- HD 1080
- Runtime: 81m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
- Stars: Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Libby Saines, David Rose, Billy Lux
- keywords: new york city, friendship, aids, male friendship, hiv, hospital, masturbation, lgbt, gay theme
- Production_studio: Film and Video Workshop
- Slogan: ...the first dramatic movie about AIDS
- providers: Criterion Channel, Here TV
- The Buddies is featured in the top rankings of 1985
- #2 in Top Drama Movies of 1985
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.