# Nuns that kick ass in movies or TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133 "2020-07-23T16:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/1 "2020-07-23T16:09:42Z")
Let’s see there’s: Hunters Warrior Nun Nuns with Guns… What else? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/2 "2020-07-23T16:37:20Z")
Sister Mary Stigmata, aka the Penguin, in _The Blues Brothers._ ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/3 "2020-07-23T16:40:19Z")
[Sister Sara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Mules_for_Sister_Sara) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/4 "2020-07-23T16:43:13Z")
Does it have to be physical? Because the nun in [Derry Girls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry_Girls) is brutal with her sarcasm and wit. She kicks ass, defo. Derry Girls is generally recommended for being frickin hilarious, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/5 "2020-07-23T18:13:23Z")
The nuns in "The Town"robbed a bank and had a shootout ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/6 "2020-07-23T18:24:34Z")
Regina King’s character in HBO’s “Watchmen” dressed up as a nun to fight crime. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/7 "2020-07-23T22:17:06Z")
There wasn’t any direct contact between foot and posterior, but the “Bless us Reverend Mother, for we have sinned” scene in The Sound of Music was pretty kick-ass. ---
**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/8 "2020-07-24T09:51:22Z")
Sister Sarah in Nude Nuns With Big Guns [Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352388/) The tagline for the movie is “This sister is one bad mother” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/9 "2020-07-24T11:15:21Z")
That is practically its own genre in anime. [Here](https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Agnese_Forces) is one example. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/10 "2020-07-24T11:49:09Z")
**SanVito** speaks the truth. If you haven’t seen Derry Girls, do so at once. That is an order from Sister Michael. The first thing I thought of, and kind of assumed the OP had in mind, is the recent miniseries _Dracula_(orig. BBC, now on Netflix). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/11 "2020-07-24T11:53:03Z")
Amanda Plummer was a badass nun in ‘Freejack’. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuns-that-kick-ass-in-movies-or-tv-shows/916133/12 "2020-07-24T11:56:42Z")
This thread has just brought a long forgotten memory of the song [Nuns with Guns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4J5E5kVrY). In my mind’s ear, I was thinking Elvis Costello but it’s actually GE Smith (some might remember him from SNL). Beware, it’s an earworm.