Han var arvtageren til det tusenårige riket. Han var født til å herske i tråd med urgamle tradisjoner, men ingen forberedte ham på en verden i forandring. Tre år gammel bestiger Pu Yi Dragetronen for å bli keiser over flere hundre millioner kinesere. Hans liv begynner som et eventyr i “Den forbudte by” med tusenvis av tjenere, prakt og overflod, og gjenklangen av ritualer lyder i byens isolat. Han bevitner og deltar i forandringenes voldsomme stormer som blåser over Kina på 1900-tallet. Han er marionettkeiser og fange hos japanerne under den andre verdenskrigen. Han utsettes for Mao Tse Tungs maktovertagelse og kulturrevolusjonens voldsomheter, for til slutt å ende opp som gartner i en av Pekings parker.

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 all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Denne storslåtte Bollywood-filmen tar for seg en manns forvandling fra en hevngjerrig og utspekulert kriger til en legendarisk leder og forkynner av buddhismen.

En østerriksk fjellklatrer drar til Himalaya for å lede en ekspedisjon i 1939. Men når 2. verdenskrig bryter ut, blir han krigsfange.

Som "den utvalgte" er Murphy ute på et vilt oppdrag for å redde The Golden Child, et barn med mystiske krefter som er blitt bortført av en ond sekt. Han slår ned en onskapsfull bande, snubler seg gjennom et fellebelagt skrekkammer og tråkker seg gjennom Tibet for å få tak i et hellig dolk. Men det er Murphys vittigheter som viser seg å bli hans sterkeste våpen i dette 24-karats komedieeventyret.

A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.

I denne nærmest overjordisk vakre filmer følger vi to munker, en ung og en gammel, i arbeid, lek og læring. De bor i et ørlite flytende kloster, og gjennom årstidenes (og årenes) gang får også publikum en opplevelse av livets enorme verdi, tilværelsens skjønnhet og menneskets dumhet og ikke minst visdom. Vi får se blendende vakre bilder av fjellandskap i skiftende årstider. Mer enn det, får vi se et forbløffende komplett spekter av menneskelige følelser. Her er alt med, og alt er ekte og riktig. Det er slett ikke verst på sirka hundre minutter, men Kim Ki-Duk får det til ved å konsentrere materien. Filmens tempo er også godt tilrettelagt for ettertanke, og denne ettertanken sitter igjen lenge etter at filmen er over.

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.

Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.

Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Ku into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.

Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.

In 1951, a young Vietnamese girl arrives at a Saigon household as their new servant.

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 POW.

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

A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.