Movies like Trainspotting
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Trainspotting (1996)
765K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy, stylized, cult classic, controversial, depressing, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits, british, weed, marijuana, drinking, surrealism, self destructing, life changing, drug, sex scene, redemption, friendship, storytelling, violent ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain, europe, seattle ...
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Most similar movies to Trainspotting
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out interesting, stylized, realistic and weird films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, brutality, violence, violent, drug and redemption mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Trainspotting: Shallow Grave (1994), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Filth (2013), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Christiane F. (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style:
exciting, intense, stylized, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug addiction, theft, junkie, addiction, heroin, sex scene, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, revenge, violence, redemption ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 70s, year 1979 ...
Place:
edinburgh scotland, slovenia, scotland, scottish highlands, china ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, suspense, dark comedy, action thriller ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, dark humor, manipulation, betrayal, greed, cop, paranoia, crime gone awry, deception, caper, robbery, death ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, britain, edinburgh scotland, rio de janeiro
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
84%
122K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style:
cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
addiction, insanity, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, dark humor, losing-it hero, corruption, manipulation, self destructing, drug, cocaine, corrupt cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
scotland, hamburg germany, edinburgh scotland, britain, new orleans
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addict, downfall, junkie, drug overdose, teenage girl, friendship, teenage life, teenage prostitution ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1981
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany ...
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88%
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
86%
Movie in collections
43K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, bleak, erotic drama, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, sexual abuse, teenager, nudity, murder, violent, rivalry, bully comeuppance, revenge, sex, social decay, drug ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa, bronx new york city, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.
Style:
cult classic, road movie, independent film, depressing, grim ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, heroin, dark humor, drug addiction, drug, junkie, friendship, on the road, drug addict, beat generation, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
rough, emotional, teen, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, drug, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug overdose, teenager, high school, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, 60s, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
223K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said -- a Jew, African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social ...
Style:
bleak, art house, disturbing, cult classic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
racism, rebel, poverty, skinhead, youth, ghetto, brutality, police brutality, friendship, rebellion, urban ghetto life, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
Similarity:
86%
43K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, surreal, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, masturbation, drug trip, methamphetamine, bondage, drug use, drugged, manic ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
81%
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
Style:
independent film, grim, cult classic, dark comedy, psychedelic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dialogue, recovery, dark humor, heroin, redemption, drug addict, apocalypse ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, chicago, phoenix arizona, iowa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug use, drug, heroin addict, drug addict, heroin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of pet, life philosophy, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
2.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
Similarity:
83%
Movie in collections
107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
80%
303K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, porn industry, drug abuse, multiple storylines, addiction, drug, cocaine, adult filmmaking, adultery, drug addiction, voyeurism, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. I'm gonna talk cods hit to strangers all night. I'm gonna lose the plot ...
Style:
entertaining, independent film, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
clubbing, nightlife, weed, music, party, rave, paranoia, caught masturbating, drug, lifestyle, society, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, wales, amsterdam, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, subculture, rock, rebelliousness, coming of age, punk rock, self destructing, drug overdose, drug, rock and roll, friendship, drug addiction ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
utah, north dakota, england, seattle, woodstock ...
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style:
cult classic, psychedelic, adult animation, disturbing, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock, rock and roll, nightmare, music, teacher, surrealism, loss of father, musician, visceral, violent, corporal punishment, rock music ...
Time:
year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, los angeles
Similarity:
91%
48K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very ...
Style:
disturbing, talky, philosophical, black comedy, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
existentialism, sexual abuse, nihilism, humiliation, voyeurism, alienation, drifter, character study, sex scene, rape, cruelty, rapist ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, disturbing, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, stripper, afterlife, trippy, drug trip, lsd, sex scene, hallucination, life after death, incest, abortion, youth ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
skinhead, alcohol abuse, addiction, racial slur, family problems, couples, misfit, gang, youth, hopes, teenage life, redemption ...
Place:
europe, scotland, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, tense, talky, controversial ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
drug, addiction, making love, drug addiction, sex scene, adolescence, murder, junkie, heist, drug addict, violence, brutality ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 70s
Place:
oklahoma city, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
THE ACID HOUSE is a surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories.
Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, dark comedy, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
drug abuse, rave, lsd, dark humor, surrealism, god, breast feeding, transformation, vengeance, murder, infidelity, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
75%
32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, sexy, art house, rough ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, sex, strong sexual content, explicit sex, underage sex, older woman younger man relationship, youth, incest, teenage sex, nudity, suicide, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, australia
Similarity:
100%
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