Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India's most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic, though greatly magnified and concentrated, sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.

Baraka
1992
8.2/10

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.8/10

My Mom Jayne
2025
8.0/10

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
2019
6.5/10

To Kill a Tiger
2023
7.6/10

Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
7.1/10

Powaqqatsi
1988
7.2/10

McQueen
2018
7.4/10

Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.2/10

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10

Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10

Deliver Us from Evil
2006
7.2/10

Chronos
1985
7.5/10

Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.9/10

28 Up
1985
7.5/10

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
6.4/10

42 Up
1999
7.6/10

Dawg Fight
2015
6.4/10

Fuck
2006
6.4/10
Ainu Neno An Ainu
2021
0/10