Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "scottish"

51. Iona (2015)

85 min | Drama

Iona takes her teenage son to the holy island where she was born so they can hide from a violent crime. As her son seeks forgiveness for what he has done Iona comes to terms with her loss of faith.

Director: Scott Graham | Stars: Ruth Negga, Douglas Henshall, Tom Brooke, Michelle Duncan

Votes: 356

52. Scottish Mussel (2015)

96 min | Comedy

Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl ... See full summary »

Director: Talulah Riley | Stars: Martin Compston, Talulah Riley, Morgan Watkins, Joe Thomas

Votes: 827

53. Absolution (1978)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly

Votes: 1,908

54. Darby's Rangers (1958)

Approved | 121 min | Action, Drama, War

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes

Votes: 1,597

55. Lost at Christmas (I) (2020)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two down-on-their-luck strangers come together to try and get home for Christmas.

Director: Ryan Hendrick | Stars: Natalie Clark, Kenny Boyle, Sylvester McCoy, Clare Grogan

Votes: 739

56. Gasman (1997)

15 min | Short, Drama

It's the Christmas season. With her mom's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's ... See full summary »

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Lynne Ramsay Jr., Martin Anderson, James Ramsay, Denise Flannagan

Votes: 1,680

57. Absolutely (1989–1993)

30 min | Comedy

Comedy sketch show.

Stars: Peter Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter

Votes: 284

58. Looking After Jo Jo (1998)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Michael Stewart, Craig Moncur, Kathryn Howden

Votes: 377

59. WrestleMania 37 (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | Action, Sport

Sasha Banks defending her SmackDown Women's title against Bianca Belair. Roman Reigns will put his Universal title on the line against Edge and Daniel Bryan. Drew McIntyre challenges Bobby ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Mercedes Varnado, Bianca Belair, Joe Anoa'i, Adam Copeland

Votes: 607

60. Quentin Durward (1955)

Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History

A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole

Votes: 1,154

61. WrestleMania 36 (2020 TV Special)

TV-PG | 383 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Legacies will be defined, and legends will be born in part one of The ONLY WrestleMania Too Big for Just One Night.

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Mark Calaway, AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar, Drew Galloway

Votes: 708

62. The Green Years (1946)

Passed | 127 min | Drama

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 1,080

63. To Paris with Love (1955)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A middle-aged widower takes his son on a trip to Paris, where they try to find wives for each other.

Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray, Elina Labourdette

Votes: 454

64. The Ice Cream Wars (2022)

118 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1984 six Glasgow family members died in an arson attack. Their murders were followed by one of Scotland's longest trials and a 20-year fight for justice that gripped the nation.

Stars: Douglas Skelton, Marion Scott, Les Trueman, Nanette Pollock

Votes: 61

65. Take a Girl Like You (2000)

150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The novel opens with Jenny Bunn's arrival at her lodging-house. She's a young, strikingly beautiful, provincial Northern woman who has moved to a London suburb to take her first teaching ... See full summary »

Stars: Sienna Guillory, Rupert Graves, Robert Daws, Emma Chambers

Votes: 319

66. Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama

A young American widow is mysteriously drawn to a historic castle in the Scottish Highlands... and finds herself at the center of a 200-year old ghost story.

Director: Willi Patterson | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, David Robb, Betsy Brantley, Charles Gray

Votes: 202

67. Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)

TV-14 | 150 min | Comedy, Musical, War

Wartime comedy about two very different bandsmen (Eddie and Eric) and their misadventures with gangsters, romance, and black-marketing in Blitz-time London.

Stars: Jerome Flynn, Robson Green, Warren Mitchell, Julia Sawalha

Votes: 99

68. Annie Laurie (1927)

90 min | Drama, Romance

The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.

Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Lillian Gish, Norman Kerry, Creighton Hale, Joseph Striker

Votes: 504 | Gross: $0.43M

69. Selkie (2000)

88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A troubled, lonely teen gets a new lease on life when he comes upon a group of selkies, mythical people with the power to change into seals.

Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Shimon Moore, Bryan Marshall, Celine O'Leary, Elspeth Ballantyne

Votes: 154

70. Song of the Selkie (2024)

35 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy | Completed

Set over two time periods, the story is a mix of English and Scots Gaelic and follows Isla; a young girl who returns to the Scottish Highlands with her father, leading her to the mystery of the legendary and mythical being, The Selkie.

Director: Kerry Browne | Stars: Layla Burns, James Robinson, Kerry Browne, Katie Watson

71. Donkeys (2010)

78 min | Comedy, Drama

Alfred is 64. He's lost touch with his family and a threat to his health makes him realise he wants to make amends. The more he tries to do right, the more he does wrong, and as his past ... See full summary »

Director: Morag McKinnon | Stars: James Cosmo, Tony Curran, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston

Votes: 237

72. Tellurian

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | Post-production

After an alien invasion and occupation of Earth, resistance fighters discover a young boy who claims to have the power to save humanity, but they must determine if the child is the key to mankind's salvation or the aliens' final solution.

Director: Graeme Carr | Stars: Craig McGinlay, Kerry Browne, Brandon Boyd, Chris O'Mara

73. My Name is Beth (2023)

Short, Drama

Beth, a teenage girl in desperate need of a place to stay, visits her estranged grandmother in the remote Scottish countryside. To her surprise, Verity, her grandmother, mistakes Beth for a... See full summary »

Director: Sayee Gogate | Stars: Leah Balmforth, Barbara Horne

74. The Borderers (1968–1970)

50 min | Adventure, Drama

Drama series dealing with life for a family living on the frontier between Scotland and England during the sixteenth century.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Iain Cuthbertson, Edith MacArthur, Russell Waters

Votes: 33

75. Day of the Flowers (2012)

99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a popular party girl, travel to Cuba to scatter their late father's ashes. In losing and trying to reclaim their father's ashes, ... See full summary »

Director: John Roberts | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Charity Wakefield, Carlos Acosta, Bryan Dick

Votes: 347

76. The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Scottish rappers Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvent themselves as West Coast Homeboys after they were signed by Sony.

Director: Jeanie Finlay | Stars: Gavin Bain, Billy Boyd

Votes: 629

77. WWE SummerSlam (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | Action, Sport, Talk-Show

At SummerSlam, Universal Champion Roman Reigns will battle 16-time World Champion John Cena in a highly anticipated matchup for the ages.

Stars: Joe Anoa'i, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman

Votes: 352

78. Adult Human Female (2022)

92 min | Documentary

A groundbreaking documentary investigating the backlash against women who feel threatened by penis-having individuals.

Directors: Deirdre O'Neill, Mike Wayne | Stars: Aja the Empress, Shereen Benjamin, Julie Bindel, Mandy Clare

Votes: 329

79. Blood Clan (1990)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In the past, a family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism - except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay. She is adopted by Judge Mackay and goes home with him to Canada, where she grows... See full summary »

Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Michele Little, Robert Wisden, Gordon Pinsent, Anne Mansfield

Votes: 90

80. Putting Pants on Philip (1927)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder, greets his nephew from Scotland, who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Chester A. Bachman, Don Bailey

Votes: 1,020

81. WWE WrestleMania Backlash (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | Action, Sport

Roman Reigns defending his Universal title against Cesaro. Bobby Lashley defending his WWE Championship against Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre in a Triple threat match. Bayley challenges ... See full summary »

Stars: Joe Anoa'i, Claudio Castagnoli, Bobby Lashley, Drew Galloway

Votes: 160

82. Strathblair (1992– )

50 min | Drama

Set in the 1950s, two inexperienced newlyweds struggle to make a go of a rundown hill farm.

Stars: Francesca Hunt, David Robb, Andrew Keir, Derek Riddell

Votes: 40

83. The Possibilities Are Endless (2014)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Imagine your mind has been wiped: memories, knowledge, experiences, language - every word you ever spoke, has vanished. If eventually you found the words, what would you say? For Edwyn Collins, 'The Possibilities Are Endless'.

Directors: James Hall, Edward Lovelace | Stars: Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell, William Collins, Yasmin Paige

Votes: 380

84. Booked Out (2012)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Booked Out follows the quirky exploits of the Polaroid loving artist Ailidh as she spies and photographs the occupants of her block of flats. Jacob, the boy next door who comes and goes ... See full summary »

Director: Bryan O'Neil | Stars: Sylvia Syms, Kathryn Kelly, Rollo Weeks, Claire Garvey

Votes: 99

85. The Silver Darlings (1947)

84 min | Drama

Set on the rugged north-east coast of Scotland in the 1800s, Catrine is the wife of a dispossessed farmer who hates his new life as a herring fisherman. When he is press-ganged by the Royal Navy, she must face life without him.

Director: Clarence Elder | Stars: Norman Williams, Christopher Capon, Murdo Morrison, Helen Shingler

Votes: 86

86. Time Teens: The Beginning (2015)

119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Time Travel exists. William is a Turasaiche ( a descendant time traveller) who works for the World Time forum, policing time crime at the world office in Perth, Scotland. When William is ... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Dewar | Stars: Ian Grieve, Liam Brennan, Andy Gray, Amanda Beveridge

Votes: 40

87. Don vs Lightning (2021)

12 min | Short, Comedy

When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he begins to worry that his quiet, orderly life may never be the same again.

Director: Big Red Button | Stars: Peter Mullan, Joanna Scanlan, Stephen McCole, Amit Shah

Votes: 142

88. Meet the Demoman (2007 Video)

2 min | Animation, Short, Action

In this Team Fortress 2 short, we get to meet the Demoman. He is a black Scottish alcoholic who explains to us why he is the best Demoman.

Director: Robin Walker | Stars: Gary Schwartz, Nathan Vetterlein

Votes: 169

89. The Bowler and the Bunnet (1967)

60 min | Documentary

Sean Connery examines the gap and suspicion in the relationship between management and workers in industry, and shows how one Scottish shipyard is trying to change that and what could well be a blueprint for other companies to follow.

Director: Sean Connery | Star: Sean Connery

Votes: 67

90. Fully Booked (1995–1999)

Comedy, Family, Game-Show

Live Sunday morning children's entertainment series featuring celebrity guests.

Stars: Grant Stott, Chris Jarvis, Tim Vincent, Sarah Vandenbergh

Votes: 22

91. 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: 123

92. Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas (2013)

95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Earlene arrives at Venice Beach after running away from an estranged lover, only to become fast friends with an Australian skater who is also lost. Together, they set out into the desert to find themselves.

Director: Simon Savory | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Sheena Metal, Ashleigh Sumner, Simon Savory

Votes: 151

93. The Whip (IV)

82 min | Drama, Thriller | Post-production

With the looming threat of devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit, a full-time carer plots an audacious heist in a bid to halt the scheme in its tracks.

Director: Christopher Presswell | Stars: Shian Denovan, Gala Wesson, Tom Knight, Daniel Davids

94. A Risk Worth Taking (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A woman caring for her terminally ill husband who she loves dearly develops feelings for his best friend who has come to assist her with their business. Will she resist the temptation?

Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Muriel Baumeister, Rachael Reilly, James Wilby, Tim Dutton

Votes: 85

95. Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies (2021 TV Special)

67 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Through previous interviews, Sean Connery explores different parts of his life.

Director: Victoria Wimpenny | Stars: Dougray Scott, Sean Connery, Micheline Roquebrune, Kim Basinger

Votes: 21

96. WWE Fastlane (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | 162 min | Action, Sport

At WWE Fastlane, a rematch between two of the squared circle's best will take place when Daniel Bryan challenges Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship.

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Joe Anoa'i, Bryan Danielson, Adam Copeland, Mercedes Varnado

Votes: 171

97. Trained to Kill (2018)

105 min | Action

The SAS are a elite British army unit which as well as its Anti terrorist role also performs covert and overt training of friendly countries armed forces and operates enemy lines.

Director: Bill Little | Stars: Chris Capaldi, Bill Little, Rach Leonard, Patrick O'Brien

Votes: 19

98. WWE Hell in a Cell (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | Action, Sport

Drew McIntyre will have one final opportunity to dethrone The All Mighty WWE Champion Bobby Lashley with this battle coming inside the unforgiving Hell in a Cell.

Stars: Bobby Lashley, Drew Galloway, Antonio Burke Jr., Bianca Belair

Votes: 153

99. WWE Crown Jewel (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | Action, Sport

The Head of the table Roman Reigns battles against the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar for Universal Championship while Paul Heyman is stuck picking sides.

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Joe Anoa'i, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, Rebecca Quin

Votes: 241

100. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

Drama | Announced

A story set in circa-2001 Afghanistan and centered on an affair between a Scottish foreign correspondent and an American reporter.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski