Gay conversion therapy movies are helping fight for ban.

Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman, and Troye Sivan attend the premiere of "Boy Erased". (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)

Recent films have been associated with helping raise awareness of the fight to ban gay conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy was a hot topic for Hollywood this year. Both Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post received critical acclaim upon…