List of the best Alex Norton movies: A Sense of Freedom(1979), Beautiful Creatures(2000), Comfort and Joy(1984), Gregory's Girl(1981), Orphans(1998), Local Hero(1983), Squanto: A Warrior's Tale(1994), Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale(1989) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1979
85 Minutes
David Hayman Alex Norton Fulton Mackay Hector Nicol
The fact-based story of Scottish gangster Jimmy Boyle, whose disruptive behavior proved too much for a series of prisons.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2000
86 Minutes
Hepburn
Rachel Weisz Susan Lynch Alex Norton Iain Glen Maurice Roeves Tom Mannion Robin Laing Pauline Lynch
girlfriend abusive boyfriend young woman junkie police officer brother dark offbeat suspenseful glasgow, scotland bathroom bus station train apartment domestic violence female bonding fake kidnapping schemes police corruption ransom
Two girls thrown together by their boyfriends' violence accidentally kill one of them.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1984
105 Minutes
Trevor
Bill Paterson Eleanor David Clare Grogan Alex Norton Patrick Malahide Rikki Fulton Roberto Bernardi George Rossi Peter Rossi Billy McElhaney Gilly Gilchrist
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.
Romance
UK
1981
90 Minutes
Alec
Gordon John Sinclair Dee Hepburn Jake D'Arcy Chic Murray Alex Norton John Bett Clare Grogan Robert Buchanan William Greenlees
teenager friend sister soccer player quirky winsome scotland school soccer field puberty young love adolescence unrequited love soccer growing up love quest 1980s
Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1998
101 Minutes
Hanson
Douglas Henshall Gary Lewis Stephen McCole Rosemarie Stevenson Frank Gallagher Alex Norton
orphan brother sister mother waitress bartender gritty dark amusing glasgow, scotland household funeral church pub death mourning dysfunction storm siblings discovery
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.
Comedy
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Watt
Burt Lancaster Peter Riegert Denis Lawson Fulton Mackay Norman Chancer Peter Capaldi Rikki Fulton Alex Norton Jenny Seagrove Jennifer Black Christopher Rozycki
businessperson fisherman boss innkeeper marine biologist charming amusing endearing heartwarming scotland small town small-town life culture clash meaning of life friendship oil business love transformation 1980s
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA|Canada
1994
101 Minutes
Harding
Adam Beach Mandy Patinkin Michael Gambon Nathaniel Parker Eric Schweig Donal Donnelly Stuart Pankin Alex Norton Irene Bedard
native american sailor monk ruler pilgrim rousing sad uplifting england new england indian village invasion captivity new identity culture clash underdog transformation adventure 17th century
Fictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
Fantasy
1989
95 Minutes
Harold
Tom Waits Eduardo Guedes Damon Lowry Charlotte Coleman Julia Britton Bill Paterson Isabel Ruth Ian Dury David Gant Alex Norton Mark Arden
To escape casino hoodlums, a crook (Damon Lowry) poses as a bear in a strange man's (Tom Waits) Punch-and-Judy show.