And The Films Played On: 16 Essential Movies About AIDS

From: Queerty

The Cure 

1995

Two young boys from Minnesota embark on an adventure to New Orleans in hope of finding a cure for AIDS, from which one of them is dying. Erik (the late Brad Renfro), a loner with a neglectful mother, finds kinship in Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), who contracted the disease through a blood transfusion. Erik’s mother doesn't approve of their friendship due to her own prejudices and ignorance, but Dexter’s mother sticks up for the boys as their friendship is a great comfort to her son.