Ian McElhinney Movies

  • 2005
    Omagh

    Omagh

    Omagh

    6.62005HD

    The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the...

    Omagh
  • 2008
    Clay

    Clay

    Clay

    5.22008HD

    Adaptation of the book by David Almond, set in 1960s Tyneside. Two 14-year-old boys team up against Mouldy, the town bully. Turning Crazy Mary s...

    Clay
  • 1986
    Shergar

    Shergar

    Shergar

    01986HD

    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
  • 1998
    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    71998HD

    Nick and Alison, a young couple although married for several years, find their sex-life is uninspiring. After much agonising, they decide to visit a...

    Touch and Go
  • 2001
    Borstal Boy

    Borstal Boy

    Borstal Boy

    6.22001HD

    Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at...

    Borstal Boy
  • 1998
    Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

    Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

    Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

    7.4031998HD

    Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his...

    Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
  • 2017
    Bad Day for the Cut

    Bad Day for the Cut

    Bad Day for the Cut

    6.52017HD

    A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.

    Bad Day for the Cut
  • 1990
    Shoot to Kill

    Shoot to Kill

    Shoot to Kill

    01990HD

    Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six...

    Shoot to Kill
  • 2015
    A Patch of Fog

    A Patch of Fog

    A Patch of Fog

    6.4782015HD

    A university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He becomes his new best friend and says ‘I...

    A Patch of Fog
  • 1990
    Fools of Fortune

    Fools of Fortune

    Fools of Fortune

    5.31990HD

    A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

    Fools of Fortune
  • 1990
    Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

    71990HD

    Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted...

    Who Bombed Birmingham?
  • 1982
    Angel

    Angel

    Angel

    5.6391982HD

    Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the...

    Angel
  • 1997
    This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

    5.71997HD

    The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened...

    This Is the Sea
  • 2009
    Scapegoat

    Scapegoat

    Scapegoat

    02009HD

    This is the fascinating true life story of one of Ireland's most famous unsolved murders. It is the tale of how an innocent man was found guilty but...

    Scapegoat
  • 1986
    The End of the World Man

    The End of the World Man

    The End of the World Man

    31986HD

    When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the...

    The End of the World Man
  • 2001
    Hornblower: Retribution

    Hornblower: Retribution

    Hornblower: Retribution

    7.3712001HD

    Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving...

    Hornblower: Retribution
  • 1996
    Small Faces

    Small Faces

    Small Faces

    6.31996HD

    Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow,...

    Small Faces
  • 2001
    Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

    02001HD

    Hired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie Markey (Brian F. O'Byrne) uncovers a dark secret and...

    Mapmaker
  • 1983
    Acceptable Levels

    Acceptable Levels

    Acceptable Levels

    01983HD

    A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to...

    Acceptable Levels
  • 1990
    The Lilac Bus

    The Lilac Bus

    The Lilac Bus

    71990HD

    The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.

    The Lilac Bus