Trainspotting

IMDb

8.1/10

Rated

R

Trainspotting is a 1996 black comedy drama directed by Danny Boyle, based on Irvine Welsh's novel. Ewan McGregor plays Mark Renton, a young heroin addict in Edinburgh who keeps trying to quit while his friends Spud, Sick Boy, the violent Begbie and the clean-living Tommy pull him in different directions. Told with fast editing, dark humor and a famous Britpop soundtrack, the film follows Renton from the city's housing estates to London and a final chance to escape.

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