The Basketball Diaries

1995·102'

★ 7.4

Letterboxd TMDB #10474

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.

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