Riff-Raff

1991

English

♡ 11

90%

Ken Loach Director

Maureen Carr as Ellen

Peter Mullan as Jake

Ricky Tomlinson as Larry

Robert Carlyle as Stevie

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.

The Man Inside

2012

English

4.6

♡ 8

27%

Dan Turner Director

Ray Panthaki as Bose

Ashley Thomas as Clayton Murdoch

Peter Mullan as Gordon Sinclair

Theo Barklem-Biggs as Karl Lee

A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.

True North

2006

English

6.8

♡ 4

82%

smuggling (contraband)

Thriller

Steve Hudson Director

Pat Kiernan as Henri

Peter Mullan as Riley

Steven Robertson as The Cook

Gary Lewis as The Skipper

The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

The Hanging Sun

2022

English

5.2

♡ 6

56%

based on novel or book

Francesco Carrozzini Director

Peter Mullan as Dad

Charles Dance as Jacob

Alessandro Borghi as John

Frederick Schmidt as Michael

On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.

The Vanishing

2018

English

♡ 100

84%

48%

Action

affectation

based on a true story

Kristoffer Nyholm Director

Connor Swindells as Donald McArthur

Ken Drury as Duncan

Gerard Butler as James Ducat

Peter Mullan as Thomas Marshall

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

On a Clear Day

2005

English

6.9

♡ 3

69%

Gaby Dellal Director

Jodhi May as Angela

Benedict Wong as Chan

Peter Mullan as Frank

Brenda Blethyn as Joan

After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.

Baghead

2023

English

5.4

♡ 80

31%

40%

Action

basement

communicating with the dead

Alberto Corredor Director

Freya Allan as Iris Lark

Peter Mullan as Owen Lark

Julika Jenkins as Regina

Ned Dennehy as Solicitor

Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.

Tyrannosaur

2011

English

♡ 25

84%

Paddy Considine Director

Olivia Colman as Hannah

Eddie Marsan as James

Peter Mullan as Joseph

Ned Dennehy as Tommy

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.

My Name Is Joe

1998

English

7.4

♡ 9

89%

86%

Action

american football coach

Ken Loach Director

Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh

Rab Affleck as Lorry Driver

Gary Lewis as Shanks

Paul Clark as Zulu

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.