SCOTLAND
Centurion (2010) -- devastation of the 9th Legion of Rome by the Picts in modern Scotland
X The Vikings (1958) -- the scourge of Ireland and England/Scotland as well as elsewhere
X Macbeth (1948)
X Macbeth (1971) -- 1040, Shakespeare
Brave Heart (1995) -- story of William Wallace, 1297, Scottish independence leader
The Bruce (1996) -- story of Robert the Bruce of Scotland (1274-1329) who was King of the Scots from 1306 to 1329
Edward II (1991) -- 1307-1327, anti-gay bias ruins his rule; directed by Derek Jarman; continues plans of his father Edward II to subdue Scotland
Edward II (1970) -- Edward II deposed and murdered because of his going overboard for his homosexual lover Piers Gaveston
X Auld Lang Syne (1937) -- story of Scottish poet Robert Burns
Mary of Scotland (1936) -- with Katherine Hepburn
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) -- executed by Elizabeth for plotting against her
X The Massacre of Glencoe (1971) -- massacre of the Macdonald Clan by the Campbell Clan, 1692
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) -- British film about Prince Charles of 18th century Scotland
X The Battle of Culloden (1964) -- Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated at this 1746 battle
X Kidnapped -- a young man cheated out of his inheritance joins forces with Alan Breck, just escaping from the defeat at Culloden, to get the inheritance back
Chasing the Deer (1994) -- last Jacobite uprising; death of the Highland clans at Culloden Moor, 1746
Rob Roy (1995) -- 18th century Scotland
X Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1954) ($34)
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