Boy Erased (2018)

I am still working on the movies that I haven't yet seen that were widely acclaimed but passed over for an Oscar nomination.  It delves into the conversion therapy world in a way that is shocking but not extreme.  Jared (played by Lucas Hedges, who demonstrates that his performance in Manchester by the Sea was not a fluke) is a young gay man who is being raised in a small conservative community.  He has His father (Russell Crowe) is Baptist minister who believes that his son won’t be loved by God unless he beats his homosexual urges, and against the advice of Jared's doctor, sends his son to a facility to convert him back to heterosexuality.  It is a harrowing experience, with lots of public humiliation and deprivation of free will.  Jared initially works the program, but after a boy who was beaten by grown men to exorcise the devil went on to commit suicide that Jared wakes up and demands to leave.  There is a lot of effort put into detaining him against his will, but his mother does manage to prize their hands off her son and supports his choices.  You can see all of this coming down the pike from the get go, but the telling is worth watching.