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7.2

♡ 2

100%

Barak Heymann Director

Saar Maoz as Self Alon

Alon as Self

The London Gay Men's Chorus as Themselves

London Gay Men's Chorus Band as Themselves

Saar is an HIV positive gay man living in London, where he found refuge from the religious kibbutz where he grew up in Israel. Ever since he was diagnosed with HIV, Saar has craved his family's love, while they struggle with fears and prejudices.

Rent: Live

2019

6.3

♡ 24

27%

56%

based on play or musical

Alex Rudzinski Director

Jesse L. Martin as

Daphne Rubin-Vega as

Robert Roldan as Ensemble

Jordan Fisher as Mark Cohen

The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

Rent

2005

6.8

♡ 18

47%

83%

based on play or musical

Chris Columbus Director

Chris Columbus as Angry Man in Car

Wayne Wilcox as Gordon

Jennifer Siebel Newsom as Receptionist

Jesse L. Martin as Tom Collins

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.

Right to Try

2021

7.4

♡ 5

hiv

medication

Zeb Newman Director

Jeffrey Drew as

Jonathan J Tibbs as Self

The business of HIV is uncovered through the lens of a long-term survivor, who puts his life on the line in search of a cure.

We Were Here

2011

san francisco, california

7.9

♡ 5

100%

solidarity

David Weissman Director

Eileen Glutzer as Self

Guy Clark as Self

Daniel Goldstein as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self - NBC News Anchor

A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of the crisis.

Keep the Lights On

2012

6.4

♡ 9

89%

62%

documentary filmmaking

semi autobiographical

Ira Sachs Director

Julianne Nicholson as Claire

Thure Lindhardt as Erik Rothman

Zachary Booth as Paul Lucy

Maria Dizzia as Vivian

Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

1985

2018

7.2

♡ 15

96%

Yen Tan Director

Jamie Chung as Carly

Michael Chiklis as Dale Lester

Virginia Madsen as Eileen

Bill Heck as Slow Dancer

Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian returns to his Texas hometown and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.

The Normal Heart

2014

7.9

♡ 56

94%

88%

based on play or musical

Ryan Murphy Director

Taylor Kitsch as Bruce Niles BD Wong

BD Wong as Buzzy

Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks

Louis Armstrong as Orchestra Leader

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.

For a Handful of Kisses

2014

Spanish

5.6

♡ 16

David Menkes Director

Cristina Domínguez as Bailarina

Mario Pardo as Doctor

Marina Salas as Gloria

Ana de Armas as Sol

A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them...

Buddies

1985

7.5

♡ 11

100%

Arthur J. Bressan Jr. Director

David Schachter as David Bennett

Damon Hairston as Gym instructor

Geoff Edholm as Robert Willow

David Rose as Steve

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

2008

8.1

♡ 4

94%