While some may think that Hollywood and Glasgow are poles
apart, there are film makers out there who seek the sometimes dull, sometimes
dangerous ‘appeal’ of Glasgow in order to make movies and because of this, a
number of movies have been set in the city, a few of which are listed below:
- NEDS: Probably one of the most popular Glaswegian movies, NEDS follows a group of street youths in their daily lives in Glasgow with the movie providing itself as a sort of analysis on the stigmatised group of young people in Scotland.
- Sweet Sixteen: Yet another movie which attempts to derail the stereotype of a typical Glasgow ‘ned’, this movie was filmed in 2002 and is described to be a powerful coming of age drama. One thing that should be noted about this movie is that it even has English subtitles for people who can’t understand the Glaswegian accent properly.
- Doomsday: Definitely not a typical Glasgow-based movie, this dystopian film portrays a bleak and abandoned, seemingly post-apocalyptic Glasgow. Although the movie depicts Glasgow as a ruined city, there are still some familiar locations in the movie that locals will recognise right away.
- Not Another Happy Ending: Not really a 'gritty' movie but it is set in Glasgow. Starring three favourites actors of mine Iain de Caestecker, Karen Gillan and Freya Mavor, it's more of a light hearted romcom than anything but it was mostly shot in Glasgow's Merchant City.
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