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Movies Like The Road to Partition

If you liked The Road to Partition (2021), a movie directed by Brian Henry Martin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Shadow Dancer

    Shadow Dancer (2012)

    ★ 6/10

    In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

  2. 2Michael Collins

    Michael Collins (1996)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

  3. 3Becoming Jane

    Becoming Jane (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she…

  4. 4The Banshees of Inisherin

    The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

  5. 5Belfast

    Belfast (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a…

  6. 6Hunger

    Hunger (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10

    The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

  7. 7The Secret Scripture

    The Secret Scripture (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10

    The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

  8. 8The Wind That Shakes the Barley

    The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

    ★ 7.3/10

    In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins…

  9. 9'71

    '71 (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

  10. 10Hidden Agenda

    Hidden Agenda (1990)

    ★ 7/10

    In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan…

  11. 11Compulsion

    Compulsion (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.

  12. 12Grabbers

    Grabbers (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the…

  13. 13The Boxer

    The Boxer (1997)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from…

  14. 14Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10

    During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a…

  15. 15In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father (1993)

    ★ 7.9/10

    A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

  16. 16Adam & Paul

    Adam & Paul (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As…

  17. 17Bring Them Down

    Bring Them Down (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael and Jack suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered.

  18. 18The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

    The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

  19. 19Brooklyn

    Brooklyn (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10

    In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

  20. 20Queen of the Desert

    Queen of the Desert (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her…

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