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MGM Plus
84
8.1
/388597/
79
/6222/
77
/3034/
3.9
/130371/
91
/188/
94
/12273/
79
/40/
cc age 15+

Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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Kanopy
83
7.8
/64433/
78
/2535/
76
/1374/
4.2
/130372/
93
/155/
89
/688/
79
/36/
cc age 13+

Pride (2014)
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
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HBO Max
82
7.9
/39344/
79
/1538/
77
/898/
3.8
/26310/
94
/49/
88
/379/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
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.
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Hulu
82
7.8
/231386/
77
/11422/
78
/4089/
3.8
/333755/
89
/244/
91
/2595/
72
/41/
cc age 17+

Straight Outta Compton (2015)
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.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.6
/4505/
78
/193/
67
/78/
4.0
/7188/
98
/80/
83
/160/
86
/23/
cc age 16+

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
A 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. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
poster
81
7.9
/542396/
79
/14750/
79
/8826/
4.0
/579574/
92
/264/
91
/4159/
77
/47/
cc age 17+

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
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.
poster
Netflix
80
7.9
/5173/
79
/345/
81
/125/
4.1
/154983/

Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (2025)
From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.
poster
79
7.7
/44420/
77
/1597/
76
/932/
4.0
/58978/
81
/16/
88
/553/

Confessions (2010)
Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
poster
79
7.3
/154561/
71
/2877/
69
/1640/
3.6
/54044/
83
/189/
82
/7484/
82
/39/
cc age 16+

The Constant Gardener (2005)
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.
poster
79
7.7
/270726/
77
/6129/
77
/4469/
3.9
/192715/
83
/63/
89
/4675/
66
/21/
cc age 14+

Philadelphia (1993)
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.
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Disney Plus
78
7.5
/1635/
72
/129/
67
/52/
3.7
/7931/
93
/46/
82
/13/
76
/13/
cc age 13+

Howard (2018)
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
poster
78
7.4
/169348/
73
/4082/
72
/3024/
3.6
/139757/
87
/180/
86
/12144/
74
/33/
cc age 15+

The Orphanage (2007)
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
7.5
/1629/
74
/87/
68
/43/
3.7
/3003/
97
/36/
88
/9/
75
/10/

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)
Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.
poster
75
8.0
/618010/
78
/13669/
75
/8052/
3.7
/325436/
64
/214/
90
/35204/
64
/39/
cc age 17+

Blood Diamond (2006)
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
74
7.8
/11585/
72
/206/
64
/106/
3.6
/6215/
100
/12/
88
/251/

And the Band Played On (1993)
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
7.0
/4432/
70
/156/
66
/112/
3.5
/7401/
92
/24/
81
/14/
74
/11/

Paris 05:59 / Théo & Hugo (2016)
Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense blossoming between them.
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Kanopy
72
6.6
/958/
66
/26/
65
/15/
3.8
/2894/
85
/26/
97
/53/
cc age 16+

Los Frikis (2024)
Gustavo idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to live at a government-run treatment home. It's there that they create their own utopia to live and play music freely.
poster
Kanopy
82
71
7.3
/3117/
77
/107/
70
/76/
4.2
/15108/
100
/5/
87
/147/

Blue (1993)
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
poster
70
7.1
/139752/
72
/7639/
69
/3251/
3.6
/182528/
81
/250/
78
/562/
67
/42/
cc age 18+

T2 Trainspotting (2017)
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
poster
Kanopy
82
70
7.9
/2393/
76
/102/
68
/44/
3.9
/1827/
100
/45/
86
/92/
94
/11/

We Were Here (2011)
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.
poster
74
70
7.3
/10697/
71
/225/
72
/580/
3.6
/11895/
74
/35/
89
/132/
69
/16/

His Secret Life (2001)
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.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
69
6.8
/2755/
69
/194/
69
/68/
3.4
/11704/
79
/14/
84
/28/
68
/5/
cc age 16+

Three Months (2022)
Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
69
7.7
/6411/
75
/121/
70
/82/
3.8
/2886/
95
/364/

Sometimes in April (2005)
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
poster
69
6.5
/15697/
69
/385/
63
/245/
3.4
/14924/
73
/112/
69
/559/
60
/18/
cc age 15+

Boys on the Side (1995)
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.
poster
68
7.0
/90423/
70
/2267/
68
/1223/
3.4
/209694/
47
/57/
76
/3310/
63
/18/
cc age 18+

Kids (1995)
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
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Hoopla
66
7.2
/1884/
62
/22/
58
/22/
3.4
/229/
73
/49/
65
/62/
62
/21/

Loggerheads (2005)
A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.
poster
74
66
7.6
/12297/
75
/168/
75
/158/
3.7
/2607/
71
/18/
cc age 18+

Shooting Dogs (2006)
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/6727/
71
/236/
66
/138/
3.3
/5403/
83
/69/
70
/33/
56
/13/

Tom of Finland (2017)
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
6.8
/7104/
71
/174/
62
/67/
3.4
/2857/
71
/31/
67
/131/

Jeffrey (1995)
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.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.6
/14277/
66
/234/
63
/171/
3.2
/4436/
50
/117/
67
/676/
59
/34/
cc age 18+

A Home at the End of the World (2004)
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.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.8
/57703/
73
/1574/
68
/585/
3.4
/79448/
47
/174/
83
/19688/
53
/35/
cc age 14+

Rent (2005)
In 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.
poster
Kanopy
67
62
6.6
/4400/
67
/145/
66
/81/
3.8
/34154/
73
/11/
61
/72/
65
/15/

The Living End (1992)
Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.
poster
68
62
6.8
/10133/
69
/217/
67
/195/
3.6
/19559/
67
/39/

Bleeder (1999)
Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.
poster
70
62
6.9
/4612/
72
/208/
71
/241/
3.4
/18871/

Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop (2004)
Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.
poster
66
59
6.1
/4312/
66
/317/
62
/155/
2.9
/11939/
89
/28/
70
/16/
61
/6/

First Girl I Loved (2016)
Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.
poster
Netflix
74
57
6.6
/2036/
72
/143/
71
/88/
3.6
/4036/
83
/6/
83
/19/
cc age 15+

Trees of Peace (2021)
Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
57
7.6
/3884/
72
/93/
72
/63/
3.5
/1140/
50
/10/
88
/383/
57
/8/

Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
poster
57
7.1
/151655/
73
/4170/
71
/2524/
3.5
/76031/
26
/133/
78
/4497/
30
/33/
cc age 16+

John Q (2002)
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
poster
54
5.9
/7426/
57
/125/
56
/113/
2.9
/1922/
34
/38/
39
/74/

One Night Stand (1997)
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.
poster
84
53
8.8
/897/
85
/38/
81
/16/
4.4
/4826/
79
/229/
83
/331/

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (2017)
The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis during the mid-1980s.
poster
69
53
7.1
/3754/
68
/58/
63
/32/
3.4
/644/
74
/31/
78
/92/
63
/16/

Bear Cub (2004)
Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, however, Pedro turns to his friends for guidance as he and 9-year-old Bernardo begin to forge a household together.
poster
Kanopy
76
50
8.2
/1683/
77
/46/
69
/24/
3.6
/539/
73
/26/
88
/62/
71
/7/

Blood Brother (2013)
Rocky Braat went to India as a disillusioned American tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV/AIDS, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face. Or the love he would find.
poster
76
49
7.5
/2567/
66
/37/
74
/30/
3.6
/712/
93
/180/

Yesterday (2004)
After 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.
poster
Kanopy
49
6.4
/73121/
70
/6214/
64
/2321/
2.8
/26659/
24
/50/
45
/248/
36
/12/
cc age 17+

Solace (2015)
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
47
6.5
/1805/
62
/83/
67
/221/
3.2
/881/
82
/22/
58
/15/
70
/7/

Test (2013)
San Francisco, 1985. Two opposites attract at a modern dance company. Together, their courage and resilience are tested as they navigate a world full of risks and promise, against the backdrop of a disease no one seems to know anything about.
poster
Kanopy
82
46
8.1
/1212/
71
/25/
69
/18/
4.2
/1587/
100
/8/
93
/12/

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.
poster
69
45
6.6
/956/
69
/91/
71
/163/
3.6
/4913/

Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
poster
64
45
6.3
/2076/
61
/26/
60
/40/
3.4
/1082/
63
/16/
72
/36/

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships shifting, past loves resurfacing, and personal connections revealed. At the funeral and afterward, tensions rise among the group, leading to further emotional complexities at the artist’s family home.


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