The Conquest of Everest

1953

English

7.3

♡ 1

George Lowe Director

Meredith Edwards as Narrator

Queen Elizabeth II as Self

Edmund Hillary as Self

Michael Ward as Self

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

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.

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

1975

English

7.2

♡ 1

75%

Bruce Nyznik Director

Douglas Rain as Self - Diary Reciter

Yûichirô Miura as Self - Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition Leader

Shintaro Ishihara as Self - Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition Team Member

Taisuke Fujishima as Self - Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition Team Member

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

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.

K2

1991

English

6.2

♡ 9

Action

Adventure

based on play or musical

based on true story

climbing

Drama

himalaya mountain range

mountain

pakistan

Sport

Franc Roddam Director

Raymond J. Barry as Claiborne

Leslie Carlson as Dexter

Blu Mankuma as Man on Wheelchair

Hiroshi Fujioka as Takane

They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.

Reel Rock 13

7.8

Josh Lowell Director

Alex Honnold as

Jimmy Chin as

Conrad Anker as

Hans Florine as Self - Big Wall Speed Climber

REEL ROCK 13 delivers jaw-dropping action, soulful journeys and rollicking humor in a brand new collection of the year's best climbing films. Hop on a wild ride to the frigid Antarctic, get the feel of the world's hardest route, explore surreal Bedouin lands and take a run at speed. Four new films feature the world's best climbers, including Adam Ondra, Madaleine Sorkin, Alex Honnold, Conrad Anker and many more.

Safety Last!

1923

English

8.1

♡ 20

97%

Fred C. Newmeyer Director

Roy Brooks as Man Laughing from Window

Mildred Davis as Mildred, The Girl

Mickey Daniels as Newsboy with Freckles

Gus Leonard as Office Worker

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

The Alpinist

2021

English

7.9

♡ 17

93%

Peter Mortimer Director

Alex Honnold as Self

Reinhold Messner as Self - Alpinist

Hevy Duty as Self - Climber

Raphael Slawinski as Self - Ice Climber

Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places his camera at the base of a British Columbia cliff and waits patiently for the star climber to come down to answer his questions. Marc André, a little uncomfortable, prefers to return to the depths of the forest where he lives in a tent with his girlfriend Brette Harrington. In the heart of winter, Peter films vertiginous solos on fragile ice. He tries to make appointments with the climber who is never there and does not seem really concerned by this camera pointed at him "For me, it would not be a solo if there was someone else" . Marc-André is thus, the "pure light" of the mountaineers of his time, which marvel Barry Blanchard, Alex Honnold or Reinhold Messner, interviewed in the film. An event film for an extraordinary character.

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

1997

English

5.7

♡ 3

38%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

himalaya mountain range

mountaineer

Robert Markowitz Director

Peter J. Lucas as Anatoli Boukreev

Tim Dutton as Andy Harris

Jeff Perry as Doug Hansen

Christopher McDonald as Jon Krakauer

An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Jon Krakauer throughout the movie, and portrays what he was going through while climbing this mountain.

Time Trap

2017

English

6.2

♡ 69

67%

Mark Dennis Director

Cassidy Gifford as Cara

Andrew Wilson as Hopper

Brianne Howey as Jackie

Reiley McClendon as Taylor

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

The Climbers

2019

Chinese

5.5

♡ 20

33%

Daniel Lee Director Wu Jing

Wu Jing as Fang Wuzhou

Furun Zhu as Guo Kun

Ziyi Zhang as Xu Ying

Jackie Chan as Yang Guang

Upon learning that the international community does not recognize China's ascent of Mount Everest during May 1960 owing to a lack of videographic evidence from the summit, three members on the team rally together a group of young hopefuls to reach the world's highest point.

Kilian Jornet: Path to Everest

2018

English

7.1

♡ 1

Sèbastien Montaz-Rosset Director

Vivian Bruchez as

Reinhold Messner as

Rubén Massarelli as

Horia Colibasanu as

Surrounded by the mountains and people who are his inspiration, in ‘Path to Everest’, the mountain athlete Kilian Jornet reveals his most intimate fears, contradictions and passions. Summits of My Life is the personal project of Kilian Jornet, in which for five years he has traveled to some of the most important peaks of the planet to try to establish FKT (fastest known time) of ascent and descent of some of the most emblematic mountains of the world. The project is closely linked to values and a way of understanding the purist and minimalist mountain. The experiences lived in each challenge have been captured in different films.

North Face

2008

German

7.4

♡ 23

84%

Philipp Stölzl Director

Petra Morzé as Elisabeth Landauer

Johannes Thanheiser as Grossvater Kurz

Ulrich Tukur as Henry Arau

Benno Fürmann as Toni Kurz

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

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.

Cliffhanger

1993

English

6.5

♡ 104

68%

Renny Harlin Director

Sylvester Stallone as Gabe Walker

Michael Rooker as Hal Tucker

John Lithgow as Qualen

Rex Linn as Richard Travers

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.

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.

Reel Rock 10

7.9

Josh Lowell Director

Alex Honnold as

Tommy Caldwell as

Kevin Jorgeson as

Jimmy Webb as Self

From big walls to big moves, REEL ROCK 10 features athletes Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and a special tribute to the late Dean Potter. This year's tour boasts an eclectic program that will get you psyched!

Reel Rock 5

2010

English

7.9

♡ 2

Josh Lowell Director

Lara Rands as Self

Rob Frost as Self

James Pearson as Self

Matt Segal as Self

From death-defying speed link-ups of the wildest faces in the Alps, to Olympian displays of strength and tenacity on the hardest boulders ever climbed, Reel Rock 2010 features a breathtaking journey through the vertical realm with the heroes of rock and snow.

A Lonely Place to Die

2011

English

6.2

♡ 56

71%

Julian Gilbey Director

Melissa George as Alison

Paul Anderson as Chris

Karel Roden as Darko

Sean Harris as Mr. Kidd

A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety.

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The Conquest of Everest

The Summit

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest

Progression

K2

Reel Rock 13

Safety Last!

The Alpinist

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Time Trap

The Climbers

Kilian Jornet: Path to Everest

North Face

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell

Cliffhanger

The Alps

Reel Rock 10

Reel Rock 5

A Lonely Place to Die