The Body Snatcher (1945), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Festival (2005), L'illusionniste (2010), Hallam Foe (2007), Happy Go Lovely (1951), The Acid House (1998), 16 Years of Alcohol (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Edinburgh, Scotland movies.
Storyline: A carriage cabby (Boris Karloff) sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor (Henry Daniell) in 19th-century Edinburgh.
Plot Keywords: doctor, assistant, taxi driver, woman, young man, grave robber, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A geologist (James Mason) and his assistant (Pat Boone) set off on an expedition to the center of the earth. Following directions found in an inscription hidden in volcanic rock, the explorers travel to a volcano in Iceland to begin their journey. Along the way, a widow of a famous scientist (Arlene Dahl) and an Icelander (Peter Ronson) join their party. However, the treacherous terrain and prehistoric monsters are not their only concern when a rival scientist (Thayer David) is on their trail.
Plot Keywords: scientist, professor, assistant, widow, explorer, servant, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Following a number of performers and judges who converge at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Several tales are interwoven as the judge of a comedy award drives his personal assistant to distraction (and the bottle), a would-be comedienne tries to get her big break, and an actress mounts her earnest and challenging one-woman play.
Plot Keywords: struggling actor, judge, television star, competitor, assistant, comedian, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Details the story of a dying breed of stage entertainer whose thunder is being stolen by emerging rock stars. Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, he meets a young fan who changes his life forever.
Plot Keywords: magician, girl, musician, frenchman, amusing, charming, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The seventeen year-old Hallam Foe is a weird teenager that misses his mother, who committed suicide by drowning in a lake near their house in Edinburgh after an overdose of sleeping pills. Hallam spends his spare time peeping at the locals and blames his stepmother Verity Foe, accusing her of killing his mother. After a discussion with his father Julius Foe, Hallam sneaks out from his house and travels to Edinburgh, where he sees Kate Breck and becomes obsessed with her because of her resemblance to his mother. Kate hires Hallam to work in the kitchen of the hotel where she works and they have a strange romance, while Hallam reaches his maturity in the hardest way.
Plot Keywords: teenager, father, stepmother, manager, executive, love interest, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting backers. Bruno meets several of the leading ladies of the show; through a misunderstanding he doesn't correct the idea that he's a newspaper reporter. He falls in love with one of the women, who reciprocates; he grows more lively and friendly, to the surprise of his employees. After a series of mishaps and comic incidents comes a happy ending: a successful show and true love.—Mark. Gooley <gooley@mcn.net>
Plot Keywords: chorus girl, wealthy man, chauffeur, theatrical producer, reporter, roommate, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three twisted tales from the seamy side of Scotland and the mind of Irvine Welsh. The Granton Star Cause: All in one day a young Leith lad is dumped by his football team, his girlfriend. and his parents; arrested and beaten up by the police; and turned into a fly by God, whom he meets in a pub. The Soft Touch: A man is too soft to do anything when his wife moves in with the thug upstairs. The Acid House: While tripping on acid, Coco Bryce is struck by lightning, which makes him switch bodies with a newborn baby.—Alexander Lum <aj_lum@bigpond.com>
Plot Keywords: young man, hooligan, psychopath, god, pregnant woman, loser, outlandish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.
Plot Keywords: alcoholic, father, skinhead, art student, gang member, lover, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During Harry Houdini's (Guy Pearce's) tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However, all does not go to plan.
Plot Keywords: magician, psychic, swindler, daughter, manager, ventriloquist, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash. He soon realises he's walked into twelve hours of hell where survival is the name of the game.—Independent
Plot Keywords: banker, interviewee, teen boy, pregnant teen, friend, bleak, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Executive producer Lowell Thomas narrates an introduction to the special widescreen process of filmmaking.
Plot Keywords: matador, princess, king, captain, lighthearted, charming, playful ...
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