Dallas Buyers Club
2013 | 117 min | Drama, History
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Audiences adore it (7.9/10), it won 3 Oscars, it earned strong reviews (92%) and it made about 11 times its budget. Make plans for this one.
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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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 77 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
7.9/10 from 9K viewers
- AwardsVery strong
3 wins, 3 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Actor; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$56 million worldwide on a $5 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
665K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
Netflix
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Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
- Matthew McConaugheyRon Woodroof
- Jennifer GarnerEve
- Jared LetoRayon
- Denis O'HareDr. Sevard
- Steve ZahnTucker
- Michael O'NeillRichard Barkley
- Dallas RobertsDavid Wayne
- Griffin DunneDr. Vass
- Kevin RankinT.J.
- Donna DuPlantierNurse Frazin