Golden Kingdom

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as

2003

The Name of the Rose

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under my

1986

Miracles of Luang Pu Suk

About the merits of Luang Pu Suk, a Buddhist monk who lived from 1847-1923.

2013

Ku hai mueng ruay

Story of the merits of the revered abbot Luang Pho Khoon.

2014

Samsara

A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.

2002

Der Mönch von St. Bartholomä

Drama about a monk of the Bavarian church.

1930

Tathagat

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 re

2021

Brother Orchid

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himsel

1940

Before the Rain

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl wh

1994

Luther

An epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.

1968

The Burmese Harp

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

1956

Beautiful Boxer

Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.

2003

Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who

2006

Hemimeta

Phai is an innocent boy who has been forced to be a monk, with the hope that this would help the venerable monk to get better from disease. At the sam

2022

The Golden Riders

A young monk catches a train to a temple in a hill. On the way, he meets Phol and Taengmo, two people who trying to escape from their personal problem

2006

Now and Ever

2019

Asesinato en la Universidad

In 1543, at the University of Salamanca, in Spain, Fray Antonio Román, an Augustinian monk who spreads humanist ideas, considered heretical, among his

2018

About Family

Two Children miraculously appear and claim that they were born by Buddhist Monk Moon-seok's sperm donation.

Journey to the West

In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marsei

2014

Suffering of Ninko

Ninko is a virtuous Buddhist monk who’s embarrassed to discover that he’s irresistible to many women (and some men). After a particularly troubling en

2016