Robert Carlyle

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse... (imdb)

Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (imdb)

Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. (imdb)

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene--her daughter by the sexy but delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley, so much, that he proposes to her on national television. Jimmy sees the TV proposal and returns to town convinced that he can try to win back his wife and daughter, however he faces formidable opposition from almost every side. (imdb)

Plunkett is a highwayman who's partner is killed by Police Detective Chance. He soon hooks up with disgraced soldier Captain Macleane to continue robbing the rich to fund his move to America.

Captain John Boyd's promotion stations him at a fort where a rescued man tells a disturbing tale of cannibalism. (imdb)

A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Ultimately they find true freedom by forgiving their enemies.

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, a terrorist who can't feel pain.

Based on a short film created 15 years ago by the director and co-writer Randall Miller and his wife Jody Savin, this is a beautiful film that celebrates the reawakening of the spirit. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class (imdb)

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart. (imdb)

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit. (imdb)

"Every day, young girls are bought and sold" is the first sentence that appears on a black screen in Human Traffcking's trailer. This is true, so true and this is what the lifetime network movie is all about: trying to tell people the truth about modern slavery. (imdb)

True story that created headline news in 1959. A young aboriginal man Max Stuart, was convicted of murder in the light of questionable evidence presented, of nine year old Mary Hattam near Ceduna, on the south coast of Australia. International News Media Baron, Rupert Murdoch (played by Ben Mendelsohn), then publisher of the Adelaide "News," became the driving force behind securing a re-trial for Stuart. (imdb)

The movie describes the life of Adolf Hitler (Robert Carlyle) from childhood to manhood, and how he became so powerful. It describes his poor childhood in Austria, it describes the first world war from his point of view, and how he became the strongest man in Germany... (imdb)

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it's the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands. (20th Century Fox)

28 Weeks Later, the follow up to 28 Days Later, picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the Mainland Britain. The U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited, but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever. (Fox Atomic)

Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another. (imdb)

Traitors, killers and lovers collide in London. (imdb)

Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city... (imdb)

Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on. (imdb)

Film based on the real-time television series "24", which chronicles a day in the life of Federal Agent Jack Bauer. (imdb)

Young boy trains a beloved greyhound for racing in this coming of age film.

Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is their friendship and for Shaun his first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and takes Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to go on a journey to confront his past... (imdb)

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. (imdb)

Escaping her abusive father, and estranged from her mother, Lucy is thrust upon the UK's disheveled care system. Samantha Morton's directorial debut, The Unloved is an elegiac look through the intimate eye of an unsettled girl's complex relationship with the increasingly unstable, alienating world around her.

A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and to help her face her past. Once home, Carla's nightmarish memories take over, and Carla and George are thrown into the thick of the US war against the Sandinistas... (imdb)

The Stone of Destiny retells the fascinating and true story of four young Glaswegian students who, in 1951, outwitted the British authorities in their successful attempt to take back the Stone of Scone - a beloved symbol of Scottish pride, back to its country of origin. (imdb)

Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. (imdb)

A young boy suspects his dad might be working undercover for MI6. (imdb)

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend who he doesn't like. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup. (imdb)

Mini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot. (imdb)

A former Britpop rocker who now works on a farm gets caught driving drunk and faces deportation after living in Los Angeles for many years. His efforts to stay in the U.S. force him to confront the past and current demons in his life. (imdb)

A police investigator is called onto a case of a murder, when all of the leads bring him back to a killing that happened years ago something deeper unfolds.

Dr. Stephen Ezard returns home to the UK after the reported death of his brother, Michael, only to find that his widow, Yasim, is harboring a wanted yet deathly ill illegal immigrant. After the death of Yasim's immigrant friend, she disappears with the body, leaving more questions than answers. Stephen is then hired as a consultant and promoter of a new computer system, T.I.A. Using his expert computer skills, he secretly tracks down Yasim, unaware that he is a pawn in a government conspiracy. (imdb)

Four characters living in one neighbourhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. (imdb)

Trapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth. (imdb)

Hamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk. Based on characters created by M.C. Beaton, from her series of mystery novels. (imdb)

Larry Winters was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder in a Soho bar in London in 1963. He has flashbacks, triggered by drugs and isolation, into his younger life as a soldier in the parachute regiment and his childhood in Glasgow and Carbisdale.

A continuation of the Trainspotting saga reuniting the original characters.

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.

In London during the Edwardian era, George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth. (imdb)

Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.

This drama is about Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his group of ministers and other people called Cobra that acts and meets in times of need and handles threats to the United Kingdom. It is power and threats.

In this 8-episode sequel to the movie of the same name, the friends continue to navigate Sheffield and its crumbling healthcare, education and employment sectors, exploring the brighter, sillier and more humane way forward where communal effort can still triumph over adversity. (imdb)

Based on her fascinating memoir, this film follows Cea Sunrise Person's unconventional childhood in the Canadian wilderness and her complicated relationship with her teenage mother, a chain-smoking cannabis addict.

Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs. (imdb)

A gifted Jewish tap dancer is recruited to perform a one-night engagement in 1930's Berlin. With his life on the line, he and his troupe must give their best performance. Based on a story by Arthur Miller first published in The New Yorker. (imdb)

When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account. Based on a true story. (Netflix)