Movies by Neil Jordan
As part of the cast:
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A Film with Me in It (2008)
Cast: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Amy Huberman …
Directed by: Ian Fitzgibbon
An out-of-work actor and his boozy neighbor, a would-be scriptwriter, get sucked into a labyrinth of duplicity and murder after a string of random and grisly accidents. Can the find a way to…
As a director:
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Ondine (2009)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
A fisherman's life is transformed when he catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his nets. As he falls helplessly in love, his daughter comes to believe that the woman is a magical creature.
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The Brave One (2007)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Jane Adams, Naveen Andrews …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Oscar winner Jodie Foster stars in this dramatic thriller as Erica Bain, a New York City radio host who decides to take the law into her own hands after losing her fiancé in a brutal…
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Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Born the love child of a priest (Liam Neeson) in a conservative Irish hamlet, transvestite Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) leaves small-town life behind and heads to swinging 1970s London to…
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The Good Thief (2003)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ouassini Embarek …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
In acclaimed director Neil Jordan's remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's classic Bob le Flambeur, Nick Nolte stars as Bob Montagnet, a middle-aged gambler caught up in the seedy…
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In Dreams (1999)
Cast: Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Claire Cooper's peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer invades her seemingly idyllic New England town and starts haunting her dreams with dark clues…
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The End of the Affair (1999)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
In wartime London, novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) has an affair with Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore), his best friend Henry's (Stephen Rea) wife. Years later, after Sarah has…
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The Butcher Boy (1997)
Cast: Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Eamonn Owens …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) is an overimaginative boy whose dire home life turns his harmless fantasies into murderous delusions. When his abusive father (Stephen Rea) dies, and his suicidal…
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Michael Collins (1996)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan directed this powerful biopic about the rise and fall of Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), the charismatic leader of Ireland's fight for independence. Collins and his companions…
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Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Director Neil Jordan's Oscar-nominated tale of bloodsucking immortals moves from 18th century New Orleans to a Grand Guignol theater in Paris to present-day San Francisco as it explores…
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The Crying Game: Collector's Edition (1992)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
To free their jailed comrade, Irish Republican Army terrorists Fergus (Stephen Rea) and Jude (Miranda Richardson) abduct British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker), hoping to make a swap. Fergus…
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The Miracle (1991)
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
This romantic drama follows Jimmy and Rose, teenage pals who leisurely while away the hours in a seaside Irish village, until a beautiful stranger claims Jimmy's attention and drives a…
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We're No Angels (1989)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Bogus priests Robert De Niro and Sean Penn are really escaped convicts who haven't got a prayer of sidestepping a police blockade and making it across the U.S.-Canadian border -- unless…
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High Spirits (1988)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole), the owner of a debt-ridden Irish castle, hatches a plan to lure American tourists by advertising the place as haunted. But when Peter and his staff don…
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Mona Lisa (1986)
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Writer-director Neil Jordan's breakthrough film is a brilliant, noirish love story. Bob Hoskins (who snagged an Oscar nomination for his performance) plays George, a small-time loser…
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
On the surface, "Little Red Riding Hood" seems nothing more than a dark children's tale with an ending that exemplifies the proverbial triumph of good over evil. But director Neil…
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Angel (1982)
Cast: Stephen Rea, Veronica Quilligan, Alan Devlin …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Director Neil Jordan's first feature tells the story of a saxophone player who witnesses two vicious murders and must decide how to respond. Set in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, the…