The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Certified Cringeworthy

84.2% 100 84.2% Audience Cringe Score (19 votes)*

We've determined The Basketball Diaries is NOT SAFE to watch with parents or kids.

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6 scenes · 0 verified by members

Sex Scenes 2

Nudity 1

Suggestive 0

Sexual violence 2

Violence 1

Skippable 5 of 6

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Sex & nudity Violence Intensity: Brief Moderate or explicit

19:34 to 20:09

Sex scene Moderate

A young man masturbates on a rooftop.

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25:20 to 25:35

Nudity Brief

Teens moon a passing boat, briefly showing buttocks.

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28:52 to 29:26

Sex scene Brief

A couple prepares to have sex and undresses, lights turn off.

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43:14 to 44:45

Sexual violence Explicit

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1:22:56 to 1:24:15

Violence Explicit

Men fight on a rooftop and one is pushed off.

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1:24:54 to 1:25:09

Sexual violence Explicit

A young man is grabbed and struggles against an attacker.

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* 84.2% of CringeMDB users flagged the content of The Basketball Diaries as being inappropriate for children to watch with their parents because of either of a nude scene, a sex scene, or a scene depicting rape or sexual violence.

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