Cast: Michael Byrne

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Michael Byrne. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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

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

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

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

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