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
(https://www.kanopy.com/)(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@stanford.edu.
The Buddha (Documentary, 2010) (https://www.pbs.org/video/the-buddha-full-program/)
Bones of the Buddha (Documentary, 2013) (http://www.piprahwa.com/documentary)
Buddha: The Great Departure (Anime, 2011) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686865/)
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey (Anime, 2014) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2936864/)
Saving Mes Aynak (Documentary, 2014) (http://www.savingmesaynak.com/)
Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World (Documentary, 2011) (https://shop.pbs.org/WA8602.html)
Burma/Myanmar
My Buddha is Punk (Documentary, Music, 2015) (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mybuddhaispunk/122998054)
The Burmese Harp (Drama, 1956) (https://www.criterion.com/films/817-the-burmese-harp)
Golden Kingdom (Drama, 2015) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3440132/)
The Golden Land of Myanmar (Documentary, 2014) (http://www.thegoldenlandofmyanmar.com/dvd/)
The Monk (Documentary, 2014) (https://www.tidf.org.tw/en/films/64494)
The Venerable W. (Documentary, 2017) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6642870/)
Bhutanese/Nepalese
The Cup (Comedy, 1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201840/)
Happiness (Documentary, 2013) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3458776/)
Lo sum choe sum (Drama, 2015) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4433644/)
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Drama, 2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10189300/)
Milarepa (Drama, 2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499238/)
Next Generation (Documentary, 2017) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7497890/)
The Next Guardian (Documentary, 2017) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7497890/)
Supermonk (Adventure, 2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9668540/)
Travelers and Magicians (Drama, 2003) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906/)
Chan/Zen
The Departure (Documentary, 2017) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6509432/)
Enlightenment Guaranteed (Drama, 2003) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177749/)
Fancy Dance (Drama, 1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097330/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
How to Cook Your Life (Documentary, 2007) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0943512/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
My
Soul Drifts Light Upon a Sea of Trees (Documentary, 2018)
(https://www.buzzmedia.net/my-soul-drifts-light-upon-a-sea-of-trees.html)
Old Plum Mountain (Documentary, 2011) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979292/)
One Mind (Documentary, 2019) (http://www.commonfolkfilms.com/onemind)
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