The Best Neil Jordan Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Neil Jordan movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Neil Jordan based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 17 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Neil Jordan In Order of Popularity

1. Interview With the Vampire
2. Mona Lisa
3. The Crying Game
4. Breakfast on Pluto
5. The Butcher Boy
6. Michael Collins
7. The End of the Affair
8. Ondine
9. The Brave One
10. The Company of Wolves
11. Byzantium
12. We're No Angels
13. Greta
14. High Spirits
15. In Dreams
16. Marlowe
17. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Stream the top 17 Movies directed by Neil Jordan

1. Interview With the Vampire

Rated: MA15+

7.5/10

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

2. Mona Lisa

Rated: R

7.3/10

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.

3. The Crying Game

Rated: R

7.2/10

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

4. Breakfast on Pluto

Rated: R

7.2/10

In the 1970s, a foundling lass, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding.

5. The Butcher Boy

Rated: R

7.1/10

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

6. Michael Collins

Rated: R

7.1/10

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.

7. The End of the Affair

Rated: R

7/10

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

8. Ondine

Rated: PG-13

6.8/10

Cezary still lives with his mother at 22 years old. He is in desperately in love with Emilia, a 20 year-old carefree rock singer. But he also has a dark secret. What will happen to Cezary, his mother and Emilia when they encounter the curse of the mythical nymph Ondine?

9. The Brave One

Rated: R

6.7/10

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

10. The Company of Wolves

Rated: R

6.6/10

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

11. Byzantium

Rated: R

6.5/10

Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret—they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequences.

12. We're No Angels

Rated: PG-13

6.1/10

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

13. Greta

Rated: R

6.0/10

A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.

14. High Spirits

Rated: PG-13

5.7/10

When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts.

15. In Dreams

Rated: R

5.5/10

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

16. Marlowe

Rated:

5.3/10

Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.

17. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Rated: R

/10

It hasn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis lost his wife in childbirth. Both his wife and the infant died, and now he has lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own, turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.