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FILMS IN WICKLOW

Wicklow is one the most used film location in Europe.  Here are some films that have been shot in the County.
For more info on Wicklow Film Locations contact the Wicklow Film Commission:
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WICKLOW FILMS DRIVES
Lough Tay Blockbuster directed by Richard LaGravenese. It is based on the best selling novel by Cecelia Ahern. Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank plays the lead role as Holly Kennedy who has been left a series of letters by her late husband Gerry.  More »
P.S. I LOVE YOU
Blockbuster directed by Richard LaGravenese. It is based on the best selling novel by Cecelia Ahern. Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank plays the lead role as Holly Kennedy who has been left a series of letters by her late husband Gerry.  More »
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Director: ‘How About You’ was directed by up and coming director Anthony Byrne. Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton and Hayly Atwell. The film is based on a short story by Maeve Binchy.  More »
THE TUDORS
Creator: Michael Hirst
Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Henry VIII, Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn, Henry Cavill, Maria Doyle-Kennedy, James Frain, and many more. More »
THE GENERAL
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle-Kennedy, Angeline Ball and many more. The General is the movie based on the real life goings-on of gangster Martin Cahill. More »
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, and Henry Cavill. The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name.
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VERONICA GUERIN
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Brenda Fricker, Colin Farrell and many more. Based on the true story about Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.
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BALLYKISSANGEL
Directors: Paul Harrison, Dermot Boyd. Starring: Stephen Tomkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Niall Toibin, Tina Kellegher, Victoria Smurfit, Colin Farrell and the late Tony Doyle. The village of Avoca in the beautiful Vale of Avoca was used extensively. More »
BRAVEHEART
Director: Mel Gibson. Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Sean McGinley, Patrick McGoohan, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox. William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks. More »
Excalibur
Director: John Boorman. Starring: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Cherie Lunghi, Nicholas Clay. The film follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur through Arthurian myth, from the violent, powerful hands of Uther Pendragon. More »
Michael Collins
Written and directed: Neil Jordan. Starring: Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman, Sean McGinley and Stephen Rea. After the defeat of rebellion in 1916, Michael Collins develops new strategies for the independence of Ireland. More »
King Arthur
Directed: Antoine Fuqua. Writer: David Franzoni. Starring: Owen Wilson, Keira knightly, Ioan Gruffudd, Ray Winstone, and Mads Mikkelsen. The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. For more land, the Romans... More »
Reign of Fire
Director: Rob Bowman. Starring: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler
The film starts twenty years in the future and shows the planet devastated by vicious fire-breathing dragons.
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Becoming Jane
Director: Julian Jarrold. Starring: Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen and James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy. Also stars Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith. Won several awards and nominations. More »
My Boy Jack
Director: Brian Kirk. Writer: David Haig Starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Rudyard Kipling’s son Jack, David Haig, Kim Cattrall and Carey Mulligan. BAFTA award winning. The year is 1913. War with Germany is imminent. More »
George Gently
Director: Euros Lyn, Ciaran Donnelly. Starring: Bernard Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Richard Armitage.
Gently has a fearsome reputation, earned through his relentless approach to pursing notorious gangsters in London.
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The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse
Director: Steve Bendelack. Starring: Mark Gattis, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen, and Liam Cunningham. The fictional world of Royston Vassey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast... More »
Lassie
Director: Charles Sturridge. Starring: Peter O’Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Peter Dinklage, Jonathan Mason and Hester Odgers. IFTA award winning. Life is hard for Yorkshire miner's son Joe Carraclough, who is beaten at school by his teacher. More »
Into the West
Director: Mike Newell. Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, David Kelly, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson, Ciaran Fitzgerald and Ruaidhri Conroy. A beautiful white stallion, called Tir na nOg, appears mysteriously to a Traveller grandfather and his two... More »
My Left Foot
Director: Jim Sheridan. Starring: Daniel Day Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, and Fiona Shaw. Double Oscar Winner in 1990.In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. More »
Ella Enchanted
Director: Tommy O’Haver. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwis, Joanne Lumley, Minnie Driver and Vivica A. Fox. Based on Gail Carson Levine's award winning novel, this is the story of Ella, a young woman who was given a "gift" of obedience... More »
Dancing at Lughnasa
Director: Pat O’Connor. Starring: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan and Rhys Ifans. Adopted from the acclaimed play by Brian Friel.A young boy tells the story of growing up in a... More »
FILMS IN WICKLOW
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