Direction: Neil Jordan

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Neil Jordan. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Crying Game

1992 · Movie · 113 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Stephen Rea · Forest Whitaker · Jaye Davidson · Miranda Richardson

Synopsis The Crying Game (1992) follows Fergus, an IRA member who forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a British soldier held captive. After a tragic incident, Fergus flees to London, assuming a new identity. He seeks out Jody's lover, Dil, and...

7.2

8K votes

7.2

8K votes

Interview With the Vampire

1994 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Tom Cruise · Brad Pitt · Kirsten Dunst · Antonio Banderas

Synopsis In Interview With the Vampire (1994), a young journalist meets Louis, a 200-year-old vampire, who recounts his haunting life story. Turned into a vampire by the charismatic yet ruthless Lestat in 18th-century New Orleans, Louis struggles with his immortality, morality,...

7.2

70K votes

7.2

70K votes

The Borgias (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 55 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan · Kari Skogland · John Maybury · Jon Amiel

Cast Jeremy Irons · François Arnaud · Holliday Grainger · Pete Sullivan

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2013). 3 Seasons. 29 Episodes. The Borgias is a forthcoming historical fiction television series created by Neil Jordan. The series is based on the Spanish Borgia dynasty, and stars Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia and François Arnaud, David...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Breakfast on Pluto

2005 · Movie · 129 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Cillian Murphy · Liam Neeson · Ruth Negga · Laurence Kinlan

Synopsis Breakfast on Pluto (2005) follows the whimsical yet poignant journey of Patrick "Kitten" Braden, a transgender woman in 1970s Ireland, as she searches for love, identity, and her long-lost mother. With a mix of humor and heartache, Kitten navigates a...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

The End of the Affair

1999 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Julianne Moore · Stephen Rea · Ian Hart

Synopsis On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his...

6.8

4K votes

6.8

4K votes

Mona Lisa

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Bob Hoskins · Michael Caine · Cathy Tyson · Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced...

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6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Michael Collins

1996 · Movie · 132 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Liam Neeson · Aidan Quinn · Stephen Rea · Alan Rickman

Synopsis Starting with Ireland's bloody Easter Rebellion of 1916 and ending with his untimely death, this epic film tells the charged story of Michael "Mickey" Collins. An IRA founder whose innovative guerrilla tactics succeeded in bringing freedom from British rule, Collins...

6.7

9K votes

6.7

9K votes

The Company of Wolves

1984 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Angela Lansbury · David Warner · Sarah Patterson · Micha Bergese

Synopsis Thirteen-year old Rosaleen lies in her room, dreaming she is in a 19th Century village. There her grandmother warns her to never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle and to be wary, not of the wolves that...

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

The Butcher Boy

1997 · Movie · 110 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Eamonn Owens · Stephen Rea · Fiona Shaw · Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis Francie (Eamonn Owens) and Joe (Alan Boyle) live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father (Stephen Rea) and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense....

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

The Good Thief

2002 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Nick Nolte · Tchéky Karyo · Saïd Taghmaoui · Nutsa Kukhianidze

Synopsis Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which?...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

The Miracle

1991 · Movie · 100 min. · Ireland

6.0

159 votes

6.0

159 votes

The Brave One

2007 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Jodie Foster · Terrence Howard · Nicky Katt · Naveen Andrews

Synopsis New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to...

6.0

10K votes

6.0

10K votes

Byzantium

2012 · Movie · 118 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Saoirse Ronan · Gemma Arterton · Sam Riley · Jonny Lee Miller

Synopsis In Byzantium (2012), two mysterious women, Clara and Eleanor, arrive in a coastal town, seeking refuge. Clara, a bold and protective figure, secures shelter in a rundown hotel called Byzantium, while Eleanor, a quiet and introspective teenager, yearns to share...

5.9

6K votes

5.9

6K votes

Ondine

2009 · Movie · 111 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Colin Farrell · Alicja Bachleda · Dervla Kirwan · Stephen Rea

Synopsis The story of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his fishing net who he believes to be a mermaid.

5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

We're No Angels

1989 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Robert De Niro · Sean Penn · Demi Moore · Hoyt Axton

Synopsis In We're No Angels (1989), two escaped convicts, Ned and Jim, flee to a small Canadian border town disguised as priests. Their plan to cross into the U.S. goes awry when the townspeople mistake them for real clergymen, relying on...

5.9

9K votes

5.9

9K votes

Greta

2018 · Movie · 98 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Chloë Grace Moretz · Maika Monroe · Stephen Rea

Synopsis A young woman befriends a lonely widow.

5.6

3K votes

5.6

3K votes

Angel

1982 · Movie · 90 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Veronica Quilligan · Stephen Rea · Alan Devlin · Peter Caffrey

Synopsis Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers' leader. So begins his quest to avenge her. He seeks an...

5.4

97 votes

5.4

97 votes

In Dreams

1999 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Annette Bening · Aidan Quinn · Stephen Rea · Robert Downey Jr.

Synopsis Claire Cooper (Annette Bening) dreams strange things from time to time. One night, she dreams about a little girl being taken away by a stranger, right in her neighbourhood. When her own daughter Rebecca is kidnapped and murdered only a...

5.1

2K votes

5.1

2K votes

Marlowe

2022 · Movie · 109 min. · Ireland

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Liam Neeson · Diane Kruger · Jessica Lange · Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Synopsis In late 1930s noir-LA, Marlowe is tasked with finding a beautiful heiresses' missing former lover. He soon discovers that underneath the missing man's disappearance lies a web of corruption that puts him in the crosshairs of several of the city's...

5.0

986 votes

5.0

986 votes

Riviera (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Jordan · Hans Herbots · Philipp Kadelbach · Óskar Thór Axelsson

Cast Julia Stiles · Lena Olin · Anthony LaPaglia · Iwan Rheon

Synopsis 3 Seasons. 28 Episodes. After newlywed Georgina's billionaire husband Constantine is killed in a yacht explosion, she is shocked to discover the fortune and lifestyle he maintained was surrounded by violence, lies and murder. She soon must step out of...

5.0

410 votes

5.0

410 votes