Films like Buddies
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 view...
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Philadelphia
Film · 1993 · also dramaTwo competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and...
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And the Band Played On
Film · 1993 · also dramaThe story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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tick, tick... BOOM!
Film · 2021 · also dramaOn the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Film · 2018 · also dramaSinger 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...
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Holding the Man
Film · 2015 · also dramaTim 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 Ju...
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Life
Film · 2015 · also dramaIn 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
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Love Is Strange
Film · 2014 · also dramaAfter 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, r...
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Cry Freedom
Film · 1987 · also dramaA dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal...
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Sing Sing
Film · 2024 · also dramaDivine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, h...
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Benediction
Film · 2021 · also dramaPoet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuati...
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