Stephen Rea Movies

  • 1976
    Early Struggles

    Early Struggles

    Early Struggles

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    Kevin's wife walked out and left him holding the baby – no sleep, dirty nappies, and a career in pop music at risk. And ahead lies a visit to...

    Early Struggles
  • 1978
    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    The Seagull

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    A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man...

    The Seagull
  • 2007
    Celebration

    Celebration

    Celebration

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    All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective wives. At an...

    Celebration
  • 1989
    Nobody Here But Us Chickens

    Nobody Here But Us Chickens

    Nobody Here But Us Chickens

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    Three short plays celebrating people with disabilities.

    Nobody Here But Us Chickens
  • 1973
    A Place Called Ardoyne

    A Place Called Ardoyne

    A Place Called Ardoyne

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    The award-winning 1973 documentary looks at the situation in Northern Ireland as it affects the Catholic community of Ardoyne. Includes interviews...

    A Place Called Ardoyne
  • 2019
    Cyprus Avenue

    Cyprus Avenue

    Cyprus Avenue

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    David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old...

    Cyprus Avenue
  • 1987
    Scout

    Scout

    Scout

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    Palmer has been United's scout for many generations of young footballers, sending across the water the best Irish talent regardless of background. As...

    Scout
  • 1984
    The House

    The House

    The House

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    Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and Latvia, making it part of Europe instead of an...

    The House
  • 2026
    Listen

    Listen

    Listen

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    Hearing his grandfathers plea a young boy hatches a plan to break him out of his nursing home and bring him to the island of his birth to make peace...

    Listen
  • 2019
    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

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    Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the...

    Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
  • 2018
    Hard Border

    Hard Border

    Hard Border

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    Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare...

    Hard Border
  • 1986
    Shergar

    Shergar

    Shergar

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    Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise...

    Shergar
  • 1982
    Joyce in June

    Joyce in June

    Joyce in June

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    Written by Stewart Parker to celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's birth. It takes the viewer on a journey into the imagined world of Joyce's mind...

    Joyce in June
  • 2004
    The Halo Effect

    The Halo Effect

    The Halo Effect

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    Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is...

    The Halo Effect
  • 2000
    The King's Wake

    The King's Wake

    The King's Wake

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    It's Samhain (Hallowe'en) in old Ireland, and King Connor is haunted by his life, his legacy, and the enemies he killed in his time. Based on the...

    The King's Wake
  • 2018
    Unquiet Graves

    Unquiet Graves

    Unquiet Graves

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    This feature-length documentary investigates the role the British government played in the murder of over 120 civilians in Counties Armagh and Tyrone...

    Unquiet Graves
  • 1989
    Endgame

    Endgame

    Endgame

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    A performance of Samuel Beckett's 'Endgame', a play in which nothing happens, once - unlike Beckett's first play 'Waiting for Godot' in which nothing...

    Endgame
  • 1983
    Chekhov in Derry

    Chekhov in Derry

    Chekhov in Derry

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    A behind the scenes look at a theatre company formed by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea. It contains footage of rehearsals and the...

    Chekhov in Derry
  • 2020
    Secrets from Putumayo

    Secrets from Putumayo

    Secrets from Putumayo

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    Documentary about the man who is currently considered the father of violation of human rights inquests, Roger Casement (1864-1916). The actions...

    Secrets from Putumayo