Monk Movies

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...

After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.

A drifter is picked up by police in connection with the disappearance of a young couple on a remote, windswept island months before. But the drifter...

Schaedler's film tells the fascinating story of Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel whose robes ultimately proved to be too constricting for his imagination...

After taking a wrong turn, a young man somehow falls into a mysterious cave and becomes hopelessly lost. As he searches for a way out, the journey he...

A cinematic story of drama after the drama and war that rages on in people's hearts even after the war. The hero, an Orthodox Christian monk, finds...

A hilarious adventure of a 6-year-old orphan named Joy and a small wooden temple of disciples. During the great famine, the temple was engulfed in...

After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's...

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational...

A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Count Raimondo and his girlfriend Veronique return to Italy from Switzerland carrying with them a load of contraband cigarettes but, using the...

In Europe after the outbreak of the Black Death, an ascetic nonk falls in love with the Devil.

Set in the meditative quietude of a Himalayan village, Tathagat is a poetically shot tale of guilt. Following the journey of a monk questioning his...

Comedy pilot about wacky monks in a monastery.

A young kenpo karate martial artist returns home after ten years in reform school on a quest to find out who murdered his father. He is befriended by...

A naive country girl new to the big city gets involved in the underground sex scene.

A Swedish village in the 18th Century: the seemingly idyll is disturbed by a group of soldiers they appear to beware their heavily injured comrade...

A young lad delves into the local folk tale of a murderous monk for an upcoming exhibition. While out taking stills for the project, he disappears...

Sue, a sophisticated swindler is in trouble when he's being chased by a venturesome, Agent Kongdaj. Tired of running away and convinced by his...