Hiv positive movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant hiv positive movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, queer cinema, captivating, psychological and serious films and TV shows about / with hiv positive, hiv, aids, gay, lgbt, friendship, gay interest, homosexual, lgbtq and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hiv positive: For a Handful of Kisses (2014), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Rent (2005), Test (2013), Loggerheads (2005), My Brother... Nikhil (2005), The Companion (2015), tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), Punks (2000), Pilules Bleues (2014).

List of hiv positive movies

For a Handful of Kisses (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: true love, young lovers, hopes, love and romance, love affair, looking for love, hiv, fall in love, dishonesty, secret, hiv positive, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 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.
Style: cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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 6.9
 58K
Rent (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style: sentimental, stylized, lyrical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, bohemian life, aids, lgbtq, gay, drug abuse, hiv, glbt, drug addiction, christmas, friendship, drag queen ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, year 2005, future, 90s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, new mexico ...
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 6.5
 2K
Test (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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.
Style: tense, serious, touching, atmospheric, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, gay interest, lgbtq, gay slur, gays and lesbians, aids, modern dance, bare chested male, closeted homosexual, marijuana, dancer's life ...
Time: year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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 7.2
 2K
Loggerheads (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, psychological, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, lgbt, self discovery, couple relations, society, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past, sea turtle, mother's day, birth mother ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, 60s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: north carolina, appalachia, usa
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My Brother... Nikhil (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Famous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, sexual ...
Plot: swimming, gay athlete, hopes, gay, family relations, lgbt, athlete's life, society, family problems, longing, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1987, year 1989, year 1994, 21st century
Place: india, goa india, bombay india
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 7.4
 308
The Companion (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Panama, France, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 104 min.
Story: At the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cuban boxing champion Horacio's punishment for failing a drug test is to watch over the brash, combative Daniel, a patient in a sanatorium where HIV patients are compulsorily confined. The two collide ...
Style: sincere, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: aids, hiv positive, boxer, hiv, friends, friendship, gay, escapades, youth, male objectification, bare chested male, boxing ...
Time: 80s
Place: cuba
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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, sweet, powerful ...
Audience: date night
Plot: theater, believe in yourself, broadway, gay interest, composer, music, musician, gay friend, male male relationship, screenwriter, lost love, best friend ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, north america
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 7.1
 319
Punks (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In his directorial debut, Patrik-Ian Polk chronicles the everyday dramas of four single, gay black men as they search for love — especially in the quartet’s favorite West Hollywood watering hole, Miss Smokies. The foursome includes successful ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, black lgbt, friendship, culture clash, looking for love, love affair, love and romance, buddies, singleness, sexual relations, longing, one night stand ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california
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Pilules Bleues (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The shy comic book writer JB meets the newly divorced young mother Laura at a party. Love magic rises. But Laura and her son Oscar are both HIV positive.
Style: humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, light
Plot: child, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, single mother, love, autobiography, pills, hiv positive, mother son relationship, superhero, comic book, doctor, male nudity ...
Time: 2000s
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Lost in the Crowd (2010)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Lost in the Crowd is a documentary film by Austrian filmmaker Susi Graf about LGBT homeless youth in New York City. The film tells the story of a group of kids focusing on how they became homeless and their attempts to survive on the streets of New ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot: homeless shelter, child molestation, homelessness, friendship, gay teenager, belief in god, jail, interview, gay slur, arrest, hiv positive, life is a bitch ...
Place: new york
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Sex express coffee (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Police 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.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: police investigation, torture, hiv positive, gay, murder mystery, murder investigation, homicidal maniac, forensics, cold case, detective inspector, unsolved crime, uncover truth ...
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 6.3
 590
Days (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Homosexual story between 2 guys, Claudio and Dario.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: gay, love affair, looking for love, thirtysomething life, couples, life is a bitch, breakup, infidelity, terminal illness, infected, sexual relations, gay couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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The Adventures of Felix (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, melancholic, touching, lyrical ...
Plot: gay teenager, road trip, gay relationship, gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, family relations, lgbtq, gay club, friendship, unemployment ...
Time: 90s, 1930s
Place: france, marseille, europe, normandy, australia ...
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HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy at Si V (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: A story about a documentarist who interviews a number of individuals who acquired the HIV virus.
Style: realistic, educational, compassionate, sad, ethical
Plot: interview, hiv positive, aids, hiv, education, medical, social issues, public health, branding iron, social commentary, human rights, intimate ...
Place: the philippines
Is relevant?
 7.1
 321
Unspeakable (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv, hiv positive, life is a bitch, illness, father son relationship, parents and children, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada, vancouver
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 7.2
 3K
1985 (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 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.
Style: psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: aids, gay, gay interest, closeted homosexual, christmas, homosexuality, hiv, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, stand up comedian, gay slur, homosexual ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: texas, dallas texas
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Suicide Dolls (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: What if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? How would you spend your last day? Well Amber and Jade do know because they plan to kill themselves and record their last 24 hours. Haunted by the untimely death of her mother Maria and the searing ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: suicide, teenage girl, life is a bitch, choice, depression, teen angst, teen suicide, abusive parent, child abuse, mother issues, hiv positive, videotaping ...
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 3.9
 424
Sashimi (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Japanese porno actor, HIV positive, commits suicide. Natsumi, a popular porno actress who has often worked with him, learns that she is also HIV positive and becomes desperate. She receives mysterious post cards at times from Taiwan, and decides ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: suicide, hiv, porn actor, hiv positive, porn actress, illness, porn star, investigation, private investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, desperation ...
Place: taiwan
Is relevant?
 7.2
 338
Woke (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Describes everyday life in a Lyon LGBT centre, examining the initial political, emotional and sexual life of a man who recently came out as gay.
Style: sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, male homosexuality, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay muslim, gay club, gay slur, politics, transvestism, love and romance, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
Is relevant?
 6.4
 700
Love for Life (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find ...
Style: captivating, romantic, entertaining
Audience: date night
Plot: aids, love and romance, love affair, illness, social problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, hiv positive, fighting illness, teenage love, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
Place: china
Is relevant?
 5.1
 56
Pulse (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A cheating husband decides to seek revenge against the woman who infected him with HIV.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating
Plot: hiv, infidelity, revenge, one night stand, social problems, family problems, unhappy marriage, relationships, hiv positive, marital problem, family relations, lifestyle ...
Is relevant?
120 Beats Per Minute (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of ...
Style: lgbt cinema, art house, thought provoking, sentimental, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, aids, gay love, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay relationship, hospital, gay pride, gay couple, sex scene, protest ...
Time: 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 2000s
Place: paris france, france, europe, indiana
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Holding the Man (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge ...
Style: sexy, lgbt cinema, touching, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay student, aids, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay son, gay teenager, gay love, homosexual history ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, 80s, 90s, year 1978 ...
Place: austria, australia, indiana, italy, sydney australia ...
Is relevant?
 6.9
 11K
Ex Drummer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot: rock, punk, nihilism, strong sexual content, male rape, misogynist, homosexual, erotic scene, transgression, making love, extreme, homosexual rape ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: belgium
Is relevant?
The Normal Heart (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, sad, emotional, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: aids, gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay slur, male homosexuality, homosexual, terminal illness, lgbt, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, washington d.c., yale university ...
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Peter's Friends (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: It is New Year's weekend and the friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe, but it's less clear how much they have in common ...
Style: sentimental, witty, touching, intense, realistic ...
Plot: new year's eve, aids, friends, friendship, redemption, justice, weekend, thirtysomething life, adulthood, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1992
Place: england, europe, london
Is relevant?
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
Style: crying
Plot: aids, hiv, disease, brat pack, hiv positive, taxi, artist, father daughter relationship, hospital, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rain ...
Time: year 1988
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And Then There Was One (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: And Then There Was One - The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple. After struggling ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy, touching
Plot: aids, hiv, intruder, hiv positive, love, melancholy, babies and infants, crumbling marriage, gender, couple relations, ego clash, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Is relevant?
Girl, Positive (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A popular high school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV positive.
Style: semi serious, disturbing, realistic, exciting, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: hiv, clinic, high school, sexually transmitted disease, danger, infected, terminal illness, family in crisis, teenage love, couples, teenage life, disability ...
Time: 21st century
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