Trainspotting 30th Anniversary 4K Is in Theaters Now

By The Backlot

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Ewan McGregor as Renton lying on Scottish train tracks in Trainspotting (1996), the Danny Boyle film back in select theaters in 4K for its 30th anniversary

Trainspotting is back in select theaters in a new 4K restoration. Sony Pictures Classics brought Danny Boyle's 1996 film back to US screens on June 5 for its 30th anniversary. It is still playing.

Boyle supervised the restoration himself. Ewan McGregor's Renton is still the defining portrait of a generation choosing a life and then choosing it again. Critics have given it 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

For anyone who has never seen it on the big screen, and for anyone who did and remembers what a proper theater does to it.

Watch T2 Trainspotting after. Or go in cold and let the soundtrack carry you.

Choose life. Choose 4K. The restoration is in theaters now.

Quick Facts

Trainspotting 30th Anniversary 4K Is in Theaters Now

DirectorDanny Boyle

CastEwan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald

GenreDrama, Crime

Release2026-06-05

Runtime94 min

Rated8.0/10

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Trainspotting is back in select theaters in 4K for its 30th anniversary. Danny Boyle supervised the restoration. Ewan McGregor. Robert Carlyle. 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Choose life. Choose 4K.