John Michael McDonagh wrote and directed The Guard which was nominated for a BAFTA, and replaced this film as the most successful independent Irish film of all time?
The Guard (2011 film) The Guard is a 2011 Irish buddy cop comedy film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham. It is the most successful independent Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (2006), which previously held this status.
List of Irish films of 2015 The Irish film industry produced over fifty feature films in 2015. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the Republic of Ireland. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2015. Nor does it include films made by Northern Ireland, which are included in "List of British films of 2015".  Also included is an overview of the major events in Irish film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially.