Des McAleer

Des McAleer films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 4 films on Boxlist

Known for Hunger, My Week With Marilyn and The Children Act.

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Starring Des McAleer

  1. Hunger

    Hunger

    2008 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    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.

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  2. My Week With Marilyn

    My Week With Marilyn

    2011 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career...

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  3. The Children Act

    The Children Act

    2018 · Film

    6.5/10 · TMDB

    In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

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  4. Angela's Ashes

    Angela's Ashes

    1999 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The...

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