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Trainspotting (1996) More at IMDbPro »

References

Le sang d'un poète (1930)
 -  The baby on the ceiling is a direct reference
"The Avengers" (1961)
The Hustler (1961)
Dr. No (1962)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
C'era una volta il West (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
 -  In Trainspotting, when Spud and Renton are sitting alone together on a couch at a bar, the walls behind them have white words such as "voloko." These are the same words and style behind Alex and his three droogs in A Clockwork Orange.
The Exorcist (1973)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Gregory's Girl (1981)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Der Name der Rose (1986)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Untouchables (1987)
Goodfellas (1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

Referenced in

"The Adam and Joe Show: (#1.3)" (1996)
 -  Parody DVD set
"The Adam and Joe Show: (#1.4)" (1996)
 -  Mentioned as one of the year's best films.
Falsche Liebe (1997) (TV)
Dobermann (1997)
 -  movie poster in the street
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997)
 -  Mike: Corpsespotting.
Spice World (1997)
Lola rennt (1998)
 -  duplicates the shot in which Renton in Trainspotting is almost hit by a car
Following (1998)
Human Traffic (1999)
 -  Lulu mentions the title during the interview.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V)
Fight Club (1999)
 -  on shelf in video store
The Junkies (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Shun liu Ni liu (2000)
 -  A poster for Trainspotting (1996) can be seen on Tyler's door, when the cop went out.
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
"Spin City: Trainstopping (#5.16)" (2001)
 -  title reference
Lammbock (2001)
 -  when Kai is searching the drugs in the toilet it references "Trainspotting" where Renton does the same
Santa Maradona (2001)
The 51st State (2001)
The Salton Sea (2002)
Luster (2002)
 -  soundtrack posters in record shop
Vaktmästaren och professorn (2002)
Spun (2002)
 -  Ross halucinating that his swimming with drugs and underwater mines, similar to scene where Renton searches for heroin in the toilet
Last Exit (2003)
 -  Maria is a heroin addict and some drug scenes were influenced by the movie
One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)
 -  Mention once
Stuck on You (2003)
 -  Cher mentions the film in a conversation with her agent.
Saw (2004)
 -  The scene that has a character search through a dirty toilet, was inspired by a similar scene in Trainspotting.
A Question to Asclepios (2004)
 -  Drug den
Edgar & Simon's Flip Chart (2004) (V)
 -  It can be read on the flip-chart that one characters favourite album is the "Trainspotting Soundtrack"
"Blue Murder: Up in Smoke (#2.2)" (2004)
 -  One detective refers to another's observation of surveillace video tape as "Tram Spotting."
"Long Way Round" (2004)
 -  A cop pulls Ewan McGregor over to tell him that he really enjoyed Trainspotting
Match Point (2005)
 -  near the end of the film, Ewen Bremner (as Inspector Dowd) refers to a heroin addict with multiple convictions. Bremner played a heroin addict with multiple convictions in trainspotting.
Twist of Fate (2005)
 -  Poster visible in the kitchen.
Knetter (2005)
 -  'Lust for Live' sequence is copied with children running home from school
"Top Gear: (2006-05-28)" (2006)
 -  Mentioned by Jeremy
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
 -  Mention is made of someone turning down a role in this film to star in Three Colors Blue.
The End of 'Life on Mars' (2007) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
Dil Dosti Etc (2007)
 -  Its poster is seen in the room of Apurv
"Chuck: Chuck Versus the Helicopter (#1.2)" (2007)
 -  The chase scene in the beginning, the music is same and Chuck gets hit by a car and falls on its hood
"Yperoha plasmata: Mary Poppins (#1.12)" (2007)
 -  dialogue
"The Cult of...: Hamish Macbeth (#2.8)" (2008)
 -  Referenced by name
"Comedy Connections: Rab C. Nesbitt (#6.5)" (2008)
 -  Referenced by name
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
 -  Both movies are directed by Danny Boyle and both feature a scene where a character dives into a filthy toilet and emerges covered in feces.
"House M.D.: Adverse Events (#5.3)" (2008)
 -  During a differential, House observes that none of his team have seen Trainspotting since one can become worse off after getting clean of drugs.
Kevin Smith: Sold Out - A Threevening with Kevin Smith (2008) (V)
 -  "I was Transpotting it into the toilet"
The Supermarket (2009)
 -  Shot of Spud looking inside box mimicked
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
 -  "that Trainspotted fella"
Double or Nothing (2009)
 -  The narrators joke that all good Brit films (Trainspotting and Lock Stock) start with a chase and mock Four Weddings.

Featured in

The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV)
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips shown.
"The South Bank Show: Irvine Welsh (#30.4)" (2006)
 -  Extracts shown
"De wereld draait door: (#4.149)" (2009)
 -  A fragment is shown.
Scotland on Screen (2009) (TV)
 -  Clips shown and discussed
"The Jay Leno Show: (#1.32)" (2009)
 -  a clip is shown in a montage of Ewan McGregor's films

Spoofs

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Inferno (1980)
Phenomena (1985)

Spoofed in

"The Adam and Joe Show: (#1.1)" (1996)
 -  Toy version of this film.
RocketMan (1997)
"Family Guy: Love Thy Trophy (#2.5)" (2000)
 -  The end credits is a parody of a scene from Transpotting.
Happy Birthday Shakespeare (2000) (TV)
Snatch. (2000)
"The Simpsons: The Regina Monologues (#15.4)" (2003)
 -  Bart and Lisa get high on British candy and run around the UK similar to Renton, Spud and Sick Boy at the beginning of Trainspotting. Also, Maggie crawls the ceiling and twists her head 360 degrees, spoofing Renton's reaction to going cold turkey.
Hot Fuzz (2007)
 -  The scene where Nick Angel chases the purple-track-suit-clad shoplifter is almost a shot-for-shot parody of the opening sequence in Trainspotting (1996).

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