Zen Movies
- 1970
A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen7.7081970HD
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...
- 2009
Zen
Zen72009HD
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...
- 2024
Le Zen
Le Zen02024HD
- 2000
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Enlightenment Guaranteed6.92000HD
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...
- 2020
Verdiana
Verdiana02020HD
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...
- 1989
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?7.3131989HD
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.
- 2014
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite
Rock n' Roll Cops Lite02014HD
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,...
- 2023
Nothing Happens
Nothing Happens102023HD
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...
- 2021
Deliverance
Deliverance62021HD
Two monks on a mission choose very different paths
- 2003
Kochuu
Kochuu62003HD
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way...
- 2007
How to Cook Your Life
How to Cook Your Life52007HD
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
- 1969
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes91969HD
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...
- 1978
Fast Break
Fast Break101978HD
Evoking a cinema verite feel not found in most sports documentaries, Fast Break examines the 1977 Portland Trailblazers basketball team in a...
- 2004
Aeon
Aeon02004HD
Dealing heavily with perceptions of time, Aeon documents the urban cityscape as Wellington transforms through a zen-influenced eternal cycle of...
- 2011
Nightfur
Nightfur52011HD
Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a...
- 2016
Zen for Nothing
Zen for Nothing6.52016HD
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...
- 2019
May I Be Happy
May I Be Happy02019HD
Through poetic cinematography and stories of teachers sharing their wisdom with children from a range of backgrounds, the film showcases the benefits...
- 1970
What Was I Before
What Was I Before01970HD
A young man experiences his last few minutes of singular consciousness while examining a wild falcon he has studied for months.
- 2017
Max Gimblett: Original Mind
Max Gimblett: Original Mind02017HD
Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblett. One of New Zealand’s most successful and...
- 2012
How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)
How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)02012HD
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...