14 Movies Directed by Neil Jordan

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (11026 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Angela Carter (screenplay)

Neil Jordan (screenplay)

Angela Carter (story)

Fullplot:

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (9560 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Neil Jordan (screenplay)

David Leland (screenplay)

Fullplot:

George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced call girl, with whom he forms an at first grudging, and then real affection. Only Simone's playing a dangerous game, and when George agrees to help her, they both end up in a huge amount of trouble with Mortwell, the local kingpin.

High Spirits

High Spirits

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-11-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, UK, USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (5978 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Fullplot:

When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts. Among the tourists are married couple Jack and Sharon. Sharon's father holds the mortgage on Castle Plunkett, so she's hoping to debunk the ghosts. Jack, on the other hand, after meeting pretty ghost Mary, is very eager to believe. Can there be love between a human and ghost? Jack and Mary are going to try and find out.

The Crying Game

The Crying Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-02-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Japan

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (39144 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Fullplot:

An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either...

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-11-11

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (223700 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Anne Rice (screenplay)

Anne Rice (novel)

Fullplot:

It hasn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis lost his wife in childbirth. Both his wife and the infant died, and now he has lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own, turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Ireland, USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (22286 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Fullplot:

Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, the 'Lion of Ireland', who led the IRA against British rule and founded the Irish Free State (Eire) in 1921.

The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Ireland

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (7622 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Pat McCabe (novel)

Neil Jordan (screenplay)

Pat McCabe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When his mother eventually commits suicide and Joe goes off to boarding school, Francie sinks ever deeper into paranoia directed mainly against Mrs. Nugent, a nasty neighbor, and fantasy where he has visions of the Virgin Mary. After his father dies Fancie's condition worsens, his behavior becomes more bizarre and erratic culminating in the extremely bloody murder of Mrs. Nugent whom he holds responsible for all the wrongs visited upon him. The authorities arrest Francie and commit him to an asylum in an attempt to cure him.

In Dreams

In Dreams

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (10718 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Bari Wood (novel)

Bruce Robinson (screenplay)

Neil Jordan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The housewife Claire Cooper is married with the pilot Paul Cooper and their little daughter Rebecca is their pride and joy. When a stranger kidnaps a girl, Claire dreams about the man but Detective Jack Kay ignores her concerns. But when Rebecca disappears during a school play, Claire learns that her visions were actually premonitions and she is connected to the killer through her dreams. She has a nervous breakdown and tries to commit suicide. Her psychologist Dr. Silverman sends her to a mental institution and soon she finds that her husband will be the next victim of the serial-killer. Further, the serial-killer was interned in the same cell in the hospital where she is. Will Claire be able to save Paul?

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (16829 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Graham Greene (novel)

Neil Jordan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-04-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK, Ireland, Canada

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (8703 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Auguste Le Breton (screenplay)

Jean-Pierre Melville (screenplay)

Jean-Pierre Melville (film "Bob le flambeur")

Neil Jordan

Fullplot:

Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft--identical twins Albert and Bertram.

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, UK

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (16593 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Neil Jordan

Pat McCabe

Pat McCabe (book)

Fullplot:

A young transwoman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age in the 1970s. She leaves her Irish town, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding. She's taken in by a rock band, falls for the lead singer, has brushes with the IRA, is arrested by the London police, works in a peep show, and poses as a survey researcher for the phone company. Throughout, her nationality and her nature put her at great risk. In her search for her mother, she makes surprising discoveries of friendship and family. But, will she survive?

The Brave One

The Brave One

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (49150 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Roderick Taylor (screenplay)

Bruce A. Taylor (screenplay)

Cynthia Mort (screenplay)

Roderick Taylor (story)

Bruce A. Taylor (story)

Fullplot:

Ondine

Ondine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-05

Languages:

English, Romanian, French

Countries:

Ireland, USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (15795 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.

Byzantium

Byzantium

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, Ireland

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (28072 Reviews)

Director:

Neil Jordan

Cast:

Writer:

Moira Buffini (screenplay)

Moira Buffini (play)

Fullplot:

Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.

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