Monastery Movies

A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.

In the dark middle ages, young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. There,...

In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in the Carpathian Mountains faces the evil...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.

Mateho, an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarre murder of a monk. And you...

In the 17th century, an order of monks in Italy capture and entomb a demon that has possessed a member of their group. 400 years later, school...

Menios is an unrepentant womanizer with countless victories on his resume. Eventually he decides to settle down and marry Sula. Paradoxically,...

A beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his mansion with him. She soon tires of him, though,...

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational...

The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first time. Observed up close, life behind its walls is...

Five monks live harmoniously in the monastery but suddenly their peace is disturbed by a gang of construction workers. The leader of the church sold...

Fortuna, a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl, has had no news of her parents since they crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Together with other refugees, she is...

Monks at remote Lansley Abbey face crisis when plague victims become undead. As refugees seek shelter and infected attack, the brothers clash over...

Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut off from the outside world. Access is denied to...

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

When the townspeople of a small Mexican village start disappearing, the locals point the suspicion at two young visitors. The only solution is for...

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....

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