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...

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his...

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his...

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on...

Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As...

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out,...

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after...

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission...

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss,...

The screen adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s memoir tells the true story of a literature professor in revolutionary Iran who, amidst censorship and...

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison....

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow...

Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is...

A success-hungry lawyer finds himself unable to turn his back on a suspicious case involving a child who claims she murdered her brother.

Facing her mother’s departure and the weight of a secret affair with her professor, college student Haewon drifts through a series of...

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.