6 Best Bhutanese Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · November 20, 2026

Bhutan Drama feel goodthought provoking

Bhutan’s tiny film industry, largely shaped by filmmaker-lama Khyentse Norbu, produces gentle, meditative dramas about people caught between the country’s Buddhist traditions and the modern world creeping in.

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) 01

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A reluctant teacher exiled to one of the world's most remote schools slowly falls for the simplicity of mountain life.

Travellers and Magicians (2003) 02

Travellers and Magicians (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A frustrated government official's journey to emigrate abroad is interrupted by fellow travelers and their own cautionary tale.

Hema Hema (2016) 03

Hema Hema (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.4

Masked villagers gathered for a secret once-in-twelve-years ritual find their true identities dissolving into chaos.

The Next Guardian (2018) 04

The Next Guardian (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A Bhutanese teenager torn between his father's wish for him to become a monk and his love of soccer.

Milarepa (2006) 05

Milarepa (2006)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A young Tibetan Buddhist master-to-be studies dark magic to avenge his family before renouncing violence entirely.

Vara: A Blessing (2014) 06

Vara: A Blessing (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A devoted temple dancer in Bhutan is torn between her artistic calling and forbidden love.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.