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10 Best Movies Like Nuns on the Run

If you loved Nuns on the Run, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

2025★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoo...

#2
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

1955★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians....

#3
Pixie

Pixie

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny....

#4
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

1955★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money....

#5
Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills....

#6
The Town

The Town

2010★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuns on the Run for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive bra...

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