Trainspotting

1996 • 93 minutes

About this movie

Danny Boyle's hyper-kinetic heroin culture classic. Renton, Spud, Begbie and the rest score and scam their way through 1980s Edinburgh and London. Mixing high-energy hilarity with an honest portrayal of heroin culture's sordid reality. Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. Channel Four Television Corporation 1995

Ratings and reviews

A great tale of a few friends who got mixed up with a personal demon named heroin. It does glamorise the drug to a degree, but then again, how are they supposed to film complete & utter numbness too mind, body & soul. Great movie

This film is nothing short of a modern masterpiece. If you've never seen it you don't know what you're missing. Watch it and you will soon know. So many actors, and Danny Boyle, owe their career to this film. Watch it, just watch it

When I saw this film it was amazing and I was so glad to be studying as I am a film student. However, I renewed the movie for 99p and paid for it and as I go to watch it is unavailable. Now I know 99p is not a lot of money but I just thought I would warn others just in case.