The Yank

Mar 17, 2014

1h 26m

★ 3.5

A comedy about finding your roots....with beer.

Overview

Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Kim Strategies

Wet Ears Productions

Emerald Force

Post Industrial Pictures

Rampage Entertainment

The Yank Trailers

Cast

Fintan McGuire

Colm Meaney

Peter Murphy

Fred Willard

Fred Finnegan

Kevin Farley

Colleen

Nicole Forester

Vanessa

Niki Spiridakos

Fiona McGuire

Charlotte Bradley

Declan Sweeney

Martin Maloney

Molly Sweeney

Lynette Callaghan

Carmel

Maya Sayre

Sasha

Nancy Telzerow

Mrs. Fitzgerald

Annie Kitral

Rock Hall Security

Leilani Barrett

Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug—who only drags them into more shady activities.

7.2

Six Shooter

Oct 14, 2004

Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train. Academy Award Winner: Best Live Action Short Film – 2005

6.9

Leap Year

Jan 8, 2010

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.

7.1

Waking Ned

Nov 20, 1998

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

7.3

The Commitments

Aug 14, 1991

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

5.8

Laws of Attraction

Apr 4, 2004

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

5.0

Studs

Mar 16, 2006

The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon, their playing field. When mysterious Walter Keegan shows up offering to be their coach, captain Bubbles and the rest of his loopy, obnoxious teammates are so desperate to succeed, they agree to give him the job. Drilled into the ground with a fierce discipline they have never known, the team pushes beyond their aches and pains to gain not only redemption on the field, but more importantly, their self-respect.

6.1

A Film with Me in It

Oct 17, 2008

A dissolute scriptwriter and a dejected actor become unwittingly drawn into a labyrinthine mess when several people experience bizarre accidental deaths in their flat. Though the men didn't deliberately cause any of the incidents, they fear that they will be unfairly pegged as murderers if they relay information to the cops, and promptly set about disposing of the corpses in gruesome ways.

6.6

Garage

Oct 5, 2007

Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.

7.3

The Quiet Man

Jul 21, 1952

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

5.8

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

Sep 12, 2003

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

7.2

Breakfast on Pluto

Nov 16, 2005

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

6.7

Dark Lies the Island

Feb 27, 2019

A long standing family feud rocks a small town that comes to a head when the Patriarch of the ruling family decides to upend the status quo. Married to a much younger woman who calls him Daddy, she loves his power but is still in love with her first love, Doggy who is Daddy’s estranged son! Doggy is a criminal running various shady businesses with his dimwit brother, Martin when a mysterious newcomer Richie arrives in town to shake things up. Now watch the fireworks start in this Fargo-esque delight!

4.8

Boy Eats Girl

Aug 2, 2005

A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.

5.8

Hear My Song

Dec 27, 1991

Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.

6.2

Our Day Will Come

Sep 12, 2010

Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...

6.0

A Man of No Importance

Dec 24, 1994

Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.

0.0

Lulu and the Electric Dreamboat

Dec 3, 2023

Mark McDonagh struggles with overly supportive parents, his cocky bullies and mainly his low mental health. Mark uses punk music to express himself, but still feels alone; until he meets Lulu - the hippy-goth girl, next door to next door.