How to watch the Trainspotting films in order
There are 2 Trainspotting films, about 3.5 hours in total. The first was released in 1996, the latest in 2017. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, and clean-cut athlete Tommy.
- 1
Trainspotting (1996)
23 Feb 1996 · 94 min
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.
- 2
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
27 Jan 2017 · 117 min
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.