World AIDS Day: 5 Best Movies on AIDS Awareness

By Rohit RajputDecember 01, 2022
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Philadelphia

Tom Hanks plays Andre Beckett, a gay man, who sues his employers after they fire him for being gay.

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Longtime Companion

The first wide-release that focused on AIDS, it focuses on the first few years of the epidemic that is segmented through different time-periods.

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The Cure

Focusing on an unlikely friendship between two boys, with one of them having AIDS - the story sees them embark on a journey to find a cure for the disease when they discover the possibility of it.

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How to Survive a Plague

A documentary about the early years of the AIFDs epidemic, it sees activists trying to bring notice towards the disease.

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Dallas Buyers Club

A powerful performance by Matthew McConaughey, it tells the story of Ron Woodroof and his struggle with AIDS.

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