The Normal Heart

About The Normal Heart

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.

The Normal Heart (2014) is a drama film directed by Ryan Murphy. It runs 133 minutes and was released in May 2014.

Its themes are male homosexuality, AIDS, epidemic, and HIV. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Mark Ruffalo takes the lead as Ned Weeks, Matt Bomer as Felix Turner, Taylor Kitsch as Bruce Niles, and Jim Parsons as Tommy Boatwright. The screenplay is by Larry Kramer. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television. American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Bohemian Rhapsody, Philadelphia, and Mysterious Skin make useful companions to The Normal Heart, all filed under 1980s and gay theme. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 934 votes.