Anne Marie Fox / Focus Features; John F. Rhodes / The Dallas Morning News / CorbisMatthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club
Ron Woodroof was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. Rather than resign himself to passively accepting his fate, he experimented with various drug combinations, not all of which were approved by the FDA, to maintain his health as long as possible. He created the Dallas Buys Club, an organization that sold medication to AIDS patients internationally.