Here we've displayed a list of the best Monk films : Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring(2003), Samsara(2001), The Secret of Kells(2009), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion(2003), A Touch of Zen(1971), In Search of Kundun With Martin Scorsese(1998), Travelers and Magicians(2003), Powaqqatsi(1988), The Giant Buddhas(2005), Colonel Wolodyjowski(1969), Of Gods and Men(2010), The Great Impostor(1960) ... ...
Drama
South Korea|Germany
2003
102 Minutes
Kim Ki-duk Ha Yeo-jin Dae-han Ji Yeong-su Oh Young-min Kim Jae-kyeong Seo Jong-ho Kim Jung-young Kim Min Choi Ji-a Park Min-Young Song
monk woman mentor boy emotional engaging moving passionate solemn korea monastery lake coming of age love crime repentance buddhism forbidden love growing up fall
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk in an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
Romance, Drama
India|Germany|France|Italy|Switzerland
2001
138 Minutes
Shawn Ku Christy Chung Neelesha BaVora Lhakpa Tsering Tenzin Tashi Jamayang Jinpa Sherab Sangey Kelsang Tashi Tsepak Tsangpo
monk mentor wife servant melodramatic intricate profound india himalayas monastery family home cave countryside crisis of faith spirituality devotion lust marriage new life quest
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
France|Belgium|Ireland|Netherlands|USA|Denmark|Brazil|Germany|Austria|Hungary|UK|Japan
2009
78 Minutes
Nora Twomey Paul Young
young boy illuminator uncle monk fairy cat suspenseful dreamy heartwarming monastery countryside fortress river forest scriptorium war religion survival writing good versus evil
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Documentary
USA
2003
104 Minutes
Edward Edwards Ed Harris Shirley Knight Tim Robbins Susan Sarandon
buddhist monk warrior homeless person profound moving tibet monastery city mountain tibet buddhism freedom oppression poverty discovery underdog 1950s
A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Adventure
Taiwan|Hong Kong
1971
180 Minutes
Feng Hsu Chun Shih Pai Ying Roy Chiao Tien Peng Cho Kin Cheung Bing-yuk Sit Hon Wang Shui Ying-Chieh Han Man Chung-san
artist mother princess monk general rival thrilling melodramatic suspenseful incredible china village forest countryside hideout ruins unusual romance on the run politics mother/son relationship
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
Documentary
France|USA
1998
85 Minutes
Roger Deakins Dante Ferretti Tencho Gyalpo Dalai Lama Robert Lin Melissa Mathison Lobsang Samten Martin Scorsese Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong Jigme Tsarong
dalai lama director screenwriter producer actor monk powerful solemn morocco movie set office monastery buddhism filmmaking religion martin scorsese kundun quest 1990s
Drama
Australia|Bhutan|UK
2003
107 Minutes
Lhakpa Dorji Sonam Kinga Sonam Lhamo Deki Yangzom Gomchen Penjore Dasho Adab Sangye Ap Dochu Jigme Drukpa Namgay Dorjee Tsewang Dandup Dorji Budha
government official buddhist monk young man widower daughter dreamy fascinating moving bhutan village mountain road traveling hitchhiker rural life hallucinations dreams storytelling quest
The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one--for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1988
97 Minutes
David Brinkley Cheryl Tiegs
worker monk child miner african woman disturbing striking passionate third world brazil africa village temple nepal modernization westernization cultural differences technology pollution
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Documentary
Switzerland
2005
95 Minutes
reporter actress archaeologist narrator father monk fascinating intricate afghanistan china valley cave taliban demolition religion journey culture art wretched excess quest
A filmmaker's investigation into the destruction of giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
Drama
Poland|Soviet Union
1969
160 Minutes
Tadeusz Lomnicki Magda Zawaszka Daniel Olbrychski Jan Nowicki Mariusz Dmochowski Barbara Brylska
colonel soldier invader orphan love interest monk thrilling rousing patriotic emotional poland battlefield monastery border town invasion military grief love triangle religion
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Drama
France
2010
122 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Michael Lonsdale Olivier Rabourdin Philippe Laudenbach Jacques Herlin Loïc Pichon Xavier Maly Jean-Marie Frin Abdelhafid Metalsi Sabrina Ouazani
monk doctor terrorist muslim catholic powerful tense disturbing algeria monastery faith terrorism political unrest poverty war difficult decision underdog transformation escape sacrifice
Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Crime
UK|USA
1970
125 Minutes
Robert Stephens Colin Blakely Genevieve Page Irene Handl Stanley Holloway Christopher Lee Clive Revill Tamara Toumanova George Benson Catherine Lacey Peter Madden
sherlock holmes monk ballerina spy doctor watson drug addict somber intricate loch ness 221b baker street london matchmaking seduction lying sabotage boredom mystery escape 1910s
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Drama
Italy|France|Germany
1990
112 Minutes
Vittorio Taviani Julian Sands Nastassja Kinski Patricia Millardet Charlotte Gainsbourg Massimo Bonetti Margarita Lozano Pamela Villoresi Rudiger Vogler Geppy Gleijeses Sonia Gessner
king aristocrat duchess monk disciple beggar profound brooding naples, italy court monastery hut mountain spiritual journey love triangle corruption purity miracles faith discovery
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Ann Sothern Donald Crisp Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Charles D. Brown Cecil Kellaway Morgan Conway Richard Lane Paul Guilfoyle
mobster criminal monk girlfriend police officer endearing positive city europe hideout monastery shop police station crime faith meaning of life transformation 1940s
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 himself as a pious monk.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Malta|France|UK
2006
149 Minutes
Tom Hanks Audrey Tautou Ian McKellen Alfred Molina Jean Reno Paul Bettany Jürgen Prochnow Jean-Yves Berteloot Jean-Pierre Marielle Clive Carter Marie-Françoise Audollent
professor scientist historian bishop police chief monk tense chilling gripping thrilling museum bank mansion paris scotland temple death secret society deception religion
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
1915
60 Minutes
Courtenay Foote Elisabeth Risdon Charles Rock Myrtle Stedman Margaret Edwards Cyril Raymond Herbert Standing Douglas Munro Adele Farrington Dixie Carr Jane Darwell
monk pastor minister congregation members queen profound powerful church waterfront forest religion morality hypocrisy nudity murder society fall discovery wretched excess unknown era
The parallel stories of a modern preacher and a medieval monk, Gabriel the Ascetic, who is killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Truth, which is also represented by a ghostly naked girl who flits throughout the film.
Horror
UK|Spain
1972
88 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Telly Savalas Alberto de Mendoza Silvia Tortosa Jorge Rigaud
anthropologist monk zombie countess inspector creepy intense suspenseful train siberia china train station russia missing link supernatural science travel aliens mystery pursuit
While travelling on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a lifeform that is absorbing the minds of the passengers and crew.
Sports & Fitness, Fantasy
Canada
1998
128 Minutes
Aaron Kwok Ekin Cheng Sonny Chiba Kristy Yeung Qi Shu Michael Tse Anthony Wong Lawrence Cheng Roy Cheung Lai Yiu Cheung Alex Fong
brother orphan warrior monk stepsister adoptive father spectacular thrilling melodramatic china lair countryside household love triangle prophecy power struggle magic sibling rivalry family dysfunction rivalry
Comprised of fifteen vignettes of varying lengths, The Sadness of Sex (1998) is about love, but more specifically about the phases of courtship that lead to the inevitable break-up.
Romance
USA
1969
90 Minutes
student noblewoman uncle monk love interest knight melodramatic tense france paris countryside monastery horrors of war romance class conflict social change medieval times love discovery quest
In a story set during the Hundred Years War, a student who has abandoned his studies in Paris, pairs with a young noblewoman with whom he has fallen in love.
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Germany|UK
2010
102 Minutes
Sean Bean Eddie Redmayne Carice van Houten Kimberley Nixon John Lynch Andy Nyman Johnny Harris Tim McInnerny David Warner Tygo Gernandt Emun Elliott
knight monk necromancer love interest alchemist dark frightening chilling somber england marsh forest monastery faith disease christianity journey bubonic plague adventure metamorphosis
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Action, Sports & Fitness
Indonesia
2016
118 Minutes
Iko Uwais Kimo Stamboel Chelsea Islan Sunny Pang Julie Estelle Very Tri Yulisman David Hendrawan Zack Lee Egy Fedly
former secret agent assassin nurse monk young woman intense emotional gory brutal suspenseful thrilling hospital church criminal underworld police station contract killing coma crime gunfight danger
Uwais plays a young man who washes ashore, an amnesiac with a serious head injury whose past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor. Violence ensues. Sweet, sweet violence.
Drama
UK
1962
65 Minutes
Florence Carrez Jean-Claude Fourneau Roger Honorat Marc Jacquier Jean Gillibert Andre Regnier Michel Herubel Philippe Dreux Marcel Darbaud E.R. Pratt Michael Williams
bishop teen girl monk peasant witness brooding solemn profound france courtroom cell public execution joan of arc trial heresy religion faith death sentence sacrifice mystery
Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.
Drama, History
France
1987
96 Minutes
monk priest villager sorceress profound fascinating creative striking france village forest faith compassion religious beliefs persecution christianity science quest pursuit 13th century
A Dominican friar visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics. Despite the opposition of the local priest and the indifference of the villagers, he finds a seemingly perfect ... See full summary »
Horror
USA|Italy
1991
97 Minutes
Lance Henriksen Rona De Ricci Jonathan Fuller Jeffrey Combs Tom Towles Stephen Lee Frances Bay Oliver Reed
woman monk inquisitor man chilling dark disturbing frightening shocking tense spain dungeon spanish inquisition accusations witchcraft torture escape 15th century
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Adventure, Action
USA|Mexico
2005
129 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Catherine Zeta-Jones Rufus Sewell Raúl Méndez Giovanna Zacarías Mary Crosby Nick Chinlund Julio Oscar Mechoso Shuler Hensley Adrian Alonso Gustavo Sánchez Parra
zorro wife son monk government agent count thrilling amusing california mansion hotel hideout church secret hideout secret society railroad divorce espionage father/son relationship conspiracy
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA|Canada
1994
101 Minutes
Adam Beach Mandy Patinkin Michael Gambon Nathaniel Parker Eric Schweig Donal Donnelly Stuart Pankin Alex Norton Irene Bedard
native american sailor monk ruler pilgrim rousing sad uplifting england new england indian village invasion captivity new identity culture clash underdog transformation adventure 17th century
Fictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
Romance
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone C. Aubrey Smith Tilly Losch Joseph Schildkraut John Carradine Alan Marshall Lucile Watson Henry Brandon Helen Jerome Eddy
monk heiress soldier guide emotional melodramatic passionate desert monastery north africa unlikely romance uncertainty regret running away forbidden love quest sacrifice 1930s
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
140 Minutes
Julia Roberts James Franco Javier Bardem Richard Jenkins Viola Davis Billy Crudup Mike O'Malley Tuva Novotny Luca Argentero Giuseppe Gandini Andrea Di Stefano
writer love interest healer monk ex-husband husband emotional lighthearted uplifting italy india household monastery restaurant bali divorce romance aspirations meaning of life new love
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".