Editing Trainspotting (film) (section)

===Legacy===
The film had an immediate effect on popular culture. In 1999, ''Trainspotting'' was ranked in the tenth spot by the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI) in its list of [[BFI Top 100 British films|Top 100 British films]] of all time,<ref name="James2">{{cite news | last = James | first = Nick | title = Nul Britannia | work = [[Sight and Sound]] | date = September 2002 | url = http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/351 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120618102050/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/351 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-06-18 | access-date = 10 September 2009}}</ref> while in 2004 the magazine ''[[Total Film]]'' named it the fourth greatest British film of all time. That same year, Channel 4 named it as the greatest British film of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest-brits/results/nominees/film/5-1_results.html|title=Greatest Brits vote from channel4.com/film|year=2004|publisher=[[Channel 4]]|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711053446/http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest-brits/results/nominees/film/5-1_results.html|archive-date=11 July 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' polled several filmmakers and film critics who voted it the best British film in the last 25 years.<ref name="Ob25">{{cite news | title = The Observer Film Quarterly's best British films of the last 25 years | work = [[The Observer]] | date = 30 August 2009 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2009/aug/30/best-british-films-25-years | access-date = 31 August 2009 | location = London | archive-date = 31 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831203606/http://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2009/aug/30/best-british-films-25-years | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2004, the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time by the public in a poll for ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]'' magazine.<ref name="TopScott">{{cite news | title = ''Trainspotting'' wins best film poll | work = [[BBC News]] | date = 24 February 2004 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3518815.stm | access-date = 10 September 2009 | archive-date = 7 December 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201207173615/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3518815.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> ''Trainspotting'' has developed a [[cult following]].<ref name="Catterall">{{cite news | last1 = Catterall | first1 = Ali |first2=Simon |last2=Wells | title = Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties | page = 233 | publisher = Fourth Estate | year = 2002 }}</ref> It was recognised as an important film during the 1990s British cultural tour de force known as [[Cool Britannia]].{{sfn|Smith|2002}} It was also featured in the documentary ''[[Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop]].''<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Britpop |year=2003 |location=London |publisher=Passion Pictures}}</ref>

The film title is a reference to a scene in the book where Begbie and Renton meet "an auld drunkard" who turns out to be Begbie's estranged father, in the disused [[Leith Central railway station]], which they are using as a toilet. He asks them if they are "trainspottin{{'"}}.{{sfn|Welsh|1997|p=309}} This scene is later included as a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] in ''[[T2 Trainspotting]]''.

The [[music video]] for the 2019 song "Doorman" by English rapper [[Slowthai]] contains several references to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/slowthais-doorman-video-channels-the-legacy-of-trainspotting|title=slowthai's 'Doorman' Video Channels The Legacy Of Trainspotting|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|first=Robin|last=Murray|date=7 January 2019|accessdate=10 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/slowthai-trainspotting-tribute-in-new-doorman-music-video/|title=Slowthai pays tribute to 'Trainspotting' in his new video|work=[[i-D]]|first=Frankie|last=Dunn|date=7 January 2019|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>