Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld. It features John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, and Clare Grogan, among others. Grogan's role helped promote her career, as she was in the band Altered Images at the time of the film's release.
Gregory's Girl was ranked #30 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and #29 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 best high school movies.
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