Brace your tear ducts: Freeheld stars Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as real-life New Jersey couple Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree, respectively, who fought for domestic-partner benefits more than a decade ago. (Michael Shannon stars as Laurel’s straight, atheist cop partner, and Steve Carell plays a Jewish LGBT activist.) Laurel gets stricken with terminal lung cancer and tries to secure her pension for her partner before she dies. If your co-workers are wondering why you’re weeping silently at your desk, just send them the link.
