Screenplay: Roddy Doyle
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Roddy Doyle. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Commitments
1991 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alan Parker
Cast Robert Arkins · Michael Aherne · Angeline Ball · Maria Doyle Kennedy
Plot In Dublin, Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins) is a would-be music business wheeler and dealer, and he aspires to manage the world's greatest band, with only one music in mind: soul....
7.2
6K votes
7.2
6K votes
The Snapper
1993 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stephen Frears
Cast Tina Kellegher · Colm Meaney · Ruth McCabe · Brendan Gleeson
Plot Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father,...
7.0
5K votes
7.0
5K votes
Rosie
2018 · Movie · 86 min. · Ireland
Direction Paddy Breathnach
Cast Sarah Greene · Moe Dunford · Natalia Kostrzewa
Plot When their landlord sells their rental home, Rosie (Sarah Greene), John Paul (Moe Dunford), and their young family find themselves homeless. With their essential belongings crammed into their car, they...
6.8
84 votes
6.8
84 votes
The Van
1996 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stephen Frears
Cast Colm Meaney · Stuart Dunne · Brendan O'Carroll · Donald O'Kelly
Plot The third installment of Irish author Roddy Doyle's 'Barrytown Trilogy', following 'The Commitments' and 'The Snapper', depicts the hilarious yet poignant adventures of Bimbo. Upon being fired from his job...
6.3
3K votes
6.3
3K votes
New Boy (S)
2007 · Movie · 11 min. · Ireland
Direction Steph Green
Cast Olutunji Ebun-Cole · Norma Sheahan · Simon O'Driscoll · Fionn O'Shea
Plot Captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine year-old African boy.
6.2
46 votes
6.2
46 votes
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Kieron J. Walsh
Cast Peter McDonald · Flora Montgomery · Marie Mullen · Pauline McLynn
Plot A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.
5.7
23 votes
5.7
23 votes
Family (TV Miniseries)
1994 · Movie · 118 min. · Ireland
Direction Michael Winterbottom
Cast Sean McGinley · Ger Ryan · Neili Conroy · Barry Ward
Plot This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children.
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A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 · Movie · 85 min. · Luxembourg
Direction Enzo D'Alò
Plot Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can't let go of life, and...
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