Trainspotting: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 3 h 31 min. 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. 
   Movie 1

   Trainspotting (1996)

   1 h 34 min · ★ 8.0

   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…

2. 
   Movie 2

   T2 Trainspotting (2017)

   1 h 57 min · ★ 6.9

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