In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
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slow-burnbittersweetintenselayeredseriouspersonalearnest
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Movie1970·206 min
Ryan's Daughter
Directed by David Lean
An Academy Award-winning romance history film directed by David Lean. Winner of 2 Academy Awards, with 1 additional nomination.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 22%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.1/10
177 ratings
About Ryan's Daughter
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Contemplative, Gritty
- Story Tags
- freedom rebellion, infidelity, social injustice, early 1900s, international, small town, ocean maritime, romantic partners, war homefront, outsider misfit, everyman, tragedy arc, slow burn reveal, forbidden star crossed, sweeping romance