Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Directed by Ralph Nelson

Produced by Rainbow Productions, United Artists

196394 min7.2 / 10

A warm, spiritually grounded comedy-drama about an unlikely bond between a drifter and a community of refugee nuns, built on faith, humor, and shared purpose in the desert.

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

Questions people ask

  • Does Lilies of the Field end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Lilies of the Field easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 90% of films.

  • Is Lilies of the Field violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Lilies of the Field scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Lilies of the Field sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

71/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity71

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Surprise66

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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