List of the best Gillies MacKinnon movies: Small Faces(1995), A Simple Twist of Fate(1994), The Playboys(1992), Trojan Eddie(1996), Tara Road(2005), Whisky Galore!(2016), The History of Mr. Polly(2007), The Grass Arena(1991), Regeneration(1997) ... ...
Drama
UK
1995
102 Minutes
Director
Clare Higgins Iain Robertson Ian McElhinney Joseph McFadden J.S. Duffy Laura Fraser Kevin McKidd Garry Sweeney Mark McConnochie
teen boy gang member brother young man mother beautiful woman brooding dark powerful glasgow, scotland slum coming of age gangs turf war retribution teen romance rivalry growing up quest 1960s
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1994
106 Minutes
Director
Steve Martin Gabriel Byrne Laura Linney Catherine O'Hara Stephen Baldwin Byron Jennings Michael Des Barres Amelia Campbell Kellen Crosby Alana Austin Alyssa Austin
recluse young girl adopted daughter politician wife friend emotional tender virginia small town countryside household adoption father/daughter relationship deception small-town life theft death discovery transformation
His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house.
Drama
USA|UK|Ireland
1992
110 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Aidan Quinn Robin Wright Milo O'Shea Alan Devlin Niamh Cusack Ian McElhinney Stella McCusker
single mother baby actor police officer priest amusing heartwarming frenetic northern ireland small town church farm jail tent motherhood opposites attract judgment love triangle small-town life religion
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Ireland
1996
103 Minutes
Director
Richard Harris Stephen Rea Brendan Gleeson Sean McGinley Angeline Ball BrĂd Brennan Stuart Townsend Aislin McGuckin
godfather salesman gypsy nephew wife daughter bleak gripping brooding ireland village trailer park marriage love triangle organized crime father/daughter relationship may-december romance infidelity love rivalry
Eddie, a small town ex-con, discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his own. What he didn't bargain for, was the murder and mayhem along the way.
Drama
Ireland
2005
97 Minutes
Director
Andie MacDowell Olivia Williams Stephen Rea Iain Glen Jean-Marc Barr Brenda Fricker Heike Makatsch Ruby Wax Maria Doyle Kennedy
mother woman husband wife american woman irishwoman moving uplifting charming ireland united states family home divorce infidelity love unlikely allies unlikely friendship grief rise transformation
Two women -- one American, one Irish -- swap houses and alter the course of their lives.
Comedy
UK
2016
99 Minutes
Director
Gregor Fisher Eddie Izzard Sean Biggerstaff Ellie Kendrick Naomi Battrick Kevin Guthrie Ken Drury Kevin Mains Michael Nardone Brian Pettifer Iain Robertson
scottish person adventurer islander captain barmaid villager charming cheeky hilarious melodramatic playful spirited island scotland ocean ship village rural community world war ii alcohol
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship during WWII.
Drama
2007
120 Minutes
Director
Lee Evans Anne-Marie Duff Julie Graham Richard Coyle Beans El-Balawi Richard Elfyn Paul Bown Catrin Morgan John Warnaby
man shopkeeper depressed person wife landlady nephew charming emotional engaging heartwarming lighthearted shop small town united kingdom countryside inn river depression failed marriage lifestyle changes
An adaptation of Victorian author H.G. Wells' intimate drama about a man who has forsaken his dreams to lead a life of suffocating mediocrity.
Drama
1991
90 Minutes
Director
An alcoholic Anglo-Irish boxer (Mark Rylance) masters chess in jail, then meets the upper class that plays it.
War, Drama
1997
96 Minutes
Director
Jonathan Pryce James Wilby Jonny Lee Miller Stuart Bunce Tanya Allen John Neville Dougray Scott
poet doctor love interest robert graves soldier brooding dark gutsy solemn war hospital battlefield scotland small town factory horrors of war post-traumatic stress disorder siegfried sassoon poetry world war i wilfred owen
An army psychiatrist (Jonathan Pryce) treats a British poet (James Wilby), a young officer (Jonny Lee Miller) and others at a Scottish institution during World War I.