After their adoptive mother is murdered during a seemingly random grocery store hold-up, the four Mercer brothers (Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund) band together to bring their personal form of justice to the people responsible for her death. But, as they track down the killer, they quickly realize that there is more to the murder than they thought and they are up against a bigger battle than they ever imagined. Directed by John Singleton. With Terrence Howard and Fionnula Flanagan. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Fionnula Flanagan in Four Brothers
Bree (Felicity Huffman), a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual, is eager to embrace her new life as a woman. However, her old life as a man suddenly catches up with her when she receives a phone call from a teenager named Toby (Kevin Zegers), who is apparently her son from a long-forgotten sexual encounter. The phone call is not for a friendly chat, but a request for bail for the hustling runaway. Bree flies from LA to New York to bail Toby out of jail and offers him a cross-country ride. But, her real plan is to abandon Toby with his step-father. Bree struggles to reconcile her old life with her new as her already complicated life gets just a bit more complicated. Directed by Duncan Tucker. With Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña, Burt Young and Graham Greene. Categories: Drama. Year: 2005.
Fionnula Flanagan in Transamerica
After playwright Siddalee (Sandra Bullock) is quoted in a magazine discussing her unhappy childhood, her mother, “Vivi” Abbot Walker (Ellen Burstyn), is livid and cuts off contact with her daughter. When their heated long-distance argument threatens Sidda's long-postponed plans to marry Connor (Angus Macfadyen), Vivi’s three best friends, “Teensy” (Fionnula Flanagan), Necie (Shirley Knight) and Caro (Maggie Smith) kidnap Sidda from New York and bring her home to Louisiana where they explain the workings of their secret society. Directed by Callie Khouri. With Ashley Judd, Kiersten Warren, James Garner and Caitlin Wachs. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2002.
Fionnula Flanagan in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Grace (Nicole Kidman) lives with her two children on a remote island in a huge mansion during World War II. Grace's husband is a soldier but Grace has given him up for dead. The children need to live in this isolated spot because they are extremely sensitive to sunlight. Everything is peaceful at first, but when three mysterious servants start working at the house, they reveal terrifying secrets. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar. With Fionnula Flanagan. Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Fionnula Flanagan in The Others
Ned Divine (Jimmy Keogh) is an old man in a small Irish village. Upon discovering that he has won the national lottery, he falls over dead, leaving his fellow townspeople to scramble to find a way to keep the money. The villagers decide to have another man pose as Ned to collect the money, but jealousy and petty rivalry threaten to leave them all penniless. Directed by Kirk Jones. With Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch and James Nesbitt. Categories: Comedy. Year: 1998.
Fionnula Flanagan in Waking Ned