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{{Short description|1993 legal drama film by Jonathan Demme}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Philadelphia
| image          = Philadelphia_imp.jpg
| alt            = A monochrome image of Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) and Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) separated by a gavel showing the Philadelphia Skyline. Text reads "No one would take on his case... Until one man was willing to take on the system." The film's credits appear on the bottom left.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jonathan Demme]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Jonathan Demme
* [[Edward Saxon]]
}}
| writer         = [[Ron Nyswaner]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tom Hanks]]
* [[Denzel Washington]]
* [[Jason Robards]]
* [[Mary Steenburgen]]
* [[Antonio Banderas]]
}}
| music          = [[Howard Shore]]
| cinematography = [[Tak Fujimoto]]
| editing        = [[Craig McKay (film editor)|Craig McKay]]
| production_companies= Clinica Estetico Productions
| distributor    = [[TriStar Pictures]]
| released       = {{film date|1993|12|14|Los Angeles|1994|1|14|United States}}
| runtime        = 126 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $26&nbsp;million
| gross          = $206.7&nbsp;million<ref name=mojo/>
}}
'''''Philadelphia''''' is a 1993 American [[legal drama]] film directed and produced by [[Jonathan Demme]], written by [[Ron Nyswaner]], and starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Denzel Washington]].<ref name="Philadelphia">{{cite web |title=Philadelphia |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18893/philadelphia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331180402/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18893/Philadelphia/ |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |access-date=March 29, 2016 |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref> Filmed [[Location shooting|on location]] in its [[Philadelphia|namesake city]], it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former law firm, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]]. The cast also features [[Jason Robards]], [[Mary Steenburgen]], [[Antonio Banderas]], and [[Joanne Woodward]].

''Philadelphia'' is one of the first mainstream Hollywood films not only to explicitly address [[HIV/AIDS]] and [[homophobia]], but also to portray gay people in a positive light. It premiered in [[Los Angeles]] on December 14, 1993 in a benefit for the [[AIDS Project Los Angeles|AIDS Project]], and opened in limited release on December 22, before expanding into [[wide release]] on January 14, 1994. It grossed $206.7&nbsp;million worldwide, becoming the [[1993 in film|9th highest-grossing film of 1993]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1993/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=1993 Worldwide Box Office |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>

The film was positively received by critics for its screenplay and the performances of Hanks and Washington. For his performance as Andrew Beckett, Hanks won [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] at the [[66th Academy Awards]], while the song "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]" by [[Bruce Springsteen]] won [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]. Nyswaner was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], but lost to [[Jane Campion]] for ''[[The Piano]].''

==Plot==
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Andrew Beckett is a senior [[Associate attorney|associate]] at Philadelphia's law firm Wyant, Wheeler, Hellerman, Tetlow, & Brown. He conceals his homosexuality and his status as an [[AIDS]] patient from others in the office. A partner in the firm, Walter Kenton, notices a lesion on Beckett's forehead. Although Beckett attributes the lesion to a racquetball injury, it indicates [[Kaposi's sarcoma]], an AIDS-defining condition.

During the 10 days given for a case assigned to him, Beckett tries to hide his lesions by staying home from work. He finishes the paperwork for this the night before the [[statute of limitations]] for the case ends, bringing it to his office and leaving instructions for his assistants to file it the following day. However, he receives a call the next day asking for the paperwork, which cannot be found, and is informed that there are no copies on the computer's hard drive. His paperwork is finally located in an alternative location and is filed with the court at the last moment. Beckett is called to a meeting the morning afterwards where the firm's partners fire him.

Beckett believes someone deliberately hid the paperwork to give the firm an excuse to do so and that the termination is a result of his [[Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS|AIDS status]] and his sexuality. He asks ten attorneys to represent him in suing the Wyant, Wheeler, Hellerman, Tetlow, & Brown for [[wrongful dismissal]], the last of whom is African-American personal injury lawyer Joe Miller, whom Beckett previously opposed in a different case. Miller appears uncomfortable that a man with AIDS is in his office. After declining to take the case, Miller immediately visits his doctor to find out if he could have contracted the disease. The doctor explains that the [[AIDS#Transmission|routes of HIV infection]] do not include casual contact.

Unable to find representation from another lawyer, Beckett feels compelled to [[Pro se legal representation in the United States|act as his own attorney]]. While conducting research at a law library, Miller sees Beckett at a nearby table. A librarian approaches Beckett and says that he has found a case of AIDS discrimination for him. As others in the library begin to stare uneasily, the librarian suggests Beckett go to a private room. Seeing parallels in [[Discrimination in the United States#Racism|racial discrimination]], Miller approaches Beckett, reviews the material he has gathered, and agrees to take the case.

As the case goes to trial, the partners of the firm take the stand, each claiming that Beckett was incompetent and that he had deliberately tried to hide his condition. The defense repeatedly point out Beckett brought AIDS upon himself via willing gay sex with strangers and is therefore not a victim. To demonstrate Kenton would recognize the lesion as a symptom of AIDS-related illness, his former co-worker Melissa Benedict—who contracted AIDS [[AIDS#Body fluids|after a blood transfusion]]—is brought in to testify. She mentions how his facial expressions showed discomfort around her because of it. Kenton denies recognizing Beckett's lesion, and insists Benedict was an innocent victim due to the transfusion, unlike Beckett. To prove that the lesions would have been visible, Miller asks Beckett to unbutton his shirt while on the witness stand, revealing that his lesions are indeed visible and recognizable as such. Throughout the trial, Miller's homophobia slowly disappears as he and Beckett bond from working together.

Beckett collapses and is hospitalized after Charles Wheeler, the partner he most admired, testifies against him. Another partner, Bob Seidman, confesses that he suspected Beckett had AIDS but never told anyone and refused to let him discuss it, which he deeply regrets. During Beckett's hospital stay, the jury votes in his favor, awarding him back pay, damages for pain and suffering, and [[Punitive damages#United States|punitive damages]], totaling over $5 million. Miller visits the visibly frail Beckett in the hospital after the verdict and overcomes his fear enough to touch Beckett's face. After the family leaves the room, Beckett tells his lover Miguel Alvarez that he is "ready". At the Miller home later that night, Miller and his wife are awakened by a phone call from Alvarez, who tells them that Beckett has died. A memorial is held at Beckett's home, where many mourners, including Miller and his family, view home movies of Beckett as a happy child.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Tom Hanks]] as Andrew Beckett
* [[Denzel Washington]] as Joe Miller
* [[Jason Robards]] as Charles Wheeler 
* [[Mary Steenburgen]] as Belinda Conine
* [[Antonio Banderas]] as Miguel Alvarez
* [[Joanne Woodward]] as Sarah Beckett
* [[Robert W. Castle]] as Bud Beckett
* [[Ann Dowd]] as Jill Beckett
* [[Adam LeFevre]] as Jill's husband
* [[John Bedford Lloyd]] as Matt Beckett
* Dan Olmstead as Randy Beckett
* Lisa Summerour as Lisa Miller
* [[Charles Napier (actor)|Charles Napier]] as Judge Lucas Garnett
* [[Roberta Maxwell]] as Judge Tate
* [[Roger Corman]] as Mr. Roger Laird
* [[David Drake (actor)|David Drake]] as Bruno
* [[Harry Northup]] as Juror No. 6
* Bill Rowe as Dr. Armbruster
* [[Chandra Wilson]] as Chandra
* [[Daniel von Bargen]] as Jury Foreman
* [[Karen Finley]] as Dr. Gillman
* [[Robert Ridgely]] as Walter Kenton
* [[Bradley Whitford]] as Jamey Collins
* [[Ron Vawter]] as Bob Seidman
* [[Anna Deavere Smith]] as Anthea Burton
* [[Obba Babatundé]] as Jerome Green
* Charles Glenn as Kenneth Killcoyne
* [[Tracey Walter]] as the Librarian
* Andre B. Blake as Young Man in Pharmacy (as André B. Blake)
* Daniel Chapman as Clinic Storyteller
* Peter Jacobs as Peter / Mona Lisa
* [[Paul Lazar]] as Dr. Klenstein
* [[Robert Ridgely]] as Walter Kenton
* Warren Miller as Mr. Finley
* Joey Perillo as Filko
* Lauren Roselli as Iris
* Lisa Talerico as Shelby
* Kathryn Witt as Melissa Benedict
* [[Julius Erving]] as himself
* [[Kenneth I. Starr]] as himself
* Mayor of Philadelphia [[Ed Rendell]] as himself
* [[The Flirtations (group)|The Flirtations]] as themselves
* [[Q Lazzarus]] as Party Singer
* [[Quentin Crisp]] as Party Guest (uncredited)
}}

== Real-life inspirations==
The events in the film are similar to the events in the lives of attorneys [[Geoffrey Bowers]] and Clarence Cain. Bowers was an attorney who, in 1987, sued the law firm [[Baker McKenzie]] for [[wrongful dismissal]] in one of the first AIDS discrimination cases. Cain was an attorney for [[Hyatt Legal Services]] who was fired after his employer found out he had AIDS. He sued Hyatt in 1990, and won just before his death.<ref name="WAPO_ghost">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/25/the-ghost-of-philadelphia/fbaf12f4-0580-4e97-bc04-4af2ccbcda10/ |last=Blumenfeld |first=Laura |title=The Ghost of 'Philadelphia' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 25, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021012034/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/25/the-ghost-of-philadelphia/fbaf12f4-0580-4e97-bc04-4af2ccbcda10/ |archive-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>

In 1994, shortly after the film's release, Scott Burr, a former attorney with the Philadelphia firm of Kohn, Nast and Graf, sued his previous employer for illegally terminating him upon finding out that he was HIV positive. Like the defendants in the film, the firm claimed that it fired him for incompetence without knowing about his health. The parties settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount after three weeks of trial.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fineman |first1=Joshua |title=HIV-positive lawyer explains case |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/1994/12/hivpositive_lawyer_explains_case |website=The Daily Pennsylvanian}}</ref> Burr continued to practice law prior to his death in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Preece |first1=Allison |title=LAWYER LIMELIGHT: ALAN EPSTEIN |url=https://www.lawdragon.com/lawyer-limelights/2021-05-19-lawyer-limelight-alan-epstein |website=LAWDRAGON|date=May 19, 2021 }}</ref>

===Controversy===
Bowers's family sued the writers and producers of the film. A year after Bowers's death in 1987, a producer, [[Scott Rudin]], had interviewed the Bowers family and their lawyers, and, according to the family, promised compensation for the use of Bowers's story as a basis for a film. Family members asserted that 54 scenes in the movie were so similar to events in Bowers's life that some of them could only have come from their interviews. However, the defense said that Rudin had abandoned the project after hiring a writer and did not share any information the family had provided.<ref name="pristin">{{cite news|last=Pristin|first=Terry|title=Philadelphia Screenplay Suit to Reach Court|date=March 11, 1996|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/business/philadelphia-screenplay-suit-to-reach-court.html|access-date=February 25, 2008|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105041347/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/business/philadelphia-screenplay-suit-to-reach-court.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled after five days of testimony. Although terms of the agreement were not released, the defendants did admit that "the film 'was inspired in part'" by Bowers' story.<ref name="settlesuit">{{cite news|title=Philadelphia Makers Settle Suit|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 20, 1996|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/20/nyregion/philadelphia-makers-settle-suit.html|access-date=February 25, 2008|archive-date=March 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317024330/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E6D91739F933A15750C0A960958260|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Production ==

===Casting===
[[Daniel Day-Lewis]] was offered the role of Andrew Beckett but turned it down, as he was already committed to ''[[In the Name of the Father]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Avery |first=Dave |date=November 4, 2013 |title='Philadelphia' Screenwriter Ron Nyswaner On How The Movie Got Made, Who Passed On It, And More |url=http://www.newnownext.com/philadelphia-screenwriter-ron-nyswaner-on-the-films-legacy-20-years-later-watch/11/2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107172633/http://www.newnownext.com/philadelphia-screenwriter-ron-nyswaner-on-the-films-legacy-20-years-later-watch/11/2013/ |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |website=NewNextNow}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 7, 2003 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis: Hollywood's most wanted |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/daniel-day-lewis-hollywoods-most-wanted-138121.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316174815/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/daniel-day-lewis-hollywoods-most-wanted-138121.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=March 6, 2003 |title='It Was a Disaster': Julia Roberts Quit 'Shakespeare in Love' After Awful Chemistry Reads and Cost the Studio $6 Million, Says Producer Ed Zwick |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/julia-roberts-shakespeare-in-love-disaster-audition-money-1235543899/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> [[Andy García]] was briefly attached.<ref name=":0" />

[[John Leguizamo]] was offered the role of Miguel Álvarez but turned it down to play [[Luigi (character)|Luigi]] in the film ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2020 |title=John Leguizamo Turned Down Role of Tom Hanks' Lover in 'Philadelphia' for 'Super Mario Bros.' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/john-leguizamo-turned-down-role-150000692.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829000045/https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/john-leguizamo-turned-down-role-150000692.html |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref>

In a June 2022 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Tom Hanks said that the film would not be made with a straight actor in a gay role in 2022, stating audiences would not "accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy". Hanks added that this was "rightly so", stating "One of the reasons people weren't afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man".<ref>{{Cite news |first=Scottie |last=Andrew |date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |title=Tom Hanks says 'Philadelphia' wouldn't get made today with a straight actor in a gay role |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/16/entertainment/tom-hanks-gay-character-philadelphia-cec/index.html |agency=CNN}}</ref>

[[TriStar Pictures]] initially refused to insure actor [[Ron Vawter]], who was openly HIV-positive at the time, insisting Jonathan Demme recast him. Demme refused, even changing the shooting schedule to accommodate Vawter after he was hospitalized for a month.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |first=Stephen |last=Schaefer |title=Ron Vawter in Philadelphia speaks on AIDS |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/01/21/ron-vawter-philadelphia-speaks-aids/ |date=January 21, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Vawter died of complications from AIDS less than five months after the film's premiere. The [[American Film Institute]] notes that of some 53 AIDS-positive actors who appeared in the film, 43 (including Vawter) died within a year of its release.<ref name=":0" />

=== Filming ===
The film was shot in-sequence ([[chronological]] order), as Hanks had to gradually lose weight over the course of the film, and to help the actor follow a clear emotional trajectory.<ref name=":0" /> Filming took place on-location in [[Philadelphia]], with the courtroom scenes shot at [[Philadelphia City Hall|City Hall]]. Other locations included the [[University of Pennsylvania]] library, [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)|Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[Spectrum (arena)|Spectrum arena]] and [[Rittenhouse Square]].<ref name=":0" />

==Release==
===Theatrical release===
''Philadelphia'' premiered in [[Los Angeles]] on December 14, 1993 and opened in limited release in four theaters on December 22, before expanding into [[wide release]] on January 14, 1994.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/59629-PHILADELPHIA?sid=cb9f745b-dc43-424e-8f47-ac72f583f69b&sr=31.32105 |website= AFI Catalog |title=Philadelphia |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |author-link=Kenneth Turan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-22-ca-4314-story.html |title=Movie Review: Bittersweet 'Philadelphia': Actors Deliver Strong Performances in Socially Conscious Film |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 22, 1993 |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824050617/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-22-ca-4314-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Los Angeles premiere was a benefit for [[AIDS Project Los Angeles]], which netted $250,000 APLA Chair Steve Tisch told the Los Angeles Times.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Bill |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-16-vw-2539-story.html |title='Philadelphia' Moves the Masses |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 16, 1993 |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218185234/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-16-vw-2539-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film was the first Hollywood big-budget, big-star film to tackle the issue of [[AIDS]] in the United States (following the television film ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]'') and signaled a shift in Hollywood films toward more realistic depictions of people in the LGBT community.<ref name=Quinn>{{cite book| last1=Quinn |first1=Edward| title= A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms|   publisher=Checkmark Books| date=1999 | page=10}}</ref><ref name=Rothman>{{cite news | last1=Rothman | first1=Clifford | title=FILM; 'Philadelphia': Oscar Gives Way to Elegy | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/movies/film-philadelphia-oscar-gives-way-to-elegy.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 1, 1995 | access-date=February 9, 2020 | page=9 | archive-date=July 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154606/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/movies/film-philadelphia-oscar-gives-way-to-elegy.html | url-status=live }}</ref> According to a Tom Hanks interview for the 1995 documentary ''[[The Celluloid Closet (film)|The Celluloid Closet]]'', he was cast in the role due to his non-intimidating screen persona in order to allow for audiences to sympathize with a gay, HIV-positive character. However, scenes showing more affection between him and Banderas were cut, including one with him and Banderas in bed together. The [[DVD]] edition, produced by [[Automat Pictures|Automat Picture]], includes this scene;<ref>''Philadelphia''. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Perf. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington. TriStar Pictures, 1993.</ref> according to Jonathan Demme, the scene was cut for pacing.<ref name=":0" />

=== Home media ===
''Philadelphia'' was released on VHS on June 29, 1994<ref>{{Cite news |last=McQueen |first=Max |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NOcyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351%2C2413021 |title='Wayne's World 2' hurling your way on video |work=The Free Lance-Star |language=en |date=June 11, 1994 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015133/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NOcyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351%2C2413021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and on DVD on September 10, 1997;<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/1760/Philadelphia.html|title=Philadelphia DVD Release Date|website=DVDs Release Dates|access-date=November 13, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114010719/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/1760/Philadelphia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it was later released as a limited edition Blu-ray through [[Twilight Time (home video label)|Twilight Time]] on May 14, 2013.<ref name="auto"/> In conjunction with the film's 25th anniversary, the film was released on 4K Blu-Ray on November 27, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philadelphia 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Philadelphia-4K-Blu-ray/211292/|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=November 13, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113210913/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Philadelphia-4K-Blu-ray/211292/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The screenplay was also republished in a [[novelization]] by writer [[Christopher Davis (writer)|Christopher Davis]] in 1994.<ref name="nelson">{{cite book |last=Nelson |first=Emmanuel S. |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-313-34859-4 |pages=169–171}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Philadelphia'' was originally released on December 22, 1993, in a limited opening of only four theaters, and had a weekend gross of $143,433 with an average of $35,858 per theater. The film expanded its release on January 14, 1994, to 1,245 theaters and went to [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]], grossing $13.8 million over the 4-day [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] weekend, averaging $11,098 per theater. The film stayed at number 1 the following weekend, earning another $8.8&nbsp;million.

In its 14th weekend, the weekend after the Oscars, the film expanded to 888 theaters, and saw its gross increase by 70%, making $1.9&nbsp; million and jumping from number 15 the previous weekend (when it made $1.1&nbsp;million from 673 theaters), to return to the top ten ranking at number 8 that weekend.

''Philadelphia'' eventually grossed $77.4&nbsp;million in North America and $129.2&nbsp;million overseas for a total of $206.7&nbsp;million worldwide against a budget of $26{{nbsp}}million, making it a significant box office success, and becoming the 12th highest-grossing film in the U.S. of 1993.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=philadelphia.htm|title=Philadelphia (1993)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714094338/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=philadelphia.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Philadelphia'' holds an approval rating of 81% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Philadelphia'' indulges in some unfortunate clichés in its quest to impart a meaningful message, but its stellar cast and sensitive direction are more than enough to compensate."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/philadelphia/ |title=Philadelphia (1993) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316214443/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/philadelphia |archive-date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Philadelphia reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/philadelphia|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721115432/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/philadelphia|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Philadelphia" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a contemporary review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three and a half out of four stars and said that it is "quite a good film, on its own terms. And for moviegoers with an antipathy to AIDS but an enthusiasm for stars like Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, it may help to broaden understanding of the disease. It's a ground-breaker like ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' (1967), the first major film about an interracial romance; it uses the chemistry of popular stars in a reliable genre to sidestep what looks like controversy."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=January 14, 1994|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/philadelphia-1994|title=Philadelphia Movie Review & Film Summary (1994)|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206032924/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/philadelphia-1994|url-status=live|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>

Christopher Matthews from the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' wrote "Jonathan Demme's long-awaited ''Philadelphia'' is so expertly acted, well-meaning and gutsy that you find yourself constantly pulling for it to be the definitive AIDS movie."<ref name="Ryll 2015">{{cite web |url=http://gay-themed-films.com/watch-philadelphia/ |title=Essential Gay Themed Films To Watch, Philadelphia |first=Alexander |last=Ryll |publisher=Gay Essential |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206110809/http://gay-themed-films.com/watch-philadelphia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] from ReelViews wrote "The story is timely and powerful, and the performances of Hanks and Washington assure that the characters will not immediately vanish into obscurity."<ref name="Ryll 2015"/> Rita Kempley from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote "It's less like a film by Demme than the best of Frank Capra. It is not just canny, corny and blatantly patriotic, but compassionate, compelling and emotionally devastating."<ref name="Ryll 2015"/>

===Year-end lists===
* 8th&nbsp;– Dan Craft, ''[[The Pantagraph]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Craft|first=Dan|date=December 30, 1994 |title=Success, Failure and a Lot of In-between; Movies '94|newspaper=[[The Pantagraph]]|page=B1}}</ref>
* 8th&nbsp;– Joan Vadeboncoeur, ''[[Syracuse Herald American]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Vadeboncoeur|first=Joan|date=January 8, 1995|title=Critically Acclaimed Best Movies of '94 Include Works from Tarantino, Burton, Demme, Redford, Disney and Speilberg|newspaper=Syracuse Herald American|page=16|edition=Final}}</ref>
* Honorable Mention&nbsp;– Dennis King, ''[[Tulsa World]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Dennis|date=December 25, 1994|title=SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|page=E1|edition=Final Home}}</ref>
* Honorable Mention&nbsp;– Bob Carlton, ''[[The Birmingham News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Carlton|first=Bob|date=December 29, 1994|title=It Was a Good Year at Movies|work=[[The Birmingham News]]|page=12-01}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
|-
| rowspan=6|20/20 Awards
| colspan=2|Best Picture
| rowspan=2 {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| [[Jonathan Demme]]
|-
| Best Actor
| [[Tom Hanks]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| [[Ron Nyswaner]]
| rowspan=2 {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Original Song
| "Philadelphia" <br /> Music and Lyrics by [[Neil Young]]
|-
| "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]" <br /> Music and Lyrics by [[Bruce Springsteen]]
|rowspan=2 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=5|[[66th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994|title=The 66th Academy Awards|date=October 4, 2014 |accessdate=July 2, 2017 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Hanks
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Ron Nyswaner
|rowspan=3 {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
| [[Carl Fullerton]] and [[Alan D'Angerio]]
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "Philadelphia" <br /> Music and Lyrics by Neil Young
|-
| "Streets of Philadelphia" <br /> Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
|rowspan=3 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| Top Box Office Films
| [[Howard Shore]]
|-
| Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
| "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1994|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=[[Casting Society of America]]|accessdate=July 9, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119025144/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1994|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama]]
| [[Howard Feuer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=7|Awards Circuit Community Awards
| Best Motion Picture
| Jonathan Demme and [[Edward Saxon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Director
| Jonathan Demme
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Actor in a Leading Role
| Tom Hanks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Denzel Washington]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| Ron Nyswaner
|rowspan=3 {{won}}
|-
| Best Makeup & Hairstyling
| Carl Fullerton and Alan D'Angerio
|-
| colspan=2|Best Cast Ensemble
|-
| [[48th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film?|title=Film in 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2017|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref> 
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| Ron Nyswaner
|rowspan=5 {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1993|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives|title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives|website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]|date=January 2013|accessdate=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Jonathan Demme
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan=2|Tom Hanks
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1993|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan=2|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|-
| [[GLAAD Media Award]]s
| colspan=2|[[GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release|Outstanding Film]]
|rowspan=2 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[51st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/philadelphia|title=Philadelphia – Golden Globes|website=[[HFPA]]|accessdate=July 5, 2021|ref={{harvid|HFPA|1994}}}}</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Tom Hanks
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Ron Nyswaner
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "Streets of Philadelphia" <br /> Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
|rowspan=2 {{won}}
|-
| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| colspan=2|Golden Screen
|-
| rowspan=5|[[37th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/37th-annual-grammy-awards-1994|title=1994 Grammy Award Winners| publisher=Grammy.com|accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
| rowspan=5|"Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
|rowspan=4 {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]]
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
|-
| rowspan=4|[[1994 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| colspan=2|[[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]]
| Tom Hanks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Team]]
| Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
|rowspan=2 {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment|Best Song from a Movie]]
| rowspan=2|Bruce Springsteen – "Streets of Philadelphia"
|-
| [[1994 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film|Best Video from a Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1993|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1993/|title=1993 Award Winners|website=[[National Board of Review]]|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan=2|[[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan=2|[[Political Film Society Award for Human Rights|Human Rights]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan=2|Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|16th Place}}
|-
| [[46th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archivedate=December 5, 2012|accessdate=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Ron Nyswaner
| {{nom}}
|}

===[[American Film Institute]]===
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]
** Andrew Beckett – #49 (Heroes)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-heroes-villians/|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref>
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: ''America's Most Inspiring Movies'']] – #20<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-cheers/|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Philadelphia
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = various artists
| released   = January 1994
| recorded   = 1993
| length     = 40:34
| label      = [[Epic Soundtrax]]
| producer   = 
* [[Glen Brunman]]
* [[Gary Goetzman]]
* [[Jonathan Demme]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/638930-Various-Philadelphia-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture|title=Various - Philadelphia (Music From The Motion Picture)|date=March 31, 1993|via=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev1score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-08.pdf|title=Album Reviews: Spotlight|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 8, 1994|page=70|access-date=April 30, 2025|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-02-19.pdf|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=February 19, 1994|page=13|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]''
| rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53113361512/|title=Long Play|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=March 19, 1994|page=51|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>
}}

A soundtrack album was released in January 1994, by [[Epic Soundtrax]] containing the main music featured in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/OST/philadelphia/|title=SoundtrackINFO: Philadelphia Soundtrack|website=www.soundtrackinfo.com|access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628180526/http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/OST/philadelphia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| extra_column    = Artist(s)
| total_length    =
| title1          = [[Streets of Philadelphia]]
| extra1          = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| writer1         =
| length1         = 3:56
| title2          = [[Lovetown (song)|Lovetown]]
| extra2          = [[Peter Gabriel]]
| writer2         =
| length2         = 5:29
| title3          = It's in Your Eyes
| extra3          = Pauletta Washington
| writer3         =
| length3         = 3:46
| title4          = Ibo Lele (Dreams Come True)
| extra4          = [[RAM (band)|RAM]]
| writer4         =
| length4         = 4:15
| title5          = [[Please Send Me Someone to Love]]
| extra5          = [[Sade (band)|Sade]]
| writer5         =
| length5         = 3:44
| title6          = [[Have You Ever Seen the Rain?]]
| extra6          = [[Spin Doctors]]
| writer6         =
| length6         = 2:41
| title7          = [[I Don't Want to Talk About It|I Don't Wanna Talk About It]]
| extra7          = [[Indigo Girls]]
| writer7         =
| length7         = 3:41
| title8          = [[La mamma morta]]
| note8           = From the Opera ''[[Andrea Chénier]]''
| extra8          = [[Maria Callas]]
| writer8         =
| length8         = 4:53
| title9          = Philadelphia
| extra9          = [[Neil Young]]
| writer9         =
| length9         = 4:06
| title10          = Precedent
| extra10          = [[Howard Shore]]
| writer10         =
| length10         = 4:03
}}

The album was re-released in 2008 in France only as a CD/DVD combo pack with the film itself, containing the same track listing (catalogue number 88697 322052 under both Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Classical labels).{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} The director originally contacted [[Neil Young]] to record a rock anthem to open the film, but after viewing a cut of it, Young was inspired to write a slow and quiet ballad instead. Demme decided Young's song would be more appropriate for the ending of the film, so he approached [[Bruce Springsteen]] to write an anthem. Springsteen viewed the opening montage, which at the time featured Neil Young's "Southern Man" as the temp track, but like Young he was inspired to create something quieter, in this case a beat-driven recording that became "Streets of Philadelphia." However, Springsteen's first contribution, "[[Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen song)|Tunnel of Love]]," was rejected by Demme.<ref name="Ryll 2015"/> Even though Springsteen knew it was not what Demme originally wanted, he sent it to him anyway. When Demme and his wife were moved by the recording, she advised him that it was likely the direction he should be going and he agreed.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Kinos-Goodin |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/jonathan-demme-on-how-he-got-bruce-springsteen-and-neil-young-on-the-philadelphia-soundtrack-1.4086586|title=Jonathan Demme on how he got Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young on the Philadelphia soundtrack|magazine=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=Apr 26, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref> 
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Philadelphia''
!Chart (1994–95)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|4|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|49|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|4|chartid=2441|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|12|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums ([[European Top 100 Albums]])<ref name = "EuropeAlbum"/>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Germany|3|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|id=1792|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|11|year=1994|week=17|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|7|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|16|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2010 weekly chart performance for ''Philadelphia''
!Chart (2010)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|49|artist=Soundtrack|album=Philadelphia|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+1994 year-end chart performance for ''Philadelphia''
!Chart (1994)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name=aria94>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102014251/http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1994 |url=http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg|archive-date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |publisher=Australian Record Industry Association Ltd.}}</ref>
| 88
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1994|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1994|language=de|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
| 4
|-
{{album chart|Canada|21|chartid=2686|rowheader=true|access-date=May 19, 2022|refname="CANYE94"}}
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)<ref name = "EuropeAlbum">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf#page=24|title=1994 in Review: Sale Charts|magazine=[[Music & Media]] 1994 In Review|date=December 24, 1994|page=12|access-date=May 19, 2022|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
|16
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1994|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts: 1994|language=de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1994/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994|language=de|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
|15
|-
!scope="row"|UK Compilations Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-01-14.pdf#page=10|title=Top 50 Compilation of 1994|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=10|date=January 14, 1995|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
|33
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509070934/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=May 9, 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 18, 2022}}</ref>
|69
|}
{{col-end}}

===Certifications and sales===
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Philadelphia''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia|award=Gold|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=January 4, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Austria|artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia|award=Platinum|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=January 4, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia|award=Platinum|certyear=2002|relyear=1993|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Various Artists|title=Philadelphia - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=B.O.F.|title=Philadelphia|award=Gold|number=2|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=O.S.T. - Various|title=Philadelphia|award=Gold|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|salesamount=400,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-09-17-N.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|title=Movie Soundtracks Start Moving Units In Germany|page=55|first=Wolfganf|last=Spahr|issn=0006-2510|date=17 September 1994|accessdate=7 December 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|title=Philadelphia (B.S.O. De La Pelicula)|artist=Varios Interpretes|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|certref=<ref>{{cite book|first=Fernando|last=Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2|page=937}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry| type=album |region=Switzerland |artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia |award=Platinum|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia|award=Gold|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|id=5089-1140-2|access-date=October 26, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Soundtrack|title=Philadelphia|award=Platinum|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|salesamount=1,160,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/|publisher=Mtv|title=Got Charts?|first=David|last=Basham|date=February 7, 2002|access-date=July 9, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121154649/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|title=Philadelphia|artist=Ost|award=Platinum|certyear=1996|access-date=2 February 2020}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==See also==
* [[Art of the AIDS Crisis]]
* [[List of American films of 1993]]
* [[Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS]]
* [[Philadelphia lawyer]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0107818|Philadelphia}}
* {{TCMDb title|18893|Philadelphia}}
* {{AFI film|59629}}
* {{mojo title|philadelphia|Philadelphia}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|philadelphia|Philadelphia}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Philadelphia}}
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/film.php?filmid=12 Movie stills]

{{Jonathan Demme}}
{{GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release}}

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