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The Basketball Diaries

The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

1995 · R · 1h 42m

Directed by Scott Kalvert

7.4

TMDB audience score
2,316 votes, out of 10

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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 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

  • Toby Huss
    Kenny

  • Cynthia Daniel
    Winkie

  • Brittany Daniel
    Blinkie

  • Michael Rapaport
    Skinhead

  • Josh Mostel
    Counterman

  • Marilyn Sokol
    Chanting Woman