Cast: Michael Byrne
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Michael Byrne. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 51
Braveheart
1995 · Movie · 177 min. · United States
Direction Mel Gibson
Cast Mel Gibson · Sophie Marceau · Patrick McGoohan · Angus MacFadyen
Synopsis Braveheart (1995) tells the epic tale of William Wallace, a Scottish warrior who leads his countrymen in a rebellion against the oppressive English rule during the 13th century. After witnessing the tyranny of King Edward I and suffering personal loss,...
8.0
151K votes
8.0
151K votes
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Steven Spielberg
Cast Harrison Ford · Sean Connery · Alison Doody · Denholm Elliott
Synopsis It’s 1938 and Indy (Harrison Ford) receives word that his archaeologist dad, Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery), has disappeared while on a quest for the Holy Grail. Indy embarks on a search for both his dad and the much-coveted artifact.
7.8
118K votes
7.8
118K votes
The Untouchables
1987 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Brian De Palma
Cast Kevin Costner · Sean Connery · Robert De Niro · Andy García
Synopsis The Untouchables (1987) follows federal agent Eliot Ness as he assembles a small, dedicated team to bring down notorious Chicago mobster Al Capone during Prohibition. Frustrated by widespread corruption, Ness and his "untouchable" squad—a group immune to bribery—employ unconventional tactics...
7.8
89K votes
7.8
89K votes
Smiley’s People (TV Miniseries)
1982 · Series · 360 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Simon Langton
Cast Alec Guinness · Eileen Atkins · Bernard Hepton · Bill Paterson
Synopsis George Smiley is once again called out of innocent retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee. The shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going...
7.5
178 votes
7.5
178 votes
Hornblower: The Even Chance (TV Miniseries)
1998 · Series · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andrew Grieve
Cast Ioan Gruffudd · Dorian Healy · Robert Lindsay · Robert Bathurst
Synopsis Midshipman Horatio Hornblower joins the British fleet just as the French Revolution is about to change European history. But he has worries closer to home as he incurs the wrath of a shipmate named Simpson, a bully who everyone else...
7.2
92 votes
7.2
92 votes
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie · 175 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Attenborough
Cast Sean Connery · Edward Fox · James Caan · Dirk Bogarde
Synopsis A Bridge Too Far (1977) is a World War II epic that chronicles Operation Market Garden, a daring Allied plan to end the war by securing key bridges in the Netherlands. The film follows a multinational cast of soldiers and...
7.2
11K votes
7.2
11K votes
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Movie · 156 min. · United States
Direction Jerry London
Cast Gregory Peck · Christopher Plummer · John Gielgud · Raf Vallone
Synopsis Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, but O'Flaherty's activities...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Gangs of New York
2002 · Movie · 161 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Daniel Day-Lewis · Leonardo DiCaprio · Cameron Diaz · Jim Broadbent
Synopsis Gangs of New York (2002) is set in the mid-19th century amidst the chaos and corruption of New York City. The story follows Amsterdam Vallon, a young Irish immigrant seeking vengeance against Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, the ruthless leader who...
6.7
69K votes
6.7
69K votes
Sharpe's Company (TV)
1994 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tom Clegg
Cast Sean Bean · Pete Postlethwaite · Daragh O'Malley · Hugh Fraser
Synopsis Spain 1812. After Ciudad Rodrigo, Teresa tells Sharpe that they have a baby daughter. In Badajoz, the next siege target. Meanwhile, a new commander has taken over the South Essex, along with the murderous Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill, an old enemy...
6.7
23 votes
6.7
23 votes
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Sturges
Cast Michael Caine · Donald Sutherland · Robert Duvall · Donald Pleasence
Synopsis 1943, The war is entering its final stages and Germany is teetering on the brink of defeat. An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill kidnapped and brought to Germany. The plan seems...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
The Island on Bird Street
1997 · Movie · 107 min. · Denmark
Direction Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Cast Patrick Bergin · Jordan Kiziuk · Sian Nicola Liquorish · Jack Warden
6.4
88 votes
6.4
88 votes
Apt Pupil
1998 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Bryan Singer
Cast Brad Renfro · Ian McKellen · Bruce Davison · Elias Koteas
Synopsis Apt Pupil (1998) follows Todd Bowden, a bright high school student who discovers his elderly neighbor, Kurt Dussander, is a fugitive Nazi war criminal. Todd blackmails Dussander into sharing gruesome details of his past, fueling his morbid fascination with the...
6.4
7K votes
6.4
7K votes
Ellis Island (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Movie · 420 min. · United States
Direction Jerry London
Cast Frank Jakeman · Peter Riegert · Gregory Paul Martin · Claire Bloom
6.3
25 votes
6.3
25 votes
The Infiltrator (TV)
1995 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Oliver Platt · Arliss Howard · Tony Haygarth · Michael Byrne
Synopsis Yaron Svoray is a Jewish freelance reporter who goes to Germany to write an article about neonazism. While visiting a Turkish refugee camp a gang of skinheads attack. When the police arrive, he is mistakenly arrested which gives the skinheads...
6.0
26 votes
6.0
26 votes
The Man Who Would Be Polka King
2009 · Documentary · 69 min. · United States
Direction Joshua Brown · John Mikulak
Cast Michael Byrne · Pete Chacho · Catherine Damavandi · Kent Jackson
5.9
46 votes
5.9
46 votes
Force Ten from Navarone
1978 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Guy Hamilton
Cast Robert Shaw · Harrison Ford · Barbara Bach · Edward Fox
Synopsis During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
5.8
2K votes
5.8
2K votes
The Mists of Avalon (TV Miniseries)
2001 · Series · 176 min. · United States
Direction Uli Edel
Cast Anjelica Huston · Julianna Margulies · Joan Allen · Samantha Mathis
Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2001). 2 Episodes. Based on the bestseller by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It's Arthurian legends, but told from a woman's point of view and with lots of changes. The catalysts are three sisters, raised in the old pagan mystical...
5.8
1K votes
5.8
1K votes
Butley
1974 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Harold Pinter
Cast Alan Bates · Jessica Tandy · Richard O'Callaghan · Susan Engel
Synopsis An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.
5.8
61 votes
5.8
61 votes
The Plot to Kill Hitler (TV)
1990 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Lawrence Schiller
Cast Brad Davis · Madolyn Smith Osborne · Ian Richardson · Kenneth Colley
Synopsis "The Plot to Kill Hitler" is a historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government. Lead by Wehrmacht Colonel Count von Staufenberg, this group of...
5.7
100 votes
5.7
100 votes
The Last Witness
2018 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Piotr Szkopiak
Cast Alex Pettyfer · Robert Wieckiewicz · Talulah Riley · Michael Gambon
Synopsis An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during the Second World War. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.
5.6
149 votes
5.6
149 votes