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Trainspotting

Choose life.

8.0(10,752)19961h 34m15

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
$72M
Language
English
Part of Trainspotting Collection · 2 films
  • drug dealer
  • friendship
  • london, england
  • drug abuse
  • based on novel or book
  • scotland
  • heroin
  • drug addiction
  • anti hero
  • junkie
  • nightclub
  • cold turkey

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Behind the camera

Director

Danny Boyle

Writers

John Hodge

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRNew York City, New York15 Jul 1996
    • Theatrical (limited)R19 Jul 1996
    • TheatricalR9 Aug 1996
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1823 Feb 1996
    • Theatrical184K Restoration Re-release24 May 2024
    • Physical184k Ultra HD Blu-ray11 Nov 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+23 May 1996
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A26 Jul 1996
    • Theatrical30th Anniversary Rerelease5 Jun 2026
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical181 Jan 1997
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1816 Aug 1996
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+17 Oct 1996
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1528 Jun 1996
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical21 Aug 1998
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1612 Jul 1996
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1996
    • Theatrical1619 Jun 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1615 Aug 1996

Frequently asked questions

Trainspotting was released on 23 February 1996.

Audience reviews

3
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/27/2023

    7/10

    25 years on, and this Danny Boyle effort has lost little of it's authentic, gritty, potency. Set in mid 1990s Edinburgh it follows the antics of a disparate group of friends whose only goals in life are to survive, maybe get laid, and to take each day as it comes... "Begbie" (Robert Carlyle) is their psychopathically charged leader, who thinks nothing of smashing a glass in someone's face; "Spud" (Ewan Bremner) and "…

  • R

    r96sk

    5/30/2024

    9/10

    Not the most enthralling, but <em>'Trainspotting'</em> does have plenty to say - and boy does it portray it! There are particularly strong performances from Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle. I didn't like watching the bunch of characters given how severely unlikeable they are. Of course, that is very much the intention so it's a credit to the actors and the filmmakers at how convincing it all is. The…

  • B

    badelf

    3/17/2026

    9/10

    **Trainspotting** (1996) _Directed by Danny Boyle_ Danny Boyle's Trainspotting is sardonic in the truest sense, both in style and story. It doesn't make fun of addiction, doesn't glamorize it, doesn't preach about it. Instead, it presents the whole grotesque cycle with dark wit and visual audacity, letting you see exactly how absurd and horrifying and inevitable it all is. The film is as much about what creates…

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