Films Dealing With HIV/AIDS.
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- DirectorArthur J. Bressan Jr.StarsGeoff EdholmDavid SchachterBilly LuxThe film follows a New York City gay man, in a monogamous relationship, becoming a "buddy" or volunteer bedside companion to another gay man dying of AIDS, and the friendship that develops. Restored in 2020.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsGena RowlandsBen GazzaraSylvia SidneyA 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.
- DirectorBill SherwoodStarsJohn BolgerRichard GanoungSteve BuscemiAs 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 with their circle of eccentric friends, including Nick, who is living with AIDS.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsColleen DewhurstRobert CarradineJonathan HadaryStory of a gay man who finds out he has aids and how people react.
- StarsClaire BloomDaniel MasseyDavid PhelanA self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsStockard ChanningHarvey FiersteinJean De BaerA man, whose companion dies of A.I.D.S., confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath of the death.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsLinda HamiltonPiper LaurieJoshua HarrisA young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsJudith LightLukas HaasMichael BowenThe story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsTim MathesonLewis ArltMary-Joan NegroA true account of the life of pioneering AIDS doctor James Oleske.
- DirectorNorman RenéStarsStephen CaffreyPatrick CassidyBrian CousinsThe emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsRutger HauerNastassja KinskiLorraine BraccoAn American journalist pretends to be infected with A.I.D.S. to investigate the syndrome and provoke a public reaction.
- DirectorDeborah ReinischStarsRichard ThomasSada ThompsonSylvia SidneyThree days in the life of the lover, Mother and Grandmother of Andre who has just died of AIDS.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsAnn-MargretJulie AndrewsHugh GrantDonald 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.
- DirectorCyril CollardStarsCyril CollardRomane BohringerCarlos LópezJean is 30 years old. He lives with Laura, 17 years old, a violent and eventful love story. He learns that he is HIV positive.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsMolly RingwaldLee GrantPerry KingAn AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsMike DytriCraig GilmoreMark FinchLuke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsJames WoodsJoe Don BakerJoseph BolognaAs lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsSharon AlexanderAki AvniDvora BartonovAgainst the backdrop of AIDS, the film explores two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsMatthew ModineAlan AldaPatrick BauchauThe story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
- DirectorJohn GreysonStarsJohn RobinsonNormand FauteuxDianne HeatheringtonAn immortal, bigoted, unethical taxidermist is doing research on "Patient Zero", the gay flight attendant who allegedly was the first to bring AIDS to North America, for a museum show about contagious diseases, helped by the man's ghost.
- DirectorStephen TolkinStarsMoira KellyCuba Gooding Jr.Martha PlimptonThis drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsDerek JarmanTilda SwintonJohn QuentinIn 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.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRoberta MaxwellWhen 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.
- DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsAmy MadiganDennis BoutsikarisJane DalyAfter 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.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsSissy SpacekMary-Louise ParkerS. Epatha MerkersonA 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.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJohn LithgowAnnette O'TooleVeronica CartwrightA man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.
- DirectorCynthia RobertsStarsDaniel MacIvorKen McDougallJ.D. NicholsenChris is a dancer dying of AIDS. He has chosen euthanasia to end his suffering. With the assistance of his lover Val and his doctor, he surrounds himself in his last hours with everything that made his life special and creates his ultimate work of art by choreographing his own death.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsWhoopi GoldbergMary-Louise ParkerDrew BarrymoreRobin 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.
- DirectorPeter HortonStarsJoseph MazzelloBrad RenfroAeryk EganErik, 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.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLinda HamiltonNoah FleissBruce DernRosemary 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 to the problem of what will happen to her son when she dies.
- DirectorChristopher AshleyStarsSteven WeberMichael T. WeissPeter JacobsonA poignant romantic comedy about the quest for love and intimacy in the age of AIDS. A story of a thirtyish gay actor/waiter who decides to become celibate...the risk of AIDS has taken all the joy from sex.
- DirectorLarry ClarkStarsLeo FitzpatrickJustin PierceChloë SevignyA day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEric RobertsGregory HarrisonMargaret ChoNick "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.
- DirectorCharles WinklerStarsPaul MercurioDebi MazarRuPaulAfter attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One successful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
- DirectorKelli HerdStarsKeri Jo ChapmanTeresa GarrettDerrick SandersResidents of the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas go into a panic after a gay local says the town's water supply is what made him gay.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsMario LopezMichael MurphyJeffrey MeekBreaking 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.
- DirectorChristopher ReeveStarsGlenn CloseBridget FondaWhoopi GoldbergA loving mother, a son in search of peace, four people separated by more than miles. Now, in the twilight of their time together, reconciliation finally begins for a family who never really knew each other until it was almost too late.
- DirectorJunichi SuzukiStarsMegumi MatsushitaMari NatsukiAkane OdaA Japanese schoolgirl returns to her hometown from abroad, but has now contracted AIDS to a blood transfusion. So begins much prejudice, misconception and discrimination. She not only has physical pain, side-effects and manifestations from the virus she has contracted, but also receives no respite given the way she is treated. She does have one and only one friend however and it also becomes a matter of whether the friendship can last or not.
- DirectorJoe MantelloStarsJason AlexanderStephen SpinellaStephen BogardusGregory 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 loves to explore the home's garden using his sense of touch; Art and Perry, two "yuppies" who drive a Volvo and who celebrate their 14th anniversary together that summer; John, a dour expatriate Briton who loathes his twin brother James; Ramon, John's "companion," who is physically attracted to Bobby and immediately tries to seduce the blind man; James, a cheerful soul who is in the advanced stages of AIDS; and Buzz, a fan of traditional Broadway musicals who is dealing with his own HIV-positive status.
- DirectorJames MerendinoStarsRichard ChamberlainMichael ImperioliUte LemperWhen Thaddeus, a wealthy, bigger-than-life lawyer, suddenly learns he is dying, he sells all his worldly possessions and embarks on a final quest to find a young hustler that he once tried to rescue.
- DirectorMichael CristoferStarsAngelina JolieFaye DunawayElizabeth MitchellThe story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
- DirectorMira NairStarsNaveen AndrewsGlenne HeadlyHal Holbrook"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, and AIDS is spreading from the big cities to the rural areas. Abraham takes AIDS as his personal crusade and is soon well-known for his compassion and non-judgmental treatment. He soon becomes overwhelmed with patients from the surrounding states, which strains his marriage.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
- DirectorLeonard FarlingerStarsColm FeoreDavid CubittChandra WestA man's terminal illness reunites him with his estranged brother.
- DirectorB. SasidaranpillaStarsHarisree AshokanT.V. ChandranChippy
- DirectorThom FitzgeraldStarsParker PoseyDon McKellarOlympia DukakisNick is a district attorney investigating several deaths of AIDS sufferers in the gay community of New York City's Chelsea District. Each case suggests the use of assisted suicide, which is illegal in New York.
- DirectorDavid HicksonStarsJunior SingoOwen SejakeMary TwalaYoung Musa is orphaned after a mysterious illness strikes his village in KwaZulu Natal. To help his grandmother, Musa sets out for Johannesburg with his father's last gift, a tribal drum, in search of work and his uncle. The journey confronts him with the stark realities of urban life, but his indomitable spirit never wavers; he returns with a truth and understanding his elders have failed to grasp.
- DirectorWalter CarvalhoSandra WerneckStarsDaniel de OliveiraMarieta SeveroReginaldo FariaThe life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and involvement with drugs.
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsColin FarrellDallas RobertsRobin WrightA boy who has experienced many losses in his life grows to manhood and enters into a love triangle with a woman and his boyhood friend.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsLeleti KhumaloLihle MvelasePepi KhambuleAfter 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.
- DirectorOnirStarsSanjay SuriJuhi ChawlaPurab KohliFamous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
- DirectorAnahí BerneriStarsJuan MinujínMimí ArdúCarlos EchevarríaA writer dying of AIDS searches for a cure and human interaction in the hospitals and sex clubs of Buenos Aires.
- DirectorPark Jin-PyoStarsJeon Do-yeonHwang Jung-minNa Moon-heeSeok-joong, a farmer in his mid thirties falls head over heels in love with local tabang delivery girl Eun-ha, but the couple's marital bliss is short lived as Eun-ha tests positive for HIV.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsTaye DiggsWilson Jermaine HerediaRosario DawsonIn 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.
- DirectorJulia Vargas WeiseStarsTatiana ZeballosMarta GiorgisIvo RíosPatricia is a young girl who leads a normal life with her boyfriend until after the HIV test, she discovers that was infected with the virus because she had a sporadic relationship. Now she has to face a new reality, the reaction of her family and boyfriend, establishing new relationships.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsMichel BlancEmmanuelle BéartSami BouajilaParis, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsJennie GarthAndrea BowenNathan AndersonA popular high-school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV-positive.
- DirectorEliseo SubielaStarsNorma ArgentinaJulio ArrietaSofía Gala CastiglioneMabel lives a hard life in a shantytown. She meets the lawyer Martín and fall in love.
- DirectorCharles KassatlyStarsPeter Bloch-HansenBadih Bou ChakraMilly CrnogoracRegency is a fatherless fifteen year old. After her mother contracts the AIDS virus, Regency must learn to survive on her own. With her mother on her death bed, Regency is forced to prostitute herself to feed her addictions, attend to her mother's needs, and pay the rent. My pink shirt is a tale of the loss of humanity, betrayal, and drug addiction. Will she overcome all of these obstacles and earn the chance to follow her true dreams? Or will her experiences with the darker parts of life destroy her humanity forever?
- DirectorShankarStarsSajitha BetiAbhinay KingerSreekanth MenonThe story of lovers, but she is now an HIV positive and her only support is her dear brother. Will she get accepted by her lover?
- DirectorNelson GeorgeStarsQueen LatifahVianca MercedesAnna Deavere SmithThe 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.
- DirectorDiana Lee InosantoStarsDiana Lee InosantoKeith DavidMelissa TaylorIn 1985 Colorado, a long-absent woman, proficient as a black belt in martial arts, returns home where she agrees, secretly, to train a bullied gay teen.
- DirectorNick OceanoStarsAlex LoynazJustina MachadoHale ApplemanIn 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, good-looking Latino. His presence on the show also meant that audiences in the United States and abroad had to engage with the topic of AIDS. A screen adaptation of Pedro Zamora's life: his childhood in Havana as the youngest of eight children, his immigration to the United States, his hard work as an AIDS activist, his appearance on 'The Real World' as well as the short time that was left to him subsequently.
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsGabourey SidibeMo'NiquePaula PattonIn New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
- DirectorAmr SalamaStarsHind SabriMaged El-KidwaniHany AdelA woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
- DirectorMichael J. RixStarsPethro Themba MboleVusumuzi NdumoA young man living in a South African township does the unimaginable after discovering he is HIV positive.
- DirectorCassandra RiddickStarsMarty MartinShining Star is an ensemble piece that centers on Alex Cash, a gifted athlete who is bisexual and is diagnosed with HIV after being selected to play professional basketball overseas. He keeps this secret from everyone he loves. He meets a young actress-singer who falls in love with him and is the last one to find out about his secret and sexual orientation. Writer/Director Cassandra Riddick makes her feature-length debut in a film about friendship, love and forgiveness. It's an intimate look into the life of this young man who life is changed forever when he test positive for HIV.
- DirectorChris Mason JohnsonStarsScott MarloweMatthew RischEvan BoomerIn 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMichael DouglasMatt DamonScott BakulaA chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 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.
- DirectorDagogo DiminasStarsJackie AppiahColombus ArosangaAkonte Bobmanuel"Stigma" is about two African women who contracted HIV through their work as traditional birth attendants1 in a small village. One, the mother, could not stand the massive stigmatization from the society, friends, even family, and she dies. The other, the daughter, refuses to die; she fights against that stigmatization that kills the people living with HIV/Aids in Africa. A drama about ignorance and the consequences of carelessness, but also about the power to overcome desperate situations in life, to burst your bonds and finally be what you want to be.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsMark RuffaloJonathan GroffFrank De JulioIn 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.
- DirectorKevin V TudorStarsSean RichardsSusan OlupitanMaggie BrothersThree stories about HIV and AIDS are the focus around a psychiatrist session with his friend following the death of his wife from AIDS.
- DirectorNeil ArmfieldStarsRyan CorrSarah SnookFrancesco FerdinandiThe warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15-year-long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo.
- DirectorYen TanStarsCory Michael SmithVirginia MadsenMichael ChiklisA closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.