Direction: Douglas Mackinnon

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Sherlock (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Steven Moffat · Mark Gatiss · Paul McGuigan · Toby Haynes

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Martin Freeman · Rupert Graves · Mark Gatiss

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2017). 4 Seasons. 13 Episodes. Co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the new Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson. Rupert Graves plays Inspector Lestrade. The iconic...

8.0

40K votes

8.0

40K votes

Line of Duty (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jed Mercurio · Douglas Mackinnon · David Caffrey · Daniel Nettheim

Cast Martin Compston · Vicky McClure · Adrian Dunbar · Craig Parkinson

Synopsis TV Series (2012-Present Day). 6 Seasons. 36 Episodes. Following one multi-stranded investigation over five hours, Line Of Duty sees Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) transferred to AC-12, a fictional anti-corruption unit, after a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation....

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

Direction Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Martin Freeman · Amanda Abbington · Mark Gatiss

Synopsis What if the world's most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock-coats? Welcome to 'Sherlock' in 1895! Some things, though, remain reassuringly the same. Friendship, adventure...

7.2

11K votes

7.2

11K votes

Direction Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Peter Capaldi · Alex Kingston · Greg Davies · Matt Lucas

Synopsis It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled...

7.1

431 votes

7.1

431 votes

Direction Max Landis · Paco Cabezas · Dean Parisot · Michael Patrick Jann

Cast Samuel Barnett · Elijah Wood · Hannah Marks · Fiona Dourif

Synopsis Centers on the titular holistic detective who investigates cases involving the supernatural. Based on the "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" novel series, written by Douglas Adams and published by Simon and Schuster in 1987.

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes

Outlander (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 65 min. · United States

Direction Ronald D. Moore · Metin Hüseyin · Anna Foerster · Brian Kelly

Cast Caitriona Balfe · Sam Heughan · Tobias Menzies · Duncan Lacroix

Synopsis TV Series (2014-Present Day). 6 Seasons. Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

Good Omens (TV Miniseries)

2019 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Gaiman · Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Michael Sheen · David Tennant · Adria Arjona · Jack Whitehall

Synopsis TV Mini-series (2019). 6 Episodes. With Armageddon just days away, the armies of Heaven and Hell are amassing and The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, agree to join forces to find the...

6.7

4K votes

6.7

4K votes

Good Omens 2

2023 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Neil Gaiman · Douglas Mackinnon

Cast David Tennant · Michael Sheen · Jon Hamm · Miranda Richardson

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2023). 6 Episodes. A naked archangel turns up at the door to renegade angel Aziraphale’s bookshop, with no memory of who he is or how he got there, and Aziraphale and retired demon Crowley’s lives become extremely complicated....

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Jekyll (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 55 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Steven Moffat · Matt Lipsey · Douglas Mackinnon

Cast James Nesbitt · Gina Bellman · Michelle Ryan · Denis Lawson

Synopsis London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Flying Scotsman

2006 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Jonny Lee Miller · Brian Cox · Laura Fraser · Billy Boyd

Synopsis The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which...

6.3

235 votes

6.3

235 votes

Knightfall (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Handfield · Richard Rayner · Douglas Mackinnon · Metin Hüseyin

Cast Tom Cullen · Padraic Delaney · Simon Merrells · Olivia Ross

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2019). 2 Seasons. 10 Episodes. A look at the final days of Knights Templar during the 14th century.

4.0

1K votes

4.0

1K votes

Taggart (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Glenn Chandler · Alan Macmillan · Ian Madden · Patrick Harkins

Cast Blythe Duff · Colin McCredie · John Michie · Alex Norton

Synopsis TV Series (1983-Present). The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.

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Murder in Suburbia (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Goldby · Edward Bennett · David Innes Edwards · Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Caroline Catz · Lisa Faulkner · Jeremy Sheffield · Glen Davies

Synopsis The series focused on various murders in the fictional suburban English town of Middleford. The crimes are solved by two female police detectives, Inspector Kate Ashurst and Sergeant Emma Scribbins, aka "Ash and Scribbs".

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Happy Hollidays (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Ford Kiernan · Gavin Mitchell · Anthony Bowers · Karen Dunbar

Synopsis Sitcom set on a precarious caravan campsite which strives to represent the best of the great British holiday - less palm trees and pina coladas and more puggymachines and lukewarm pints. Owner Colin Holliday promotes himself as a standard bearer...

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London's Burning (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Les Blair · Steve Finn · John Reardon · Gerry Mill

Cast Glen Murphy · Kim Clifford · Shirley Greenwood · Richard Walsh

Synopsis TV Series (1988-2002). 14 seasons. Based on the 1986 TV Movie of the same name written by Jack Rosenthal, London's Burning is a British drama series about the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, most notably those of...

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