Adam and Paul (2004)
I Went Down (1997)
Inside I’m Dancing (2004)
Intermission (2003)
My Left Foot (1989)
Once (2006)
The Commitments (1991)
The Snapper (1993)
Quackser Fortune (1970)
Michael Collins (1996)
The General (1998)
Irish Destiny (1926)
What? No Courier?
Barry writes:
“The Jameson Dublin International Film festival has selected 12 iconic Dublin films (above) — one for every year of the film festival’s existence [the winning film will be screened in
Meeting HouseSmithfield Square on July 26] and they want audience feedback….”
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
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Commitments – This isn’t even close.
Agreed, easily he best Irish film ever made. Not only is it the best, but also the most significant, sparking a new generation of musicians (and the Frames, but hey, can’t have it all good), gave us Andrew Strong and sparked the Irish Film movement into life.
I enjoyed the snapper and the van much more than the commitments. the van has all the italia 90 madness.
And they want audience feedback? They’ve selected these films for what exactly? Is there an award? Is there a voting system to pick our favourite? What kind of feedback?
Post is clear as mud.
+1
The Commitments is a fascinating time capsule. Difficult to believe it’s only 23 years old.
no ‘man about dog’ either? and ‘once’ is a bit of a pile.
Americans love Once. Love it.
‘Man About Dog’ isn’t a ‘Dublin film’ tho….
true for ya clampers. i was subconciously trying to resolve the ‘duality of irishness’ after reading too much bad journalism on the garth brooks crisis.
carry on.
Ha, my Bro was Danny in the Courier (got a lightbulb in the eye by Gabriel Byrne) and my sis in law was Yvonne Burgess in The Snapper. So I guess I’ll be voting for those two.
Adam and Paul FULL STOP
+1
No contest.
Not sure if ‘Michael Collins’ fits the bill as a ‘Dublin’ film.
Agree, I watch Adam & Paul at least twice a year. A remarkable film.
The one I enjoyed the most was Adam and Paul. There’s a few reasons but that’s my response. No one’s allowed disagree. If you do, you’re an absolute thick moron fool.
I agree. I love that film. I’m going to watch it later.
this isn’t a proper list unless it has Irish Jam
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405052/
This is a comment made on the Irish Jam IMDB page complaining about stereotyping in the film. It was made in January 2008, if only they knew what was coming:
“We would like our country to be portrayed as a forward thinking financially successful European nation, with a buoyant economy, a well educated and industrious work force.”
Smithfield Square not Meeting House Square, I believe.
Adam and Paul over the Commitments? – YOU ARE SUCH A MORAN.
Seriously though, Commitments and the Snapper are my childhood. That’s kinda sad but every time I see the rotten pattern on the DART in that movie it’s like I’m a kid again, and the crazyness of world cup 90 is captured perfectly in the Snapper.
Completely agree. Of the two I’d have to choose the Snapper if only because Colm Meaney has more screen time and perfectly captures the mannerisms of a certain type of Dublin Da.
World Cup 90 was The Van, not The Snapper.
Came to post this myself!
kevin moran?
You are right. I knew his father he fixshed the road and his father was a Moran too.
Taffin.
Other than that GLARING error, I’d pick The Commitments; purely ’cause it’d be most fun to watch outdoors with an audience.
Taffin is a classic alright..
But id have to go with Adam and Paul from whats on the list..
But you can only vote for your favourite Dublin movie only if you are leaving here…
You like Taffen????
then MayBe YOU SHOULDN’T BE LIVING HERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE!
Fight? How can there be a fight without Fatal Deviation
Not a Dublin film
No Crushproof? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4fDJ-aB0A
Inside I’m dancing was an AMAZING film and never got the publicity/recognition it deserved……….I also particularly loved Adam and Paul. The Commitments and the Snapper are obviously classics but I’d love to see one of the other two picked.
Seems silly to publicise an event, give a start time, say there will be food available – and then buried on the detail pages state that it’s ticket only and tickets can only be won via competition? Would love to organise a group of my mates to go to this, but not going to work….
Thanks for clarifying that. I’m out.
Would be fun to see The Commitments on a big screen outside with friends… ah well.
(They’ll never show Adam & Paul… I’m guessing)
That’s how all their screenings work. It’s a film club where you sign up to become a member and if you are lucky you get picked for tickets.
They are brilliant nights, was at the Fight Club one a few months back.
it is an open square, seats are limited hence the competition, but as Im saying the square is open, some picnic benches will be available too, so you are more than welcome to sign up and win the invites, but also no harm to come over anyway!
Adam and Paul is the best but the snapper is the one I like most.
I Went Down or The General, no contest.
The Commitments wasn’t that great to be honest when you look back at it. Snapper was hilarious, but as a film nowhere near as good as I Went Down. It’s a masterpiece.
The Courier rocked.. I miss the dirtbike couriers,,,,
I Went Down was great at the time. haven’t seen it in years though, don’t know how well it’s held up.
Inside I’m Dancing is a fantastic film. Also Adam & Paul.
But if they were all on telly at the same time as the Snapper on different channels, I’d watch the Snapper.
Inverse snobbery. What Richard Did – for those marginalised D4 people.
the general
Are these actors?
One lady says her favourite ever Dublin film is ‘Quackser’s Fortune’ – which is actually called ‘Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in The Bronx’. The man’s name is Quackser Fortune, it’s not a film about a man named Quackser and his fortune.
She’d know that if she’d actually seen it!
You’ll get a lot of that. Rise above it.
Where’s Tara Road, it was on RTE the other night. I think Andie Ageless MacDowell travels to Dublin in it, I wasn’t brave enough to watch it all. At the end of the film she finds the anti-aging cream in a shop just off Talbot Street.
The Commitments is the best film on that list. Adam and Paul is an interesting film but it’s too gruesome for me, it’s painful to watch. I understand why some people like it the most. Once is a likeable nice film, I wanted to hate it but I couldn’t. I’m a techno/electronic music fan, I can’t be liking a film like Once. I have to be keeping it real like Kenneth Egan. Michael Collins is a silly 90s film, Sly Stallone and Sharon Stone are missing from it. Sharon Stone should have played Kitty Kiernan, I’m getting so excited now thinking about it. My Left Foot hasn’t aged well, it was good in 1989/1990… and Colin Farrell is a mad yolk in Intermission.
Intermission!!
also, no veronica guerin? thought it would have got a mention..