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1. The Nun II (2023)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

1956 - France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.

Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell

Votes: 59,211

2. Häxan (1922)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror

Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.

Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan

Votes: 16,778

3. High Spirits (1988)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann

Votes: 10,708 | Gross: $8.58M

4. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

R | 114 min | Drama

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff

Votes: 28,484 | Gross: $4.89M

5. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaña, Clemencia Colin

Votes: 1,527

6. 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: 915

7. The Nun and the Devil (1973)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror

During the 1570s, in the convent of Sant'Arcangelo di Baiano, after the death of the mother superior, a power struggle rages on, as one nun, who comes from a powerful family, is willing to do anything to become the new abbess.

Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti, Martine Brochard

Votes: 559

8. 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: 23,290

9. Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969)

R | 90 min | Drama

Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Romina Power, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter

Votes: 2,058

10. The Killer Nun (1979)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Legendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder.

Director: Giulio Berruti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, Daniele Dublino

Votes: 2,257

11. The Devil's Doorway (2018)

Unrated | 76 min | Horror

In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

Director: Aislinn Clarke | Stars: Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, Lauren Coe

Votes: 4,036

12. Shark Exorcist (2014)

71 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A demonic nun unleashes holy hell when she summons the devil to possess a great white shark.

Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Angela Kerecz, Bobby Kerecz, Channing Dodson, Madison Carney

Votes: 1,942

13. 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

14. The Nun (1966)

GP | 140 min | Drama

Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé

Votes: 3,246 | Gross: $0.03M

15. The Halfway House (2004)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

Young girls are disappearing in and around the Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls. Desperate to find out what became of her sister, Larissa Morgan goes undercover to infiltrate the Catholic-run institution.

Director: Kenneth J. Hall | Stars: Mary Woronov, Janet Tracy Keijser, Shawn Savage, Stephanie Leighs

Votes: 1,026

16. Dark Waters (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.

Director: Mariano Baino | Stars: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist, Lubov Snegur

Votes: 3,055

17. Alucarda (1977)

R | 78 min | Horror

After the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work?

Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Claudio Brook, David Silva, Tina Romero, Susana Kamini

Votes: 4,107

18. The Transgressor (1974)

91 min | Drama, Thriller

In order to investigate her mother's strange death, a woman enters a sacred convent run by hypocritical, perverse nuns.

Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Yumi Takigawa, Emiko Yamauchi, Yayoi Watanabe, Ryouko Ima

Votes: 1,719

19. The Convent (2000)

R | 79 min | Comedy, Horror

A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.

Director: Mike Mendez | Stars: Joanna Canton, Richard Trapp, Dax Miller, Renée Graham

Votes: 3,187

20. 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

21. XX: Utsukushiki karyuudo (1994 Video)

85 min | Action

Shion is the most merciless assassin of the Magnificat crime group. However, when her hand and heart hesitate to murder the man she loves, her superior marks her for death. Torn from the ... See full summary »

Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Makiko Kuno, Johnny Ohkura, Katsuo Tokashi, Maiko Kazama

Votes: 232

22. Demonia (1990)

Unrated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery

A Canadian archaeological team in Sicily accidentally unleashes vengeful ghosts of five demonic nuns who were murdered 500 years earlier, and the ghosts now set out to kill the group and townspeople alike.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Brett Halsey, Meg Register, Lino Salemme, Christina Engelhardt

Votes: 2,024

23. The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can ... See full summary »

Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Françoise Prévost, Jenny Tamburi, Paolo Malco, Franco Ressel

Votes: 932

24. Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)

R | 97 min | Drama

Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elizabeth, and the stern but evil Mother Superior, as both are smitten by Carmela's beauty.

Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Eleonora Giorgi, Suzy Kendall, Catherine Spaak, Martine Brochard

Votes: 474

25. End of the World (1977)

PG | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott, Dean Jagger

Votes: 1,207

26. The Other Hell (1981)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Nuns become possessed by the Devil and lust after the abbot!

Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Franca Stoppi, Carlo De Mejo, Francesca Carmeno, Susan Forget

Votes: 1,080

27. The Nun (2005)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Years ago, a cruel and merciless nun turned boarding school into a living hell for her students until they could no longer bear the abuse, and she mysteriously disappeared. Now the alumnae are being brutally murdered one by one.

Director: Luis de la Madrid | Stars: Aníta Briem, Belén Blanco, Manu Fullola, Alistair Freeland

Votes: 3,561

28. Convent of Sinners (1986)

89 min | Drama, Horror

Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, ... See full summary »

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Eva Grimaldi, Karin Well, Gabriele Gori, Luciana Ottaviani

Votes: 470

29. The Lady of Monza (1969)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama

A film loosely based on real life events of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th century nun accused of and tried by the church for breaking celibacy and plotting murder.

Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Anne Heywood, Antonio Sabato, Hardy Krüger, Carla Gravina

Votes: 218

30. The Devils of Monza (1987)

98 min | Drama, History

The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He ... See full summary »

Director: Luciano Odorisio | Stars: Myriem Roussel, Alessandro Gassmann, Renato De Carmine, Alina De Simone

Votes: 116

31. Good Against Evil (1977 TV Movie)

84 min | Horror

A writer, Andy Stuart, teams up with an exorcist, Father Kemschler, to battle Satan, and a group of Devil worshipers led by Mr. Rimmin.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dack Rambo, Elyssa Davalos, Richard Lynch, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 599

32. 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

33. Sister Mary Explains It All (2001 TV Movie)

77 min | Comedy, Drama

A bigoted, fanatical nun comes face to face with the lives she ruined through her teachings when a quartet of her traumatized former students return to perform at her Christmas Eve church lecture.

Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: Diane Keaton, Brian Benben, Wallace Langham, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 688

34. Gorilla Gang (1968)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Scotland Yard goes after a gang that drowns its victims for their insurance money.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Uschi Glas, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hubert von Meyerinck

Votes: 467

35. Desecration (1999)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Horror

Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural events that lead him into the pits of Hell.

Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Irma St. Paule, Christie Sanford, Danny Lopes, Salvatore Paul Piro

Votes: 639

36. Sister Krampus (2021)

TV-14 | 77 min | Horror

Near the end of World War II, American soldiers perpetuate an unspeakable horror on a local nun. Turned away from the church, Krampus hears her cries, enacting brutal revenge - but it comes... See full summary »

Directors: Anthony Polonia, Mark Polonia | Stars: Rebecca Rinehart, Marie DeLorenzo, Danielle Donahue, Yolie Canales

Votes: 76

37. La monaca di Monza (1962)

100 min | Drama

Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very strict with herself and the students until she's unable to resist a romance with the nobleman Gian Paolo Osio which will lead both to danger.

Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Gabriele Ferzetti, Mario Feliciani, Lilla Brignone

Votes: 34

38. Sacred Hearts (II) (1984)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

Life in a repressive convent school during the Second World War.

Director: Barbara Rennie | Stars: Anna Massey, Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch, Fiona Shaw

Votes: 68

39. O viasmos mias monahis (1983)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young girl is forced by her father to become a nun. But soon she finds out that dark secrets are hiding behind the convent walls and that she's there to serve lustful human masters and not God.

Director: Giorgos Mylonas | Stars: Liana Thanou, Nikos Tsachiridis, Giorgos Mataragas, Efi Mavridi

Votes: 36

40. Sister Lulu (2001)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A lethal tale of nun-upmanship.

Director: Philip John | Stars: Siwan Morris, Joanne McQuinn, Greg Cullen, Sian Hughes

Votes: 111

41. Holy Terror (2002 Video)

Unrated | 55 min | Horror

Possessed by a demon in life and forced to spend eternity doing the devils bidding in death, a malevolent nun returns to life to torment a young couple and their terrified friends in ... See full summary »

Director: Massimiliano Cerchi | Stars: Beverly Lynne, Charlie David, Nick Armas, Jennifer Amanda Morgan

Votes: 123

42. La monaca di Monza (1947)

94 min | Drama

Forced to become a nun, Gertrude soon falls for Count Egidio, an audacious criminal man. Her brother faces him in a duel but loses face. The Count convinces his mistress to travel to Rome but they are stopped in Florence when discovered.

Director: Raffaello Pacini | Stars: Paola Barbara, Rossano Brazzi, Anna Brandimarte, Carlo Tamberlani

43. Anima (2003)

26 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A young woman (Claudia Soberon) fighting against fate ends up being tamed by her faith.

Director: Erika Grediaga | Stars: Claudia Soberón, Carol Abney, Dennis Deal, Rick Simon

Votes: 35

44. Monja satanica (2006)

15 min | Short, Horror

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Director: Viva Ruiz | Stars: Bijoux Altamirano, Aliana Galan, Sophia Lamar, Alessandro Magania

45. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Perchance to Dream (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend asks a psychologist for help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face his subconsciousness.

Director: Paul Boyington | Stars: Raphael Sbarge, Sarah Buxton, Kenneth Danziger

Votes: 92

46. Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode: The Good-Bye Room (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lilly and crew investigate the events at a now abandoned home for unwed mothers that led to the death of a patient and the adoption of her infant.

Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford

Votes: 458

47. Chucky (2021– )
Episode: Goin' to the Chapel (2022)

TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Ade due Damballa. The survivors band together with Father Bryce to perform an exorcism.

Director: John Hyams | Stars: Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Brad Dourif

Votes: 999

48. La Hora Marcada (2023– )
Episode: La Visita (2023)

Horror

Clara, a young orphan, arrives at a convent run by Mother Aurelia, a woman who performs miraculous cures. While trying to adapt to the strange place, Clara will realize that behind Aurelia's powers lies a sinister truth.

Director: Gigi Saul Guerrero | Stars: Victoria Viera, Gabriela Reynoso, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Teresa Selma

Votes: 29

49. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Mother's Little Helper (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dean copes with the side effects of the Mark of Cain, as Sam investigates a series of violent murders related directly to Abaddon.

Director: Misha Collins | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mark Sheppard, Gil McKinney

Votes: 3,624

50. Doom Patrol (2019–2023)
Episode: Cult Patrol (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Willoughby Kipling conscripts the Doom Patrol into helping him avert the end of the world by stopping a nihilistic cult.

Director: Stefan Pleszczynski | Stars: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Alan Tudyk

Votes: 2,866