zen movies

A Touch of Zen (1971)
7.7 / 10

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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...

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
6.9 / 10

Comedy, Drama

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...

Zen (2009)
7 / 10

Drama, History

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...

Verdiana (2020)
0 / 10

Comedy

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...

Deliverance (2021)
6 / 10

Drama

Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
7.3 / 10

Drama

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.

Thousand Cranes (1969)
9 / 10

Romance, Drama

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...

Kochuu (2003)
6 / 10

Documentary, History

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

Zen for Nothing (2016)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

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...

Nothing Happens (2023)
10 / 10

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...

How to Cook Your Life (2007)
5 / 10

Documentary

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

Nightfur (2011)
5 / 10

Fantasy, Music, Romance

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

Conversation with Myself (1972)
0 / 10

Documentary

Alan Watts talks about our perception of the world, and how we derive metaphysics from it. Watts recorded this video in 1971 as a pilot for a public...

Rock n' Roll Cops Lite (2014)
0 / 10

Action

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,...

Fast Break (1978)
10 / 10

Documentary

Evoking a cinema verite feel not found in most sports documentaries, Fast Break examines the 1977 Portland Trailblazers basketball team in a...

How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage) (2012)
0 / 10

Documentary

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...

My Life Is My Message (2004)
0 / 10

Documentary

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...

Zen, in Search of Enlightenment (1994)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary exploring the rigorous training and meditation practices found at the Shōgen-ji, a Zen Buddhist monastery of the Rinzai school in...

A Cloud Never Dies (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

Weaving together original film and photographic archives, A CLOUD NEVER DIES tells the story of a humble young Vietnamese monk and poet whose wisdom...

May I Be Happy (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Through poetic cinematography and stories of teachers sharing their wisdom with children from a range of backgrounds, the film showcases the benefits...