The Basketball Diaries

Apr 21, 1995

1h 42m

★ 7.4

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

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Island Pictures

The Basketball Diaries Trailers

Cast

Jim Carroll

Leonardo DiCaprio

Mickey

Mark Wahlberg

Pedro

James Madio

Mrs. Carroll

Lorraine Bracco

Neutron

Patrick McGaw

Reggie

Ernie Hudson

Swifty

Bruno Kirby

Bobby

Michael Imperioli

Diane Moody

Juliette Lewis

Manny

Manny Alfaro

Kenny

Toby Huss

Winkie

Cynthia Daniel

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

7.0

Method

Nov 2, 2017

A seasoned actor and a pop star are cast as leads in a gay romantic play. As the actor teaches the pop star method acting, the line between fiction and reality is blurred and they become drawn to each other.

5.5

Stray Cats

Aug 17, 2005

Hopeless romantics and best friends Boyet and Martha cope with difficult relationships with their respective partners. As Boyet tries to tame his confusing boyfriend, Dom, who sometimes says he's straight, Martha deals with the frustrations of her long-standing relationship with Steve.

10.0

Speed Dragon

May 17, 2014

A rock n’ roll band finds success with a wide audience. Meanwhile, a twisted record executive plots how to kill the group's frontman.

5.7

Eros

Dec 3, 2004

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

6.4

Clean

Sep 1, 2004

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

5.8

Rape! 13th Hour

Jan 22, 1977

A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.

5.6

Sugar Hill

Feb 25, 1994

In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.

5.3

Westler

Mar 28, 1985

Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas decides to try and flee to the West.

0.0

Bones and Names

Jan 18, 2024

Boris and Jonathan have been a couple for many years. But their relationship has reached a point where they might as well spend their evenings together separately: One lies in bed reading, the other works at a desk in the next room. While actor Boris digs deeper into rehearsals for a new film with an ambitious director and begins to mix real and fictional characters, Jonathan tries to redefine his voice as a writer. Ghosting through these days of wrestling with distance, closeness, trust, desire and fear of loss is Jonathans' young niece Josie, who is trying to deal with the approaching end of her childhood in her own idiosyncratic way. BONES AND NAMES, the feature debut of Fabian Stumm, portrays people searching for their place in life in different ways. A sensitive and humorous reflection on the dissonances in relationships that both connect and distance us from each other.

7.2

Green Butterflies

Jul 20, 2017

Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.

4.8

Grumpy Old Santa

Sep 12, 2023

Nic (Glenn Morshower), a devoted father, husband, and friend with a passion for fishing and bowling, had the perfect life until his wife left after they became empty nesters, leaving him heartbroken. However, his world takes a hilarious turn when he secretly starts dating his best friend's (Kevin Farley as Pastor Kris) sister, leading to uproarious complications. This heartwarming comedy-drama follows Nic as he navigates the aftermath of his wife's departure, discovering the transformative power of love, friendship, and laughter in unexpected places, all while cherishing his favorite pastimes of fishing and bowling. Actor/Comedian Gary Valentine plays the role of Spike, Nic's high school rival.

6.0

Spaak

Sep 7, 2017

Spaak is a movie about a talented track cyclist who is caught up in the world of drugs.

5.7

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

May 13, 2000

A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the pen and embark on a non-stop orgy of violence and debauchery, all while hoping to make it across the border into Mexico in order to seek refuge with the mysterious Sister Gomez.

6.8

Longtime Companion

Oct 11, 1989

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

4.8

Boys Life

Sep 30, 1994

Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters

6.4

Murder Mystery 2

Mar 28, 2023

After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.

7.1

The Fragile Colossus

Sep 28, 2022

Sébastien is a former rugby player and a true colossus. Between the ages of 12 to 16, he was a victim of rape by a beloved relative. Thirty years later, he has failed to speak out. After he meets a little colossus like him, he is compelled to make the right choice.