History Film / Philadelphia

* GoodVictimsBadVictims: Invoked. When Andrew is suing his former firm for AIDS discrimination and bring up a woman working at the firm who also had AIDS, Andrew's former co-workers express their sympathy for her, pointing out the fact that she had contracted HIV from a blood transfusion. However, they not-so-subtly blame Andrew for his illness, given that he is gay and contracted HIV from an unsafe sexual encounter with a stranger he met at an adult theater.

* FairForItsDay: Inverted, in that the film's main flaw is that Beckett is pretty much sanctified simply for having Aids.
** Played straight in how it's gay ButNotTooGay. It was still a huge step forward for queers in the media.

* FairForItsDay: Inverted, in that the film's main flaw is that Beckett is pretty much sanctified simply for having Aids.

''Philadelphia'' is notable as one of the first big Hollywood movies to bring up the subject of AIDS, and TomHanks got his first Oscar for playing the leading role in it. {{YMMV}} on how it has passed the test of time, however.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Playing BruceSpringsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia", while presenting the city in an almost idyllic way.
** He showed ALL the parts of the city - not just the bright, shiny downtown, a homeless encampment, the poor areas, the urban blight and decay. Philadelphia in all its aspects.

* CampGay: Several of the guests during the party that Andrew and Miguel hold. Quentin Crisp, who as a real-life example of a Camp Gay also makes an appearance, though doesn't have any dialogue.
* CatchPhrase: "Explain it to me like I'm a [random age under school age] year old"

* FairForItsDay

''Philadelphia'' is a film from 1993 about a man named Andrew Beckett (TomHanks), who is an up and coming lawyer until his employers figure out that he has AIDS. Then an important complaint is suddenly misplaced and he is sacked on that account. Suspecting that his disease was the true cause of his firing, Andrew approaches an old rival lawyer named Joe Miller (DenzelWashington)to plead his case in a lawsuit for discrimination. The two eventually team up to fight Andrew's firm while Joe is struggling with his own homophobia and Andrew himself is fighting a losing battle against his disease.

''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'' is a film from 1993 about a man named Andrew Beckett, who is an up and coming lawyer until his employers figure out that he has AIDS. Then an important complaint is suddenly misplaced and he is sacked on that account. Suspecting that his disease was the true cause of his firing, Andrew approaches an old rival lawyer named Joe Miller to plead his case in a lawsuit for discrimination. The two eventually team up to fight Andrew's firm while Joe is struggling with his own homophobia and Andrew himself is fighting a losing battle against his disease.

''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'' is notable as one of the first big Hollywood movies to bring up the subject of AIDS, and TomHanks got his first Oscar for playing the leading role in it. {{YMMV}} on how it has passed the test of time, however.

!!''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'' contains examples of:

* BuryYourGays

* RuleAbidingRebel

* StraightGay: Andy and Miguel act more like [[ButNotTooGay best friends than lovers]].

''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'' is a film from 1993 about a man named Andrew Beckett, who is an up and coming lawyer until his his employers figures out that he has AIDS. Then an important complaint is suddenly misplaced and he is sacked on that account. Suspecting that his disease was the true cause of his firing, Andrew approaches an old rival lawyer named Joe Miller to plead his case in a lawsuit for discrimination. The two eventually team up to fight Andrew's firm while Joe is struggling with his own homophobia and Andrew himself is fighting a losing battle against his disease.

* PunchClockVilain: The Lawyers representing Andrew's former employers.

* PunchClockVillian: The Lawyers representing Andrew's former employers.

* SatelliteCharacter: Arguably his entire family.

* AmoralAttorney: The lawyer representing Andrew's former employers.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped

* TearJerker

* StraightGay: Andy and Miguel act more like simple best friends than lovers.

* TearJerker

''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'' is a film from 1993 about a man called Andy Beckett, who is an up and coming lawyer until his his employers figures out that he has AIDS. Then an important complaint is suddenly misplaced and he is sacked on that account. Suspecting that his disease was the true cause of his firing, Andy approaches an old rival lawyer named Joe Miller to plead his case in a lawsuit for discrimination. The two eventually team up to fight Andy's firm while Joe is struggling with his own homophobia and Andy himself is fighting a losing battle against his disease.

* CutHimselfShaving: Andy explains the first mark on his face as a bruise

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Andy can be seen as this.

* SatelliteCharacter: Arguably his entire family

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: just count the babies at that funeral...

* HapperHomeMovie

* ButNotTooGay: it received (and continues to receive) a lot of criticism for this, to the point where Tom Hanks addressed the issue in TheCelluloidCloset

* ButNotTooGay: it recieved (and continues to recieve) a lot of criticism for this, to the point where Tom Hanks adressed the issue in TheCelluloidCloset

** YMVM. ** This troper was shocked but extremely happy that his family loved him and viewed him as the same person he was before sexuality ever entered the picture (their son, brother, uncle, etc). They didn't seem that close to his lover but they were never subtly or overtly unwelcoming of him. And the fact that his sister let him hold her baby with no freaking was something this troper had thought would never be seen in real life, let alone a movie. Granted, this troper has now met people who do have a better understanding of HIV and AIDs and would treat someone with a positive status as a normal human, but at the time, such an idea was radical. And honestly, still, even with the strides made, kinda is.
* FiveTokenBand: Well, it was TheNineties, after all