Mel Gibson · 1995 · road

Mel Gibson's 1995 film. In late-13th-century Scotland, the commoner William Wallace rises to lead a rebellion against English rule after the murder of his wife in Lanark - winning at Stirling, raiding into York, and betrayed at Falkirk. Captured and executed in London, his defiance lights the fire that will carry Scotland to independence.

1. 1
   Elderslie

   Wallace's boyhood home, to which he returns as a man hoping only to farm and marry in peace.

2. 2
   Lanark

   The murder of his wife Murron by the English drives Wallace to kill the sheriff and spark a rebellion.

3. 3
   Stirling

   At Stirling Bridge the Scots rout a far larger English army in Wallace's greatest triumph.

4. 4
   York

   Carrying the war south, Wallace storms and sacks the northern English city.

5. 5
   Falkirk

   Betrayed by the Scottish nobles, Wallace's army is broken at Falkirk.

6. 6
   Edinburgh

   Hunted and turned over by those he trusted, Wallace is taken at last.

7. 7
   London

   Tried for treason and brutally executed, he dies crying freedom, a martyr to the Scottish cause.