Direction: Bill Forsyth
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Bill Forsyth. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 10
Local Hero
1983 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Burt Lancaster · Peter Riegert · Denis Lawson · Peter Capaldi
Synopsis An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
6.8
3K votes
6.8
3K votes
Housekeeping
1987 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Christine Lahti · Sara Walker · Andrea Burchill · Anne Pitoniak
6.8
80 votes
6.8
80 votes
Gregory's Girl
1981 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast John Gordon Sinclair · Dee Hepburn · Jake D'Arcy · Clare Grogan
Synopsis Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
6.2
99 votes
6.2
99 votes
Being Human
1994 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Robin Williams · John Turturro · Anna Galiena · Vincent D'Onofrio
Synopsis Five shorts portray a character named Hector as a caveman, a slave, a warrior, an explorer and a divorced man.
5.2
219 votes
5.2
219 votes
Breaking In
1989 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Burt Reynolds · Casey Siemaszko · Sheila Kelley · Lorraine Toussaint
Synopsis Burt Reynolds plays Ernie, a veteran thief who now wants to retire and forget the past. But as a last task before retiring, he will pass all his experience to a young and a little dumb boy. Things don't go...
4.2
69 votes
4.2
69 votes
That Sinking Feeling
1980 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Tom Mannion · Eddie Burt · Richard Demarco · Alex Mackenzie
Synopsis Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated...
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Gregory's Two Girls
1999 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Carly McKinnon · John Gordon Sinclair · John Murtagh · Hugh McCue
Synopsis Returns again the romantic comedy of Gregory's Girl. Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils uncover evil practices at a local factory they...
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Andrina (S)
1981 · Movie · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Cyril Cusack · Wendy Jane Morgan · Sandra Voe · Jimmy Yuill
Synopsis Mysterious young Andrina is the only friend of an old man. When she fails to visit him one day, he goes down to his seaside village to look for her but no one knows of such person there. Who is...
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Comfort and Joy
1984 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Bill Paterson · Eleanor David · Clare Grogan · Alex Norton
Synopsis Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Islands of the West
1972 · Documentary · 27 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bill Forsyth
Cast Duncan Carse
Synopsis A tour of the landscape and wildlife of the Western Isles in Scotland.
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