Monk Movies

Formerly a troubled youth, a monk is given charge of a Buddhist temple that is neglected by superstitious villagers who are under the spell of a fake...

A wealthy American on the quest for a perfect brandy runs afoul of petty criminal monks and falls in love with an impostor.

Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a...

When the townspeople of a small Mexican village start disappearing, the locals point the suspicion at two young visitors. The only solution is for...

A hilarious adventure of a 6-year-old orphan named Joy and a small wooden temple of disciples. During the great famine, the temple was engulfed in...

A visual incursion into the troubled psyche of a young boy whose unstable and manipulative mother committed suicide in front of him.

A Swedish village in the 18th Century: the seemingly idyll is disturbed by a group of soldiers they appear to beware their heavily injured comrade...

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....

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

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

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...

Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three...

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...

Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

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...

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir...

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...

Disguised as a Holy Monk of the Golden Light Temple, Tian Yuan challenges the high priest of Shaolin for ultimate rule of the holy place. But just as...

In a frontier town between the USA and Mexico, Sancho and his gang assault a monastery, kill a few monks who try to oppose the invasion of the sacred...

Schaedler's film tells the fascinating story of Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel whose robes ultimately proved to be too constricting for his imagination...