Most Similar Movies to Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
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Little Buddha (1993), Samsara (2001), Abandoned (2001), Travelers and Magicians (2003), The Next Karate Kid (1994), Storm Boy (1976), Walking Across Egypt (1999) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Little Buddha (1993)
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
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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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Abandoned (2001)
Aron Soprani (Tamas Meszaros) is a young boy abandoned by his father and given up to a state-run orphanage. His new home is run by cruel, abusive people, and young Aron finds little solace. Slowly forging relationships with the few allies he can find, including another boy, Attila (Szabolcs Csizmadia), and two orphanage workers, Aron and his circle rely on each other to survive the brutal conditions, both of the orphanage and their country, Hungary, ravaged by the spread of communism.
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Travelers and Magicians (2003)
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 hitchhike through the beautiful wild countryside of Bhutan to reach his goal. He shares the road with a monk, an apple seller, a papermaker and his beautiful young daughter, Sonam. Thr...Read all
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The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing; a troubled adolescent girl.
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Storm Boy (1976)
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
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Walking Across Egypt (1999)
An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.
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The White Balloon (1995)
Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
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Dolphin Tale (2011)
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
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Water (2005)
Just as Mahatma Gandhi's tenets begin to sweep through India, an 8-year-old (Sarala) must go to live in an ashram with other Hindu widows.
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Madeline (1998)
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
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Back to the Secret Garden (2000)
Return to the magical place where hope and friendship grow. Back To The Secret Garden, the sequel inspired by the classic children's tale, The Secret Garden, leads us into a magical world of hope and friendship on a grand adventure for the entire family.
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Harry and Tonto (1974)
When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
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Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran (2003)
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
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Monsieur N. (2003)
Napoleon Bonaparte (Philippe Torreton) faces imprisonment and exile, while years later his body is exhumed in 1840.
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December Ends (2006)
After Chris's (Josh Janowicz) mother dies, he is left to take care of himself and his alcoholic father (Bill Buell). He picks up odd jobs to help with the bills but still falls short as his father's condition worsens. Things take a turn for the better when Chris's cousin Brian (Barrett James) gets him a job working for a Brooklyn drug dealer. Chris is able to pay the ...Read all
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