Young Adam
“Everyone has a past. Everyone has a secret.”
2003 · 1 h 38 min
David MackenzieCast
Ewan McGregor 
Tilda Swinton 
Peter Mullan 
Emily Mortimer Jack McElhone 
Therese Bradley
Credits
Written by: Alexander Trocchi
Plot
A young drifter on a river barge hides what he knows about a dead woman found in the river.
Sinekatalog’s take
David Mackenzie's noir is bleak and sexual, with Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton in a grim Scottish setting.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (15,453 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
If you liked this
Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.
- Asylum (2005) 2005 · David Mackenzie · IMDb 6.1 · Same director
- Sweet Sixteen 2002 · Ken Loach · IMDb 7.4 · Viewers also liked
- Perfect Sense 2011 · David Mackenzie · IMDb 7.0 · Same director
- The Lost Son 1999 · Chris Menges · IMDb 6.5 · Same movement
- Intimacy 2001 · Patrice Chéreau · IMDb 6.0 · Viewers also liked
- Shallow Grave 1994 · Danny Boyle · IMDb 7.2 · Same movement