Monk Movies

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

Buelwa is a film about a monk forced to leave the monastery and explore the streets of Thimphu (Bhutan). His life turns upside down.

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland...

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.

While the World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery in India. The atmosphere of serene contemplation is...

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...

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

Former lovers Pich and Shane reconnect through Thai floral art, but Pich's illness leads Shane to seek peace by becoming a monk.

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

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign...

Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures...

Drama about a monk of the Bavarian church.

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the...

The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut off from the outside world. Access is denied to...

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

In his own way, Anatoli Ljutuk is a legend of Tallinn's Old Town - a man from Western Ukraine who has built a unique world on Laboratory Street, the...

Mateho, an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarre murder of a monk. And you...

Daily life in a Benedictine monastery follows resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of...