Highlander, 1986 This is about as Scottish as Scottish films get. It’s called Highlander and it’s about a Highlander – the immortal Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. Except he’s […]

Whisky Galore A simple but hilarious 1949 tale of islanders trying to hide 50,000 cases of whisky – plundered from the SS Cabinet Minister after it was hit by a […]

Gregory’s Girl For a certain age group of Scots (ie mine!), this film perfectly encapsulated growing up in Scotland in the 1980s – although I don’t remember person-sized penguins wandering […]

Local Hero David and Goliath transported to the west coast of Scotland (although much of it was filmed on the east coast) and starring one of the best Scottish male […]

Geordie The 1955 film of a puny wee Highland laddie who sends off for a body building kit from the newspaper and grows into a gentle giant who makes it […]

Braveheart Okay – so the main man’s not played by a Scotsman and a fair bit of the plot’s not actually true… But no true Scot can possibly watch Braveheart […]

Restless Natives Restless Natives is such an incredibly good film, only us Scots appreciate it! Bizarrely, the very Scottish humour throughout the film, the soaring Big Country soundtrack and even […]

The Wicker Man Blame it on the weather, dark nights, our ancient mistrust of strangers following the Glencoe Massacre (we’re also guilty of bearing grudges!) or our verging on obsessive need to […]

Sunshine On Leith A late entry but when it comes to feel-good films, this one’s at the top! It’s also the best advert for Edinburgh ever made – VisitScotland should […]

In January we called all marmalade makers to arms for the The World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival, and the results are in! Over 2,000 jars of home-made entries were received […]