17 Films & TV Shows Set In Scotland During The 18th Century
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Outlander: Book One
Scotland The 18th Century The 1940sBook One sees Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945, mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. Upon her arrival, she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. But when she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited. Now, Claire's heart is torn between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Rob Roy
Scotland The 18th CenturyHonor made him a man. Courage made him a hero. History made him a legend. — In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
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Kidnapped
Scotland The 18th CenturyWhen Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer
New York Scotland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1990s The 18th Century The 16th CenturyThroughout time they have hunted each other fulfilling the prophecy, that there can be only one. — Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
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Chasing the Deer
Scotland The 18th CenturyThe Jacobite Rebellion of Scotland, and thirty years after the first battle, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army make a stand at Culloden.
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Highlander
New York Scotland 🇪🇸 Spain The 1980s The 1940s The 16th Century The 18th CenturyThere can be only one. — He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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Culloden
Scotland The 18th CenturyCulloden, Scottish Highlands, April 16th, 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was tragic. The men responsible for such a disaster must be exposed. The men, women and children who suffered because of it must be remembered.
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John Paul Jones
Pennsylvania Virginia Scotland England 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇫🇷 France 🇷🇺 Russia The 18th CenturyThe adventures that will live forever in America's naval history ! — The bio-epic about the infamous John Paul Jones.
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Scotland The 18th CenturyAfter the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English
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The Master of Ballantrae
Scotland The 18th CenturyThe Thundering Crusaders of the White Cockade! — Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.
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Kidnapped
Scotland The 18th CenturyRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart (Warner Baxter) in 18th-century Scotland.
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Auld Lang Syne
Scotland The 18th CenturyAuld Lang Syne is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by James A. Fitzpatrick. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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The Ghost Goes West
Florida Scotland The 1930s The 18th CenturyThe most romantic ghost you've ever seen! — An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland The 18th CenturyIn the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.
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Kidnapped
Scotland The 18th CenturyIn Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
