Here we've displayed a list of the best Nun films : Viridiana(1961), The Sound of Music(1965), Papillon(1973), The Blues Brothers(1980), All About My Mother(1999), Black Narcissus(1947), Ice Cold in Alex(1958), The Magdalene Sisters(2002), The Nun's Story(1959), Lilies of the Field(1963), Philomena(2013), Mother Joan of the Angels(1961) ... ...
Drama
Spain|Mexico
1961
90 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Francisco Rabal Fernando Rey Margarita Lozano Victoria Zinny Teresa Rabal Jose Manuel Martin Luis Heredia
nun mother superior uncle beggar benefactor shocking raw unrestrained disheartening spain estate seduction corruption religion guilt sex temptation fall forbidden love transformation
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Musical
USA
1965
174 Minutes
Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Eleanor Parker Richard Haydn Peggy Wood Charmian Carr Heather Menzies Nicholas Hammond Duane Chase Angela Cartwright Debbie Turner
governess captain child singer nun soldier heartwarming touching mansion austria cemetery church car mountain world war ii nazism song and dance education politics romance
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1973
150 Minutes
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe Robert Deman Woodrow Parfrey Bill Mumy George Coulouris Ratna Assan William Smithers
convict forger prisoner doctor indian nun gritty brutal dark fiery tense emotional french guiana prison camp cell jungle colombia devil's island imprisonment escape
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.
Musical, Comedy, Action
USA
1980
133 Minutes
John Belushi Dan Aykroyd James Brown Cab Calloway Ray Charles Carrie Fisher Aretha Franklin Henry Gibson John Candy Murphy Dunne Steve Cropper
cab calloway musician police officer woman nun ex-girlfriend amusing madcap frenetic unrestrained spirited illinois jail car hotel bar shopping mall blues debt car chase
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France
1999
99 Minutes
Cecilia Roth Eloy Azorín Marisa Paredes Penélope Cruz Candela Peña Antonia San Juan Rosa María Sardá Toni Canto
single mother transvestite actress nun lesbian witty emotional melodramatic madrid street apartment cemetery theater death depression redemption drug addiction friendship show business discovery
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
100 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Emeric Pressburger Sabu David Farrar Flora Robson Jean Simmons Esmond Knight Kathleen Byron Jenny Laird Judith Furse May Hallatt
sister nun government official native general young girl intense passionate brooding dreamy himalayas palace school hospital religious beliefs mysterious past obsession unusual behavior missionary work cultural differences
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
War
UK
1958
132 Minutes
soldier nurse captain driver nun spy brooding suspenseful melodramatic north africa ambulance bar car desert journey espionage secret identity world war ii military discovery
During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
Drama
Ireland|UK
2002
119 Minutes
Geraldine McEwan Anne-Marie Duff Nora-Jane Noone Dorothy Duffy Eileen Walsh Mary Murray Britta Smith Frances Healy Eithne McGuinness Rebecca Walsh Eamonn Owens
teen girl mother superior nun rebel orphan inmate bleak disturbing ireland convent school orphanage church imprisonment sexism abuse religion pregnancy rape growing up
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1963
94 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Lilia Skala Lisa Mann Isa Crino Francesca Jarvis Pamela Branch Stanley Adams Dan Frazer
handyman nun mother superior heartwarming mellow arizona farm church desert farming construction friendship race relations religion quest rise 1960s
A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
Drama
UK|USA|France
2013
97 Minutes
Judi Dench Steve Coogan Michelle Fairley Barbara Jefford Anna Maxwell Martin Mare Winningham Sophie Kennedy Clark Peter Hermann Ruth McCabe
pregnant teen television reporter adopted son nun irishwoman emotional gripping heartwarming ireland convent united states city town adoption teen pregnancy search friendship discovery love quest
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Poland
1961
105 Minutes
Lucyna Winnicka Mieczyslaw Voit Anna Ciepielewska Maria Chwalibóg Kazimierz Fabisiak Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz Zygmunt Zintel Franciszek Pieczka Jerzy Kaczmarek Jaroslaw Kuszewski
catholic priest nun innkeeper peasant woman squire gritty chilling unrestrained striking loudun, france convent rural community demonic possession exorcism murder heresy scandal religion mystery rivalry
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Drama
USA
2008
104 Minutes
Meryl Streep Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Viola Davis Alice Drummond Audrie Neenan Susan Blommaert Carrie Preston John Costelloe Lloyd Clay Brown Joseph Foster
priest nun mother student somber intricate bronx, n.y. school church child molestation roman catholicism faith temptation sacrifice 1960s
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1946
93 Minutes
Alastair Sim Trevor Howard Sally Gray Rosamund John Leo Genn Judy Campbell Megs Jenkins Moore Marriott Henry Edwards Ronald Adam George Woodbridge
doctor nun nurse detective patient chilling engaging suspenseful hospital england murder betrayal war mystery 1940s
After the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.
Biography, Drama
France
2014
95 Minutes
Isabelle Carré Brigitte Catillon Laure Duthilleul Martine Gautier Sonia Laroze Patricia Legrand Ariana Rivoire Christophe Tourrette
deaf mute woman nun gripping boarding school blindness growing up 19th century
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Drama
Romania|France|Belgium
2012
150 Minutes
Valeriu Andriuta Liliana Mocanu Doru Ana Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur Dana Tapalaga Catalina Harabagiu Gina Tandura Vica Agache Nora Covali Dionisie Vitcu
orphan best friend nun german romanian young woman engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming gripping thrilling orphanage germany romania church relationships friendship religion religious beliefs
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1995
122 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Robert Prosky Raymond J. Barry R. Lee Ermey Celia Weston Lois Smith Scott Wilson Roberta Maxwell
criminal nun prisoner lawyer victim emotional moving louisiana prison murder faith guilt salvation discovery quest 1990s
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Comedy
USA
1966
112 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Hayley Mills June Harding Binnie Barnes Mary Wickes Louise Hovick Camilla Sparv
student nun mother superior prankster friend classmate amusing cheeky tender boarding school catholic school pennsylvania boarding-school life boredom religion teenage rebellion coming of age growing up 1960s
Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy For Girls keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
Adventure, Drama, Action, War
USA
1957
107 Minutes
nun marines enemy emotional suspenseful island japan cave romance survival friendship escape world war ii rescue transformation love 1940s
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.
Horror
UK|USA
1992
123 Minutes
Gary Oldman Winona Ryder Anthony Hopkins Keanu Reeves Richard E. Grant Cary Elwes Billy Campbell Sadie Frost Tom Waits Monica Bellucci Michaela Bercu
lawyer vampire friend nun victim fiancée frightening creepy passionate suspenseful dark transylvania garden mental institution cemetery romania estate seduction sex supernatural
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
Drama, History
France|Poland
2016
115 Minutes
Lou de Laâge Agata Buzek Agata Kulesza Vincent Macaigne Joanna Kulig Eliza Rycembel Anna Prochniak Katarzyna Dabrowska Helena Sujecka Dorota Kuduk Klara Bielawka
nun nurse intern survivor frenchwoman moving emotional shocking camp poland hospital convent world war ii survival repatriation life beliefs faith pregnancy abuse
1945. Mathilde is a French Red Cross doctor working on a mission to help the French survivors of the German camps. While she works in Poland, she is asked for help by a nun. In her convent, several nuns are pregnant.
Other, Drama
USA
1945
126 Minutes
Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers William Gargan Ruth Donnelly Joan Carroll Martha Sleeper Rhys Williams
priest nun businessman child airy heartwarming tender mushy melodramatic new york city catholic school school catholic church resilience friendship confrontation rivalry transformation fall rescue
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Comedy, Drama
USA|India
2007
91 Minutes
Owen Wilson Adrien Brody Jason Schwartzman Amara Karan Wallace Wolodarsky Waris Ahluwalia Irrfan Khan Barbet Schroeder Camilla Rutherford Bill Murray Anjelica Huston
train conductor brother girlfriend wife dancer nun offbeat amusing intricate india train reunion family drugs journey discovery adventure 2000s
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Drama
Italy
1962
113 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Jacques Perrin Sylvie Salvo Randone Valeria Ciangottini Liliana Campa Capodaglio Serena Vergano Marco Guglielmi
journalist man grandmother nun butler italian emotional bleak somber engaging heartwarming endearing florence, italy rome italy italian neighborhood brotherhood death family journalism
A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.
Drama, War
Italy|France
1960
138 Minutes
Giovanna Ralli Sergei Bondarchuk Leo Genn Peter Baldwin Renato Salvatori Hannes Messemer
prisoner of war communist nun partisan soldier american patriotic suspenseful emotional gritty rome attic farm house countryside prison camp loyalty resistance cultural differences unlikely allies
Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.
Crime, Drama
USA
1992
98 Minutes
Harvey Keitel Frankie Thorn Zoë Lund Anthony Ruggiero Eddie Daniels Bianca Hunter Vickie Bastel Robin Burrows Victor Argo Paul Hipp Fernando Velez
police officer nun storekeeper thug mobster bookie shocking bleak emotional new york city apartment church chinatown car store drugs adultery corruption redemption gambling
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
Drama
UK
1960
111 Minutes
nun nazi priest jew child mother superior inspiring emotional somber suspenseful convent italy concentration camp world war ii holocaust resistance religion helping others faith rescue
Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.
Drama
USA
2002
105 Minutes
Kieran Culkin Jena Malone Emile Hirsch Vincent D'Onofrio Jodie Foster Jake Richardson Tyler Long
nun teacher engaging heaven convent lost plot book transformation 1970s
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Drama
Italy
1999
100 Minutes
Margherita Buy Silvio Orlando Carolina Freschi Maria Cristina Minerva Sonia Gessner Alessandro Di Natale Stefano Abbati Fabio Sartor Giuliana Lojodice Marina Massironi
nun baby unwed mother laundry owner man moving amusing engaging hospital laundromat italy park parenthood catholicism investigation abandoned child search difficult decision quest revenge
The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Germany|France
2009
123 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Peter Sarsgaard Isabelle Fuhrman CCH Pounder Aryana Engineer Jimmy Bennett Margo Martindale Karel Roden Rosemary Dunsmore
mother father daughter son orphan nun dark suspenseful tense chilling orphanage household hospital family home loss adoption deception insanity marriage husband/wife relationship
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.