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Trainspotting

Choose life.

1996 · R · 1h 34m

Directed by Danny Boyle

8.0

TMDB audience score
10,810 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Ewan McGregor
    Renton

  • Ewen Bremner
    Spud

  • Jonny Lee Miller
    Sick Boy

  • Kevin McKidd
    Tommy

  • Robert Carlyle
    Begbie

  • Kelly Macdonald
    Diane

  • Peter Mullan
    Swanney

  • James Cosmo
    Renton's Father

  • Eileen Nicholas
    Renton's Mother

  • Susan Vidler
    Allison

  • Pauline Lynch
    Lizzy

  • Shirley Henderson
    Gail

  • Stuart McQuarrie
    Gavin

  • Irvine Welsh
    Mikey Forrester

  • Dale Winton
    Game Show Host

  • Keith Allen
    Dealer

  • Kevin Allen
    Andreas

  • Annie Louise Ross
    Gail's Mother