Direction: John Irvin

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


Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (TV Miniseries)

1979 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Alec Guinness · Ian Richardson · Michael Jayston · Ian Bannen

Plot George Smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the circus, his old outfit in British Intelligence sitting in his living room. He is...

7.5

378 votes

7.5

378 votes

Hamburger Hill

1987 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Dylan McDermott · Anthony Barrile · Don Cheadle · Steven Weber

Plot Though the anti-war sentiments of Hamburger Hill come through loud and clear, the film is squarely on the side of those courageous, much-maligned Americans who fought and died in Vietnam....

6.4

12K votes

6.4

12K votes

Widows' Peak

1994 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Mia Farrow · Joan Plowright · Natasha Richardson · Adrian Dunbar

Plot A quaint Irish town in the 20s is set buzzing when a sexy, secretive stranger arrives, seducing the men and manipulating the women in this comic murder-mystery.

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

When Trumpets Fade (TV)

1999 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Ron Eldard · Zak Orth · Martin Donovan · Frank Whaley

Plot This film portrays the actions of an American soldier, David Manning (Ron Eldard), during the World War II Battle of Hürtgen Forest, a battle between the United States Army and...

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6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · Ireland

Direction John Irvin

Cast Colm Meaney · Bernard Hill · Andrea Corr · Philip Barrantini

Plot County Clare, Ireland, 1970. John Joe MacMahon (BERNARD HILL) may be an aging bachelor and solitary farmer, but he plays a rousing fiddle with his own little band. John Joe...

5.8

50 votes

5.8

50 votes

Champions

1984 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast John Hurt · Edward Woodward · Jan Francis · Ben Johnson

Plot John Hurt plays the British jockey Bob Champion in this true story of how Champion overcame cancer and the rigors of chemotherapy for an impressive personal and professional comeback. Just...

5.7

60 votes

5.7

60 votes

The Dogs of War

1980 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Christopher Walken · Tom Berenger · Colin Blakely · Hugh Millais

Plot Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Shiner

2000 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

City of Industry

1997 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Harvey Keitel · Stephen Dorff · Timothy Hutton · Famke Janssen

Plot A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

Eminent Domain

1990 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction John Irvin

Cast Donald Sutherland · Anne Archer · Paul Freeman · Anthony Bate

Plot After his comfortable life is suddenly and inexplicably stripped away from him, a high-ranking official in the Polish government finally realizes that loyalty to his party will not protect him...

5.5

65 votes

5.5

65 votes

Ghost Story

1981 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Fred Astaire · Melvyn Douglas · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · John Houseman

Plot Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins...

5.4

544 votes

5.4

544 votes

A Month by The Lake

1994 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · Uma Thurman · Edward Fox · Alessandro Gassman

Plot Redgrave takes the plunge into highly familiar romantic comedy of the Proper English sort and glides effortlessly through this slow-moving but often charming adaptation of an H. E. Bates short...

5.3

318 votes

5.3

318 votes

Robin Hood

1991 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Patrick Bergin · Uma Thurman · Jürgen Prochnow · Jeroen Krabbé

Plot Yet another version of the classic epic, with enough variation to make it interesting. The story is the same, but some of the characters are quite different from the usual,...

5.1

3K votes

5.1

3K votes

The Garden of Eden

2008 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Jack Huston · Mena Suvari · Richard E. Grant · Caterina Murino

Plot Set in the jazz age years, prior to the depression, the story follows a successful young American writer, David Bourne, and his beautiful new wife, Catherine, on their extended honeymoon...

5.0

46 votes

5.0

46 votes

The Fine Art of Love-Mine Haha

2005 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Jacqueline Bisset · Enrico Lo Verso · Galatea Ranzi · Tomás Hanák

Plot The Fine Art of Love... takes place at the start of the 20th century, in the German region of Thuringe. A group of young 16 year old girls are being...

4.8

417 votes

4.8

417 votes

The Fourth Angel

2001 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Jeremy Irons · Forest Whitaker · Jason Priestley · Charlotte Rampling

Plot The Economist reporter Jack Elgin, a workaholic, takes his family on a working trip to India, where he is to interview the PM. But their US airplane is hijacked in...

4.6

2K votes

4.6

2K votes

Next of Kin

1989 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Patrick Swayze · Liam Neeson · Adam Baldwin · Helen Hunt

Plot When his brother is killed in a mob-style hit, Truman Gates (Patrick Swayze), an Appalachian hillbilly turned Chicago cop, is torn between his duty and family loyalty which requires that...

4.6

1K votes

4.6

1K votes

Noah's Ark (TV Miniseries)

1999 · Series · 160 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Jon Voight · Mary Steenburgen · F. Murray Abraham · Carol Kane

Plot Noah is an ordinary laborer who one day begins receiving messages from God. It seems the Lord has a special assignment for him: since God is planning on destroying the...

4.2

979 votes

4.2

979 votes

Raw Deal

1986 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · Kathryn Harrold · Sam Wanamaker · Paul Shenar

Plot Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief...

4.1

4K votes

4.1

4K votes

Dot.Kill (Digital Reaper)

2005 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Armand Assante · Sonny Marinelli · Raffaello Degruttola · Stanley Townsend

Plot A sadistic killer harnesses the power of the Internet in gruesome ways in director John Irvin's DOT.KILL. Broadcasting live murders of innocent people over the Internet, the killer faces a...

3.5

47 votes

3.5

47 votes