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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.

The Acid House

1998

6.2

♡ 7

42%

69%

baby

Paul McGuigan Director

Michelle Gomez as Catriona

Jemma Redgrave as Jenny

Alison Peebles as Mother

Martin Clunes as Rory

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

Ring of Bright Water

1969

7.1

♡ 1

80%

85%

based on memoir or autobiography

Jack Couffer Director

Roddy McMillan as Busdriver

Peter Jeffrey as Colin Wilcox

Archie Duncan as Road mender

Bill Horsley as Timid man

Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends.

The Princess Stallion

1997

6.1

♡ 2

69%

Mark Haber Director

David Robb as Ian Stewart

Gary Lewis as Rab

Ariana Richards as Sarah Stewart

Sarah Keller as U.S. Ticket Clerk

Following the death of her mother, Sarah, a Californian teenager, is sent to live with her father in the Scottish Highlands. After a riding accident she is befriended by a fascinating old hermit named Fergus, who has spent his life living in the mountains and whose home is a haven for wounded animals. Through her friendship with Fergus, Sarah discovers the beautiful legendary Princess Stallion and embarks upon the adventure of a lifetime.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969

7.6

♡ 13

81%

84%

Ronald Neame Director

Gordon Jackson as Gordon Lowther

Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie

Helen Worth as Schoolgirl

Robert Stephens as Teddy Lloyd

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

That Sinking Feeling

1979

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.

Culloden

1964

7.7

♡ 11

100%

92%

18th century

bonnie prince charlie

Peter Watkins Director

Peter Watkins as Field Interviewer

Tony Cosgrove as Lt. Ward / Field Interviewer

Olivier Espitalier-Noel as Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Robert Oates as Pvt. Alexander Laing

Culloden, Scottish Highlands, April 16th, 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was tragic. The men responsible for such a disaster must be exposed. The men, women and children who suffered because of it must be remembered.

Year of the Comet

1992

5.9

♡ 12

Peter Yates Director

Jacques Mathou as Doctor Roget

Nick Brimble as Jamie

Art Malik as Nico

Tim Bentinck as Richard Harwood

Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history. The title refers to the year it was bottled, 1811, which was known for the Great Comet of 1811, and also as one of the best years in history for European wine.

The Maze

1953

5.8

♡ 6

26%

William Cameron Menzies Director

Richard Carlson as Gerald MacTeam

Lilian Bond as Margaret Dilling

Hillary Brooke as Peggy Lord

Michael Pate as William

A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.

The Wicker Tree

2011

3.8

♡ 6

20%

10%

Robin Hardy Director

Honeysuckle Weeks as Lolly

Christopher Lee as Old Gentleman

Iain Stuart Robertson as Peter McNeil

Henry Garrett as Steve Thomson

Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they're about to learn the real meaning of sacrifice.

Link

1986

5.9

♡ 12

34%

Richard Franklin Director

Terence Stamp as Dr. Steven Phillip

Elisabeth Shue as Jane Chase

Geoffrey Beevers as Mr. Miller

David O'Hara as Tom

Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.

Mrs. Brown

1997

7.2

♡ 15

92%

John Madden Director

Gerard Butler as Archie Brown

Richard Pasco as Doctor Jenner

Sara Stewart as Princess Alexandra

Judi Dench as Queen Victoria

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.

Shell

2012

parent child relationship

6.4

♡ 12

90%

scotland

Scott Graham Director

Iain De Caestecker as Adam

Kate Dickie as Claire

Joseph Mawle as Pete

Morven Christie as Young Mother

Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.

Lassie Come Home

1943

human animal relationship

7.1

♡ 10

94%

scotland

yorkshire

Fred M. Wilcox Director

Ben Webster as Dan'l Fadden

Nigel Bruce as Duke of Rudling

Roddy McDowall as Joe Carraclough

Edmund Gwenn as Rowlie

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Storm in a Teacup

1937

6.5

♡ 7

47%

Victor Saville Director

Mervyn Johns as Court Bailiff

Arthur Wontner as Fiscal

Rex Harrison as Frank Burdon

Cecil Parker as Provost William Gow

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

To End All Wars

2001

6.9

♡ 16

62%

David L. Cunningham Director

Ciarán McMenamin as Capt. Ernest 'Ernie' Gordon

Mark Strong as Dusty Miller

Kiefer Sutherland as Lt. Jim 'Yankee' Reardon

Robert Carlyle as Maj. Ian Campbell

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

6.6

♡ 8

Charles Crichton Director

Sam Wanamaker as Commentary spoken by

Patricia Hayes as Jeannie Macdougall

Peter Sellers as Mr. Martin

Ernest Thesiger as Old Macpherson

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

Scheme Birds

2019

7.2

♡ 5

90%

As her adolescence gives way to the obligations of motherhood, troubled Gemma matures in Motherwell, her Scottish hometown, heavily dependent on the steel industry. Unfortunately for her, her hedonistic way of understanding the world does not fit in with the philosophy of the rest of the villagers, so trouble soon follows.

Get Duked!

2019

6.2

♡ 15

88%

Ninian Doff Director

Jonathan Aris as Mr. Carlyle

Kevin Guthrie as PC Hamish

Kate Dickie as Sergeant Morag

Alice Lowe as Superintendent

An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.

Doors Open

2012