Name: The Basketball Diaries
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1995-04-21
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw

1995·Drama·1h 42m

7.8

★

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Directed by Scott Kalvert

new york city

sports

heroin

addiction

basketball

friends

based on memoir or autobiography

drugs

1960s

school suspension

gay theme

teenager

Rank

#27 in 1995·#1311 overall

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest

Roy Cooper

Father McNulty

Michael Imperioli

Bobby

Juliette Lewis

Diane Moody

Manny Alfaro

Manny

Crew

Scott Kalvert

Director

Graeme Revell

Original Music Composer

John Bard Manulis

Producer

Chris Blackwell

Executive Producer

Avy Kaufman

Casting

David Shumbris

Stunts

Jim Carroll

Novel

Popular Reviews

3254 reviews

Souljaboyy

6.0★ · 08/07/23

this film is
30% light hearted basketball games
20% somber emotional voiceover
49% Leo rolling around crying and screaming
1% traumatic ball sucking scene

Yugen999

10.0★ · 06/15/26

I love this movie, i love how the film shows how drugs can destroy a persons potential, future. How your love ones would react, and how the toxic surroundings can affect you.

Stella

10.0★ · 06/14/26

Who I thought I was after taking 3 ibuprofens instead of 2

Arsen morgan

10.0★ · 05/02/26

feels like i just relived my 9th grade

Philipp

7.0★ · 03/25/26

How didn’t DiCaprio win anything for this insane acting performance !?!?