Trainspotting

Trainspotting

1996

This brutal, dark comedy about the hellish lives of Scottish heroin addicts stars Ewan McGregor as a listless slacker who can't kick heroin, even as his friends die and his life falls apart. With a stellar soundtrack featuring Iggy Pop, Pulp and Elastica, Trainspotting is a grim, violent and smartly funny tale about wasted lives.

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?

JBscale
88
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Crime - Comedy
Length
1 hr. 34 mins.
US Theatrical Release
July 19, 1996
US Box Office
$16,501,785 (#3771 of 7423)
Global Office
$71,558,971 (#2090 of 4357)
Rating
R
Restricted
Graphic Heroin Use and Resulting Depravity, Nudity, Sex, Some Violence, Strong Language

Collection Detail

Edition
3-Disc & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English: DD 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master 5.1
Studio
Miramax
Released
September 13, 2011
Acquired Date
November 1, 2011
Times Seen
4 Times
Last Watched
June 3, 2009

Actors

Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan
James Cosmo
James Cosmo
Eileen Nicholas
Eileen Nicholas
Susan Vidler
Susan Vidler
Pauline Lynch
Pauline Lynch
Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
Stuart McQuarrie
Stuart McQuarrie
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh

Directors

Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle

Producers

Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald

Writers

John Hodge
John Hodge

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #171
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #170
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #153
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #149
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #150
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #149
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #160
  • 2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #160
  • 2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #167

Special Features

Commentaries
  • director Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, John Hodge and Ewan McGregor
Featurettes
  • Behind the Needle
  • The Making of Trainspotting
  • Trainspotting Retrospective
Other
  • Cannes
  • Deleted Scenes - Optional Director Commentary
  • Interviews
  • Audio Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • 3.16.2007 by biglummox (9/10)

Ratings

JB Users
90
Superior
RT Fresh Certified
90%
Tomatometer
96 votes
RT Fresh Certified
93%
Popcornmeter
16,417 votes
METASCORE
83
28 votes
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
742,048 votes

Tags

  1. Trainspotting

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Kids-in-Mind
  3. Common Sense Media