There are a very few cities in the world which are as versatile and varied as Edinburgh. The place has breathtaking architecture dating from the medieval to the contemporary. For all the city offers and for all its history Edinburgh provides superb settings and locations. This is the main reason why some of the best movies in Hollywood are shot in Edinburgh. Some of these are named below.
DRIVING LESSONS 2005: this movie is filmed in Edinburgh on Victoria St, Candlemaker Row, Moray Place & Advocates Close, Old College and Caledonian Hotel , also on the roads in the Scottish Borders and near Torness in East Lothian.
CHARIOTS OF FIRE 1981: Chariots of Fire was filmed in Scotland at the Sma Glen, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The opening sequences of runners were filmed at West Sands beach in St Andrews.
NIGHT PEOPLE 2005: this movie has scenes filmed in edinburgh in various city centre locations, Old Town, Princess StGardens, St Andrews bus station, Cameron Toll, Caroline Park House, St Cuthberts and in Midlothian.
FESTIVAL 2005: this movie has been shot in edinburgh in George Square Gardens, The Assembly Rooms, The Caledonian Hotel, Mound Square, Leith Links, The Stand Comedy Club and on varous closes off the Royal Mile.
THE ADVENTURES OF GREYFRIARS BOBBY 2005: this movie is filmed in Edinburgh Castle, Niddrie Street, St Cuthberts Graveyard, the Old Town in Bakehouse Close, Vennel, Greyfriars Graveyard, Candlemaker Row and also in McEwan Hall.
WOMAN IN WINTER 2005: filmed in Edinburgh on Rose Street, in Dean Village, Calton Hill, Princess St, Great King Street, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Portrait Gallery, in Prestonfield Hotel and Holyrood Park.
REBUS 2005: Rebus is filmed is filmed in various Edinburgh City Centre locations, Candlemaker Row, the Scottish Parliament, Victoria Street and Terrace, Museum of Scotland, Holyrood and on Musselburgh beach.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 1959: this movie has scenes filmed in Edinburgh at Edinburgh University and the Mound.
THE ANGELS SHARE 2011: filmed on Edinburgh on Princess St Gardens, Caledonian Hotels and Mound Precinct.
ONE DAY 2010: this movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess is filmed in Edinburgh at Moray Place/Forres St. Carlton Hill, Parliament Square, Arthurs Seat, Victoria Street/Terrace, Telford and Cockburn Street .
THE AWAKENING 2010: filmed on St Bernards Crescent in Edinburgh. The movie is about a ghost debunker who is called to a boys borading school to make it ghost free.
DRIVING LESSONS 2005: this movie is filmed in Edinburgh on Victoria St, Candlemaker Row, Moray Place & Advocates Close, Old College and Caledonian Hotel , also on the roads in the Scottish Borders and near Torness in East Lothian.
CHARIOTS OF FIRE 1981: Chariots of Fire was filmed in Scotland at the Sma Glen, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The opening sequences of runners were filmed at West Sands beach in St Andrews.
NIGHT PEOPLE 2005: this movie has scenes filmed in edinburgh in various city centre locations, Old Town, Princess StGardens, St Andrews bus station, Cameron Toll, Caroline Park House, St Cuthberts and in Midlothian.
FESTIVAL 2005: this movie has been shot in edinburgh in George Square Gardens, The Assembly Rooms, The Caledonian Hotel, Mound Square, Leith Links, The Stand Comedy Club and on varous closes off the Royal Mile.
THE ADVENTURES OF GREYFRIARS BOBBY 2005: this movie is filmed in Edinburgh Castle, Niddrie Street, St Cuthberts Graveyard, the Old Town in Bakehouse Close, Vennel, Greyfriars Graveyard, Candlemaker Row and also in McEwan Hall.
WOMAN IN WINTER 2005: filmed in Edinburgh on Rose Street, in Dean Village, Calton Hill, Princess St, Great King Street, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Portrait Gallery, in Prestonfield Hotel and Holyrood Park.
REBUS 2005: Rebus is filmed is filmed in various Edinburgh City Centre locations, Candlemaker Row, the Scottish Parliament, Victoria Street and Terrace, Museum of Scotland, Holyrood and on Musselburgh beach.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 1959: this movie has scenes filmed in Edinburgh at Edinburgh University and the Mound.
THE ANGELS SHARE 2011: filmed on Edinburgh on Princess St Gardens, Caledonian Hotels and Mound Precinct.
ONE DAY 2010: this movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess is filmed in Edinburgh at Moray Place/Forres St. Carlton Hill, Parliament Square, Arthurs Seat, Victoria Street/Terrace, Telford and Cockburn Street .
THE AWAKENING 2010: filmed on St Bernards Crescent in Edinburgh. The movie is about a ghost debunker who is called to a boys borading school to make it ghost free.
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