Andrei Rublev (1969), Of Gods and Men (2010), Into Great Silence (2005), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), Samsara (2001), The Secret of Kells (2009), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003), In Search of Kundun With Martin Scorsese (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Monastery movies.
Storyline: 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 constantly interrupted by visitors hearing rumours that Sergio possesses miraculous powers, and by women who bet each other that they can successfully seduce him...—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: king, aristocrat, duchess, monk, disciple, beggar, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: German village Igelheim's backward priest hopes his sons to succeed him after education in the bishop's cathedral school, but the elder succumbs to disease and the youngest lacks any intellectual drive. Traveling teacher Aesculapius arranges for the inquisitive daughter Johanna to be enrolled too, against their father's wishes. Unfit for the boys-only dorm, she gets to stay with count Gerold, incurring his wife's due jealousy. She's to be dismissed, but survives a Viking pillaging slaughter and assumes brother Johannes's identity to join a monastery, where she becomes the infirmary's trainee. Fleeing exposure as female, she arrives in Rome. As a protégée of rivals in the viper nest-like papal court, she ends up elected as pope, but carries count Gerold's baby, guaranteeing exposure.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: priest, daughter, knight, suspenseful, profound, intense, intricate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brian Stimpson (John Cleese) is the headmaster of a comprehensive (high) school in England. He sets himself, his staff, and pupils very high standards. On the way to a conference at which he is to talk, all manner of disasters strike.
Plot Keywords: headmaster, wife, neighbor, former student, old flame, police officer, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 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.
Plot Keywords: student, noblewoman, uncle, monk, love interest, knight, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding.
Plot Keywords: groom, friend, bride, brother, gangster, monkey, hedonistic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life, a mission that pulls him toward a village ruler who has made a dark pact with evil forces.
Plot Keywords: knight, monk, necromancer, love interest, alchemist, dark, frightening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: With their monastery nestled in the jungle mountains of Myanmar, life cycles peacefully for four young Buddhist monks. One day the abbot (Sayadaw) learns he must depart on a journey through the mountain pass - a journey that may never see his return. Alone and exposed, the four young boys, led by the courageous Ko Yin Witazara, must now fend for themselves. Strange days filled with ghostly phenomena and jarring events shake the boys to the core, dramatically influencing their understanding of this world and beyond, as Witazara must choose whether to follow the master into the pass.—James Gregg
Plot Keywords: monks, young student, master, powerful, endearing, kingdom, monastery ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Johnny English, the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger and the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service, must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese Premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the K.G.B., C.I.A., and even MI7. With a mere few days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.
Plot Keywords: secret agent, partner, assassin, psychologist, mole, hilarious, quirky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A virtuous monk (Vincent Cassel) descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress (Déborah François) to lead him astray.
Plot Keywords: monk, satan, temptress, dark, spain, monastery, the devil ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 'Walk With Me' follows a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over three years in France and the USA, this intimate and meditative film travels deep inside a world that seems far from our everyday, and reveals how the monastics transform suffering in themselves and in others through their deep enquiry into the nature of existence, suffering, and their true selves.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: master, student, fascinating, moving, inspiring, heartwarming, monastery ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnaped Robert Regent, along with his death ray invention, in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth's supreme intelligence. Faced with revealing the machine's secrets or allowing his family to die a horrible death at the hands of Roxor, Regent's only hope lies with the intervention of his brother-in-law, the be-turbaned yogi and magician Chandu, who has the power to make men see what is not there 'even unto a gathering of twelve times twelve'.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: magician, madman, inventor, sister, princess, daughter, campy ...
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: A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly.
Plot Keywords: convict, priest, love interest, daughter, killer, endearing, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spaniards in Africa, Solomon met the Devil's Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell. Barely escaping, he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of sorcerer Malachi kidnap a Puritan girl, Meredith Crowthorn, and brutally slaughter her family before his very eyes, forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her.
Plot Keywords: mercenary, sorcerer, damsel in distress, brother, resistance fighter, frightening, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Using a letter of introduction from Queen Isabella's former confessor, Christopher Columbus gains access to the Spanish court where he tries to convince authorities of the practicality of his proposed voyage to reach to Far East by sailing west. Court intrigue and the efforts of Francisco de Bobadilla, whose financial interests would be hurt by Columbus' success, are roadblocks to the voyage, but the navigator perseveres and ultimately prevails.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: explorer, queen, courtier, priest, sailor, inspiring, striking ...
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