Stephen Rea Movies

  • 2026
    The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

    The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

    The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

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    Gilsenan’s latest work is a non-narrative film, inspired by a new translation of the seminal Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō by the Irish...

    The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
  • 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
  • 2004
    The End of the Affair:

    The End of the Affair: "Making of"

    The End of the Affair: "Making of"

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    Behind the scenes of the 1993 film The End of the Affair by Neil Jordan.

    The End of the Affair:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

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    An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.

    On a Paving Stone Mounted
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    Thank You, Comrades

    Thank You, Comrades

    Thank You, Comrades

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    TV play by Jim Hawkins based on real events in Russia and the USA just after the Bolshevik Revolution.

    Thank You, Comrades
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Fugitive

    Fugitive

    Fugitive

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    After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts...

    Fugitive
  • 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
  • 2004
    Fluent Dysphasia

    Fluent Dysphasia

    Fluent Dysphasia

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    Starring Academy Award Nominee Stephen Rea as Murph, who has little to say to his teenage daughter. He wakes one morning after a drunken night out,...

    Fluent Dysphasia
  • 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