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Sean McGinley has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Braveheart.
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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Dir. Mel Gibson · With Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Dir. John Boorman · With Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley
A group of American teens comes to Ireland to visit a friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. When the psychedelics start taking hold, the panicked friends are attacked by ghostly creatures; but how can they determine whether what they are experiencing is reality or hallucination?
Dir. Paddy Breathnach · With Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch
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