Freeheld

Ocean County, New Jersey Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) is diagnosed with terminal cancer. She shares her life with her loving partner Stacie (Ellen Page) a car mechanic who is much younger than her. Laurel fearing for Stacie’s future sought to leave all her benefits to her, only to be blocked by the county's governing body of Freeholders. With the help of an LGBT activist Steven (Steve Carell) together they fight to have Laurel’s pension benefits passed on to Stacie.