Buddhism Movies

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

The film details the personal experiences of five young Western men who were identified in childhood as being tulkus, or reincarnated Tibetan...

Hong lives simply with his wife and his daughters Ngek and Gim. Japanese invade Thailand and the village is bombed and Hong's house goes up in flames...

The story of Anthony "Amp" Elmore.

Tibetan Buddhist nuns from the Thupten Choling monastery in the Himalayan foothills discuss their mentruation practices.

The film Mandala by Christoph Hübner and Gabriele Voss shows in great calm and forcefulness the formation and destruction of the hitherto...

A young Tibetan monk goes back home for the New Year's celebrations. Fascinated by television, he wants to bring his family's television to the...

A discussion of the filmmaker's understanding about life and death, narrating a story similar to Nirvana. The Chinese title-"Wu Se Jie Tian”-...

The film is based on the works of Milarepa, the most renowned Tibetan poet and Buddhist teacher of the 11th century. A young scholar and a student...

The Odd Monk is a personal journey through modern day Buddhism. German first time Filmmaker Jesco Puluj travels around the world, meeting a variety...

This documentary is the third part of The Yatra Trilogy created by John Bush. Vajra is the Sanskrit word signifying the thunderbolt of illumination,...

Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

By way of a journey through the landscapes of Himalaya's mountains , the film invites us to discover the everyday life of Bokar Rimpoche; one of...

This feature documentary is an experiential journey in to the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendō (The Way of...

A film following a western monk and his lifestyle in the Thai forest monastery, Wat Pa Nanachat, in the 1990s.