edinburgh, scotland
32 movies and shows
Trainspotting
Fri, 23 Feb 1996
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Under the Skin
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Tue, 15 Dec 1959
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
T2 Trainspotting
Fri, 27 Jan 2017
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
The Illusionist
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
Shallow Grave
Thu, 22 Dec 1994
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.
Filth
Mon, 23 Sep 2013
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
Our Ladies
Fri, 04 Oct 2019
In 1996 Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Mon, 24 Feb 1969
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.
The Body Snatcher
Fri, 25 May 1945
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Ecstasy
Sat, 10 Sep 2011
A small-time drug smuggler from Scotland, is trying to figure out his way through life until he meets a beautiful girl from Canada, who seeks a change after a bad relationship she just got out of.
Sunshine on Leith
Thu, 03 Oct 2013
Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.
Doors Open
Wed, 26 Dec 2012
Heist thriller and adaptation of Ian Rankin's book, which sees a bored millionaire plan to swap the contents of a gallery's warehouse with near-perfect forgeries.
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
Thu, 17 Feb 1994
Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen is a German children's film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier in 1994, starring Corinna Harfouch. It is a film adaptation of the novel Das doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kästner.
Method Sampling: How to Build the Future Together
Thu, 02 Nov 2023
Method Sampling is explored through the works of a hip-hop orchestra, a disabled choreographer, a self-taught Black mycologist, a tiny house builder and a critical theorist.
Festival
Fri, 15 Jul 2005
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Sat, 29 Oct 2005
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
Sean Connery’s Edinburgh
Mon, 01 Nov 1982
The screen legend conducts a personal tour of the great city that shaped him.
Johnny on the Run
Mon, 01 Jun 1953
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream
Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Documentary on the independent Edinburgh record label Fast Product and Postcard Records and associated bands like Fire Engines, Scars and Josef K