Loading Page
Local Hero(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-02-17
68%
401 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
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.
Languages: Russian, Japanese, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $4,200,000.00
Revenue: $5,900,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Enigma Productions
Celandine Films
Movie: Local Hero
Top 10 Billed Cast
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson
Gordon Urquhart
Fulton Mackay
Ben Knox
Peter Capaldi
Danny Oldsen
Jennifer Black
Stella Urquhart
Jenny Seagrove
Marina
Norman Chancer
Moritz
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt
Video Trailer Local Hero
Video: Local Hero - Trailer
Local Hero - Trailer
![Local Hero (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VCFhg6Q6gXU/mqdefault.jpg)
Local Hero (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Jenny Seagrove and Denis Lawson on Local Hero | BFI
The Making of Local Hero
Loading Photos
Photo Type :Total items
Recommendations Movies
67%
True Stories(en)
1986-10-10
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
70%
The Titfield Thunderbolt(en)
1953-03-04
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
66%
Buchanan Rides Alone(en)
1958-08-01
Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
67%
Fisherman's Friends(en)
2019-03-15
Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.
72%
The Ballad of Wallis Island(en)
2025-03-28
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
63%
Promised Land(en)
2012-09-23
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
72%
Secondhand Lions(en)
2003-09-19
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
65%
Julian Po(en)
1997-09-05
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
60%
Cold Souls(en)
2009-08-07
Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. He enlists their services—only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.
70%
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood(en)
2022-03-24
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
62%
Funny Farm(en)
1988-06-03
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
69%
The Angels' Share(en)
2012-06-01
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
62%
The Spoilers(en)
1942-06-11
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
65%
City Slickers(en)
1991-06-07
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
62%
Rock Dog(en)
2016-07-08
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
70%
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway(en)
2021-03-25
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.
78%
Sarah's Oil(en)
2025-11-06
Sarah Rector, a Black girl born in early 20th-century Oklahoma Indian Territory, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith proves right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to family, friends, and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming among the nation's first Black female millionaires—at eleven years old.
71%
Way Out West(en)
1937-04-16
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.
68%
Wild Rose(en)
2019-04-12
A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.
Similar Movies
61%
Varsity Blues(en)
1999-01-15
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.
58%
The Gunman(en)
2015-02-16
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
60%
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch(fr)
2008-12-17
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
31%
Bottoms Up(en)
2006-09-12
Small-town bartender Owen Peadman goes to Los Angeles to raise money to help save his father's Minnesota restaurant. He tries to find a way into Hollywood society, where he meets socialite Lisa and her uptight actor boyfriend. Can he balance his growing feelings for Lisa with surviving the sordid lifestyles of the Hollywood elite?
100%
West of Singapore(en)
1933-01-31
Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woman who really loves him.
25%
Sweethearts on Parade(en)
1930-09-12
Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them reconsider whether they really need millionaires to be happy.
58%
New in Town(en)
2009-01-30
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars, and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment — in the middle of nowhere — to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straightforward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
75%
Welcome to Dongmakgol(ko)
2005-08-04
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
55%
Different Flowers(en)
2017-09-29
A young woman embarks on an unexpected journey with her spunky younger sister after leaving her fiancé at the altar.
60%
River Song(hi)
2018-07-22
Tashi is a lonely single man living on the edge of a small town in Arunachal Pradesh. The town is slowly being inundated by water from a nearby dam reservoir. One day he meets Eshna, who has come to town with her husband who is overseeing the dam's construction.
73%
3:10 to Yuma(en)
1957-08-07
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
62%
Funny Farm(en)
1988-06-03
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
65%
The Salvation(da)
2014-05-22
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
66%
Miss Potter(en)
2006-12-03
Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.
65%
Snow Angels(en)
2007-03-07
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.
68%
Toilet: A Love Story(hi)
2017-08-11
A woman threatens to leave her husband unless he installs a toilet in their home. To win back her love and respect, he heads out on a journey to fight against the backward society.
60%
Death Defying Acts(en)
2007-09-13
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
69%
A Girl at My Door(ko)
2014-05-22
Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.