Movie
The Basketball Diaries
1995R1h 42m7.4 / 10
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Basketball Diaries opened in theaters April 21, 1995. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Cast
Leonardo DiCaprioJim Carroll
Bruno KirbySwifty
Lorraine BraccoJim's Mother
Ernie HudsonReggie
Patrick McGawNeutron
James MadioPedro
Mark WahlbergMickey
Barton HeymanConfessional PriestCredits
- Directed by
- Scott Kalvert
- Written by
- Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $2.4M
Production
Island PicturesUnited States
Themes
1960saddictionbased on memoir or autobiographybasketballdrugsfriendsgay themeheroin