THEME EXPLORATION

Scottish island life

42 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Fårö-dokument
Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Andrina
Andrina
1982 · Bill Forsyth
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Edge of the World
The Edge of the World
1937 · Michael Powell
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Cactus River
Cactus River
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Babes
Babes
2026 · Pamela Adlon
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
Daadi Ki Shaadi
Daadi Ki Shaadi
2026 · Ashish R. Mohan
Cocktail 2
Cocktail 2
2026 · Homi Adajania
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay Scotland

Though primarily working beyond islands, her Scottish sensibility and films like 'You Were Never Really Here' explore the psychological landscape of marginal, isolated communities.

 Powell and Pressburger United Kingdom

'The Edge of the World' (1937) is a landmark film shot on the Scottish Shetland Islands, directly exploring island life, tradition, and the tension between isolation and modernity.