Cal 1984  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh, Ray McAnally, Stevan Rimkus, Catherine Gibson, Louis Rolston, Tom Hickey, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Edward Byrne, Audrey Johnson, Seamus Forde, J.J. Murphy, Brian Munn
Cal (John Lynch), a young Catholic in Northern Ireland, falls in love with the widowed Marcella (Helen Mirren) whose Protestant husband was killed by the IRA–a crime in which Cal reluctantly played a role. Now, as Cal becomes more interested in Marcella, she becomes attracted to him. But, Cal cannot bring himself to share with Marcella his role in her husband's murder. Can their love survive with the terrible secret being kept from Miranda? Mirren won the 1984 Cannes Best Actress award.
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The Dead 1987 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Donal McCann, Anjelica Huston, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachael Dowling, Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Frank Paterson, Maria McDermottroe, Kate O'Toole, Maria Hayden
This is John Huston's final film effort–he died before it was released. One of Huston's best films, this is the adaptation of a James Joyce short story about the reminiscences of a group of friends attending a party. Spinsters Aunt Kate (Helena Carroll) and Aunt Julia (Cathleen Delany) live in Dublin and are giving a New Year's Eve party in 1904. A young couple, Gabriel and Gretta Conroy (Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston), are enjoying the party until Gretta is prodded by Kate and Julia to remember her long-lost lover. As secrets from Greta's past are revealed, Gabriel begins to question the lack of passion in his own life.
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal 1966  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Cast: Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir, Donal McCann, Richard Leech, Peter Jeffrey, Marie Kean, Bill Owen
A young Irish prince, Hugh O'Donnell (Peter McEnery) rescues his people from the encroaching English forces during the Elizabethan era in this exciting Disney film.
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High Spirits 1988  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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Illuminata 1998  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Turturro
Cast: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, Beverly D'Angelo, Bill Irwin, Rufus Sewell, Georgina Cates, Donal McCann, Ben Gazzara
The opening performance of Tuccio's (John Turturro) new play falls flat and is panned by the influential critic, Umberto Bevalaqua (Christopher Walken). But it is the behind-the-scenes sex and infidelity of those involved in the play that provide this film's intrigue.
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Mr. Love 1985 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Battersby
Cast: Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham, Margaret Tyzack, Linda Marlowe, Christina Collier, Helen Cotterill, Julia Deakin, Donal McCann, Marcia Warren, Patsy Byrne
This story begins at a gardener's, Donald Lovelace (Barry Jackson), funeral and continues through the flashback memories of a surprising number of women he had loved.
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The Nephew 1998 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eugene Brady
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Hill Harper, Aislin McGuckin, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Sinead Cusack, Phelim Drew, Lorraine Pilkington, Luke Griffin, Tony Rohr
Tony's sister sailed to America years ago, never to be heard from again until her son, Chad (Hill Harper), appeared in the little Irish town of her birth to scatter her ashes. Old conflicts soon resurface between Tony (Donal McCann) and a bar owner, Joe Brady (Pierce Brosnan), and come into focus when Chad begins dating Brady's daughter (Aislin McGuckin).
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The Serpent's Kiss 1997   R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Rousselot
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard E. Grant, Carmen Chaplin, Donal McCann, Charley Boorman, Gerard McSorley, Britta Smith, Susan Fitzgerald
Dutch architect Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) attempts to design a fabulous garden for the Smithers' estate in hopes the project will bankrupt Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) and Smithers' wife, Julia (Greta Scacchi), will turn to him for solace.
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Sinful Davey 1969 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Ronald Fraser, Robert Morley, Maxine Audley, Donal McCann, Allan Cuthbertson, Anjelica Huston, Niall MacGinnis
This offbeat comedy/drama is set in 19th-century Scotland and is a love story about a highwayman (John Hurt) who is reformed by a young, innocent girl (Pamela Franklin). Look fast for Angelica Huston in her screen debut.
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 Stealing Beauty 1996 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinead Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, D.W. Moffett, Stefania Sandrelli, Jason Flemyng, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Lucy (Liv Tyler) is a beautiful, sexy young woman who searches in Tuscany for the identity of her father. She visits an artist's (Donal McCann) villa and meets an eclectic group of characters who wander in and out of the villa.
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| 1. Cal (1984)
2. The Dead (1987)
3. The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
4. High Spirits (1988)
5. Illuminata (1998)
6. Mr. Love (1985)
7. The Nephew (1998)
8. The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
9. Sinful Davey (1969)
10. Stealing Beauty (1996)
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