Interested in knowing where to watch and stream Trainspotting (1996) online? You have come to the right place. Danny Boyle directed the 1996 British black comedy-drama film, which is based on the 1993 namesake novel by Irvine Welsh. Trainspotting was a critical and commercial success when it was released and has since come to be regarded as one of the greatest British films of all time. In 2017, 21 years after the release of the film, its sequel, T2 Trainspotting, came out.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Trainspotting via streaming services such as Paramount Plus and Pluto TV.
Is Trainspotting available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Trainspotting is available to watch via streaming on Paramount Plus and Pluto TV.
Trainspotting revolves around Mark “Rent Boy” Renton, a heroin addict in his mid-20s, as he deals with his three equally irresponsible and unpredictable friends and an underage girlfriend. Renton leaves Scotland for London in pursuit of a better and addiction-free life, but his friends and his past soon come knocking.
The cast includes Ewan McGregor as Mark “Rent Boy” Renton, Ewen Bremner as Daniel “Spud” Murphy, Jonny Lee Miller as Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson, Robert Carlyle as Francis “Franco” Begbie, Kevin McKidd as Thomas “Tommy” Mackenzie, Kelly Macdonald as Diane Coulston, Peter Mullan as Swanney “Mother Superior,” Fiona Bell as Diane’s Mother, Pauline Lynch as Lizzy, Susan Vidler as Allison, and more.
Watch Trainspotting streaming via Paramount Plus
Trainspotting is available to watch on Paramount Plus. Originally launched as CBS All Access on October 28, 2014, the streaming platform became Paramount Plus on March 4, 2021. Its library contains titles primarily developed by CBS Media Ventures, CBS Studios, Paramount Media Networks (formerly Viacom Media Networks and ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks), and Paramount Pictures. This includes live sports coverage, original films and TV shows, and live streaming of local CBS broadcast stations (exclusively in the US).
You can watch via the show Paramount Plus by following these steps:
- Go to ParamountPlus.com
- Select ‘Try It Free’
- Choose your plan:
- $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year (Essential)
- $11.99 per month or $199.99 per year (with SHOWTIME)
- Enter your personal information and create your account
The Paramount Plus Essential plan includes tens of thousands of episodes and movies, the NFL on CBS, the UEFA Champions League, 24/7 news coverage with CBS News, and limited ads.
Furthermore, the Paramount Plus with SHOWTIME plan includes all of the above, removes the ads except in limited circumstances, and also includes SHOWTIME originals, movies, and sports along with CBS live TV and college football. Nonetheless, you’re able to download shows to your mobile device.
The synopsis for Trainspotting is as follows:
“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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
