List of Selected Films about Buddhism

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This section provides a list of selected Buddhist films and documentaries. The links will take you to the producer website or IMDb (online database for films). For viewing, please access the films through streaming platforms, such as YouTube TV, Amazon, Neflix, or Kanopy (free for the Stanford community with your SUNet ID or through your public library or university). This section is a work in progress and is not exhaustive. We welcome suggestions. Please email: buddhiststudies [at] stanford.edu (buddhiststudies[at]stanford[dot]edu).

General/History/Material Culture

Bones of the Buddha

Buddha: The Great Departure

Buddha: The Endless Journey

Saving Mes Aynak

Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World

Burma/Myanmar

My Buddha is Punk

The Burmese Harp

Golden Kingdom

The Monk

The Venerable W.

Bhutanese/Nepalese

The Cup

Happiness

Lo sum choe sum

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Milarepa

Sing Me A Song

The Next Guardian

Supermonk

Traverlers and Magicians

Chan/Zen

The Departure

Enlightenment Guaranteed

Fancy Dance

How to Cook Your Life

My Soul Drifts Light Upon a Sea of Trees

Old Plum Mountain

One Mind

The Practice of the Wild

Souls of Zen

States of Grace

Walk with Me

Zen

Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self

Zen Mind

Zen for Nothing

Chinese

Alms

Amongst White Clouds

Music Monks

The Great Pilgrim

Vows

To the Land of Bliss

Japanese

Why Not? (Eijanaika)

Carving the Divine

Kwaidan

Kukai

Nichiren

Marathon Monk of Mount Hiei

Tempyo no iraka

Preaching from Pictures: A Japanese Mandala

Shinran: Path to Purity

Shugendō Now

Walking Pilgrims

Yamaguchi Story

Korean

Hi! Dharma!

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Tibetan

Akong: A Remarkable Life

Becoming Who I Was

Brilliant Moon, Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The Last Dalai Lama?

Monte Grande

Paths of the Soul

Quick Sand

Sunrise/Sunset

Tashi and the Monk

Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama

Tibetan Book of the Dead 1

Tibetan Book of the Dead 2

Tulku

Unmistaken Child

Yogis of Tibet

Women Across Buddhist Traditions

Blessings

The Buddha's Forgotten Nuns

Bhikkhunī – Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Revolution

The Buddhist Nuns of Emei Mountain

Daughters of Dolma

Gatekeeper of Enmyoin

Sky Dancer

A Thousand Mothers

Tibet: The Trail of Light

Other Areas

Angry Buddha

Buddha's Painter

The Dhamma Brothers

Meditate and Destroy

The Mindful Revolution

Sandcastles: Buddhism and Global Finance