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1. The Sound of Music (1965)

G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes: 261,504 | Gross: $163.21M

2. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family

Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv

Votes: 5,791

3. The Flying Nun (1967–1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The misadventures of a nun who can fly and her convent and neighbours.

Stars: Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey

Votes: 2,805

4. The Nun's Story (1959)

Approved | 149 min | Drama

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.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 11,721 | Gross: $12.80M

5. Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A left-for-dead nun forced into prostitution embarks on a deadly revenge mission to do the Lord's work, punishing sinners in a strictly personal vigilante Holy War.

Director: Joseph Guzman | Stars: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco, Maxie Santillan Jr.

Votes: 6,295

6. Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Adventure, Horror

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Susan Hemingway, William Berger, Herbert Fux, Ana Zanatti

Votes: 1,252

7. The Miracle (1959)

Approved | 121 min | Drama, Romance

During the Napoleonic era, in Spain, a young postulant called Teresa falls in love with handsome British captain Michael Stuart, who is recovering with others of his regiment after being ... See full summary »

Directors: Irving Rapper, Gordon Douglas | Stars: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman

Votes: 493

8. Angels of Sin (1943)

80 min | Drama

Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Mila Parély

Votes: 1,774

9. The Trapp Family (1956)

Approved | 106 min | Family, Romance, Comedy

A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a wealthy baron. The baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent, and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the ... See full summary »

Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, Maria Holst, Josef Meinrad

Votes: 354

10. The Calling (III) (2009)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.

Director: Jan Dunn | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Emily Beecham, Susannah York, Rita Tushingham

Votes: 129

11. In This House of Brede (1975 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 105 min | Drama

A well-to-do London businesswoman gives up her comfortable life, including the man who loves her, to become a cloistered Benedictine nun.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Diana Rigg, Pamela Brown, Gwen Watford, Denis Quilley

Votes: 309

12. The White Sister (1923)

143 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 540 | Gross: $0.66M

13. Nobody's Children (1951)

102 min | Drama, Romance

The tragic love story between marble-quarry owner Mario and Luisa, daughter of one of his employees.

Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Amedeo Nazzari, Françoise Rosay, Folco Lulli

Votes: 417

14. Encrucijada para una monja (1967)

M/PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

During an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her ... See full summary »

Director: Julio Buchs | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, John Richardson, Mara Cruz, Ángel Picazo

Votes: 27

15. Nuns That Bite (1977)

69 min | Horror

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant, she catches her fellow sisters engaging in unholy activities.

Director: Yûji Makiguchi | Stars: Haruka Tajima, Maya Hiromi, Kaori Serita, Masataka Naruse

Votes: 94

16. La monja alférez (1944)

PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her ... See full summary »

Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: María Félix, Ángel Garasa, José Cibrián, Delia Magaña

Votes: 61

17. Nun Story: Frustration in Black (1980)

67 min | Drama

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Director: Nobuaki Shirai | Stars: Eri Kanuma, Yukie Ishii, Masato Furuoya, Yuri Yamashina

Votes: 39

18. Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (1985)

107 min | Drama

The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 and 1645 and moved to St. Omer in Walloon France, where she joined ... See full summary »

Director: Angelika Weber | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Irm Hermann, Julia Lindig, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 27

19. Madness of the Heart (1949)

Approved | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Maxwell Reed, Kathleen Byron, Paul Dupuis

Votes: 259

20. Miracle of Love (1982)

Drama

A SELFLESS YOUNG GIRL TEACHES A HESITANT, WOUNDED LOVER THE COURAGE TO LOVE AGAIN.

Director: Elwood Perez | Stars: Snooky Serna, Gabby Concepcion, Roxanne Abad Santos, Celia Rodriguez

21. Cradle Song (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama

The only filmed English version of Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic Spanish play.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Louise Dresser

Votes: 35

22. Canción de cuna (1961)

93 min | Drama, Comedy

In a convent of cloistered nuns at the end of 19th century, the community celebrates the onomastics of its mother superior. They also receive a visit from the doctor, don José, an atheist ... See full summary »

Director: José María Elorrieta | Stars: Lina Rosales, Soledad Miranda, Jaime Avellán, Antonio Garisa

Votes: 28

23. The White Sister (1915)

Drama

A young woman chooses to enter the convent after losing her lover.

Director: Fred E. Wright | Stars: Viola Allen, Richard Travers, Florence Oberle, Thomas Commerford

24. The Young Nun (1964)

97 min | Drama, Romance

The life of Antonio suddenly changes when she meets Serena, a young nun who took the veil to escape the hard life of the country and has chosen the provision of assistance to the sick to ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Paolinelli | Stars: Laura Efrikian, Hannes Schmidhauser, Cesarino Miceli Picardi, Carlo Alighiero

Votes: 14

25. The Holy Queen (1947)

110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A virtuous Spanish princess becomes Queen of Portugal, then troubled by social struggles and court intrigue. She negotiates a truce between the king's and his son's factions; and performs a... See full summary »

Directors: Henrique Campos, Aníbal Contreiras, Rafael Gil | Stars: Maruchi Fresno, Antonio Vilar, Luis Peña, Fernando Rey

Votes: 38

26. The Miracle (II) (1912)

30 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

A young novice leaves the convent for a knight. Unlike the better-known 1959 film "The Miracle", this version is set in medieval times.

Directors: Michel Carré, Cherry Kearton | Stars: Maria Carmi, Florence Winston, Ernst Matray, Douglas Payne

Votes: 47

27. The Legend of Provence (1913)

Drama

A foundling is raised in a convent and becomes a nun there, until she falls in love with a wounded soldier under her care. When she leaves the convent, a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to ... See full summary »

Director: Eugene Moore | Stars: Maude Fealy, James Cruze, Lila Chester, Carey L. Hastings

28. The Long Road (1911)

17 min | Short, Drama

Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again, now poverty-stricken, and secretly helps his family.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Grace Henderson, Charles West, Claire McDowell

Votes: 25

29. Canción de cuna (1941)

86 min | Drama

Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic play about nuns finding an abandoned baby girl, in a version directed by the author.

Director: Gregorio Martínez Sierra | Stars: Catalina Bárcena, Nuri Montsé, Pablo Vicuña, Gloria Bayardo

Votes: 15

30. Mulheres da Beira (1923)

74 min | Drama, Romance

Ana doesn't care for the pure love André devotes her, and turns her heart towards a noble man that is just lightly interested in her. Ana will experience the agony of being abandoned, and must contemplate the reclusion of a nun's life.

Directors: Rino Lupo, George Pallu | Stars: Brunilde Júdice, António Pinheiro, Mário Santos, Rafael Marques

Votes: 39

31. Amor de Perdição (1921)

184 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Simão loves Teresa whose father wants her to marry cousin Baltazar instead. The two lovers meet secretly; Baltazar pays a thug to kill his rival, and Simão is badly wounded. Teresa is ... See full summary »

Director: George Pallu | Stars: Pato Moniz, António Pinheiro, Brunilde Júdice, Irene Grave

Votes: 14

32. Sister Dora (1977– )
Episode: Part 1 (1977)

147 min | Drama

Dora dreams of marrying the son of a local canon, but her dreams of marrying him are dashed by her controlling father. To quell the pain, Dora throws herself into the life of the Sisterhood... See full summary »

Director: Marc Miller | Stars: James Grout, Georgine Anderson, Bernard Archard, Peter Cellier

33. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia? (1990)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Sophia decides to become a nun to honor a friend who recently passed away.

Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 387

34. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode: Almost a Nun's Story (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Frustrated by Ted's errant ways, Georgette decides to live it up. And then she decides to become a nun.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod

Votes: 147

35. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Calling (1978)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Jim-Bob falls for the Baldwin sisters' pretty young cousin who's visiting from a convent school, but her plans may not include long-term romance. Ben hires a mill hand with a drinking problem.

Director: Gwen Arner | Stars: Michael Learned, Ralph Waite, Ellen Corby, Jon Walmsley

Votes: 121