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.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated