Movies about AIDS/HIV
by tomhansonn | created - 24 Jan 2013 | updated - 20 Apr 2015 | PublicAids/hiv themed movies and made for TV movies
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1. Philadelphia (1993)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman
Votes: 258,158 | Gross: $77.32M
2. Girl, Positive (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
A popular high-school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV-positive.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Jennie Garth, Andrea Bowen, Nathan Anderson, Evan Gamble
Votes: 1,329
3. Go Toward the Light (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
Director: Mike Robe | Stars: Linda Hamilton, Piper Laurie, Joshua Harris, Ned Beatty
Votes: 588
4. The Ryan White Story (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Judith Light, Lukas Haas, Michael Bowen, Nikki Cox
Votes: 978
Ryan White courageously fought AIDS-related discrimination and helped educate the Nation about HIV/AIDS.
5. One Week (2000)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A soon-to-be groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. Waiting a full seven days for the test results turns out to be the most hectic week of his life.
Director: Carl Seaton | Stars: Kenny Young, Saadiqa Muhammad, Eric Lane, Milauna Jackson
Votes: 272 | Gross: $0.24M
6. And the Band Played On (1993 TV Movie)
PG | 141 min | Drama, History
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye
Votes: 11,009
7. Yesterday (I) (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Pepi Khambule, Harriet Lenabe
Votes: 2,482
8. 3 Needles (2005)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A three-paneled look at the worldwide A.I.D.S. crisis. Three tragic stories taking place in South Africa, China, and Montréal.
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Mabel Adams
Votes: 1,393
9. And Then There Was One (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
After struggling and finally conceiving a child, Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple, learns that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the fatal virus.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Amy Madigan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jane Daly, Jennifer Hetrick
Votes: 263
10. Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Lee Grant, Perry King, Roxana Zal
Votes: 487
11. Longtime Companion (1989)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 6,133 | Gross: $4.61M
12. Angels in America (2003)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.
Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 29,800
13. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Votes: 519,436 | Gross: $27.30M
14. Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Mantello | Stars: Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus, Randy Becker
Votes: 3,699 | Gross: $2.87M
15. It's My Party (1996)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Nick "Eric Roberts", is nearing the end of a 3-year battle with AIDS and makes arrangements to die. He hosts a party to say goodbye to friends and family. His ex-partner, Brandon "Gregory Harrison", attends and things get complicated.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Margaret Cho, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,220 | Gross: $0.62M
16. As Is (1986 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
Story of a gay man who finds out he has aids and how people react.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary, Doug Annear
Votes: 120
17. Rent (2005)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 55,930 | Gross: $29.08M
18. The Cure (1995)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
Director: Peter Horton | Stars: Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan, Delphine French
Votes: 10,679 | Gross: $2.57M
19. The Normal Heart (2014 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Frank De Julio, William DeMeritt
Votes: 37,797
20. Themba (2010)
108 min | Drama
Against all odds Themba realizes his dream playing for the National soccer team, Bafana Bafana.
Director: Stefanie Sycholt | Stars: Junior Singo, Patrick Mofokeng, Emmanuel Soqinase, Simphiwe Dana
Votes: 97
21. Blue (1993)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Drama
In his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nigel Terry
Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $1.72M
22. Sweet Jane (1998)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Tony, a teenage patient, escapes from the hospital to follow a beautiful young woman he sees in the corridor. But despite his relentless pursuit and attempt to befriend her, Jane will have nothing to do with him.
Director: Joe Gayton | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Barbara Pilavin, Kimberly Scott, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 614 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Pedro (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In 1994 Pedro Zamora was the first HIV-positive gay man to appear in a reality show on MTV. The audience of 'The Real World: San Francisco' identified easily with this intelligent, ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Oceano | Stars: Alex Loynaz, Justina Machado, Hale Appleman, DaJuan Johnson
Votes: 540
24. Point of View (2007)
54 min | Drama
Five youths search for love and companionship, but get entangled in sex, adultery and lies.
Director: Calle Hedrén | Stars: Sara Zommorodi, Ashkan Ghods, Emil T. Jonsson, Christoffer Nordenrot
Votes: 25
25. The Victims (1989)
R | Drama
A movie about a man and woman dealing with the AIDS epidemic.
Directors: Pieter Van Renseler, Michael Mileham | Stars: Roger Pretto, Sherrie Rose, Terry Conforti, Mary Fanaro
Votes: 18
26. A Death in the Family (1987)
50 min | Drama
Andy is dying. His friends in Auckland care for him through his last days.
Directors: Stewart Main, Peter Wells | Stars: Rosie Baysting, Georgina Beyer, Jon Brazier, Bernadette Doolan
Votes: 20
27. Intimate Contact (1987)
60 min | Drama
A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
Stars: Claire Bloom, Daniel Massey, David Phelan, Abigail Cruttenden
Votes: 45
28. The Blackwater Lightship (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 120 min | Drama
A man in the final stages of A.I.D.S. is cared for by his sister, mother, and grandmother.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Dianne Wiest, Gina McKee, Keith McErlean, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 393
29. Our Sons (1991 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Donald is a young man dying of AIDS. His lover, James, asks his mother to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Julie Andrews, Hugh Grant, Zeljko Ivanek
Votes: 757
30. Clara et moi (2004)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Viard | Stars: Julien Boisselier, Julie Gayet, Michel Aumont, Sacha Bourdo
Votes: 768
31. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 716
32. Boys on the Side (1995)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Robin shares a ride in her car with Jane from New York to Los Angeles. They stop at Jane's friend Holly's place in Pittsburgh and take her with them west, making a long stop in Tucson. The three very different women become close friends.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 14,152 | Gross: $23.45M
33. A Mother's Prayer (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to believe it, but soon turns her attentions ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Linda Hamilton, Noah Fleiss, Bruce Dern, Kate Nelligan
Votes: 360
34. Kids (1995)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Sarah Henderson
Votes: 84,674 | Gross: $7.42M
35. A Place for Annie (1994 TV Movie)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jack Noseworthy
Votes: 635
36. An Early Frost (1985 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 2,220
37. My Own Country (1998 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama
"My Own Country" tells the story of an East Indian doctor who settles in Johnson City, Tennessee. The doctor's name is Abraham Verghese, and he specializes in infectious diseases. It's 1985... See full summary »
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 367
38. The Witnesses (2007)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu
Votes: 2,843 | Gross: $0.08M
39. Carandiru (2003)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama
Stories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Enrique Diaz, Wagner Moura, Caio Blat, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 21,943 | Gross: $0.21M
40. Life Support (2007 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Director: Nelson George | Stars: Queen Latifah, Vianca Mercedes, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 1,322
41. Heaven's a Drag (1994)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A twenty-something drag queen dies of A.I.D.S., but when his adoring ghost returns to the side of his surviving lover, he finds his lover doesn't exactly miss him.
Director: Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Ian Williams, Thomas Arklie, Gordon Alexander, Dillie Keane
Votes: 478
42. Parting Glances (1986)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Sherwood | Stars: John Bolger, Richard Ganoung, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan
Votes: 3,236 | Gross: $0.54M
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