Trainspotting
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.
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $72M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Trainspotting actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Trainspotting appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Crime Movies Ranked #34
Placed at #34 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #166
Placed at #166 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
6 wins · 8 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Writers Guild of America Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerWriters Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film
1 win
- WinnerBodil Award for Best Non-American Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1 win
- WinnerBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Space Needle
1 win
- WinnerGolden Space Needle
London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
1 win
- WinnerLondon Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Chlotrudis Award for Best Director
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerChlotrudis Award for Best Director
Independent Spirit Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerIndependent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Satellite Award for Best Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Trainspotting returned 18.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $72M
- Release date
- Feb 23, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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