Most Similar Movies to Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
If you are looking for movies like Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989), you might like movies tagged with keyword : meditation, life and death, nature, solitude, time, silence, philosophy, tradition, awakening, suffering, liberation, compassion, art film, buddhism, enlightenment, emptiness, simplicity .
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), Samsara (2001), Waking Life (2001), Times and Winds (2006), Mother and Son (1997), Nostalgia (1983), Embrace of the Serpent (2015) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk on an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.
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Samsara (2001)
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 struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists and comes to a surprise ending...
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Waking Life (2001)
A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
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Times and Winds (2006)
Three youngsters lead difficult lives in a poor, rural mountain village in northern Turkey. Omer (Ozkan Ozen) hates his father, the village Imam, and imagines different ways to kill him. His friend Yakup (Ali Bey Kayali) has a secret infatuation with his teacher. Yildiz (Elit Iscan) must handle the housework handed out by her severe mother. Their tough existence is tempered by the wonder and excitement of youth, as their daily lives are divided into five sections, separated by prayer sessions.
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Mother and Son (1997)
In a small house in the countryside of Russia, a son (Alexei Ananischnov) cares for his sick, elderly mother (Gudrun Geyer) as they prepare for her death. As the mother struggles to breathe and her health gradually deteriorates, her son holds her, feeds her and does his best to comfort her. When the son finally brings the mother to her death bed, the two embark on a journey through a hallucinatory outdoor landscape where they spend their final moments together.
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Nostalgia (1983)
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
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Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
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The Whales of August (1987)
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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Fire (1996)
Two women who are abandoned by their husbands, find love and solace in each other.
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Youth (2015)
Fred (Michael Caine), a retired composer and conductor, vacations at a Swiss Spa with his longtime friend Mick (Harvey Keitel). As Mick crafts what may be his final screenplay, Fred is given the opportunity to perform for the Queen.
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The Tree of Life (2011)
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
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The Deserted Station (2002)
A photographer (Nezam Manouchehri) and his wife (Leila Hatami) seek help at the nearest village when their car breaks down en route to Tehran. There they find a teacher, Feizollah (Mehran Rajabi), overseeing a small group of scrappy children. While the men fix the car, the wife is left to care for the children and confront her own fears of parenthood. Over the course of the day, this childless woman and these motherless gamins form a bond that will change them forever.
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Days (2020)
Kang lives alone in a big house. Non lives in a small apartment in Bangkok where he methodically prepares traditional dishes from his native village. When Kang meets Non in a hotel room, the two men share each other's loneliness.
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Of Horses and Men (2013)
Vignettes of life in a rural Icelandic community show the intertwined lives of humans (Helgi Björnsson, Maria Ellingsen, Kristbjörg Kjeld) and equines.
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Tokyo Story (1953)
An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.
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Venus (2017)
A South Asian transgender woman discovers that she's the father of a 14-year-old boy.
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Golden Kingdom (2015)
Story of four young monks left alone in their remote monastery in Myanmar. Shot entirely in newly-opened Myanmar with non-actors, the film bridges spirit, cinema, and traditional Burmese storytelling to open a view onto an unseen world.
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Zama (2017)
In the 18th century, a highly-placed servant of the Spanish crown who is obsessed with petty grudges and fantasies plots his transfer to Buenos Aires.
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