charming documentary about pigeon masters from across the globe competing in the highest-stakes bird races on the planet; Metal Heart, a coming-of-age comedy-drama starring Jordanne Jones and Moe Dunford; Love Yourself Today, an emotive celebration of modern spirituality and the power of music to heal; Life's A Breeze, a movie about complications that arise when a family sells off old furniture from their elderly mother's residence, only to realize that almost a million Euros were hidden in an old mattress; Trafficked, a gritty and tense thriller starring Ruth Negga and the late Karl Shiels; Michael Collins, an epic biopic of Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, & led the National Army during the Irish Civil War; Let The Wrong One In, a psychological thriller about a young supermarket worker discovering that his older brother is a vampire and must choose whether to help him or slay him; The Field, a powerful adaptation of John B. Keane's play; Intermission, a kaleidoscopic ensemble piece featuring Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, and Colin Meaney; Colm Toibin's novel "Brooklyn", adapted into a movie; Here Before, a psychological thriller starring Andrea Riseborough, haunted by the possibility that their child may be the reincarnation of her own daughter; Tara Road, a comfort movie about two women going through personal crises who do a house swap; and My Left Foot, a milestone in Irish cinema, starring Daniel-Day Lewis in an Oscar-winning role.

In addition, TG4 Player offers Foscadh, a story about a naïve recluse who is suddenly propelled into manhood.

Lastly, The 8th is a documentary that traces Ireland's campaign to remove the 8th Amendment and change Ireland's abortion laws, streamable via RTÉ Player.

Free streaming of 50 Irish film masterpieces online