Filmmakers with a Spiritual Sensibility
Mickey Lemle -- the producer/director of Ram Dass: Fierce Grace.
Lo Pham -- a spiritually oriented filmmaker.
Paradise Filmworks -- Producers of Naked in Ashes, Origins of Yoga, and other films.
Empty Mind Films -- Jon Braeley of The Empty Mind and The Zen Mind films.
Spiritual Documentaries
Through the Eastern Gate -- "a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and ways of life of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions."
Flight from Death -- "the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film."
Meditate and Destroy -- Noah Levine, meditation teacher and author of Dharma Punx, shares how Buddhism led him from a path of self-destruction to one of insight.
Prison Sutras -- The story of Fleet Maull, a practicing Buddhist who led a double life as a drug smuggler, went to prison and got really serious about his practice.
Into Great Silence -- "One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, INTO GREAT SILENCE dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life."
Some links to the ill-defined world of spiritual cinema
The Hartely Film Foundation : their mission is "to produce, cultivate, support and distribute the very best documentary film, video and audio programs about world religions, spirituality, ethics and well-being."
The Spiritual Cinema Circle : membership delivers four movies a month.
The Institute for Spiritual Entertainment
Mysticalmovieguide.com : an extensive listing of movies, broken out by categories such as spiritual documentary, biographies, even comedy!
More Inspiration: some of my favorite spiritual films
Sun Valley: a spiritual film festival.
Damah Film Festival: dedicated to short films.
The European Spiritual Film Festival: has films available online.
Spirituality and Practice: a rather broad definition of "spiritual", yet you may find some interesting films.
Mystic Fire Video:an outstanding variety of movies sold here.
adherents.com/movies : a guide to faith-based movies.
The Arts and Faith 100 : 100 spiritually significant films -- leans toward Christianity.