High and Dry

1954

English

6.9

♡ 8

Alexander Mackendrick Director

Geoffrey Keen as Campbell

John Horsley as Man in office

Paul Douglas as the American / Marshall

James Copeland as the crew of the 'Maggie': the Mate / The Mate

The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.

That Sinking Feeling

1979

English

6.7

♡ 3

67%

Bill Forsyth Director

Tom Mannion as The Doctor

Eric Joseph as The Wee Man

John Hughes as Vic

Billy Greenlees as Wal

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 and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

Red Road

2006

English

6.8

♡ 39

87%

Andrea Arnold Director

Natalie Press as April

Paul Higgins as Avery

Tony Curran as Clyde

Kate Dickie as Jackie

Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.

Comfort and Joy

1984

English

6.6

♡ 4

100%

Bill Forsyth Director

David O'Hara as Engineer

Ron Donachie as George

Alex Norton as Trevor

Alan Tall as Trevor's Workman

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

Ratcatcher

1999

English

7.5

♡ 14

87%

Lynne Ramsay Director

James Watson as Bus Driver

Tommy Flanagan as Da

Rory McCann as Gordon

Nikky Smedley as Molly

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.

Young Adam

2003

English

6.3

♡ 17

62%

David Mackenzie Director

Andrew Neil as Barman

Emily Mortimer as Cathie Dimly

Tilda Swinton as Ella Gault

Ewan McGregor as Joe Taylor

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Wild Rose

2018

English

♡ 27

92%

Tom Harper Director

Craig Parkinson as Alan

Julie Walters as Marion

Jessie Buckley as Rose-Lynn

Sophie Okonedo as Susannah

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

Death Watch

1980

French

6.5

♡ 11

79%

husband wife relationship

Bertrand Tavernier Director

Alan Tall as Demonstrator

Bill Nighy as Man in 'Harriet scene'

Harvey Keitel as Roddy

Harry Dean Stanton as Vincent Ferriman

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

Only You

2018

English

♡ 36

100%

Harry Wootliff Director

Lisa McGrillis as Carly

Josh O'Connor as Jake

Stuart Martin as Shane

Bobby Rainsbury as Zoe

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

Perfect Sense

2011

English

7.0

♡ 79

57%

60%

Action

boyfriend girlfriend relationship

chef

co-worker relationship

co-workers relationship

David Mackenzie Director

Denis Lawson as Boss

Connie Nielsen as Jenny

Ewan McGregor as Michael

Eva Green as Susan

In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.

Carla's Song

1996

English

♡ 15

88%

socially deprived family

War

Ken Loach Director

Roberto Flores as

Scott Glenn as Bradley

Robert Carlyle as George Lennox

Gary Lewis as Sammy

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

A Fond Kiss

2004

English

7.1

♡ 11

Ken Loach Director

Atta Yaqub as Casim Khan

Gary Lewis as Danny

Eva Birthistle as Roisin Hanlon

David McKay as Wee Roddie

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

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.

Sweet Sixteen

2002

English

7.4

♡ 11

97%

Ken Loach Director

Scott Dymond as Davi-Vampire

Jon Morrison as Douglas

Martin Compston as Liam

Gary McCormack as Stan

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Madeleine

1950

English

6.9

♡ 7

83%

David Lean Director

Anthony Newley as Chemist's Assistant

Aileen Lewis as Lady Watching Dance

Ann Todd as Madeleine Smith

Norman Wooland as William Minnoch

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

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.

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