🏷 Discover The Best Meditation Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Embracing Mindfulness through Cinema: A Guide to the Best Movies and TV Shows on Meditation

Get ready to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and inner peace as we delve into the world of meditation through the lens of cinema. From thought-provoking documentaries to inspiring true stories, we've curated a list of the most impactful movies and TV shows that explore the art and science of meditation. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just starting out, these films will guide you on a path to greater mindfulness and self-awareness.

Cast

Billy West

Katey Sagal

John DiMaggio

Tress MacNeille

Futurama (1999) TV Show

8.4 3.8K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 11

Episodes: 164

Audience: TV-14

Story: The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Style: melancholy, philosophical

Plot: spacecraft, space travel, parody, alien, mad scientist, adult humor, distant future, social satire, ...

Time: future

Cast

Duncan Trussell

Phil Hendrie

The Midnight Gospel (2020) TV Show

8.3 941 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.

Plot: philosophy, simulation, universe, fantasy world, psychedelic, meditative, trippy, reflective, ...

Love, Death & Robots (2019) TV Show

8.2 4.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 45

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

Style: provocative

Plot: explosive, grave, love, anthology, murder, gore, survival, cyberpunk, ...

Cast

Donald Glover

Brian Tyree Henry

LaKeith Stanfield

Zazie Beetz

Atlanta (2016) TV Show

8.0 860 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 41

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Plot: hip-hop, meditative, relaxed, dramatic, adoring

Place: atlanta

Cast

Ingrid Thulin

Gunnar Bju00f6rnstrand

Gunnel Lindblom

Max von Sydow

Winter Light (1963)

7.9 506 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Sweden

Duration: 80 min.

Story: A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Plot: suicide, winter, faith, pastor, priest, meaningless existence, meditative, reflective, ...

Cast

Millo Taslim

Fendy Chow

Agus Wibowo

Agla Artalidia

A Letter to My Youth (2026)

7.8 23 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Indonesia

Duration: 135 min.

Story: A rebellious teen and a reserved caretaker form an unlikely bond in an orphanage as they come to terms with their painful pasts.

Style: melancholy, philosophical

Plot: meditative, reflective, playful, inspirational, teenager, familiar

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV Show

7.8 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 169

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Style: philosophical

Plot: time warp, spacecraft, hologram, space travel, galaxy, space, alien, alien planet, ...

Cast

Tom Cruise

Ken Watanabe

Timothy Spall

Tony Goldwyn

The Last Samurai (2003)

7.6 7.6K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 154 min.

Audience: R

Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Style: intense

Plot: samurai, swordplay, general, sense of guilt, war veteran, sword, war crimes, loss of loved one, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: japan

Cast

Keri Russell

Rufus Sewell

David Gyasi

Ali Ahn

The Diplomat (2023) TV Show

7.6 447 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.

Style: shocking, intimate, suspenseful, intense

Plot: london, england, ambassador, diplomat, marriage, politics, politician, female politician, ...

Cast

Winona Ryder

Angelina Jolie

Clea DuVall

Brittany Murphy

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

7.6 4.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Plot: based on novel or book, escape, suicide attempt, identity, insanity, female friendship, based on true story, borderline personality disorder, ...

Time: 1960s

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Cast

Michael Keaton

Emma Stone

Zach Galifianakis

Edward Norton

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

7.4 13.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

Plot: new york city, midlife crisis, show business, superhero, dark comedy, times square, alter ego, aging actor, ...

Cast

Tom Hudson

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Baptiste Goy

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Axel Devillers

Barbara Beretta

The Red Turtle (2016)

7.4 1.4K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Plot: coming of age, survival, loneliness, crab, raft, sea turtle, deserted island, flood, ...

Cast

Yoo Ah-in

Steven Yeun

Jeon Jong-seo

Kim Soo-kyung

Burning (2018)

7.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: South Korea, Japan

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Style: melancholy, philosophical

Plot: fire, jealousy, dreams, countryside, love triangle, cat, sex shop, sadness, ...

Cast

David Bowie

Tom Conti

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Takeshi Kitano

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

7.3 527 votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: Japan, New Zealand

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Plot: based on novel or book, war crimes, prisoner of war, pacific war, court martial, prison camp, meditative, java, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Cast

Paz de la Huerta

Nathaniel Brown

Cyril Roy

Olly Alexander

Enter the Void (2010)

7.3 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 161 min.

Audience: NR

Story: This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.

Plot: prostitute, afterlife, hallucination, surrealism, reincarnation, stripper, strip club, drug trip, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Melissa Benoist

Chyler Leigh

David Harewood

Katie McGrath

Supergirl (2015) TV Show

7.3 4.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 126

Audience: TV-14

Story: Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

Style: intimate

Plot: superhero, based on comic, alien, female protagonist, meditative, candid, thoughtful, loving, ...

Cast

Robert De Niro

Anne Hathaway

Rene Russo

Anders Holm

The Intern (2015)

7.2 7.4K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

Plot: new york city, friendship, san francisco, california, office, masseuse, website, tai chi, ...

Sean Combs: The Reckoning (2025) TV Show

7.2 73 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 4

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A revealing look at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' journey from music mogul to high-profile sexual offender, featuring footage and insider accounts that expose both his groundbreaking success with Bad Boy Entertainment and the troubling shadows behind his empire.

Plot: rape, hip-hop, investigation, miniseries, sex trafficking, true crime, sexual assault, meditative, ...

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Maggie Q

Kal Penn

Adan Canto

Designated Survivor (2016) TV Show

7.1 1.1K votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 53

Audience: TV-14

Story: Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Style: philosophical, irreverent, intimate, provocative, suspenseful, ...

Plot: usa president, affectation, politics, president, conspiracy, terrorism, biting, mourning, ...

Cast

Adam Driver

Golshifteh Farahani

Rizwan Manji

Barry Shabaka Henley

Paterson (2016)

7.1 2.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

Plot: husband wife relationship, new jersey, poetry, routine, eavesdropping, beer, notebook, bus driver, ...

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