If You Liked Trainspotting, Watch These Next
Finished Trainspotting (1996) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Trainspotting, most of them are drama, crime.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.A Clockwork Orange(1971)
8.2Science FictionCrimeAlso crime
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure…
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2.Requiem for a Dream(2000)
8.0CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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3.Sweet Sixteen(2002)
7.0CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
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5.Rise of the Footsoldier(2007)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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6.Calm with Horses(2020)
6.3CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
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7.Drugstore Cowboy(1989)
7.1DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
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8.Wasteman(2026)
7.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Taylor's hopes for a fresh start post-parole are jeopardised by cellmate Dee's arrival. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own chances at freedom.
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9.Performance.(1970)
6.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.
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10.Ill Manors(2012)
6.3CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
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11.Foxy Brown(1974)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
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14.To Write Love on Her Arms(2015)
6.7DramaMusicAlso drama
The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie…
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15.D.O.A.(1949)
6.9MysteryThrillerCrimeAlso crime
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to…
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16.Fight Club(1999)
8.4DramaThrillerAlso drama
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 way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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17.Midnight Express(1978)
7.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
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18.Menace II Society(1993)
7.5DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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19.Sin City(2005)
7.5CrimeThrillerAlso crime
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A…
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