List of the best Bill Forsyth movies: Local Hero(1983), Housekeeping(1987), Gregory's Girl(1981), That Sinking Feeling(1979), Comfort and Joy(1984), Breaking In(1989), Gregory's Two Girls(1999) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Director
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
117 Minutes
Director
Christine Lahti Sara Walker Andrea Burchill Anne Pitoniak Barbara Reese Bill Smillie Wayne Robson Margot Pinvidic
sister aunt niece orphan woman neighbor madcap offbeat emotional amusing pacific northwest small town household woods living room small-town life family dysfunction suicide coming of age fitting in
After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.
Romance
UK
1981
90 Minutes
Director
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
UK
1979
92 Minutes
Director
Robert Buchanan John Hughes William Greenlees Douglas Sannachan Allan Love Danny Benson Eddie Burt Tom Mannion Gordon John Sinclair
teen boy guard driver doctor depressed person friend hilarious dark quirky glasgow, scotland train station park heist unemployment friendship youth poverty depression adventure quest
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 ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1984
105 Minutes
Director
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.
Comedy
USA
1989
94 Minutes
Director
Burt Reynolds Casey Siemaszko Sheila Kelley Lorraine Toussant Albert Salmi Harry Carey Jr. Maury Chaykin Stephen Tobolowsky
burglar apprentice prostitute friend lawyer hilarious suspenseful household suburbia portland, ore. crime retirement friendship theft quest rise temptation 1980s
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
Comedy
UK|Germany
1999
116 Minutes
Director
Gordon John Sinclair Carly McKinnon Dougray Scott Maria Doyle Kennedy Kevin Anderson Martin Schwab Fiona Bell Hugh McCue John Murtagh Matt Costello Jane Stabler
teacher student young girl businessman love interest friend amusing engaging witty playful lighthearted heartwarming school relationships love sexual fantasy heist adventure growing up forbidden love
Bill Forsyth returns to the romantic comedy of Gregory's Girl. Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When ... See full summary »