Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.

Premier de cordée

1944

French

6.2

♡ 3

based on novel or book

Louis Daquin Director

Jean-Marc Thibault as

Maurice Baquet as Boule

Jacques Dufilho as Fernand Lourtier

Roger Blin as Paul Moury

A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.

Meru

2015

English

7.7

♡ 33

88%

himalaya mountain range

Jimmy Chin Director

Jimmy Chin as

Conrad Anker as

Jeremy Jones as

Renan Ozturk as

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.

Rotpunkt

7.0

Ken Etzel Director

Russ Clune as Self - Climber

Alex Megos as Self - Climber

Dicki Korb as Self - Climbing Coach

Thomas Ballenberger as Self - Photographer

Rotpunkt documents the advent, the agony and the art of the redpoint through Alex Megos’s efforts to redefine the boundaries of the form. The film traces the redpoint—which transformed rock climbing from an engineering problem into a brilliant test of mental and physical strength—from its origins with a ragtag bunch of tights-wearing revolutionaries in rural Bavaria, to its golden era with Wolfgang Güllich, to its new ideal in the German phenom Megos as he battles to unlock new levels of human potential.

To Be First: The Quest for Yangmolong

2014

English

6.0

♡ 1

Among the last unclimbed peaks on earth there stands a little-known mountain in a remote region of China. Follow a climbing expedition as they make three attempts over the span of three years to summit the 6060-meter Yangmolong Mountain.

Third Man on the Mountain

1959

English

7.0

♡ 6

73%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Ken Annakin Director

Michael Rennie as Captain John Winter

Roger Delgado as Italian Tourist

John Gabriel as Paul - Guide

Helen Hayes as Tourist

Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.

The Wildest Dream

2010

English

7.2

♡ 5

himalaya mountain range

mountain climbing

mountaineering

nepal

Anthony Geffen Director

Hugh Dancy as Andrew Irvine

Ralph Fiennes as George Mallory

Liam Neeson as Narrator

Alan Rickman as Noel Odell

Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.

Torn

2021

English

7.5

♡ 4

100%

Max Lowe Director

Conrad Anker as Self

Jennifer Lowe-Anker as Self

Alex Lowe as Self

Isaac Lowe as Self

When world renowned climber Alex Lowe was tragically lost in a deadly avalanche, his best friend and climbing partner went on to marry his widow and help raise his three sons. This profoundly intimate film from eldest son Max, captures the family's intense personal journey toward understanding as they finally lay him to rest.

The Sanctity of Space

2021

English

6.9

♡ 2

67%

Renan Ozturk Director

Renan Ozturk as

Freddie Wilkinson as

Zack Smith as

Seventy-five years after Brad Washburn, one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all time, first shot Alaska’s Denali Mountain from the open door of an airplane, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, and Zack Smith look at some of his mountain photographs and have this crazy idea. Rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways across the range’s most foreboding peaks, the Moose’s Tooth massif. It’s a fresh new way to explore the same landscape Washburn first discovered. As the group endures rough conditions, disintegrating ropes, and constant rockfall, their desire to be the first to complete the audacious line grows into an obsession. But friendships begin to fray when Renan suffers a near fatal brain injury, forcing all three partners to decide what’s most important to them.

My Next Challenge

7.3

Cyril Eberle Director

Alain Robert as Self

Introducing the famous French Spider-Man, Alain Robert, in his home in Bali to reminisce over his past feats, mapping the mind of a world-class daredevil. In our interview with Alain, we touch on both the high points and the low points of his career, including the numerous incidents he's had over the years and what it takes for him to return to a sport that has nearly taken his life so many times.

The Summit

2012

English

6.8

♡ 4

67%

himalaya mountain range

k2

karakoram

mountaineering

Nick Ryan Director

Christine Barnes as Cecilie Skog

Lochlann O'Mearáin as Ger McDonnell

Hristo Mitzkov as Marco Confortola

Garrett Philipps as Wilco van Rooijen

The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2 disaster. On the way to and from the summit, eleven climbers died during a short time span creating one of the worst catastophes in climbing history. Much of the documentary footage was captured by Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng. Sträng was planning to do a Documentary which was aborted due to the fact that he did not reach the summit. The footage was still valuable to help solving what really did happen since all the climbers had different stories about what happened.

Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest

2018

Nepali

7.3

♡ 1

environmental conservation

himalaya mountain range

mountain climbing

mountaineering

Marina Martins Director

Patrick Stewart as Narrator

Namgyal Sherpa as Self

Pemba Sherpa as Self / sherpa

Galjen Sherpa as Self / sherpa

A team of 20 elite Nepali climbers venture into the Death Zone of Mount Everest to restore their sacred mountain and the contaminated water source of 1.3 billion people. They ascend the highest point on the planet to the 150 bodies of deceased climbers and 100,000 pounds of rubbish that remain on the high slopes of Everest. This is the self-documented story of their life-threatening journey.

Progression

2009

English

7.8

♡ 2

Josh Lowell Director

Alex Honnold as Self

Paul Robinson as Self

Adam Ondra as Self

Johanna Ernst as Self

Behind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determination, perseverance in the face of failure. From boulders, to big walls, to competition podiums, the climbers at the top of the game share a commitment to do whatever it takes to achieve their vision.

An Accidental Life

2022

English

6.9

♡ 1

Henna Taylor Director

Quinn Brett as Self

An Accidental Life is a deeply personal and vulnerable portrait of Quinn Brett, an ambitious, record-setting climber who strives to make meaning out of tragedy in the years following a near-fatal rock climbing accident on El Capitan that left her paralyzed.

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

2023

English

7.6

♡ 1

100%

Lucy Walker Director

Shiny Dijmarescu as Self

Sunny Dijmarescu as Self

Lhakpa Sherpa as Self

Nima Sherpa as Self

A Nepali mountaineer risks everything on a record-breaking Mount Everest climb to secure a brighter future for her daughters.

Reel Rock 11

8.0

Josh Lowell Director

Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll as Self

Nico Favresse as Self

Mike Libecki as Self

Kai Lightner as Self

REEL ROCK cranks it up to 11 with our latest collection of electrifying climbing films showcasing the sport's biggest stories and athletes. Featuring Ashima Shiraishi, Will Stanhope, Matt Segal, Brette Harrington, Kai Lightner, Mike Libecki and the Wild Bunch.

Fine Lines

2019

English

7.0

♡ 2

Dina Khreino Director

Alex Honnold as Self

Reinhold Messner as Self

Jimmy Chin as Self

Emily Harrington as Self

For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021

English

7.7

♡ 23

92%

Torquil Jones Director

Kamal Purja as Self - Brother

Reinhold Messner as Self - High Altitude Mountaineer

Edmund Hillary as Self - High Altitude Mountaineer

Jimmy Chin as Self - Professional Climber

In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the world’s fourteen highest summits in less than seven months. (The previous record was eight years). He called the effort “Project Possible 14/7” and saw it as a way to inspire others to strive for greater heights in any pursuit. The film follows his team as they seek to defy naysayers and push the limits of human endurance.

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell

2013

English

7.0

♡ 2

40%

Thomas Dirnhofer Director

Alexander Huber as Appearances by

Jeff Burrell as Narrator

Jim Bridwell as Self

Reinhold Messner as Self

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

The Alps

2007

English

6.9

♡ 3

100%

Stephen Judson Director

Michael Gambon as Narrator

Bruno Messerli as Self

Robert Jasper as Self

Daniela Jasper as Self

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and the editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb.

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The Summit

Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest

Progression

An Accidental Life

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

Reel Rock 11

Fine Lines

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell

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