James Doran

Acting

James Doran

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Starred UpStarred Up · 2014
Starred Up
★ 7.12014
MovieDrama
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking · 2008
Fifty Dead Men Walking
★ 6.32008
MovieActionThriller
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
Mickybo and MeMickybo and Me · 2005
Mickybo and Me
★ 7.12005
MovieDramaComedy
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
The Boys & Girl from County ClareThe Boys & Girl from County Clare · 2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
★ 6.02003
MovieRomanceComedy
In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.
LydiaLydia · 2026
Lydia
2026
MovieDrama
TV PILOT SHORT: Trapped in a bureaucratic maze not built to see her, one transgender woman sparks a historic battle against the Irish State in this dramatisation of real events.
A Further GestureA Further Gesture · 1997
A Further Gesture
★ 4.81997
MovieDramaThriller
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York, but he might as well be in prison again - until he strikes up a friendship with co-worker Tulio and gets to know his close group of Guatemalan exiles.
Everything in This Country MustEverything in This Country Must · 2004
Everything in This Country Must
★ 6.82004
Movie
Northern Ireland. Soldiers, through inattention, run into a car with a woman and her young son. Two years later, a horse is stuck in the river, and the soldiers happen along, but the horse's owner is violently opposed to their help; he relents, but his hostility is obvious when his daughter invites them inside afterward to warm up.
HomebirdHomebird · 2022
Homebird
★ 5.02022
MovieDrama
An emotionally reclusive father struggles to reconnect with his estranged gay son during a night at the seafront amusements.

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H3H3 · 2001
H3
★ 5.02001
MovieDrama
'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails, ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines. The republican prisoners immediately start a 'no-wash' protest, refusing to wear prison-issue clothes or perform work duties, a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise, recreation, reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat...

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