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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit(1993)

PG
| 1h 47min | Music, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 776 votes)

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

Sister Act(1992)

PG
| 1h 40min | Music, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 1,399 votes)

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

Solomon Kane(2009)

R
| 1h 44min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
3.0/5 (with 592 votes)

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.

Novitiate(2017)

R
| 2h 3min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 76 votes)

In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

Andrei Rublev(1966)

R
| 3h 25min | Drama, History
4.1/5 (with 328 votes)

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

Zorba the Greek(1964)

NR
| 2h 22min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 147 votes)

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

The Lair of the White Worm(1988)

R
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
2.9/5 (with 94 votes)

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

The Innocents(2016)

1h 55min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 181 votes)

Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.

Hellhole(2022)

1h 28min | Horror
3.0/5 (with 92 votes)

In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way out of the monastery.

Tai-Chi Master(1993)

R
| 1h 36min | Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 101 votes)

Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.

Nuns on the Run(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 29min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 55 votes)

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.

Dark Habits(1983)

NR
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 66 votes)

After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.

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Shaolin Temple(1982)

1h 35min | Action
3.4/5 (with 51 votes)

The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor who killed his father.

Bella Mafia(1997)

1h 57min | Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.

Directed by David Greene - With Vanessa Redgrave

D’Artagnan’s Daughter(1994)

2h 5min | Adventure
2.8/5 (with 49 votes)

It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.

Come Drink with Me(1966)

NR
| 1h 31min | Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 54 votes)

Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.

Directed by King Hu - With Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua, Chan Hung-lit, Lee Wan-Chung, Yang Chi-Ching

The Appearance(2018)

1h 51min | Horror, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 16 votes)

Mateho, an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarre murder of a monk. And you guessed it: something evil is afoot. But is the terror man-made or the result of witchcraft?

The Razor's Edge(1946)

NR
| 2h 25min | Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

The Abominable Snowman(1957)

1h 25min | Adventure, Horror
3.1/5 (with 43 votes)

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

The Monk(2011)

1h 41min | Thriller
2.7/5 (with 44 votes)

A virtuous monk descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress to lead him astray.

Narcissus and Goldmund(2020)

1h 50min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 24 votes)

In the dark middle ages young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. It is there that he meets Narcissus, a brilliant, scholarly novice, who is introverted and aloof. A unique and deep life-long friendship is born. Narcissus chooses to remain detached from the world in prayer and meditation. Goldmund, who is passionate, sensual and impulsive, runs away from the monastery to live a picaresque wanderer’s life, his amorous and artistic adventures leading him to discover the extremes of both ecstasy and pain. Several thrilling years pass, until one day these friends cross paths again...

Catacombs(1988)

R
| 1h 24min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

In the 17th century, an order of monks in Italy capture and entomb a demon that has possessed a member of their group. 400 years later, school teacher Elizabeth Magrino visits the monastery in order to do some research. What she and the current monks do not realize is that the evil hiding within the catacombs has unwittingly been released.

The Baron of Arizona(1950)

1h 37min | Crime, Drama, History, Western
3.5/5 (with 22 votes)

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

The Convent(2000)

R
| 1h 19min | Horror, Action, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 22 votes)

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

Metamorphosis(2007)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
2.3/5 (with 10 votes)

In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in...

Directed by Jenő Hódi - With Christopher Lambert

Requiem(2001)

1h 38min | Action, Horror, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Four hardened crooks break out of prison. Hunted down, with nowhere to run, they seek refuge in the only place the police cannot follow, a Cistercian monastery. Cut off from the outside world, a nightmare stand off develops between the fugitives, ready to kill in defence of their dearly purchased freedom, and the monks they' re holding hostage. But in this potentially lethal confrontation, nothing is quite as it seems. The game' s been rigged from the start. Requiem' s a violent and fast paced French film that really delivers.

Blood of the Templars(2005)

3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

18-year old David grew up assuming that his mother and his father have died when he was a baby. He was raised by a monk and is close to completing High School. He gets into a fight during a party and discovers he is stronger than he thought he was- also, the blooding of an injury stops immediately and the wound heals within an hour. All of a sudden, the Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar show interest in the boy and the quest for the Holy Grail begins once again, with David being the one who can lead them to it.

Brother Orchid(1940)

NR
| 1h 28min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Ship of Theseus(2012)

2h 23min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 25 votes)

Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.

Directed by Anand Gandhi - With Aida El-Kashef, Paromita Vohra

Mansion of the Living Dead(1982)

1h 37min | Horror
2.2/5 (with 11 votes)

Four strippers take a vacation and wind up at a Spanish resort complex that, despite the hotel receptionist's claims of it being fully booked, appears to be completely empty. After one of the girls mysteriously vanishes and another ends up dead in the pool, both accompanied by the tolling bell from a nearby monastery, Candy and Caty must try to solve the mystery that seems to involve the Spanish Inquisition.

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