Monastery Movies

Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous...

Drama set in 1940 about a peasant who traverses Cyprus to pray at a monastery.

A Monk living in 9th century Ireland must contend with grief, despair, isolation and his own identity, on a far-off desolate rock.

A record of the second British Everest expedition showing the journey from Darjeeling to Tibet, activities of the Tibetans, and the climb itself. The...

Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives,...

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

Celestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream about the life outside. (It's a Swedish version of...

Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Ukraine, the...

A young painter comes to the monastery where he's supposed to paint Virgin Mary. There he meets and falls in love with a beautiful novice named...

A documentary about the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Netherlands.

There is a religious congregation founded by Saint Igneous, a saint and martyr who is believed to have been burned alive for spreading the faith....

For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone...

Abbess Maria leads the only Orthodox women's monastery in Germany. Together with 13 sisters of international origin, she tries to escape the mundane...

Young and lively artist lives at the monastery while restoring the interiors and pays attention to the very old monk who is going to pass away soon.

An adaptation of the story with the same name by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.

Norway, 928 AD. Hákon Haraldsson—the youngest son of Norway’s king—is betrayed by his brother Erik Bloodaxe and shipwrecked...

A hush rests upon the monastery, stirred by echoes that drift through its halls. Chants, prayers, and gentle whispers compose the soundscape of the...