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Ms. 45 (1981)

Granted, no actual nuns star in Abel Ferrara’s proudly sleazy rape-revenge thriller, a key release early in the American indie film movement. But one of the movie’s most memorable sequences sees the heroine, played by Zoë Tamerlis, dress up as a nun to attend a Halloween party where she plans to dole out some serious payback. The costume’s cult-classic status was further affirmed when it got a nod in a 2020 Euphoria episode. (Streaming on Peacock; also streaming free with ads on Freevee)