Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Maria Doyle Kennedy

1. Dexter (2006–2013)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar

Votes: 765,475

2. Outlander (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.

Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 178,987

3. Call the Midwife (2012– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann

Votes: 31,467

4. The Wheel of Time (2021– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey. Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.

Stars: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins

Votes: 136,904

5. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle

Votes: 224,818

6. Kin (2021– )

TV-MA | Crime, Drama

Kin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.

Stars: Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Emmett J Scanlan

Votes: 13,091

7. The Tudors (2007–2010)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance

A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, James Frain

Votes: 81,169

8. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

R | 134 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 300,314 | Gross: $102.47M

9. Orphan Black (2013–2017)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard

Votes: 116,931

10. Jupiter Ascending (2015)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean

Votes: 194,508 | Gross: $47.39M

11. Sing Street (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.

Director: John Carney | Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor

Votes: 100,894 | Gross: $3.24M

12. The Commitments (1991)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Votes: 38,772 | Gross: $14.92M

13. Byzantium (2012)

R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 45,935 | Gross: $0.08M

14. Father Ted (1995–1998)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.

Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Votes: 43,776

15. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.

Director: Stacie Passon | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 9,528 | Gross: $7.67M

16. Wolfwalkers (2020)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Directors: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart | Stars: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney

Votes: 38,629

17. Queer as Folk (1999– )

TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama

A groundbreaking gay adult drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, as well as 15-year-old Nathan, who is in love with Stuart.

Stars: Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Denise Black

Votes: 7,609

18. Titanic (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, History

The world's largest ship, the R.M.S. Titanic, meets with disaster when she strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage.

Stars: Peter McDonald, Steven Waddington, Glen Blackhall, Ruth Bradley

Votes: 3,574

19. Recipes for Love and Murder (2022– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.

Stars: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tony Kgoroge, Kylie Fisher, Elton Landrew

Votes: 1,351

20. Albert Nobbs (2011)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Votes: 25,585 | Gross: $3.01M

21. Striking Out (2017–2018)

Not Rated | 50 min | Drama

When Tara discovers that her fiancé and fellow lawyer, Eric, has been cheating on her with a colleague, she leaves him and his prestigious law firm to establish her own practice specializing in family law and divorce.

Stars: Amy Huberman, Rory Keenan, Emmet Byrne, Neil Morrissey

Votes: 2,163

22. The General (1998)

R | 124 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Votes: 9,242 | Gross: $1.21M

23. The MatchMaker (1997)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 5,936 | Gross: $3.38M

24. Moll Flanders (1996)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after her mother's execution, but the actions of an abusive priest lead her to rebel as a teenager, and she escapes to... See full summary »

Director: Pen Densham | Stars: Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, John Lynch

Votes: 4,508 | Gross: $3.36M

25. Cold Courage (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Thriller

Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing justice to those beyond the law.

Stars: Sofia Pekkari, Pihla Viitala, John Simm, Arsher Ali

Votes: 6,117

26. 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War

Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.

Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis

Votes: 8,168 | Gross: $0.05M

27. Oliver Twist (1999)

386 min | Crime, Drama

An orphan named Oliver Twist (Sam Smith) meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

Stars: Sam Smith, David Ross, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie

Votes: 840

28. Miss Julie (1999)

R | 103 min | Drama

A footman seduces a count's daughter.

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tam Dean Burn

Votes: 1,621 | Gross: $0.01M

29. Redwater (2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Married couple Kat and Alfie Moon relocate from the London-based Walford to the remote Irish seaside town of Redwater in a quest to find Luke, Kat's long-lost son, who was given up for adoption to a foster family 32 years ago.

Stars: Henry Proctor, Oisín Stack, Jessie Wallace, Shane Richie

Votes: 397

30. Tara Road (2005)

PG | 97 min | Drama

Two women -- one American, one Irish -- swap houses and alter the course of their lives.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Sarah Bolger, Jennifer Buckley, Virginia Cole

Votes: 1,962

31. Nothing Personal (1995)

R | 86 min | Drama

A raw depiction of the Belfast, Northern Ireland "troubles" as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, this movie focuses on the tribulations of Kenny (James Frain), ... See full summary »

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Ian Hart, John Lynch, James Frain, Michael Gambon

Votes: 530

32. Gregory's Two Girls (1999)

116 min | Comedy

Bill Forsyth returns to the romantic comedy of 'Gregory's Girl.' 20 years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two... See full summary »

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Carly McKinnon, John Gordon Sinclair, John Murtagh, Hugh McCue

Votes: 649

33. The Timber (2015)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the wild, snow covered gold fields of Alaska, two brothers embark on a journey to collect a bounty in a desperate attempt to save their home: but what they find along the way is more than they bargained for.

Director: Anthony O'Brien | Stars: James Ransone, Josh Peck, Elisa Lasowski, Mark Caven

Votes: 1,544

34. Sorted (2006– )

Drama

A true party animal whose life is one long round of pleasure, pints and pulling women, Radge isn't exactly the role model his 12-year-old son Ryan needs. When things go wrong at Ryan's ... See full summary »

Stars: Hugo Speer, Neil Dudgeon, Cal MacAninch, Dean Lennox Kelly

Votes: 143

35. Spin the Bottle (2003)

90 min | Comedy

Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money--fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence: neither his mother nor his former bandmates have time ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Pat Leavy, Ned Dennehy, David Pearse, Karl Shiels

Votes: 258

36. The Break (1997)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Dowd, who's IRA, escapes an Irish prison in a bloody jailbreak, making his way to New York City where he lives alone, avoids Irish hangouts, and works as a dishwasher. When a good deed gets... See full summary »

Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Stephen Rea, Alfred Molina, Rosana Pastor, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 404

37. Mystics (2003)

90 min | Comedy

A dark comedy about two old-time con-men who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Milo O'Shea, David Kelly, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham

Votes: 254

38. Xposé (2007–2019)

30 min | Music, News, Talk-Show

A daily look at celebrity life in Ireland, Hollywood and beyond - covering all the big home events including the top awards ceremonies, film premieres, rock and pop concerts, fashion shows ... See full summary »

Stars: Aisling O'Loughlin, Karen Koster, Lisa Cannon, Glenda Gilson

Votes: 188

39. The Fitz (2000– )

Comedy

From British Comedy Guide. A sitcom about a family who live in a house which straddles the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Stars: Ruth McCabe, Eamon Morrissey, Jon Kenny, Pat Shortt

Votes: 22

40. Corp & Anam (2011–2014)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime

TV crime correspondent Cathal Mac Iarnain prides himself on pursuing the story behind the story, but is too busy to notice that the world of crime is coming closer to home every day.

Stars: Diarmuid de Faoite, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Linda Bhreathnach, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh

Votes: 64

41. Thursday the 12th (2003 TV Movie)

200 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their property and they all have different story about the day of the incident.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jon Glover, Ciarán Hinds, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ralph Ineson

Votes: 116

42. No Tears (2002– )

Drama

A drama based on the Irish bloodbank scandal of the 1990s, where it was discovered that women treated with the blood product Anti D in the Seventies had been contaminated with Hepatitis C.

Stars: Brenda Fricker, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tina Kellegher, Barry Barnes

Votes: 59

43. The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2011 TV Special)

The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010.

Director: Geraldine Dowd | Stars: Jonathan Ross, Gina Mellotte, Rosamund Pike, Jennifer Lawrence

Votes: 31

44. Hide & Seek (2006– )

60 min | Drama

Taking place over four consecutive days it follows events in the life of the Holden family. The main focus, however, is on Paul Holden a man suffering from increasingly traumatic nightmares about a terrible childhood tragedy he witnessed.

Stars: Michael McElhatton, Karl Geary, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tito Long

Votes: 11

45. Home for Christmas (2002 TV Movie)

55 min | Drama

Mona Quirke, as usual, is having her adult children for Christmas. The youngest arrives with an unexpected guest and nothing will ever be the same again in the Quirke household.

Director: Charlie McCarthy | Stars: Isabella Devine, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dearbhla Molloy, Martin Murphy

Votes: 23

46. W.B. Yeats: No Country for Old Men (2012 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary, Biography

On the later work of the great poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) and the themes that inspired him as an aging man. In looking at his later life and work, the film reveals a very different Yeats to the poet we learnt about in school.

Director: Maurice Sweeney | Stars: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tom Hickey, William Butler Yeats, Roy Foster

47. The 18th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (2022 TV Special)

66 min

The 2022 Irish Film and Television Awards, celebrating Irish talent in film, drama and television.

Stars: Deirdre O'Kane, Colin Farrell, Amy-Joyce Hastings, Caitríona Balfe

48. I Could Read the Sky (1999)

86 min | Drama

The film tells of the memories and feeling of loss of an Irish immigrant who eventually winds up doing construction work in the anonymous cities of England.

Director: Nichola Bruce | Stars: Dermot Healy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Coyle, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Votes: 95

49. Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay (2013)

Documentary, Biography

A documentary drama on the life of Irish-born Eliza Lynch, who became Paraguay's uncrowned queen.

Director: Alan Gilsenan | Stars: Maria Doyle Kennedy, Leryn Franco

Votes: 22

50. A Different Kind of Day (2017)

6 min | Short

A Teen couple who have special needs are harassed by a gang. Their response to the attack changes the day for everyone.

Director: Maria Doyle Kennedy | Stars: Orla Casey, Derbhle Crotty, Tony Doyle, Doru Dragos Micu