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1. Good Omens (2019– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.

Stars: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Miranda Richardson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 112,543

2. Virgin Territory (2007)

R | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Young Florentines take refuge from the black plague and engage in bawdy adventures and lusty exchanges.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan

Votes: 8,703

3. Redemption (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.

Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong

Votes: 77,011 | Gross: $0.03M

4. The Little Hours (2017)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.

Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza

Votes: 25,451 | Gross: $1.65M

5. Black Narcissus (1947)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

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.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird

Votes: 27,684

6. Death Wish (1974)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats

Votes: 44,068 | Gross: $22.00M

7. Casanova (2005)

R | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The fabled romantic Giacomo Casanova, after failing to win the affection of the Venetian woman Francesca Bruni, strives to discover the real meaning of love.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt

Votes: 56,347 | Gross: $11.30M

8. Tulip Fever (2017)

R | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance

An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger

Votes: 22,945 | Gross: $2.43M

9. Persepolis (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux

Votes: 100,210 | Gross: $4.45M

10. Repulsion (1965)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux

Votes: 57,291

11. The Crimson Rivers (2000)

R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

Votes: 65,663 | Gross: $0.63M

12. Ida (2013)

PG-13 | 82 min | Drama

A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela

Votes: 60,717 | Gross: $3.83M

13. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)

R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist

Votes: 23,178

14. Ophelia (I) (2018)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.

Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O'Rourke, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 13,056 | Gross: $0.05M

15. Little Evil (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.

Director: Eli Craig | Stars: Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Adam Scott, Marcus Terrell Smith

Votes: 23,265

16. The Age of Shadows (2016)

TV-MA | 140 min | Action, History, Thriller

Korean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces in this period action thriller.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, Song Kang-ho, Jeon Yeo-been

Votes: 11,043 | Gross: $0.54M

17. Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance

A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.

Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka

Votes: 6,030

18. The Demons (1973)

R | 79 min | Horror

A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Anne Libert, Carmen Yazalde, Doris Thomas, Karin Field

Votes: 916

19. The Monk (2011)

R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Madrid, in the seventeenth century. Abandoned at the doorstep of a monastery, Ambrosio has been brought up by the Capucin Friars. After becoming a friar himself, he becomes an unrivaled ... See full summary »

Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Sergi López, Jordi Dauder, Joséphine Japy

Votes: 4,130 | Gross: $0.01M

20. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)

110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

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.

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg

Votes: 4,314

21. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter

Votes: 5,891

22. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)

PG | 120 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.

Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates

Votes: 3,685 | Gross: $0.04M

23. The Angry Hills (1959)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War, Thriller

In 1941, the Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a secret Greek double-agent list that must reach London and not fall into German hands.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Müller, Gia Scala

Votes: 1,144

24. Sword of Lancelot (1963)

Approved | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Aherne, George Baker

Votes: 626

25. Bakhita (2009 TV Movie)

Biography

Bakhita is captured as a slave as a child, a Viennian man sees her. Many years later the man has returned to do business and recognizes her. After saving her, he takes her back to his home.... See full summary »

Director: Giacomo Campiotti | Stars: Teresa Acerbis, Ettore Bassi, Federica Bau, Sonia Bergamasco

Votes: 255

26. The Ashes (1965)

234 min | Drama, History, War

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the 19th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Boguslaw Kierc, Piotr Wysocki, Beata Tyszkiewicz

Votes: 467

27. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze

Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.43M

28. Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004)

130 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer...

Director: M.F. Hussain | Stars: Tabu, Raghubir Yadav, Nadira Babbar, Kunal Kapoor

Votes: 337

29. The Proud and Damned (1972)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Western

In 1870, five ex-Confederate soldiers get embroiled in a foreign civil war south of the border.

Director: Ferde Grofé Jr. | Stars: Chuck Connors, Aron Kincaid, Cesar Romero, José Greco

Votes: 408

30. Changing Habits (1997)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An artist (Moira Kelly) decides to put her troubles with men and evictions behind her by moving to a convent, so she can work for her keep. Is her art an opportunity for the sisters to save the convent from closure?

Director: Lynn Roth | Stars: Moira Kelly, Taylor Negron, Teri Garr, Eileen Brennan

Votes: 370

31. The Sign of the Cross (1899)

Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 1,351

32. 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

33. Windhorse (1998)

97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Three young Tibetans struggle for freedom against the Chinese communist regime. Windhorse was filmed clandestinely inside Tibet and in Nepal. It was the first digital feature film, shot in ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wagner | Stars: Dadon, Jampa Kelsang, Richard Chang, Yu Lu

Votes: 175 | Gross: $0.28M

34. 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: 38

35. Dixie: Changing Habits (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?

Director: George Englund | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth McMillan, John Considine

Votes: 92

36. Earthquake in Chile (1975 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama, Romance

1647, Santiago, Chile. Don Henrico banishes his daughter, Josepha, to a convent when he learns she loves Jeronimo, a mestizo who's a teacher in the household. The lovers meet in secret, a ... See full summary »

Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Julia Peña, Maddalena Kerrh, Víctor Barrera, Fred Maire

Votes: 31

37. Young Nuns (2011 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary

Follows two young women as they decide to leave behind ordinary life and start their journey to becoming nuns.

Director: Vicky Mitchell | Stars: Lisa Faulkner, Catherine Anderson, Clara Beards

38. Lang zi yu xiu nu (1971)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Allan meets Sister Maria when she is a very young girl who is badly treated by her stepmother. He befriends her and, as they grow up, they fall in love.

Director: Mar Lo | Stars: Jenny Hu, Alan Tang, Tina Ti, Chuan Chen

39. The Uphill of Golgotha (1917)

Drama, History

This is the first Greek religious film: the story of a young woman who studies in a Cycladic monastery and envisions the passion of Christ.

Director: Dimos Vratsanos | Stars: Yorgos Ploutis, Manos Filippidis, Aris Malliagros, Athanasios Marikos

Votes: 11

40. Regina (2016)

7 min | Short, Drama | Completed

Mexico City 1830, a nun of the conceptions order is about to marry God and live cloistered, however, a fact intrinsically linked to human and feminine nature, will change her convent life.

Director: Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen | Stars: Lilia Mendoza, Paulina Flores, Pilar Valdés

41. Kun Lun san nu xia (1961)

Adventure

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Director: Pengnian Ren | Stars: So-Chow Yu, Tat-Wah Tso, Chi-Suen Cheung, Kei Chow

42. Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop (2012 Video)

204 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Star: Pope Benedict XVI

43. Celebrating the Life of Mary Mackillop: Canonisation (2010 Video)

136 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

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Directors: Andrew Beiers, Tracey Sanders | Stars: Judy Sippel, Anne Derwin, Laura Caloia, Erin Cassidy

44. Victoria Celebrates the Centenary of Blessed Mary MacKillop's Death (2009 Video)

97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Denis Hart, Jade Deguera

45. On a Beautiful, Wonderful Day (2021)

33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Novitiate nun, Lisa, is set on a supernatural course collision with her destiny when she discovers a West African man who claims to have swum across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

Director: Joseph Osei-Bonsu | Stars: Bobbi Johnson, Catherine Jandrain, John F. Higgins, Patrick Conroy

46. The Canonisation of Mary MacKillop (2010 TV Special)

126 min | Documentary, Biography

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Stars: Scott Bevan, Pope Benedict XVI

47. The Legend Is Alive: Mary MacKillop Beatified 19th January 1995 (1995 Video)

7 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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48. Long Have I Loved You: The Story of Mary Mackillop - Australian People's Saint (1993 Video)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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49. MacKillop's Melbourne (1994 Video)

25 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Director: Richard Leonard | Star: Beverley Dunn

50. Pushing Daisies (2007–2009)
Episode: Circus, Circus (2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The Pie Maker and his friends solve a mystery in the most unlikeliest of places: the circus.

Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale

Votes: 672