Barbara Doran
Producer · Newfoundland, Canada
Barbara Doran is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and has been writing, directing, and producing international films and television for the past thirty-five years. She is internationally recognized for specializing in documentary and drama productions, including the Gemini winning mini-series “Random Passage” and most recently the box office hit, “The Grand Seduction”, starring Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch now in worldwide distribution.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Newfoundland, Canada
- Producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Known for
What are Barbara Doran's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Barbara Doran's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Barbara Doran's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Taking on Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
White Wolves: Ghosts of the Arctic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Away from Everywhere(2016)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Boundaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Newfoundland at Armageddon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Grand Seduction(2013)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsThe Needle and the Damage Undone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Phantoms of the French Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Still Rowdy After All These Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Where Did I Put ... My Memory? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Love & Savagery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Playing the Machines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
To Dublin with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Keeping Up with Cathy Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Invisible Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Man Who Studies Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Random Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Ho! Kanada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Boys of St. Vincent(1992)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Taking Stock(1994)
When Women Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Secret Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Puppets Against Aids - Township to Tundra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Finding Mary March (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
To a Safer Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Moving On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Career shape
A full career of 28 titles from 1986 to 2024.
How do Barbara Doran's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of the 5 of 6 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Barbara Doran work with?
People who share at least 2 of Barbara Doran's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cathy Jones shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Cathy JonesShared titles: The Grand Seduction (2013), Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Cathy Jones
- Mary WalshShared titles: The Grand Seduction (2013), Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Mary Walsh
Producers
- Lynne WilsonShared titles: Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007), Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Lynne Wilson
