Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "conversion-therapy"

1. Ratched (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones

Votes: 70,458

2. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille

Votes: 41,182 | Gross: $2.21M

3. Maurice (1987)

R | 140 min | Drama, Romance

Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 23,554 | Gross: $3.13M

4. Boy Erased (2018)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama

The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

Director: Joel Edgerton | Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe

Votes: 42,119 | Gross: $6.79M

5. Saved! (2004)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.

Director: Brian Dannelly | Stars: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit

Votes: 48,966 | Gross: $8.94M

6. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.

Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler

Votes: 25,597 | Gross: $0.90M

7. Far from Heaven (2002)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance

In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson

Votes: 49,294 | Gross: $15.85M

8. Latter Days (2003)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.

Director: C. Jay Cox | Stars: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Mary Kay Place, Amber Benson

Votes: 18,572 | Gross: $0.82M

9. Fair Haven (2016)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.

Director: Kerstin Karlhuber | Stars: Michael Grant, Tom Wopat, Gregory Harrison, Susan Aser

Votes: 3,548

10. Toll (2023)

102 min | Crime, Drama

Suellen, a toll booth attendant, uses her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches so that she can afford to send her son to a gay conversion workshop.

Director: Carolina Markowicz | Stars: Maeve Jinkings, Thomas Aquino, Erom Cordeiro, Isac Graça

Votes: 359

11. Children of Sin (2022)

95 min | Horror

After being sent to a sinister religious retreat by their stepfather, two siblings fight to escape in order to save their mother from harm's way.

Director: Christopher Wesley Moore | Stars: Blake Wing, Keni Bounds, Jeff Buchwald, Lewis Hines

Votes: 324

12. The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Chris and RJ reunite five years after coming out to their families and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separation are revealed as they mourn the death of their mutual friend Rodney.

Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Nick Ferrucci, Benjamin Farmer, Hannah Barefoot, Bruce Jennings

Votes: 1,939

13. Moonlit Winter (2019)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Yoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.

Director: Dae Hyung Lim | Stars: Kim Hee-ae, Yûko Nakamura, Kim Sohye, Sung Yoo-bin

Votes: 1,144

14. Tremors (2019)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama

The coming out of an evangelical father shatters his family, his community and uncovers a profoundly repressive society.

Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa, Rui Frati

Votes: 1,514

15. Pray Away (2021)

PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary

Former leaders of the "pray the gay away" movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more than a decade of trauma.

Director: Kristine Stolakis | Stars: Yvette Cantu Schneider, Michael Bussee, John Paulk, Julie Rodgers

Votes: 3,564

16. Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Drama

When a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Addison Holley, Nicolette Pearse, Ian Lake, Sarah Booth

Votes: 552

17. Lord of the Ants (2022)

134 min | Biography, Drama

Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is jailed in 1968 under a law criminalizing grooming. The informant is his partner's father.

Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco, Leonardo Maltese

Votes: 1,216

18. Braking for Whales (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

A dysfunctional brother and sister are forced to come to terms with each other and themselves over their recently deceased mother's final wish.

Director: Sean McEwen | Stars: Tom Felton, Tammin Sursok, Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Koechner

Votes: 539

19. Save Me (2007)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A sex and drug-addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction," where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

Director: Robert Cary | Stars: Jeremy Glazer, Chad Allen, David Petruzzi, Arron Shiver

Votes: 2,140 | Gross: $0.08M

20. KaDeWe (2021– )

45 min | Drama

Series about the Kaufhaus des Westens department store and Eldorado nightclub in the 1920s in Berlin. In these places the lives of Hedi, Fritzi, Harry and Georg intersect. The takeover of ... See full summary »

Stars: Valerie Stoll, Lia von Blarer, Joel Basman, Damian Thüne

Votes: 463

21. Different from the Others (1919)

Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History

Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.

Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind, Alexandra Willegh

Votes: 1,488

22. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Romance

An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

Director: Daniel G. Karslake | Stars: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel

Votes: 4,519 | Gross: $0.31M

23. You Should Meet My Son! (2010)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

A fish-out-of-water comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won't go through life alone, she sets out to find him a husband.

Director: Keith Hartman | Stars: Joanne McGee, Carol Goans, Stewart Carrico, Ginger Pullman

Votes: 1,889

24. Do It Like An Hombre (2017)

R | 109 min | Comedy

Raúl, Eduardo, and Santiago have led a happy, "straight" life since their childhood, until one day, Santiago tells the others that he is gay.

Director: Nicolás López | Stars: Mauricio Ochmann, Alfonso Dosal, Humberto Busto, Aislinn Derbez

Votes: 1,352 | Gross: $2.53M

25. Born Beautiful (2019)

96 min | Comedy

After her best friend dies, Barbs starts a new life as a straight man named Bobby, which leads her to Trisha's ex-boyfriend Michaelangelo, to her own ex-boyfriend Greg and to a woman claiming she is pregnant with Barbs' child.

Director: Perci M. Intalan | Stars: Paolo Ballesteros, Martin Del Rosario, VJ Mendoza, Gio Gahol

Votes: 146

26. It's in the Water (1997)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

Residents of the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas go into a panic after a gay local says the town's water supply is what made him gay.

Director: Kelli Herd | Stars: Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders, Timothy Vahle

Votes: 1,768

27. Consenting Adult (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A young gay man tries to find acceptance from his shocked mother and disgusted father. Through this journey, he also learns to accept himself for who he is.

Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Martin Sheen, Barry Tubb, Talia Balsam

Votes: 446

28. Trevor (1994)

Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Upon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.

Director: Peggy Rajski | Stars: Brett Barsky, Judy Kain, John Lizzi, Jonah Rooney

Votes: 1,628

29. Cured (2020)

80 min | Documentary

"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove ... See full summary »

Directors: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer | Stars: Harry Adamson, Gary Alinder, Irving Bieber, Robert Campbell

Votes: 167

30. Shock to the System (2006)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gay detective tries to solve the murder of a college student.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Michael Woods, Daryl Shuttleworth

Votes: 1,092 | Gross: $0.00M

31. Trembling Before G-d (2001)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

A cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.

Director: Sandi Simcha Dubowski | Stars: Shlomo Ashkinazy, Steve Greenberg, Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Naomi Mark

Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.62M

32. Conversion (2022)

Documentary

A psychologist practicing conversion therapy has a chance encounter with a young gay activist, resulting in his own epiphany concerning the very practice he was conducting.

Director: Gregory Caruso | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Charles Silverstein, Gerald Davison

Votes: 34

33. Deviant (2018)

10 min | Short, Drama

In the early sixties, a sexually conflicted teenager finds faith and acceptance after escaping the tortures of electrotherapeutic conversion therapy.

Director: Benjamin Howard | Stars: Rudy Pankow, Court Rutter, Krystina Montemurro, Kathryn Mayer

Votes: 60

34. Bewildered Youth (1957)

91 min | Drama

Klaus is a young man in post-war Berlin. He is drawn to his friend Manfred and, under the encouragement of their acquaintance, Dr. Winkler, explore the underground world of gay clubs and ... See full summary »

Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Paula Wessely, Paul Dahlke, Hans Nielsen, Ingrid Stenn

Votes: 255

35. God's Law (2018)

80 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of homosexual teenagers are sent to a "Christian counselor", who believes that reparative therapy is the cure for their "disease". When that inevitably fails he turns to the Good ... See full summary »

Directors: Herb Cremer, Joe Cremer | Stars: Melissa Malone, Austin Green, Grace Soriano, Michael Giorgio

Votes: 8

36. The Therapy (2021)

85 min | Documentary

A 54-year-old divorced Orthodox Jew, attends conversion therapy, to diminish his unwanted same-sex attractions, in order to marry to a woman. Ben, a social work student, sets out on a quest to discover the truth about conversion therapy.

Director: Zvi Landsman

Votes: 23

37. Happy Birthday (I) (2002)

95 min | Drama, Romance

As a common birthday approaches, five very different people are faced with very similar problems. Jim, a gay, overweight telemarketer (for a weight loss program) faces his self esteem ... See full summary »

Director: Yen Tan | Stars: Benjamin Patrick, Michelle E. Michael, John K. Frazier, Devashish Saxena

Votes: 118

38. Muna: Silk Chiffon (2021 Music Video)

Music, Romance

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Director: Ally Pankiw | Stars: Ames Bessada, Phoebe Bridgers, Caleb Hearon, Taylor James

Votes: 19

39. Gabriel (II) (2014)

Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Gabriel, a 32-year-old Spanish man lives in Germany with his boyfriend Lars, far away from his conservative family. Time and again he remembers his childhood in daydreams.

Director: Benjamin Chimoy | Stars: Diego Caballero, Mercè Montllonch, Joan Aguila Cuevas, Blas Caballero Jerez

Votes: 108

40. Cure for Love (2008)

59 min | Documentary

There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to ... See full summary »

Directors: Francine Pelletier, Christina Willings | Stars: Ricky Chelette, Ana Fassell, Darren Freeman, Jonathan Holm

Votes: 25

41. 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)

R | 80 min | Documentary

A scorching indictment of the Mormon Church's historic involvement in the promotion & passage of California's Proposition 8 and the Mormon religion's secretive, decades-long campaign against LGBT human rights.

Directors: Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet | Stars: Spencer Jones, Tyler Barrick, Dustin Lance Black, Linda Williams Stay

Votes: 1,273 | Gross: $0.10M

42. This Is What Love in Action Looks Like (2011)

Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary

In the summer of 2005 a 16yo Memphis, TN wrote on his MySpace blog about his parents sending him to a "Fundamentalist Christian" program that strives to turn gay teens straight. This ... See full summary »

Director: Morgan Jon Fox | Stars: Alice Buchanan, Lance Carroll, Chris Davis, Chris Davis

Votes: 253

43. A Love to Keep (2006 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama

2 teachers fall in love at a time when it is a crime to be homosexual. One teacher's mother has her committed to a psychiatric hospital. When the lovers reunite, they must deal with the after effects of years of electroshock therapy.

Director: Juan Carlos Claver | Stars: Carme Elias, Susi Sánchez, Julieta Serrano, Juli Mira

Votes: 114

44. One Nation Under God (1993)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

Focusing on the contemporary religious Right Wing proliferation of curative therapies for homosexuality, this riveting documentary offers historical context as well as a political analysis of this frighteningly large movement.

Directors: Teodoro Maniaci, Francine Rzeznik | Stars: Ralph Blair, Pat Buchanan, Michael Bussee, Robert Cabaj

Votes: 210

45. Family Fundamentals (2002)

75 min | Documentary

What happens when religiously conservative Christian parents have children who "become homosexual?" FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS is filmmaker Arthur Dong's personal attempt to answer that explosive question.

Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Brian Bennett, Kathleen Bremner, Paul Bremner, Guy Foti

Votes: 140

46. And Then Came Summer (2000)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

A reunion of family and friends becomes an unforgettable vacation when two teenage boys discover their feelings for each other, only to be found out by their families.

Director: Jeff London | Stars: Patrick Webber, Tim Madonna, Holly Waddell, Mathieu Smith

Votes: 485

47. The Sunday Sessions (2019)

89 min | Documentary, Drama

A religious young man's identity is called into question when he visits a conversion therapist.

Director: Richard Yeagley | Stars: Christopher Doyle, Nathan Gniewek

Votes: 46

48. Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood Like a House on Fire (2021– )

152 min | Documentary

'Dysphoric' is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.

Stars: Sasha Ayad, David Bell, Michael Biggs, Jennifer Bilek

Votes: 117

49. Origin (II) (2019)

19 min | Short, Drama

Kora solicits self-help conversion therapy tapes as a way to repress being in love with her best friend, though, that attempt proves trivial when the truth of her sexuality is the undeniable journey to bare.

Director: Simone Lyles | Stars: Christina Childress, Maxine Goynes, Hugo Pierre Martin, Edem Atsu-Swanzy

50. Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992)

77 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Directed by Oscar-winner Richard Schmiechen and narrated by Patrick Stewart, Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker portrays the life and work of the woman who undertook the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Schmiechen | Stars: Evelyn Hooker, Chuck Rowland, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 66