Films and TV shows that feel like I Love You by Fontaines D.C.
A furious, heartbroken love letter to a country that has failed its people, tenderness and disgust tangled together.
- Trainspotting (1996): Restless, angry working-class youth in a grey city with gallows humour and contempt for national pride.
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006): Love of Ireland curdles into betrayal and bitter division.
- Sing Street (2016): Dublin teenagers using music to escape a decaying, struggling country.
- Normal People (2020): Modern Irish class tension and aching, unresolved love.
- Kneecap (2024): Defiant, funny, politically furious Irish voices fighting for their place.
- Adam & Paul (2004): Dublin addicts wander the city with deadpan humour and quiet despair.
- Derry Girls (2018): Irish identity and politics seen with affection, anger and dark humour.
- Bad Sisters (2022): Dublin-set grief, rage and betrayal simmering beneath the surface.
- Hunger (2008): Bleak, unflinching portrait of Irish suffering and state cruelty.