HIV/AIDS-related Movies, Docs, Series, Etc.
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- DirectorVincent GagliostroStarsAlan CummingZachary BoothSarita ChoudhuryAfter Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid WeissmanBill WeberStarsEd WolfDaniel GoldsteinGuy ClarkA deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
- 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.
- DirectorPeter ChappellCatherine Peix EyrolleStarsCecil FoxSimon Wain-HobsonJoseph VandepitteDocumentary about the hypothesis that HIV may have been caused by mass vaccination against Polio, in Congo, between 1957 and 1960.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsPeter StaleyLarry KramerIris LongThe story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
- DirectorChris Mason JohnsonStarsScott MarloweMatthew RischEvan BoomerIn 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.
- 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.
- DirectorLouise HogarthStarsDoug HitzelControversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsAl PacinoMeryl StreepEmma ThompsonSeveral disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.
- DirectorJim HubbardStarsDavid BarrKen BingGregg BordowitzUnited in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and government negligence.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsMichel BlancEmmanuelle BéartSami BouajilaParis, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsSara LewinsteinDavid MandellSuzi MandellA collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
- StarsAdam LundgrenAdam PålssonBjörn KjellmanA story of love and death. Rasmus, 19, escapes to Stockholm and finds love in the religious Benjamin just as the AIDS epidemic hits the city's gay community.
- CreatorDustin Lance BlackStarsRachel GriffithsAustin P. McKenzieMary-Louise ParkerA chronicled re-telling of the gay rights movement in the United States, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969.
- DirectorMonte BramerStarsJudith LightRobert DesiderioTom HulceThis documentary focuses on AIDS activist, novelist and film writer and National Book Award winner Paul Monette's life, from his childhood in Massachusetts up to his life in Hollywood and diagnosis and death from AIDS. His story is told in readings from his memoirs and by those who knew him. Narrated by Linda Hunt.
- DirectorJosh RosenzweigStarsRegan HoffmanJohn KnoebelFrank SpinelliThe Emmy Award-nominated 30 Years from Here examines the AIDS pandemic over the past 30 years. Activists and medical experts that share stories include Terrence McNally, Larry Kramer, Marjorie Hill, Frank Spinelli, Jerry Mitchell, and Larry Flick.
- DirectorPeter FriedmanTom JoslinStarsLiane BoninTom JoslinMark MassiA documentary about two gay men as they live through their last months of life with AIDS.
- DirectorDaryl WeinStarsDon AdlerRichard BerkowitzSusan BrownExplores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M sex worker turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has has never been aptly credited.
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.
- 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.
- StarsStanislas NordeyFrédéric PierrotSamuel TheisA three part mini series about a French family spanning the generations, with each episode coinciding with a crucial moment for gay rights in France.
- DirectorGreg BerlantiStarsTimothy OlyphantDean CainZach BraffAn insight into the turbulent lives and loves of a gay clique based in Los Angeles.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- 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.
- DirectorMatthew WarchusStarsBill NighyImelda StauntonDominic WestU.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
- DirectorKirby DickStarsBarney FrankJames McGreeveyKevin NaffAn indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the U.S.
- DirectorTony PiccirilloStarsJames MarsdenScott SpeedmanSofía VergaraTom (Speedman) and Dan's (Marsden) one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPavel GiroudStarsCamila ArtecheArmando Miguel GómezBroselianda HernándezA disgraced boxer gradually forms an unlikely friendship with an HIV positive patient he is tasked with monitoring at a military-run sanitarium in 1980s Cuba.
- DirectorEster GouldReijer ZwaanStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoJose GuitierezWhat does it take to express yourself? The surprising and moving story of Madonna's most famous troupe of dancers.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsRami MalekLucy BoyntonGwilym LeeThe story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
- DirectorChristophe HonoréStarsVincent LacostePierre DeladonchampsDenis PodalydèsJacques is an older writer from Paris. Arthur is a young student in Rennes. They instantly fall in love. But they'll have to face rejection and sickness to keep it that way.
- CreatorScott AlexanderLarry KaraszewskiSarah BurgessStarsSarah PaulsonAnnaleigh AshfordSterling K. BrownAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
- DirectorJean CarlomustoStarsEllen BarkinAlan BatesAnthony FauciThe passion and anger of a modern warrior during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorJames ErskineStarsFreddie FoxJohn CurryMeg Streeter LauckTHE ICE KING is the searing documentary of a lost cultural icon, a story of art, sport, sexuality, and rebellion. Including incredible unseen footage of some of his mort remarkable performances and with access to Curry's letters, archive interviews, and interviews with his family, friends and collaborators, this is a portrait of the man who turned ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Watch any figure skating and it falls into two possible camps: before and after John Curry. From what was a macho, technical sport whose judges punished deviation blossomed - through John Curry's stubborn beauty - ice-dancing. This was no Holiday on Ice, but a new artistic medium. After winning gold at the Winter Olympics for a rebelliously balletic routine, Curry saw the world's stages sheeted with ice. Audiences and reviewers alike were enthralled by his genius. But Curry's story is about more than skating. On the night of the final, Curry became the first openly gay Olympian at a time when homosexuality was barely legal. From bullying and prejudice, to relief in the gay underworld, to his untimely death from AIDS, Curry's story dovetails with the experiences of a generation. Tortured by demons, Curry was forever on the run. Never owning a home, he lived on the favours of those who loved him. The only place he found true freedom was the ice. This is the story of a man whose body was a battleground. From love affairs, to violence in sex clubs, to its 'unmanly' elegance on the ice, every act was rebellion. John Curry was no activist, but an artist expressing his authentic self - yet in a world where his existence was taboo, his life was unavoidably political.
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsBruno TodeschiniÉric CaravacaNathalie BoutefeuTwo brothers with a problematic relationship in the past, find together again when the elder one gets a dangerous disease and asks his brother to accompany him to several doctors.
- DirectorDrew StoneStarsMichael AlagoPhil AnselmoMina Caputo'Who The Fuck Is That Guy'? The Fabulous Journey Of Michael Alago tells the astonishing story of a gay Puerto Rican kid growing up in a Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood, who got on the subway one day and began a musical odyssey that helped shape the musical landscape across N.Y.C. and around the world. Directed by Drew Stone and produced by Michael Alex the film tells the incredible story of a cherished New York City icon. From rubbing elbows with N. Y. scene makers as an teenager at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, to being the architect of a rock 'n' roll renaissance as the 19 year-old talent booker at the legendary Ritz, to making history as a 24 year-old A&R exec, signing the biggest metal band in a generation in Metallica, Michael Alago was on fire. Working with artists ranging from White Zombie and Johnny Rotten to Cyndi Lauper and jazz legend Nina Simone, Alago was driven by a love for great music...ANY great music..Passion and excess would bring Alago crashing into the twin reapers of substance abuse and AIDS, but surviving them both he reinvented himself as an art photographer...healthy, sober, and as passionate as ever. Told by Alago and the artists whose careers he helped build, illustrated with an exquisite collection of personal photographs, 'Who The Fuck Is That Guy'? The Fabulous Journey Of Michael Alago tells the tender, loving, self-destructive, and insane story of a man who loved new music so much he had to bring it to the world, and lived to talk about it. Barely.
- DirectorCheryl FarthingIan MacMillanArchival footage and interviews with 22 lesbians and gay men give an overview of gay history in the UK from the 1920's. Clause 28, the Well of Lonliness, AIDS, the Pet shop Boys, it's all there in some form or another.
- DirectorJohn ScagliottiStarsCraig RodwellMelissa EtheridgeMike CarneyDocumentary/Historical retrospective of the Gay Rights movement from the 1969 Stonewall riots to the present.
- CreatorDarío MadronaCarlos MonteroStarsOmar AyusoItzan EscamillaMina El HammaniWhen three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
- DirectorOscar Gonzalez IñiguezStarsRicardo BonnoFernando ConsagraDiego de EricePolice detective Escobar attempts to capture an HIV+ internet predator who lures unsuspecting young men into sexual encounters while investigating the case of a man who was chopped into pieces and stuffed in his own refrigerator.
- DirectorLaura MuscardinStarsThomas TrabacchiRiccardo SalernoDavide BechiniClaudio is HIV-positive and lead a normal life, at work, with your family, with your boyfriend, until an unexpected passion arises from a one-night stand.
- DirectorOndi TimonerStarsMatt SmithMarianne RendónJohn Benjamin HickeyA look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
- DirectorDavid LambertStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartJean-Michel BalthazarMonia ChokriAn Argentine hustler finds himself in a love triangle with a portly Belgian baker and the baker's comely employee.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsScotty BowersWilliam MannDavid KuhnA portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
- DirectorJames CrumpStarsJoan Juliet BuckPaul CaranicasMichael ChowSex Fashion and Disco is a documentary film concerning Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the most influential fashion illustrator of 1970s Paris and New York, and his colorful and sometimes outrageous milieu.
- 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.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsMario FanfaniGeoffrey CouëtFrançois NambotTwo men meet in a sex club, become entangled in a passionate embrace, and spend the night getting to know each other. As they wander through the empty streets of Paris, they must confront the feelings that are growing between them.
- DirectorOlivier DucastelJacques MartineauStarsLaetitia CastaGaëtan GallierYannick RenierTwo young lovers change their lives drastically after the 1968 revolt, leading to choices that move them in different directions.
- DirectorEusebio PastranaStarsDamián AlcoleaMatilde AlcázarMaría BreaSpinnin' is a wonderfully exuberant, multi-layered Spanish drama. MADRID 1995. Garate and Omar are young, gay and in love, and want to have a child. After failed attempts with their female pals, they befriend Raquel, a pregnant woman whose partner has died of aids. Sound conventional? Spinnin' is anything but. It is a wildly entertaining, inventive and cheeky film that throws the audience in the centre of these friends' chaotic lives, and celebrates being alive. Garate and Omar are surrounded by myriad colourful characters: from new-born babies to Garate's 60 plus father who is falling in love again; to two policemen who list things that are important to them, in the desire that their lists match up; to a couple who are either kissing each other, or fighting - both with equal passion; and many, many others. There's not a dull minute in this whirlwind of a film. Surrender to the charms of Spinnin' and you will leave the cinema wanting to embrace each other, dance and throw your arms up in joy. A Festival highlight.
- StarsDavid IsheeJeffrey KahnJackson KennedyDNA, the very essence of life, can now be altered. Not only by Harvard geneticists and multi-billion dollar corporations, but also by renegade biohackers working out of their garages.
- DirectorDylan Mohan GrayStarsZackie AchmatPeter MugyenyiBill ClintonAn intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths - and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back. Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz, FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop 'the crime of the century' and save millions of lives in the process.
- DirectorBarak HeymannTomer HeymannAlexander Bodin SaphirStarsSaar MaozAlonLondon Gay Men's Chorus BandAt 21, Saar was expelled from his religious kibbutz and fled to the UK. There he created a new family with the London Gay Men's Chorus and now, after 19 years, Saar reaches out to his old family in the hope of a reconciliation.
- DirectorRachel MasonStarsKaren MasonBarry MasonMicah MasonIn 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store, Circus of Books. A decade later, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history, and it is told through the lens of the owners' own daughter, Rachel Mason, an artist, filmmaker and musician.
- DirectorPierre Sanoussi-BlissStarsPierre Sanoussi-BlissThilo AckermannMichael AndeAfter Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV-positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, then promptly falls (back) in love. Amidst a crumbling former East Berlin (its buildings, cars, people, and culture), Sam develops a "family" for the new millennium, for the new generation of post-drug-cocktail AIDS victims. The fragile "family" he forms includes his on-again/off-again boyfriend Rainer and his best friend Bastl with his latest fling Mike. Like the old, schmaltzy East German songs which Sam is recording, the sweet innocence of the characters struggles to prevail, the characters' misfortunes notwithstanding.
- StarsWilson CruzWanda SykesMichaela Jaé (MJ) RodriguezInvestigates the importance of TV as an intimate medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television.
- CreatorSteven CanalsBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsMichaela Jaé (MJ) RodriguezDominique JacksonIndya MooreIn the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPekka StrangSeumas F. SargentChris MylandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- DirectorMarc de GuerreStarsPeter StaleyHow We Got Gay tells the incredible story of how gay men and women went from being the ultimate outsiders to occupying the halls of power, with a profound influence on our cultural, political and social lives.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaJaclyn JoseElijah CanlasThe film addresses several issues at the same time: the stigma surrounding HIV; the carelessness of Filipino youth regarding sex; youth in the Philippines when it comes to sex, the heavy consequences of growing up with a troubled parent; and the Christian double moral standard.
- StarsEwan McGregorRebecca DayanDavid PittuThe story of a man who leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsOlly AlexanderNathaniel CurtisShaun DooleyThe lives of a group of friends living in 1980s London are irreparably changed by the AIDS crisis.
- DirectorJared FriederStarsTroye SivanViveik KalraBrianne TjuComing-of-age film about Caleb, a South Florida teen. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, he finds love in the most unlikely of places.
- DirectorArlene NelsonDavid NelsonStarsVinny AllegriniGwen BarringerMark de Solla PriceArtist Spencer Tunick photographs a group 85 naked HIV positive people in a public restaurant in recognition of POZ magazine's 10th anniversary.
- CreatorHéctor LozanoStarsCarlos CuevasMaría PujaltePablo CapuzWhen Pol enrolls in university in pursuit of a philosophy degree, he's challenged and enticed by new friends and an intimidating professor.
- CreatorRon NyswanerStarsMatt BomerJonathan BaileyJelani AlladinFollows the lives and volatile romance of two different men, through purges, wars, protests, and plagues, overcoming obstacles in the world.