Ratcatcher (1999), Teenage Superstars (2017), On a Clear Day (2005), Neds (2010), Creation Stories (2021), The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015), The Gorbals Story (1950) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Glasgow movies.
Storyline: Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal. Ryan, who's about 12, drowns during a play fight with his neighbor, the jug-eared James. James runs home, a flat where he lives with his often-drunk da, his ma, and sisters, who live in hope of moving to newly-built council flats. The slice-of-life, coming-of-age story follows James as he tags along with the older lads; has a friendship with his quirky wee rodent-loving neighbor, Kenny; spends time with Margaret Anne, myopic, slightly older, the local sexual punching bag; and, has a moment or two of joy. The strike may end, but is there any way out for James?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: young boy, young girl, friend, mother, brooding, dark, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A look at the bands from the alternative pop music scene in Glasgow from the mid 80's to early 90's.
Plot Keywords: musician, band member, brash, cool, creative, fascinating, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel. As Frank plunges headlong into his new daily life, his astonished friends are swept along with him. Prodded by stalwart fish-and-chips shop owner Chan, the men support Frank, train him - and keep their goal secret from his wife and son. Frank is unable to confide in those closest to him, but as the big day and moment of truth draw near, there is a sea change. Frank's family confronts him, and he realizes that he must repair his strained family ties. As Frank and those closest to him discover - or re-discover - reserves of love and compassion, he realizes that he is also swimming from one part of his life to another.—Focus Features
Plot Keywords: worker, wife, friend, cynic, son, emotional, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Despite having a drunken, abusive father and a brother who leads a local gang John McGill is a studious boy for whom a bright educational future beckons. As he grows into his teenage years, the challenges of youth mixed with the challenges of being brought up in a tribal and violent place right at the low end of the class spectrum take their toll. John is a fighter, which although isn't what his Mother, at least, wishes for him; may it prove to be what brings him salvation?—don @ minifie-1
Plot Keywords: boy, brother, john, emotional, glasgow, street, gangs ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Music impresario Alan McGee's journey from his native Glasgow into the heyday of '90s British rock music, intercut with an older version of himself recounting these events to an interviewer.
Plot Keywords: musician, family, band member, rebel, music executive, amusing, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1970s South Korea, actor Choi Eun-hee and her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, were divorced, estranged and both struggling with stalled careers. Unfortunately, both their lives seemed changed forever when they were individually kidnapped in 1978 by their biggest fan, Kim Jong-il, despot of North Korea. With persuasion and brute force, the movie obsessed Kim planned to use them to develop the Hermit Kingdom's film industry and get it out of its mindless propaganda mentality. Through the words of Choi, their family, associates and US intelligence personnel, you will follow the story of the bizarre slavery of this couple even as they rediscovered their love and secretly gathered evidence of the dictator's crimes. All the while, they struggled to play along with the world's most dangerous film geek as they desperately planned their escape.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Plot Keywords: detective, barber, serial killer, suspenseful, glasgow, scotland, legend ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
Plot Keywords: artist, neighbor, family, amusing, tender, winsome, spirited ...
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