This is Scotland
by janeecf | created - 01 Aug 2015 | updated - 06 Sep 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Shallow Grave (1994)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott
Votes: 66,220 | Gross: $2.88M
2. Local Hero (1983)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson
Votes: 26,688 | Gross: $5.90M
3. Breaking the Waves (1996)
R | 159 min | Drama
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
Votes: 71,548 | Gross: $4.04M
4. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 725,516 | Gross: $16.50M
5. Brave (2012)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters
Votes: 442,138 | Gross: $237.28M
6. Neds (2010)
TV-14 | 124 min | Drama
Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.
Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Conor McCarron, Greg Forrest, Joe Szula, Mhairi Anderson
Votes: 8,776
7. Sunshine on Leith (2013)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two soldiers return home to Edinburgh to resume their romantic and family lives.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Paul Brannigan, George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 7,378
8. The Angels' Share (2012)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland
Votes: 27,004 | Gross: $0.30M
9. What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with, and would do anything for Granddad.
Directors: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin | Stars: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller
Votes: 24,589
10. Braveheart (1995)
R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Votes: 1,091,131 | Gross: $75.60M
11. Rob Roy (1995)
R | 139 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth
Votes: 45,666 | Gross: $31.60M
12. Filth (I) (2013)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots
Votes: 115,807 | Gross: $0.03M
13. 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: 178,999
14. My Name Is Joe (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Two thirty-somethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, begin a romantic relationship in one of Glasgow''s toughest neighborhoods.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh
Votes: 8,905 | Gross: $0.35M
15. Gregory's Girl (1980)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan
Votes: 9,447
16. Ratcatcher (1999)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie, Michelle Stewart
Votes: 11,772 | Gross: $0.22M
17. Small Faces (1995)
R | 108 min | Drama
Glaswegian teenager Lex is torn between the artistic life of middle brother Alan and the thuggish world of elder brother Bobby.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Iain Robertson, Joe McFadden, Steven Duffy, Laura Fraser
Votes: 1,633
18. Carla's Song (1996)
TV-MA | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Salvador Espinoza
Votes: 3,492
19. The Gospel According to Vic (1986)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Vic Mathews (Tom Conti) teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Gormley | Stars: Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman, Brian Pettifer
Votes: 598 | Gross: $0.27M
20. Taggart (1983–2010)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.
Stars: Blythe Duff, James MacPherson, Robert Robertson, Iain Anders
Votes: 2,000
21. Sunset Song (2015)
R | 135 min | Drama
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Ken Blackburn, Mark Bonnar, Stuart Bowman, Emily-Jane Boyle
Votes: 4,055 | Gross: $0.16M
22. Sunset Song (1971)
Drama
Chris Guthrie lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. On her mother's death, she assumes the managing of the farm with her father ... See full summary »
Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Victor Carin, Derek Anders, Anne Kristen
Votes: 89
23. Your Cheatin' Heart (1990– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
From Wikipedia: a BBC television comedy-drama series set in Scotland's country-music scene.
Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Tilda Swinton, Ken Stott, Katy Murphy
Votes: 76
24. Tutti Frutti (1987)
69 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Trouble ensues for the Majestics, Scotland's "Kings of Rock", when a good-looking redhead joins the band on tour.
Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Maurice Roëves, Emma Thompson, Stuart McGugan
Votes: 455
25. The Bogie Man (1992 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
A mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart escapes from his institution and sets up in business as a private eye.
Director: Charles Gormley | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Fiona Fullerton, Jean Anderson, Craig Ferguson
Votes: 50
26. Take the High Road (1980–2003)
30 min | Drama
The residents of the rural Scottish village of Glendarroch deal with issues ranging from crop failures and parish pump politics to infidelity, alcoholism and drug abuse.
Stars: Eileen McCallum, Alec Monteath, Caroline Ashley, Marjorie Thomson
Votes: 140
27. Orphans (1998)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Four siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church.
Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Gary Lewis, Rosemarie Stevenson, Stephen McCole
Votes: 1,794 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Venus Peter (1989)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
Peter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.
Director: Ian Sellar | Stars: Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinéad Cusack, Gordon R. Strachan
Votes: 122
29. Blue Black Permanent (1992)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Barbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet.
Director: Margaret Tait | Stars: Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd, Gerda Stevenson, James Fleet
Votes: 198
30. Prague (1992)
88 min | Drama
Alexander Novak goes to Prague to find a film extract. He meets Elena, with whom he falls in love, and who introduces him to Josef, the director of the film's Archives, who turns out to be Elena's lover. This one disappears
Director: Ian Sellar | Stars: Alan Cumming, Sandrine Bonnaire, Bruno Ganz, Raphael Meiss
Votes: 97
31. Silent Scream (1990)
85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In London 1963, Larry Winters (Iain Glen) murders a bartender. Sentenced to life Winters has fits of rage which continue until prison doctors put him in an experimental unit. Flashbacks to ... See full summary »
Director: David Hayman | Stars: Iain Glen, Andrew Barr, Kenneth Glenaan, Steve Hotchkiss
Votes: 162
32. The Slab Boys (1997)
97 min | Drama
In 1957 Paisley, Scotland, three working-class lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory in this exuberant piece of social-observation cinema that focuses on the boys' obsession with lust, music, and "getting out."
Director: John Byrne | Stars: Robin Laing, Russell Barr, Bill Gardiner, Louise Berry
Votes: 92
33. Ill Fares the Land (1983)
102 min
The story of St Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides: the farthest inhabited island in the United Kingdom until it was evacuated in 1930: after continuous inhabitation for 4,000 years.
Director: Bill Bryden | Stars: Joseph Brady, James Copeland, J.G. Devlin, Ron Donachie
Votes: 18
34. Comfort and Joy (1984)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton
Votes: 2,354 | Gross: $1.06M
35. That Sinking Feeling (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Alex Mackenzie
Votes: 1,282
36. Restless Natives (1985)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Vincent Friell, Ned Beatty, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally
Votes: 1,977
37. The Holy City (1986 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
A retelling of the Easter story set in contemporary Glasgow.
Director: Bill Bryden | Stars: David Hayman, Fulton Mackay, James Ellis, Frank Wylie
Votes: 9
38. Another Time, Another Place (1983)
R | 118 min | Drama, War
Set in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello, Gianluca Favilla, Claudio Rosini
Votes: 355
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