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Kanopy
86
8.0
/27693/
77
/509/
76
/534/
4.1
/42914/
97
/32/
90
/404/

Viridiana (1962)
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
7.7
/30598/
74
/637/
75
/525/
4.0
/72278/
100
/39/
87
/565/
86
/16/

Black Narcissus (1947)
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
poster
82
7.9
/21899/
79
/976/
79
/1418/
4.0
/35078/
94
/5020/

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/62617/
72
/1449/
72
/1022/
4.0
/88387/
95
/167/
79
/481/
91
/35/
cc age 14+

Ida (2013)
In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
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Criterion Channel
81
7.8
/9129/
78
/133/
76
/230/
4.1
/7787/
95
/19/
86
/69/

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
On a northern Italian farm, Batistì and his wife decide to send their son Minec to school, sacrificing his help in the fields but hoping to break the cycle of poverty in the family. But when Minec’s shoe breaks while walking for miles, Batisti puts the family’s future at risk to replace the clog.
poster
79
7.7
/62098/
78
/1606/
76
/988/
3.8
/22953/
83
/24/
90
/1410/
75
/7/
cc age 12+

The Longest Day (1962)
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
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Hulu
79
8.1
/285131/
79
/6969/
77
/3487/
4.2
/549108/
83
/78/
91
/27235/
63
/11/
cc age 6+

The Sound of Music (1965)
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/12165/
71
/468/
70
/415/
3.8
/11312/
95
/113/
87
/61/
78
/23/
cc age 14+

The Innocents (2016)
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/143629/
73
/2761/
72
/1822/
4.0
/110321/
79
/220/
78
/10453/
68
/36/
cc age 17+

Doubt (2008)
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
poster
74
7.7
/20814/
74
/597/
75
/406/
4.2
/68553/
71
/34/
88
/331/
49
/11/

The Devils (1971)
Father Urbain Grandier’s unorthodox views of sex and religion make him a polarizing figure in 17th-century France. His outspokenness has amassed a passionate following of nuns and a respected reputation for protecting the city of Loudon from corruption. Grandier’s influence is then undermined following a sexually repressed nun’s accusation of witchcraft.
poster
74
7.4
/99245/
73
/1374/
72
/1229/
3.6
/30064/
74
/141/
85
/6612/
69
/33/
cc age 15+

The Painted Veil (2006)
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
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Kanopy
73
8.0
/144412/
78
/2722/
78
/2037/
4.0
/56462/
73
/33/
90
/1634/
58
/10/
cc age 15+

Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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Kanopy
73
6.7
/29021/
66
/1632/
66
/1103/
3.4
/108342/
84
/199/
90
/6/
75
/38/
cc age 17+

Benedetta (2021)
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
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MGM Plus
76
73
7.5
/15031/
75
/274/
73
/210/
3.6
/10719/
92
/26/
86
/265/
61
/8/

Lilies of the Field (1963)
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
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73
6.7
/10277/
68
/308/
61
/168/
3.5
/5476/
74
/38/
73
/420/
77
/9/

Bedazzled (1967)
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
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Hoopla
73
7.2
/3139/
67
/53/
67
/37/
3.5
/884/
75
/16/
87
/58/
cc age 15+

Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
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Fandango at Home Free
76
72
7.5
/12506/
73
/204/
71
/190/
3.6
/9138/
85
/20/
81
/211/
78
/6/

The Nun's Story (1959)
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
poster
71
7.5
/1044/
56
/6/
57
/20/
3.5
/393/
60
/5/
85
/7/

A Brief Vacation (1973)
Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world — and potential new life — is opened up to her.
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The Roku Channel
74
71
7.2
/10185/
74
/265/
68
/144/
3.5
/6712/
85
/20/
77
/224/
cc age 8+

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
poster
71
6.7
/5700/
70
/330/
64
/179/
3.6
/29041/
86
/107/
68
/39/
73
/30/
cc age 16+

Novitiate (2017)
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
6.7
/52685/
66
/3024/
66
/639/
3.5
/549099/
77
/302/
71
/523/
70
/53/
cc age 14+

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
poster
79
70
7.6
/8308/
72
/113/
71
/116/
3.8
/6802/
93
/15/
85
/135/

Portrait of Jennie (1948)
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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MGM Plus
72
70
7.0
/13425/
65
/303/
69
/343/
3.8
/22480/
79
/14/
75
/110/

The Decameron (1971)
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
69
7.3
/4396/
68
/57/
71
/95/
3.9
/8641/
100
/19/
82
/78/

The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
poster
76
69
7.6
/8263/
73
/140/
70
/122/
3.7
/4492/
87
/15/
80
/150/

The Song of Bernadette (1943)
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
poster
68
7.1
/62942/
69
/1856/
65
/826/
3.5
/105779/
78
/114/
79
/3804/
47
/14/
cc age 7+

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
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Kanopy
68
6.7
/7381/
66
/159/
62
/100/
3.6
/14616/
79
/28/
85
/110/
53
/14/

Amateur (1994)
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
poster
67
6.5
/14840/
68
/269/
63
/256/
3.3
/7056/
73
/37/
53
/200/
73
/16/

Robin and Marian (1976)
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
poster
67
6.8
/18847/
73
/543/
69
/271/
3.3
/4600/
63
/8/
67
/263/

Battle of the Bulge (1965)
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
poster
YouTube TV
67
6.9
/12659/
67
/281/
64
/205/
3.4
/5519/
75
/28/
74
/168/
70
/7/
cc age 11+

The Four Musketeers (1974)
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.7
/32567/
67
/965/
67
/883/
3.6
/76986/
76
/25/
67
/584/
57
/5/

Phenomena (1985)
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
5.8
/28236/
61
/1751/
58
/629/
3.1
/72827/
78
/126/
50
/194/
69
/29/
cc age 16+

The Little Hours (2017)
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.
poster
76
66
7.5
/4729/
71
/90/
76
/109/
4.0
/11762/
83
/396/

Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
poster
74
66
7.3
/6241/
74
/119/
66
/73/
3.6
/4364/
75
/8/
85
/246/

The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
poster
Netflix
65
6.5
/116322/
70
/6667/
68
/3329/
3.6
/185985/
73
/30/
65
/10850/
51
/23/
cc age 10+

Sister Act (1992)
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
poster
65
6.5
/1502/
51
/15/
51
/25/
3.8
/1419/
70
/64/
52
/95/
74
/23/

The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
At a Spanish cloister, a celebrated French general of the Napoleonic Wars recognizes the voice of one of the nuns and recalls how, five years ago, she was the Duchess of Langeais, and he her most persistent suitor.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/14713/
65
/457/
64
/301/
3.4
/33408/
71
/14/
61
/366/
67
/5/

Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?
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Kanopy
78
64
7.6
/4162/
77
/53/
71
/53/
3.6
/1533/
85
/13/
86
/102/

Les Misérables (1935)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Hoopla
63
7.2
/5239/
70
/89/
70
/131/
3.5
/2599/
42
/19/
77
/157/

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but after the illness he is no longer the Francesco that everybody knew. Instead of spending hours in taverns, he meditates on the beauty of God's creatures, soon renouncing his riches and his family with plans to rebuild an abandoned church and his life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
62
7.5
/4212/
73
/110/
70
/60/
3.6
/1603/
87
/1032/
cc age 11+

The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
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Kanopy
77
59
7.5
/3492/
73
/80/
71
/97/
4.0
/12150/
86
/21/
80
/14/

The Nun (1967)
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
poster
60
59
6.2
/8961/
65
/434/
60
/574/
3.0
/9049/
54
/1610/

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
58
6.3
/4753/
62
/190/
64
/138/
3.5
/27581/
61
/85/

Alucarda (1977)
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.7
/19686/
70
/485/
63
/223/
3.4
/32814/
50
/50/
72
/1228/
55
/13/
cc age 13+

Mommie Dearest (1981)
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
poster
74
56
7.1
/3489/
59
/25/
65
/48/
3.6
/1349/
100
/6/
78
/25/

Queen Kelly (1932)
A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
poster
YouTube TV
72
56
7.2
/3374/
67
/53/
70
/50/
3.5
/1564/
83
/731/

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
poster
70
56
7.2
/3237/
70
/63/
67
/26/
3.3
/1470/
83
/6/
65
/107/
72
/4/
cc age 6+

Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
6.6
/1986/
68
/91/
52
/42/
3.1
/600/
44
/48/
64
/107/
49
/19/
cc age 7+

The Mighty Macs (2011)
In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.


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