Nasty Habits

Jan 28, 1977

1h 36m

★ 4.6

Thee outrageous comedy!

Overview

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Bowden Productions Limited

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Cast

Sister Alexandra

Glenda Jackson

Sister Gertrude

Melina Mercouri

Sister Walburga

Geraldine Page

Sister Winifred

Sandy Dennis

Sister Mildred

Anne Jackson

Sister Geraldine

Anne Meara

Sister Felicity

Susan Penhaligon

Sister Hildegard

Edith Evans

P.R. Priest

Jerry Stiller

Father Maximilian

Rip Torn

Monsignor

Eli Wallach

Bathildis

Suzanne Stone

When a feisty village gossip ropes a visiting junior hockey team into her schemes, hoping one will notice her granddaughter, the resulting clash with the exasperated mayor and a hapless regional inspector sets off a chain of uproarious misunderstandings. All the while, an unconventional young priest with a mischievous name looks on in bemused bewilderment.

5.9

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He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun

6.7

Angels in the Outfield

Oct 19, 1951

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.

6.6

Dark Habits

Oct 3, 1983

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

2.5

Silent Prey

Jan 1, 1997

NYPD detective Carol Shaya is assigned to pose as the new student at a Catholic girls’ school in order to catch a serial rapist.

4.8

Bitch Slap

May 16, 2009

Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.

6.5

The Vexxer

Mar 10, 2007

Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.

7.3

Airplane!

Jun 27, 1980

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

7.7

The Blues Brothers

Jun 16, 1980

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

6.8

Sister Act

May 28, 1992

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.

6.5

Mister Lonely

Feb 2, 2008

In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

7.0

The Little Nuns

Aug 29, 1963

Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging the ancient fresco of their patron saint through sound vibrations.

5.8

Nuns on the Run

Mar 16, 1990

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. Brian and Charlie decides 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.

6.0

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

Oct 3, 1982

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.

6.5

Nacho Libre

Jun 16, 2006

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7.0

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Sep 8, 1964

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

5.4

The Convent

Jan 21, 2000

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

6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Dec 9, 1993

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.

7.0

The Milky Way

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Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

6.8

The Decameron

Aug 25, 1971

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.