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10 Best Movies Like Trainspotting

If you loved Trainspotting, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie....

#2
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and h...

#3
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#4
Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrode...

#5
Three Men and a Leg

Three Men and a Leg

1997★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—sinc...

#6
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainspotting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...