Best "aids" Movies of All Time

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Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

PG-13

4.0/5 (with 7,768 votes)

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Directed by Bryan Singer - With Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Allen Leech, ...

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Straight Outta Compton(2015)

| 2h 27min | Drama, Music, History

3.9/5 (with 1,716 votes)

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Directed by F. Gary Gray - With O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown, Jr., Aldis Hodge, Alexandra Shipp, ...

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(2022)

| 1h 53min | Documentary

3.7/5 (with 41 votes)

The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.

Directed by Laura Poitras - With Nan Goldin

Philadelphia(1993)

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 1,920 votes)

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Directed by Jonathan Demme - With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, ...

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The Hours(2002)

PG-13

| 1h 54min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 772 votes)

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

Directed by Stephen Daldry - With Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, ...

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Dallas Buyers Club(2013)

| 1h 57min | Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 3,892 votes)

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée - With Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Bradford Cox, Dallas Roberts, Denis O'Hare, ...

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The Constant Gardener(2005)

| 2h 9min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 623 votes)

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles - With Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard McCabe, ...

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Gia(1998)

| 2h | Romance / Love, Drama

3.6/5 (with 313 votes)

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

Directed by Michael Cristofer - With Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Scott Cohen, Mercedes Ruehl, ...

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BPM (Beats per Minute)(2017)

2h 15min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 617 votes)

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

Directed by Robin Campillo - With Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Samuel Churin, Arnaud Valois, Félix Maritaud, ...

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Precious(2009)

| 1h 50min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 727 votes)

Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.

Directed by Lee Daniels - With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd, ...

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The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)

| 2h 10min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 466 votes)

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Directed by Miloš Forman - With Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Richard Paul, James Cromwell, Donna Hanover, ...

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Playing by Heart(1998)

| 2h 1min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 88 votes)

A sexy, romantic comedy about modern couples coming together in funny and unexpected ways. Paul and Hannah discover that even after 40 years of marriage, they can still learn some very surprising things about each other. Meredith is a serious theatre director who isn't looking for a relationship... but has one looking for her in the person of the funny, persistent Trent. Then there's Joan and Keenan, young people searching for love in an L.A. club scene where the rules of dating seem to change every night.

Directed by Willard Carroll - With Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, ...

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Rent(2005)

PG-13

| 2h 15min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 256 votes)

This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing their world through his attempts to make a personal movie. In the year that follows, they and their friends deal with love, loss, and working together.

Directed by Chris Columbus - With Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, ...

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The Normal Heart(2014)

2h 13min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 403 votes)

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

Directed by Ryan Murphy - With Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts, Stephen Spinella, ...

The Cure(1995)

PG-13

| 1h 37min | Drama, Kids & Family

4.0/5 (with 128 votes)

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.

Directed by Peter Horton - With Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Diana Scarwid, Annabella Sciorra, Bruce Davison, John Carroll Lynch, ...

Before Night Falls(2000)

| 2h 14min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 117 votes)

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Directed by Julian Schnabel - With Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Michael Wincott, Diego Luna, ...

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Killing Zoe(1993)

| 1h 36min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 142 votes)

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Directed by Roger Avary - With Eric Stoltz, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Julie Delpy, Gary Kemp, Kario Salem, Salvator Xuereb, ...

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Boys on the Side(1995)

| 1h 55min | Comedy, Drama

3.2/5 (with 93 votes)

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

Directed by Herbert Ross - With Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, James Remar, Billy Wirth, ...

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And the Band Played On(1993)

2h 20min | Drama, TV Movie

3.2/5 (with 44 votes)

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye, David Clennon, Phil Collins, ...

Paris Is Burning(1991)

| 1h 11min | Documentary

4.0/5 (with 208 votes)

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

Directed by Jennie Livingston

Holding the Man(2015)

| 2h 8min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 209 votes)

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it - the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses - until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Directed by Neil Armfield - With Ryan Corr, Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Fox, Geoffrey Rush, ...

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The Living End(1992)

1h 25min | Drama, Romance / Love, Crime, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

Directed by Gregg Araki - With Mary Woronov, Craig Gilmore

His Secret Life(2001)

| 1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 235 votes)

When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.

Directed by Ferzan Özpetek - With Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yılmaz, Gabriel Garko, Erika Blanc, Filippo Nigro, ...

One Night Stand(1997)

| 1h 42min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 47 votes)

In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.

Directed by Mike Figgis - With Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey Jr., Amanda Donohoe, ...

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A Home at the End of the World(2004)

| 1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 68 votes)

Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.

Directed by Michael Mayer - With Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Matt Frewer, Sissy Spacek, Asia Vieira, ...

Jeffrey(1995)

| 1h 32min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Directed by Christopher Ashley - With Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy, ...

Gridlock'd(1997)

| 1h 31min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

3.4/5 (with 89 votes)

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall - With Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandiwe Newton, Bokeem Woodbine, Charles Fleischer, Darryl Jones, ...

Forever Young(2022)

2h 6min | Drama, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 44 votes)

At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.

Directed by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - With Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot, Sofiane Bennacer, Vassili Schneider, Suzanne Lindon, ...

L.627(1992)

| 2h 21min | Drama, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 39 votes)

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier - With Cécile Garcia-Fogel, Charlotte Kady, Claude Brosset, Didier Bezace, Francis Girod, Francis Lax, ...

In America(2003)

PG-13

| 1h 45min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 143 votes)

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Directed by Jim Sheridan - With Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Emma Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger, Neal Jones, ...

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Movies: Best "aids" Movies

Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

Straight Outta Compton(2015)

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(2022)

Philadelphia(1993)

The Hours(2002)

Dallas Buyers Club(2013)

The Constant Gardener(2005)

Gia(1998)

BPM (Beats per Minute)(2017)

Precious(2009)

The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)

Playing by Heart(1998)

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Rent(2005)

The Normal Heart(2014)

The Cure(1995)

Before Night Falls(2000)

Killing Zoe(1993)

Boys on the Side(1995)

And the Band Played On(1993)

Paris Is Burning(1991)

Holding the Man(2015)

The Living End(1992)

His Secret Life(2001)

One Night Stand(1997)

A Home at the End of the World(2004)

Jeffrey(1995)

Gridlock'd(1997)

Forever Young(2022)

L.627(1992)

In America(2003)

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