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Trainspotting
1996
· Movie
· 93 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #200
- IMDb #201
- Google retired #795
- Rotten Tomatoes #230
- Metacritic #279
- Letterboxd #185
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #631
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #210
- Metacritic Critics #509
- Metacritic Audience #169
- Criticker #291
- Douban #236
- Kinopoisk #344
- AlloCiné #334
- Trakt #229
Every rating
68–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →A group of friends in Edinburgh navigate a life fueled by heroin addiction. The story follows their struggles with poverty, violence, and their own self-destructive habits. One of them attempts to get clean and leave that life behind, but his friends and past continually pull him back.
Details
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Writer
- John Hodge
- Based on
- Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
- Released
- 23 February 1996
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $72.0M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (26) →
Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 14 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award 1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | John Hodge | Winner |
| 69th Academy Awards 1997 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | John Hodge | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Award 1997 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Writers Guild of America Award 1997 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Award 1996 | Best British Film | Nominee | |
| Bodil Award 1997 | Best Non-American Film | Danny Boyle | Winner |
| Chlotrudis Award 1997 | Best Director | Nominee | |
| London Film Critics Circle Award 1997 | British Actor of the Year | Ewan McGregor | Winner |
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BAFTA Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | John Hodge | Winner |
| Best British Film | Nominee |
69th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | John Hodge | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominee |
Bodil Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-American Film | Danny Boyle | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Golden Space Needle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Space Needle | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| British Actor of the Year | Ewan McGregor | Winner |
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
Satellite Award
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Chlotrudis Award
1 nomination
| Best Director | Nominee |
MTV Movie Award
1 nomination
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominee |