Fionnula Flanagan
22 titles
Filmography
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Some Mother's Son
(1996)Two women from completely different social classes form an intense bond as their sons are sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in an IRA-sanctioned bombing.

Life's a Breeze
(2013)After unknowingly discarding a mattress stocked with the family’s life savings, an unlucky brood races against time to find a lost fortune.

Four Mothers
(2025)Edward (James McArdle) is a queer, up-and-coming novelist forced to balance press commitments with caring for his aging mother. Pressure to go on a US book tour is mounting. But when his three closest friends, desperate to feel young and carefree again, go off on an impromptu Pride holiday, they leave their ageing mothers in Edward’s care.

Mary White
(1977)A touching drama based on the real-life relationship between author William White and his daughter Mary, who died at 16 in a horseback accident.

Supervized
(2019)Real superheroes get better with age in this star-driven comedy about a group of senior superheroes who gather for one last mission.

Havenhurst
(2016)When a young woman mysteriously disappears from the gothic Havenhurst apartments, her alcoholic friend moves in to discover just what happened.

Brown Bread
(2025)A visit home forces Áine into a reckoning with her roots.

The Others
(2001)Grace (Nicole Kidman) and her two young children find there's more to their secluded island mansion than can be seen. In this acclaimed dramatic thriller, the thrills come with twists and turns that will have you on edge.

Waking Ned
(1998)When a man in a tiny Irish village wins the lottery but dies before collecting it, the village decide to pretend he is still alive to get the money.

Sight
(2024)SIGHT, starring Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen, follows the inspiring true story of Ming Wang, an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan who was blinded by her step mother, he must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
(2002)New York playwright Sidda Lee Walker is a long way from her Louisiana hometown, but an even greater emotional distance separates her from her mother Vivi.

Trash Fire
(2016)Owen brings his pregnant girlfriend Isabel to meet his estranged grandmother, but the trip home uncovers his family’s dark and twisted past.

The Ewok Adventure
(1984)The Towani family’s starcruiser crashes on the forest moon of Endor and the separation of two children from their parents sets into motion an incredible adventure that takes four-year-old Cindel, and her older brother, Mace, into the unfamiliar world of the Ewoks.

Through Naked Eyes
(1983)A flutist with binoculars watches a woman watching him with a telescope, as someone else watches.

Song of the Sea
(2014)Saoirse, the last Selkie, escapes from home to help free mythical creatures trapped in the modern world. Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature.

Come Simi
(2015)In a last-ditch effort to gain family harmony, a pregnant woman drives with her adult film star sister to visit their mother with dementia.

Radioflash
(2019)When an electromagnetic pulse cuts power across the Western US, a teenage girl and her father head into the woods to join her survivalist grandfather.

Mad at the Moon
(1992)A Wild West woman trapped in a marriage to her lover’s half brother begins lapsing into boredom until the full moon rises and exposes his dark secret.

Man About Dog
(2004)Three luckless friends try to pay off a gambling debt with the help of a greyhound who happens to be a natural hare courser. Mo Chara owes £50,000 to a Belfast bookie, and with the help of his mates `Cerebral' Paulsey and Scud Murphy, decides to head south in the hope of seeing a man about a dog.

The Man from Rome
(2022)A hacker sends an urgent plea to the Pope's computer concerning a crumbling church in the heart of Seville that apparently "kills to defend itself". Father Quart, from the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate the mystery that will challenge his loyalty, vow of chastity, and faith.