Which 2013 biographical film about AIDS activist Ron Woodroof stars Matthew McConaughey?

The 2013 biographical film about AIDS activist Ron Woodroof starring Matthew McConaughey is Dallas Buyers Club.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, the film portrays Woodroof, a Texas electrician and rodeo enthusiast diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1985. After learning that approved treatment options were limited, he smuggles unapproved medicines into Texas and distributes them through the informal Dallas Buyers Club. The story reflects the fear, stigma, and medical uncertainty surrounding AIDS during the 1980s.

McConaughey’s performance was central to the film’s success, while Jared Leto played Rayon, a transgender woman and Woodroof’s business partner. Rayon was a fictional composite character, as was Jennifer Garner’s Dr. Eve Saks, so the movie is a dramatized biography rather than a scene-by-scene historical record.

The film was made on a $5 million budget and earned about $55 million worldwide. At the 86th Academy Awards, McConaughey won Best Actor, Leto won Best Supporting Actor, and the film won Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It was also nominated for Best Picture.