Movies: Nun

Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her questionable relationships with right-wing political leaders....

The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible. Although today's one million nuns outnumber priests two to one, they must struggle to be heard by the all-male Roman Catholic hi...

This film shows a surreal train ride by several passengers whose journey is not quite what they expect in this brilliant short film....

Documentary on a politically active group of nuns of Montreal....

A horse and cart carrying two nuns is stopped by two men with fixed bayonets....

Two rival rodeo bullfighters try to save a kidnapped girl....

Set in 1592 and based on a true story, a Spanish nun flees the convent and lives an adventurous life disguised as a man....

For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone community of Dominican nuns in North America for nearly a century, engage in a rare and unique docum...

A group of nuns raise an abandoned baby as their own inside a convent....

This is a documentary about a renowned precentor and a church composer Irina Denissova who suddenly becomes a nun in the apex of her career. At the same time, this is a film about God's love towards man. It seemed that a tragedy had occurred: a famil...

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff....

This is the life story of Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese-Filipina nun who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary....

The film revolves around the reckless life of three youngsters who maliciously plan a heinous act of violence and the aftermath of their act....

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are an order of gay male 'nuns', founded in San Francisco in the late 1970s with a goal to "expiate all stigmatic guilt and promulgate universal joy". There are now thousands of nuns all over the world including 30...

Rosy is a woman of enchanting beauty who sings and dances in a 5 star hotel in the town. She happens to be an eyewitness to a murder that happens in the hotel....

The nuns of the Anglican Benedictine Community at St. Mary's Abbey, West Malling, reflect on their calling and the joys and challenges of their way of life. In this short documentary, directed by Jamie Hughes, the nuns' voices are complemented by ima...

A trio of nuns take matters into their own hands when a priest commits a terrible sin....

Anhology of surprises and a couple of curiosities made by the brothers Adrián and Ramiro García Bogliano in Cuba, Argentina and Spain....

Suffocated from the strict atmosphere of her high school, Valeria has been experiencing erotic dreams with sadistic motorcyclist rapists, a doctor who decides more than an exam is in order and a torturous priest whipping her in pure delight. After le...

A mother flees her home with her infant child, only to run into her brother in the process....