Filadélfia

Original title: Philadelphia

Director: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington

Year: 1993
Awards: Won 2 Oscars - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks), Best Music

Plot Summary:

Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, is fired from his law firm in fear that they might contract AIDS from him. After Andrew is fired, in a last attempt for peace, he sues his former law firm with the help of a homophobic lawyer, Joe Miller. During the court battle, Miller sees that Beckett is no different than anyone else on the gritty streets of the city of brotherly love, sheds his homophobia and helps Beckett with his case before AIDS overcomes him.

• - Written by Geoffrey A. Middleton 

Music by

Bruce Springsteen