20 Greatest Opening Movie Scenes Of All Time
9. Trainspotting
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting is one of the best British films ever made, and its opening scene is quite special.
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Lampooned and parodied repeatedly in the years since, Trainspotting's opening montage - set to the tune of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life - is an iconic piece of nineties cinema. Ewan McGregor's Mark Renton kicks things off with a scathing opening monologue condemning societal expectations that hold no weight in his corner of Edinburgh, before diving headfirst into the addiction plaguing himself and his friends Spud and Sick Boy.