Movies: Buddhist monk

  • 2011
    Mindfulness and Murder

    Mindfulness and Murder (2011)

    Mindfulness and Murder

    5.12011HD

    When a homeless boy living at the youth shelter run by a Buddhist monastery turns up dead, the Abbot recruits Father Ananda, a former policeman, to find out why. He discovers that all is not well at this urban monastery in the heart of Bangkok. Toget...

    Mindfulness and Murder
  • 1960
    Madam White Snake

    Madam White Snake (1960)

    Madam White Snake

    7.21960HD

    A thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe Eun-hui), falls in love with a young pharmacist named Heo-Seon. Although they encounter difficulties, they are wed, and their love for each other does not ch...

    Madam White Snake
  • 2005
    The Holy Man

    The Holy Man (2005)

    The Holy Man

    6.22005HD

    Formerly a troubled youth, a monk is given charge of a Buddhist temple that is neglected by superstitious villagers who are under the spell of a fake psychic....

    The Holy Man
  • 2015
    She Taxi

    She Taxi (2015)

    She Taxi

    32015HD

    Devayani wishes to become a doctor, but ends up becoming a taxi driver when the responsibilities fell on her shoulders after the death of her father. When a woman starts driving a car the people around called she taxi. Joe Joseph is an affluent perso...

    She Taxi
  • 2017
    Becoming Who I Was

    Becoming Who I Was (2017)

    Becoming Who I Was

    92017HD

    Angdu is no ordinary boy. Indeed, in a past life he was a venerated Buddhist master. His village already treats him like a saint as a result. The village doctor, who has taken the boy under his wing, prepares him to be able to pass on his wisdom. Ala...

    Becoming Who I Was
  • 2024
    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard (2024)

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    82024HD

    Buddhist monk and photographer Matthieu Picard as he returns to the Asian country in the Himalayas where he spent a decade after seven years away, revisiting breathtaking landscapes and experiencing local traditions....

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
  • 2014
    Journey to the West

    Journey to the West (2014)

    Journey to the West

    6.32014HD

    In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the lat...

    Journey to the West
  • 2017
    Walk with Me

    Walk with Me (2017)

    Walk with Me

    5.72017HD

    Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Walk With Me is a cinematic journey into the world of a monastic community who practice the art of mindfulness with Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh....

    Walk with Me
  • 1972
    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon (1972)

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

    61972HD

    Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister....

    Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
  • 2005
    Peace Is Every Step

    Peace Is Every Step (2005)

    Peace Is Every Step

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    The influential life and powerful messages of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh are explored in this biographical documentary. For more than 50 years, this amazing social activist has preached self-awareness and compassion for all living being...

    Peace Is Every Step
  • 1989
    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)

    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

    7.31989HD

    About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment....

    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
  • 2022
    A Cloud Never Dies

    A Cloud Never Dies (2022)

    A Cloud Never Dies

    02022HD

    Weaving together original film and photographic archives, A CLOUD NEVER DIES tells the story of a humble young Vietnamese monk and poet whose wisdom and compassion were forged in the suffering of war. In the face of violence, fear, and discrimination...

    A Cloud Never Dies
  • 1983
    Daughter of a Ghost

    Daughter of a Ghost (1983)

    Daughter of a Ghost

    01983HD

    In a valley village in Hwanghae-do province, there is a legend about an old wolf that has lived there for a thousand years and takes the form of a woman to make trouble. Ok-hwa is the only daughter of Kim Jwa-su. She loses her parents to the plotting...

    Daughter of a Ghost
  • 2008
    Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

    Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV (2008)

    Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

    82008HD

    The daily life of the Dalai Lama is brought home with remarkable intimacy in SUNRISE/SUNSET. Granted total access to His Holiness for 24 hours, this is a day in the life of the Dalai Lama from when he wakes up at 3 a.m. until his bedtime at dusk....

    Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV
  • 2014
    Oraalppokkam

    Oraalppokkam (2014)

    Oraalppokkam

    72014HD

    Oraalppokkam [Six feet high] is a people funded independent Malayalam movie. This road movie has been shot in the tough terrains of Himalayas....

    Oraalppokkam
  • 2022
    Hemimeta

    Hemimeta (2022)

    Hemimeta

    02022HD

    Phai is an innocent boy who has been forced to be a monk, with the hope that this would help the venerable monk to get better from disease. At the same time, villagers also praise a termite hill in the woods for the same purpose. Fahmai a town girl m...

    Hemimeta
  • 2012
    Four Stations

    Four Stations (2012)

    Four Stations

    7.82012HD

    It covers the lives of the poor in 4 different regions of Thailand, all connected by the same railroad. A monk, a laborer, an orphan and former friends, all facing various problems and hardships....

    Four Stations
  • 2017
    The Venerable W.

    The Venerable W. (2017)

    The Venerable W.

    6.62017HD

    A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar....

    The Venerable W.
  • 1998
    Windhorse

    Windhorse (1998)

    Windhorse

    5.11998HD

    Follows three young Tibetans faced with moral dilemmas: a rising pop star asked by her Chinese official boyfriend to sing pro-government songs; her brother, an embittered drunk; and their cousin, a Buddhist nun savagely beaten after shouting anti-Chi...

    Windhorse
  • 2019
    Tenzo

    Tenzo (2019)

    Tenzo

    72019HD

    To address the social crisis, Chiken - a buddhist monk - throws himself into various tasks such as a suicide helpline, in his temple in Yamanashi. In Fukushima, his old mate Ryûgyô - whose temple was wrecked by the tsunami - lives in a portacabin and...

    Tenzo