By Vlad Zakh · February 20, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Cyril Cusack brought a gentle, thoughtful presence to a remarkably long screen career and became one of Ireland’s most respected, versatile actors. My Left Foot follows a man with cerebral palsy who becomes a writer and painter, The Day of the Jackal tracks a professional assassin plotting to kill the French president, Fahrenheit 451 watches a book-burning fireman begin to question his society, and The Homecoming exposes a family’s power dynamics. The Spanish Gardener and Odd Man Out round out the list.
01 A man born with cerebral palsy becomes an acclaimed painter and writer using only his left foot.
Directed by Jim Sheridan · 1h 43m · Rated R
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02 Cyril Cusack appears as a philosophy professor whose return home with his wife exposes his family's disturbing power games.
Directed by Peter Hall · 1h 51m
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03 A professional assassin is hired to kill the President of France, setting off an international manhunt.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann · 2h 23m · Rated PG
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04 A fireman whose job is burning books starts secretly reading the ones he is meant to destroy.
Directed by François Truffaut · 1h 53m · Rated NR
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 4 nominations total
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05 Cyril Cusack features in this drama about a lonely young boy whose close bond with his family's gardener alarms his possessive father.
Directed by Philip Leacock · 1h 37m
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06 A wounded Irish revolutionary evades capture through the streets of Belfast over one desperate night.
Directed by Carol Reed · 1h 56m · Rated NR
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