Buddhism Movies

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...

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge him, and finds the key to an omen which...

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the...

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a...

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors...

Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle....

After a valiant Thai boy is brutally murdered by a gang of archeological looters, his soul is joined with the Hindu god Hanuman, who teams up with...

Weaving together original film and photographic archives, A CLOUD NEVER DIES tells the story of a humble young Vietnamese monk and poet whose wisdom...

After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an...

A lonely cult-member tries to recruit an old friend - a nihilistic drifter from her childhood church. But it becomes unclear if she’s trying to...

Aloko Udapadi is a Sinhalese epic historical film based on the story of King Valagamba of Anuradhapura (89 – 77 BCE).

A tragic tale of an individual teen prostitute as seen from the lens of her Buddhist neighbor.

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.

In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of the Tibetan tradition. These two films were...

A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety year of age, offers practical advice for...

A comedy set in a surreal school about a professor who lectures about Buddhism -- an ancient religion, and karma -- the law of cause and effect. He...