Cloister Movies
THE NUN
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows...
THE NAME OF THE ROSE
The Name of the Rose is a mystery thriller set in a 14th-century Italian monastery. A Franciscan friar, William of Baskerville, and his novice, Adso...
BENEDETTA
A provocative, visually lush period drama set in 17th-century Italy, Benedetta Carlini (Virginie Efira) becomes a powerful and controversial figure...
THE NUN'S STORY
Based on Kathryn Hulme's novel, The Nun's Story follows Sister Luke (Audrey Hepburn), a compassionate nun who joins a Belgian order to care for the...
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
The Magdalene Sisters is a searing historical drama based on true accounts of young women consigned to Magdalene laundries in postwar Ireland. The...
AGNES OF GOD
Agnes of God is a 1985 drama directed by Norman Jewison. When a novice nun named Agnes is found to have given birth and insists she cannot remember...
NUNS ON THE RUN
Two petty criminals on the run hide in a convent by disguising themselves as nuns. Eric Idle and Michael Palin play the unlikely duo, stumbling...
INTO GREAT SILENCE
Into Great Silence, directed by Philip Gröning, is a restrained, immersive documentary set inside the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps....
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