Trainspotting (1996)

Choose life.

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.

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo

Production: Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films

Countries: United Kingdom

Languages: English

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total

Box office: $16,491,080

Budget: $4,000,000