The Basketball Diaries

7.4

1995

102 mins

DramaCrime

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

Above the Rim

Year : 1994Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

Beautiful Boy

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 7.6

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

A Million Little Pieces

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.2

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

Trainspotting

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 8.0

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

Kids

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

White Boy Rick

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 6.4

The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Less Than Zero

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.4

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

Valley of the Dolls

Year : 1967Rating : ⭐ 6.1

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."

My Friend Dahmer

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

Half Nelson

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 6.7

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

Adulthood

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.2

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.

Bully

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

Once Upon a Time in America

Year : 1984Rating : ⭐ 8.4

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

The Smashing Machine

Year : 2025Rating : ⭐ 6.4

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.

Heaven Knows What

Year : 2015Rating : ⭐ 6.4

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

Palmer

Year : 2021Rating : ⭐ 8.1

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Year : 2005Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

American Gangster

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 7.6

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Rise of the Footsoldier

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.4

Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.