Movies with Brendan Gleeson

The Raven

Genres: Thriller

Starring: Kevin McNally, Pam Ferris, Dave Legeno, Brendan Gleeson, John Cusack, Brendan Coyle, Alice Eve

Directors: James McTeigue

Country: USA, Spain, Hungary

Year: 2012

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

 

Safe House

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Denzel Washington, Rubén Blades, Vera Farmiga, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Brendan Gleeson

Directors: Daniel Espinosa

Country: USA, South Africa

Year: 2012

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

Matt Weston ('Ryan Reynolds' ) is a CIA rookie who is manning a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa, when Tobin Frost (

 

The Cup

Genres: Drama

Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Shaun Micallef, Stephen Curry, Tom Burlinson, Kate Bell, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Martin Sacks

Directors: Simon Wincer

Country: Australia

Year: 2011

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def

Born into a legendary racing family, jockeys Damien Oliver and his brother, Jason, followed in their father's footsteps. Ray Oliver died tragically in a racing accident when the boys were young. But racing was in their blood, and Damien in particular inherited his father's gifts. His eye was on the greatest championship of them all, the prestigious Melbourne Cup. After years of training, he was ready. Damien would ride the powerful but temperamental Media Puzzle, under the watch of the great Irish trainer Dermot Weld. Some were not so sure about Media Puzzle's chances, but Weld was confident that the great jockey and spirited horse would make...

 

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation

Starring: Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman, Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton

Directors: Unknown

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2012

After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew take on the cream of the pirating crop - Black Bellamy, Peg Leg Hastings and Cutlass Liz - in a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with lovelorn scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's prized 'parrot', Polly, could be the answer to the 'untold riches' they are searching for. Their adventure takes them to Victorian London where they meet Darwin's sidekick 'man-panzee' Mister Bobo, and the notorious pirate-hating Queen Victoria herself. It soon unfolds that Darwin's motive...

 

The Secret of Kells

Genres: Adventure, Animation

Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Paul Tylack, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath, Evan McGuire, Paul Young

Directors: Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore

Country: France, Ireland, Belgium

Year: 2009

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan's determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and ...

 

Perrier's Bounty

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Starring: Jim Broadbent, Cillian Murphy, Gabriel Byrne, Brendan Gleeson, Jodie Whittaker, Michael FitzGerald, Brendan Dempsey

Directors: Ian Fitzgibbon

Country: UK, Ireland

Year: 2009

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

An all-star cast has a viciously fun time in this comedy about lazy would-be thief Michael (Cillian Murphy of The Dark Knight) who owes local gangster Perrier (Brendan Gleeson of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) more money than he can pay. When a burglary to raise funds goes awry, Michael s lovesick suicidal neighbor (Jodie Whitaker) kills one of the goons who come to collect and he is forced to go on the run. Dragging along his neighbor- not to mention his foul- mouthed, death-obsessed father (played by Oscar winner Jim Broadbent of Vera Drake and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)- Michael has to stay one step ahe...

 

The Tailor of Panama

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Starring: Leonor Varela, David Hayman, Pierce Brosnan, Mark Margolis, Geoffrey Rush, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter

Directors: John Boorman

Country: USA, Ireland

Year: 2001

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.

 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Starring: Richard Griffiths, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Radcliffe, Fiona Shaw, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Pattinson, Kathryn Hunter

Directors: David Yates

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2007

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

It's another year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter and his friends. The previous year, he witnessed not just the death of Cedric Diggory, but also the return of the Dark Lord, Voldemort. The ministry of magic doesn't believe everything Harry says and will do anything to keep everyone calm. Hogwarts begin changing, especially when Dolores Umbridge arrives to take over the school. Now, with Voldemort's army getting closer, Harry and his friends must teach themselves and form an army to take on the upcoming threat.

 

28 Days Later...

Genres: Action, Thriller, Horror

Starring: Cillian Murphy, David Schneider, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani

Directors: Danny Boyle

Country: UK

Year: 2002

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

It has been twenty-eight days since Jim, a young bicycle courier, was knocked off his bike and injured in a car accident. When he wakes up from his coma, the world has changed. London is deserted, litter-strewn and grim, and it seems the entire world has disappeared. The truth, however, is even more horrifying - a devestating psychological virus has been unleashed on the world, turning the population into blood-crazed psychopaths driven only to kill and destroy the uninfected. A bitter struggle to get out of the city with fellow survivors to a military encampment at Manchester follows - but there, their troubles are just beginning...HD 1080p ...

 

The Snapper

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson, Ruth McCabe, Tina Kellegher, Pat Laffan, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen

Directors: Stephen Frears

Country: UK, Ireland

Year: 1993

Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

 

Mission: Impossible II

Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure

Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Dominic Purcell, Rade Serbedzija, Thandie Newton, Brendan Gleeson

Directors: John Woo

Country: Germany, USA

Year: 2000

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMF agent Ethan Hunt has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created disease called 'Chimera'. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure called 'Bellerophon' and now need 'Chimera' to complete their grand plan of infecting the whole world. In order to infiltrate and locate the terrorist group he relies on the help of an international thief Nyah of whom he quickly develops a love interest. Time is no...

 

The General

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: John O'Toole, Jon Voight, Sean McGinley, Brendan Gleeson, Angeline Ball, Ned Dennehy, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Directors: John Boorman

Country: UK, Ireland

Year: 1998

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 IRA, the UVF and members of his own team.

 

Into the West

Genres: Adventure, Family

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Norton, David Kelly, John Kavanagh

Directors: Mike Newell

Country: UK, Ireland

Year: 1992

Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.

 

Harrison's Flowers

Genres: Romance, Drama, War

Starring: Gerard Butler, Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, Andie MacDowell, Alun Armstrong, David Strathairn, Diane Baker

Directors: Elie Chouraqui

Country: France

Year: 2000

Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he's dead and goes looking for him. She's helped immensely by the photo-journalists Eric Kyle and Marc Stevenson that she runs into over there; together, they're determined to make it through the chao...

 

Black Irish

Genres: Drama

Starring: Michael Angarano, Michael Rispoli, Brendan Gleeson, Melissa Leo, Emily VanCamp, Tom Guiry, Finn Curtin

Directors: Brad Gann

Country: USA

Year: 2007

In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball championships - but must struggle to withstand his brother's destructive influence. When the two inevitably clash in a life-and-death confrontation, family ties-and futures-are at stake.

 

Gangs of New York

Genres: Crime, Drama, History

Starring: Cara Seymour, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson, John C. Reilly, Cameron Diaz, Gary Lewis, Larry Gilliard Jr.

Directors: Martin Scorsese

Country: USA, Italy

Year: 2002

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tri...

 

Cold Mountain

Genres: Romance, Drama, War

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, James Gammon, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Ray Winstone, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Directors: Anthony Minghella

Country: USA

Year: 2003

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Inman, a wounded confederate soldier, is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his prewar sweetheart, Ada.

 

Troy

Genres: Action, Romance

Starring: Brian Cox, John Shrapnel, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson

Directors: Wolfgang Petersen

Country: USA, UK, Malta

Year: 2004

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the fo...

 

Dark Blue

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Kurupt, Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Khandi Alexander, Marin Hinkle, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames

Directors: Ron Shelton

Country: Germany, USA, UK

Year: 2002

Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics and fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand...

 

In Bruges

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Colin Farrell, Zeljko Ivanek, Brendan Gleeson, Rudy Blomme, Olivier Bonjour, Mark Donovan, Jean-Marc Favorin

Directors: Martin McDonagh

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2008

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs.