The Burmese Harp (1956), Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003), In Search of Kundun With Martin Scorsese (1998), Cloud Atlas (2012), Broken Blossoms (1919), Ong-bak (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Buddhism movies.
Storyline: Kon Ichikawa's anti-war parable about a Japanese soldier burying his fallen comrades at the end of World War II.
Plot Keywords: japanese soldier, british soldier, monk, brutal, gripping, gutsy, solemn ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A martial artist (Tony Jaa) must battle a crime boss and his henchmen to retrieve the head missing from a revered Buddhist statue.
Plot Keywords: martial artist, drug dealer, hustler, woman, villager, frenetic, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...
Plot Keywords: monk, woman, mentor, boy, emotional, engaging, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Filmed during nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal, this film brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world"... from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are chronicled through personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images. TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION is an epic story of courage and compassion.—Sue Peosay
Plot Keywords: buddhist, monk, warrior, homeless person, profound, moving, monastery ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: There was an additional dvd with the PAL version of KUNDUN and it contained the trailers and a mini documentary of the filming of the movie KUNDUN, along with interviews with Martin Scorcese and the cast. There was footage from an all together differnet perspective - shot while the film was being shot - of the scenes being shot which offers a unique and enlightening perspective, especially for those interested in the craft of film making. But, the "A la Rechercher de KUNDUN avec Martin Scorcese" was more background into the making of the film. Subtitles on the disc are in Danish and French, so I'm not too sure. This DVD contains several features besides the ones mentioned here.
Plot Keywords: dalai lama, director, screenwriter, producer, actor, monk, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apocalyptic Hawaii far in the future.
Plot Keywords: attorney, composer, journalist, publisher, worker, tribesman, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cheng Huan is a missionary whose goal is to bring the teachings of peace by Buddha to the civilized Anglo-Saxons. Upon landing in England, he is quickly disillusioned by the intolerance and apathy of the country. He becomes a storekeeper of a small shop. Out his window, he sees the young Lucy Burrows. She is regularly beaten by her prizefighter father, underfed and wears ragged clothes. Even in this deplorable condition, Cheng can see that she is a priceless beauty and he falls in love with her from afar. On the day that she passes out in front of his store, he takes her in and cares for her. With nothing but love in his heart, he dresses her in silks and provides food for her. Still weak, she stays in his shop that night and all that Cheng does is watch over her. The peace and happiness that he sees last only until Battling Burrows finds out that his daughter is with a foreigner.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: immigrant, waif, fighter, father, manager, dark, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Booting lives in a small and peaceful village. One day a sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen from the village by an immoral businessman. It soon becomes the task of a voluntary young man, Boonting (Phanom Yeeram), to track down the thief in Bangkok and reclaim the religious treasure. Along the way, Boonting uses his astonishing athleticism and traditional Muay Thai skills to combat his adversaries.
Plot Keywords: martial artist, drug dealer, hustler, woman, villager, frenetic, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A filmmaker sets out make a film sbout her Tibetan Buddhist teacher, meets all kinds of interesting people who tell their version of what suffering is. Things aren't as much fun as she thought it was going to be. But she learns a lot about herself in the meantime.—ggn
Plot Keywords: filmmaker, follower, buddhist, guru, steven seagal, engaging, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This drama focuses on one Tibetan family in which a young woman, Dolkar (Dadon), and her brother, Dorjee (Jampa Kelsang), have made radically different choices in their lives, even though they both still reside with their parents. While Dolkar is supportive of the Chinese occupation of the country, Dorjee hates the situation and leads a depressed existence. When their cousin, a Buddhist nun, is detained and abused by Chinese authorities, Dolkar begins to question her allegiances.
Plot Keywords: brother, sister, cousin, nun, emotional, powerful, tibet ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad, Raju, a waif from Kathmandu, and an upper class Indian girl. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children must undergo a test to prove which is the true reincarnation. Interspersed with this, is the story of Siddharta, later known as the Buddha. It traces his spiritual journey from ignorance to true enlightenment.
Plot Keywords: young boy, monk, architect, father, spiritual leader, mother, calm ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates.
Plot Keywords: social worker, child, demon, henchman, doctor, amusing, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The spiritual and peace-loving Chen resides in London's Limehouse district, where he teaches and promotes peaceful Buddhist concepts. He is attracted to the beleaguered Lucy Burrows, whose prizefighter father beats her persistently. When Chen rescues Lucy from one of her father's attacks, the boxer sets out to avenge himself on the foreigner.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: missionary, young girl, abusive father, buddhist, boxer, high priest, tense ...
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