This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Caton-Jones
Screenplay by	Robert Getchell
Based on	This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
Produced by	Fitch Cady Art Linson
Starring	Robert De Niro Ellen Barkin Leonardo DiCaprio
Cinematography	David Watkin
Edited by	Jim Clark
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production company	Knickerbocker Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 9, 1993 (1993-04-09)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$4 million[1]

This Boy's Life (titled onscreen as This Boy's Life: A True Story) is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Ellen Barkin. This was DiCaprio's theatrical film debut. It marks the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro ever collaborated. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku and Tobey Maguire's first credited appearance in a feature-length movie.

It was the first collaboration on-screen between Maguire and DiCaprio, who both later worked in Don's Plum (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013),^[2][3] and also the first collaboration on-screen between DiCaprio and De Niro, who both later worked in Marvin's Room (1996), short film The Audition (2015), and the film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).