Rte Movies

  • 2024
    The Cable That Changed the World

    The Cable That Changed the World

    The Cable That Changed the World

    62024HD

    The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, County Kerry, to Newfoundland, Canada, 165 years ago wa...

    The Cable That Changed the World
  • 2011
    The Boy in the Bubble

    The Boy in the Bubble

    The Boy in the Bubble

    7.12011HD

    Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache agai...

    The Boy in the Bubble
  • 2023
    Puffin Rock and the New Friends

    Puffin Rock and the New Friends

    Puffin Rock and the New Friends

    6.62023HD

    Follow the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season in strange circumstances, leading Oona and her friends to embark on a race against time...

    Puffin Rock and the New Friends
  • 1991
    The Treaty

    The Treaty

    The Treaty

    81991HD

    How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after hig...

    The Treaty
  • 1977
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    61977HD

    Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of...

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • 2001
    Waiting for Godot

    Waiting for Godot

    Waiting for Godot

    7.12001HD

    Two tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.

    Waiting for Godot
  • 2019
    Shooting the Darkness

    Shooting the Darkness

    Shooting the Darkness

    7.82019HD

    The testimony of the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own towns in Northern Ireland, when violence erupted around...

    Shooting the Darkness
  • 2003
    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    02003HD

    Director John T Davis follows fellow Belfast native artist Noel Murphy as he completes a commission to paint all 108 members of the Northern Ireland A...

    A House Divided
  • 2000
    Not I

    Not I

    Not I

    5.42000HD

    A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not reall...

    Not I
  • 2017
    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

    02017HD

    An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.

    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
  • 2003
    Holy Cross

    Holy Cross

    Holy Cross

    42003HD

    Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their neighb...

    Holy Cross
  • 2022
    100 Years of Ulysses

    100 Years of Ulysses

    100 Years of Ulysses

    72022HD

    Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941),is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962),owner o...

    100 Years of Ulysses
  • 1985
    Picasso

    Picasso

    Picasso

    71985HD

    The opening of the Picasso-National Museum in Paris granted a unique chance for Didier Baussy to document the precious collection in the museum in 81-...

    Picasso
  • 2013
    The Disappeared

    The Disappeared

    The Disappeared

    72013HD

    An investigation into the victims killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

    The Disappeared
  • 2001
    Play

    Play

    Play

    72001HD

    The land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his...

    Play
  • 1984
    Night in Tunisia

    Night in Tunisia

    Night in Tunisia

    01984HD

    A widower tries to spark his son's interest in music in this period drama set in a seaside holiday setting in Ireland in the early 1960's.

    Night in Tunisia
  • 1994
    Family

    Family

    Family

    8.51994HD

    This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusiv...

    Family
  • 1973
    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher

    01973HD

    Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish tour. At the center of the programme is a recordin...

    Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
  • 1987
    An Inside Job

    An Inside Job

    An Inside Job

    81987HD

    A man in a dentist chair finds himself helpless in the clutches of a schizophrenic kleptomaniac.

    An Inside Job
  • 2009
    Ballybrando

    Ballybrando

    Ballybrando

    102009HD

    An documentary recounting the story with interviews of cast, crew and production team and including producer Barry Navidi, who had worked for six year...

    Ballybrando