Monk Movies

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden" kingdom. He...

A young boy enters the Shaolin Temple and undergoes rigorous training in traditional martial arts. The film focuses on discipline, endurance, and...

Comedy pilot about wacky monks in a monastery.

The Cistercian monks of Austria are holy men who rise at 4:30 a.m., pray for more than four hours a day and have devoted their lives to God. They're...

There is a religious congregation founded by Saint Igneous, a saint and martyr who is believed to have been burned alive for spreading the faith....

This documentary focuses on the journey of Merton, a bohemian who went from communism to Catholicism before finding his calling as a monk cloistered...

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...

Overcrowded refugee camps, systematic human rights violations, missing future perspectives: While the Republic of Malta is closing itself off to...

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

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...

A documentary about monks evacuating from Valamo, Ladoga to Finland during the Winter War.

We carefully select only those that seem to be a psychic phenomenon from posts on SNS and mysterious videos sent to the staff! In addition, it...

A group of friends get trapped in a haunted abbey with no easy way of escaping.

Released in 1901

What does it mean to follow one’s calling into an abbey and a brewery? Inspired by the growth of the American craft beer movement, a group of...

When a young monk gets creative in the scriptorium, things take an unexpected turn as his doodles come to life!

Drug-addicted punk musician Tara Herbener met the love of her life in India in 1996. When she overcame her addiction with Buddhism and Zen, she met...

In the last fifty years the culture of Zen has spread far beyond Japan. Zen centers and zen retreats have sprung up throughout America and Europe. ...

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...