Choose life.
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.
Trainspotting (1996) is a drama and crime film directed by Danny Boyle, released on February 23, 1996 with a runtime of 1h 34m. It stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller and Kevin McKidd. Viewers rate it 8.0 out of 10 across 10,640 ratings.
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Ewan McGregor
as Renton
Ewen Bremner
as Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
as Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
as Tommy
Robert Carlyle
as Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
as Diane
Peter Mullan
as Swanney
James Cosmo
as Renton's Father
Eileen Nicholas
as Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
as Allison
Pauline Lynch
as Lizzy
Shirley Henderson
as Gail
Directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge and Irvine Welsh, produced by Andrew Macdonald.
Average viewer score of 8.0/10 from 10,640 ratings.
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…
Reviewed on August 27, 2023
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…
Reviewed on May 30, 2024
**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…
Reviewed on March 17, 2026
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The main cast of Trainspotting (1996) includes Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd and Robert Carlyle. The film was directed by Danny Boyle. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Trainspotting was released on February 23, 1996 and runs for 1h 34m.
Trainspotting (1996) holds an average rating of 8.0 out of 10 from 10,640 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and crime films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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