

Local Hero
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$4200000
Revenue
$5900000
Runtime
111 min
Release Date
1983-02-17
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
358
Vote Average
6.716
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
Mac
Denis Lawson
Urquhart
Fulton Mackay
Ben
Peter Capaldi
Oldsen
Jennifer Black
Stella
Jenny Seagrove
Marina
Norman Chancer
Moritz
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt
Christopher Rozycki
Victor
Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson
Cal
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky
Caroline Guthrie
Pauline
Jimmy Yuill
Iain
Karen Douglas
Mrs Wyatt
Kenny Ireland
Skipper
Sandra Voe
Mrs Fraser
Harlan Jordan
Fountain
Charles Kearney
Peter
David Mowat
Gideon
John Poland
Anderson
Ann Scott-Jones
Linda Fraser
Ian Stewart
Mr Bulloch
Jonathan Watson
Jonathan
Dave Anderson
Fraser
Ray Jeffries
Andrew
James Kennedy
Edward
Willie Joss
Sandy
Tanya Ticktin
Russian Girl
Edith Ruddick
Old Lady
Betty Macey
Switchboard Operator
Michelle McCarel
Switchboard Operator
Anne Thompson
Switchboard Operator
Brian Rowan
Ace Tone
Mark Winchester
Ace Tone
Alan Clark
Ace Tone
Alan Darby
Ace Tone
Roddy Murray
Ace Tone
Dale Winchester
Ace Tone
Luke Coulter
Baby
Buddy Quaid
Crabbe
4.5
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, a man with terrible eyesight, gets caught up in a museum robbery.
1997-12-25 | en
6.8
Chariots of Fire
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
1981-05-15 | en
6.4
Cookie's Fortune
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
1999-03-24 | en
5.6
Airport '77
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
1977-03-11 | en
5.6
Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
2008-04-17 | de
5.3
Top of the Food Chain
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed, then the CATV antenna stopped broadcasting, and now something is gruesomely devouring the townsfolk! Can visiting atomic scientist (and expert on "cool fusion") Dr. Karel Lamonte solve the mystery before everyone disappears?
1999-09-11 | en
6.3
True North
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
2007-09-14 | en
4.4
Wild Seed
A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a killing spree, causing panic among the locals.
1967-03-18 | sh
6.1
Runaway Bride
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie's hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle – during which he's convinced she'll run again. Though he's there on a muckraking mission, Ike can't help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
1999-07-30 | en
3.4
Vivere
On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out for Rotterdam in order to find her little sister, who has run off with her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope.
2007-04-26 | de
5.7
Dry Season
Two neighboring clans and two different approaches to life. What happens when the strained relationship of two domineering fathers interferes with the love of their own children?
2024-02-15 | cs
0.0
Mendadak Dangdut
After a deadly incident involving her producer, rising pop star Naya flees with her sister and ailing father to a remote village. There, she’s forced to hide her identity and perform as a dangdut singer—while struggling to escape her past and the law closing in.
2025-04-30 | id
6.8
Asterix in Britain
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
1986-12-03 | fr
6.9
Tremors
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
1990-01-19 | en
6.2
Asterix Conquers America
When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!
1994-09-29 | de
7.3
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".
1976-06-26 | fr
7.6
Pandora
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
2016-12-07 | ko
6.5
Asterix vs. Caesar
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
1985-03-06 | fr
6.8
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
2000-11-17 | en
0.0
Father's Son
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
1931-03-07 | en