These are all wonderful recommendations-- thank you so much!

Some, like Braveheart, Waking Ned Devine, The Lives of Others, Trainspotting, I've seen, but not in a LONG while so it'll be wonderful to see them again and from a different perspective/motivation this time. (Though yeah, I'll probably skip watching Braveheart again, love it as I do!)

Thank you, thank you and thank you all.

What outwest said, I was going to recommend "Good-bye Lenin" too. Great film, lots of documentary stuff, but served up in a way that is interesting and good for some laughs too.

To get lots of results simply google "movies set in Scotland", for instance. Wikipedia will likely be the first hit with list for you. Here's what I got for Scotland:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...et_in_Scotland

I did the same recently for London and got a great list. Then google the individual titles or go to a site like Netflix to know if they might appeal to you.

Disregard the last part of my suggestion above. Simply click on the movie titles right there on the Wikipedia page and you'll get a great rundown on the individual movies.

For Amsterdam: check out the TV series "Baantjer".

A couple of options for you that aren't heavy on the scenery, but are on the 'culture' side of things;

For Scotland (one of my favourite ever films) 'Whisky Galore' (1949 - thanks IMDB) and for Germany 'The Edukators'. Both are a little different from the suggestions above.

If you want a film that makes Trainspotting look like Alvin and the Chipmunks (I know I have odd taste) try 'Red Road'.

Set in a very poor housing estate in Glasgow, it's one of the most memorable films I've ever seen. It's definitely not one to munch popcorn through with a group of friends, but you might want to have a loved one nearby at the end so you can give them a hug and be thankful your life is nothing like the protagonists'.

I've stopped wondering why my wife doesn't want to watch the same films as me...