Movies Like Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 adventure, family, fantasy, romance film from Robert Stevenson with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Gremlins and The Banshees of Inisherin.

Adventure Family Fantasy Romance

Gremlins

1984

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

7.1

MagicScore

The Banshees of Inisherin

2022

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

7.5

MagicScore

Into the West

1992

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.

6.4

MagicScore

Song of the Sea

2014

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

8.0

MagicScore

Once

2007

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

7.4

MagicScore

Leprechaun Returns

2018

A group of unwitting sorority sisters accidentally awaken the serial-killing Leprechaun after they build a sorority house on his hunting grounds.

6.1

MagicScore

Cal

1984

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

5.7

MagicScore

In the Name of the Father

1993

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

7.9

MagicScore

Philomena

2013

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

7.3

MagicScore

#10

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Angela's Ashes

1999

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Coda

2013

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Bloody Sunday

2002

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

7.2

MagicScore

#14

The Young Offenders

2016

Two teenage boys from inner-city Cork steal bicycles and ride off on a 160km quest to find an unrecovered bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

The Field

1990

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

The Guard

2011

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Michael Collins

1996

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

Garage

2007

Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Black '47

2018

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Darby O'Gill and the Little People?

The top films similar to Darby O'Gill and the Little People by MovieMagicScore are Gremlins (7.1), The Banshees of Inisherin (7.5), Into the West (6.4). Each shares adventure/family/fantasy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Darby O'Gill and the Little People worth watching?

Darby O'Gill and the Little People holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 166 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Darby O'Gill and the Little People?

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) is a adventure, family, fantasy, romance film directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery.

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About movies like Darby O'Gill and the Little People

This ranked list pairs Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), a adventure and family and fantasy and romance film from Robert Stevenson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Albert Sharpe take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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