Gay Films about Conversion Therapy

The Greatest

2024 Drama

Inhibited by his conventional life, a man named Jay is forced to confront his darkest secret when having to choose between a life of normality and authenticity.

SHORT FILM

Erik Blood: Chase the Clouds

2016 Musical

A group of gay men are forced into a so called conversion therapy camp. Set to Erik Blood’s track Chase the Clouds from the album Lost in Slow Motion.

Lord of the Ants

2022 Drama

In 1968, Italian poet, playwright, and director Aldo Braibanti is imprisoned under a law targeting grooming, with his partner's father acting as the informant.

Boys on Film 4: Protect Me from What I Want

2010 Compilation

Unexpected encounters can bring about a happy ending, but is the risk always worth taking?

The Exorcism of Saint Patrick

2024 Horror

A pastor takes a gay teen to a cabin to perform conversion therapy. When he goes too far, bullying the kid into suicide, the ghost of his victim returns to plague the pastor and avenge the deaths of so many other ghosts like him.

SHORT FILM

A Particular Friend

2022 Drama

When Father Matthew discovers an intimacy between two of the other priests at a remote conversion-therapy centre in Northern Ireland, his attempt to do the right thing leads to a crisis of faith and feeling.

COMING SOON

Perfect Strangers

2026 Comedy

Martin and Albert have been in a steady but rocky relationship for 16 years, which is thrown off balance by the appearance of a mysterious stranger - with devastating consequences for everyone involved.

SHORT FILM

Stray

2015 Comedy, Drama

Set in a parallel universe where the sexual bias favors homosexuals, Eric, a struggling heterosexual, admits himself into a straight conversion camp. What begins as a cure to his deviant lifestyle, becomes a journey of self acceptance.

Chasing the Devil: Inside the Ex-Gay Movement

2008 Documentary

Four individuals share their challenging journeys claiming to have changed from gay to straight.

The Third Sex (Bewildered Youth)

1957 Drama

Klaus, a young man in post-war Berlin, is drawn to his friend Manfred and, with encouragement from Dr. Winkler, explores the underground gay club scene and electronic music. As his family discovers his secret life, they do everything they can to change him.

Toll

2023 Drama

Suellen, working as a toll booth attendant, covertly aids a gang of thieves in stealing watches to finance her son's enrollment in a gay conversion workshop.

SHORT FILM

a BLOOM

2021 Drama

After returning home from conversion therapy, Nick seeks to move on from his previous partner. While catching up with his friends, he locks eyes with a strange yet familiar figure he eagerly hopes to meet.

Cure for Love

2008 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 convert gay people into heterosexuals.

Together Alone

1991 Drama

Bryan meets a man called Bill in a bar. They go back to Bryan's home and have unprotected sex. Later, they wake up and talk. Bryan discovers that Bill's real name is Brian, and that he is bisexual. They spend hours talking, covering topics including AIDS, sexuality, feminism, role-play and Emily Dickinson.

Different from the Others

1919 Drama, Romance

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

The Gay Agenda 33

2025 Compilation

This anthology of gay short films brings together stories of romance, attraction, intimacy and personal discovery, exploring the emotions and experiences that shape relationships between gay men.

SHORT FILM

Two-Headed Calves

2022 Comedy, Drama

For Johannes, the marriage is supposed to mark the start of a new life, and in the end it does, just differently than expected.

SHORT FILM

Gay Camp

2018 Comedy

In a world where most of the population is gay, children who exhibit "straight' tendencies are sent to camps in order to convert them back to a natural lifestyle. Camp Sohomo will convert your child in record time.

COMING SOON

Aversion

2026 Horror

After a gay couple is bashed in 1963, Ryan's parents commit him to a mental hospital for aversion therapy to straighten him out. Once inside, Ryan realizes the hospital is infested with strange, faceless creatures that stalk the patients.

COMING SOON

Frelser

2026 Drama

Alfred, a struggling freelance journalist, inherits his late father's remote home and befriends Frederik, a young man torn between his faith and his sexuality. Hoping to expose the community's use of conversion therapy, Alfred embeds himself among its members, but as his bond with Frederik deepens, the line between ambition and emotion begins to blur.

SHORT FILM

Trevor

1994 Comedy, Drama

A high-school boy faces prejudice from his family and friends as he comes to terms with his homosexuality during puberty.

SHORT FILM

Deviant

2018 Drama

During the early sixties, a teenager grappling with sexuality discovers solace and acceptance on a journey of faith, liberated from the torment of electrotherapeutic conversion therapy.

SHORT FILM

Camp

2024 Horror

Seeking a fresh start, Brandon enrolls in a conversion therapy group run by Damien, a magnetic but dangerous leader whose insidious influence slowly consumes him.

SHORT FILM

Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks

2011 Action, Comedy, Musical

A traditional Chinese father grapples with his son's homosexuality, leading to absurd and comedic complications.