Zen Movies

  • 1971
    A Touch of Zen

    A Touch of Zen

    A Touch of Zen

    7.71971HD

    Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious prince...

    A Touch of Zen
  • 2009
    Zen

    Zen

    Zen

    72009HD

    In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was ca...

    Zen
  • 2023
    Nothing Happens

    Nothing Happens

    Nothing Happens

    102023HD

    An immigrant in Istanbul, the Russian filmmaker finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place: on the one hand, his legal status becomes uncert...

    Nothing Happens
  • 2022
    The Zen Diary

    The Zen Diary

    The Zen Diary

    82022HD

    Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routi...

    The Zen Diary
  • 2007
    How to Cook Your Life

    How to Cook Your Life

    How to Cook Your Life

    52007HD

    A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.

    How to Cook Your Life
  • 1989
    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

    Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

    7.21989HD

    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?
  • 2004
    My Life Is My Message

    My Life Is My Message

    My Life Is My Message

    02004HD

    Thich Nhat Hanh, monk, zen teacher, writer and peace activist, born in Vietnam in 1926, was the organiser of a non-violent resistance movement after t...

    My Life Is My Message
  • 2016
    Zen for Nothing

    Zen for Nothing

    Zen for Nothing

    6.52016HD

    Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autu...

    Zen for Nothing
  • 2012
    How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)

    How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)

    How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)

    02012HD

    2012 documentary on John Cage celebrating his 100th birthday in the form of a re-edit of partially unused film material shot for the film 'Time is Mus...

    How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)
  • 2000
    Enlightenment Guaranteed

    Enlightenment Guaranteed

    Enlightenment Guaranteed

    6.92000HD

    Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of...

    Enlightenment Guaranteed
  • 2011
    Nightfur

    Nightfur

    Nightfur

    52011HD

    Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a you...

    Nightfur
  • 2003
    Kochuu

    Kochuu

    Kochuu

    62003HD

    A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way throug...

    Kochuu
  • 1969
    Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

    91969HD

    The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasuna...

    Thousand Cranes
  • 2020
    Verdiana

    Verdiana

    Verdiana

    02020HD

    After a big fight, a couple wakes up with an unbelievable problem: he can't speak and she can't hear anything. Doctors and exams are useless. A female...

    Verdiana
  • 2014
    Rock n' Roll Cops Lite

    Rock n' Roll Cops Lite

    Rock n' Roll Cops Lite

    02014HD

    Rock n' Roll Cops Lite is the PG version of the Scott Shaw Zen Film, The Rock n' Rock Cops. Gone is the nudity that some people may find offensive, re...

    Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
  • 2013
    Koan of Spring

    Koan of Spring

    Koan of Spring

    5.52013HD

    Vietnam 1791. Old Truong, the Emperor’s Master of Arms, feels the end of his life coming. But he has yet to find a successor. The country has to be pr...

    Koan of Spring
  • 2005
    Peace Is Every Step

    Peace Is Every Step

    Peace Is Every Step

    02005HD

    The influential life and powerful messages of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh are explored in this biographical documentary. For more than 50...

    Peace Is Every Step
  • 2021
    Deliverance

    Deliverance

    Deliverance

    62021HD

    Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

    Deliverance
  • 2022
    A Cloud Never Dies

    A Cloud Never Dies

    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 a...

    A Cloud Never Dies
  • 1993
    Touching Peace - An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh

    Touching Peace - An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh

    Touching Peace - An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh

    01993HD

    In Touching Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh expands the teachings on practicing the art of mindful living begun in the best-selling Being Peace by giving speci...

    Touching Peace - An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh