The film became controversial in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre and the Heath High School shooting , when critics noted similarities between these shooting attacks and a dream sequence in the film in which the protagonist wears a black trenchcoat and shoots six classmates in his school classroom . The film has been specifically named in lawsuits brought by the relatives of murder victims
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
The Basketball Diaries (film)