Small Things Like These is a 2024 historical drama film directed by Tim Mielants and adapted by Enda Walsh from the 2021 novel by Claire Keegan.

The film stars Cillian Murphy (who also serves as a producer), Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson, Clare Dunne, and Helen Behan.

Small Things Like These had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on 15 February 2024, and was released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 1 November 2024.

In flashbacks, Bill revisits his difficult childhood as the son of a young single mother, ostracized by her family but permitted to work for Mrs. Wilson, a wealthy and independent landowner.

[15] In June 2024, Lionsgate acquired distribution rights to the film for North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, teaming up with Roadside Attractions for the American release.

The website's consensus reads: "Cillian Murphy's outstanding acting anchors Small Things Like These, elevating an occasionally enervating historical drama.

"[22] James Mottram from Radio Times also gave the film four out of five stars and called it an "understated drama that's miniature in scale but not ambition".

[23] Tim Robey from The Telegraph described it as "a tight-lipped Irish drama even more suffused with sadness than the log-line implies, and shouldered with hypnotic grace by a very special Cillian Murphy".

[24] Guy Lodge from Variety praised Murphy's performance, describing him as the film's "live emotional current" and saying that "Small Things Like These rests on both his quiet and his disquiet as an actor".

[25] David Rooney from The Hollywood Reporter called the film a moving, "somber, unhurried drama" and appreciated Murphy and Watson's performances.