Canyoneering is the sport of descending canyons by means of hiking, climbing, rappelling and swimming. Relatively obscure, the sport was brought to the mainstream in 2003 with the news of Aron Ralston who had severed his own arm while trapped in a canyon. Experiencing an overnight spike in popularity by the late 90s - a result of information appearing on the internet - the sport became inundated with thrill-seekers of all backgrounds and skill levels. Facing a new era of off-the-couch recreationalists, three influential participants, a canyoneering instructor, pioneer, and guidebook author each respond to a growing interest in the incredibly dangerous activity. Gorging employs the story of canyoneering to examine larger questions about the pursuit of thrills and the consequences that follow.

The Canyonlands

2021

English

3.1

♡ 3

17%

Brendan Devane Director

Larry Yazzie as Chief

Stephanie Barkley as Lauren

Marqus Bobesich as Pete

Wayne Charles Baker as Two Rivers

After 5 people win a rafting trip down the Colorado in Utah, their adventure takes a deadly turn when they camp off the river for the night, and find out they aren't the only ones out in the remote rugged canyon lands.

Chino

1973

Italian

6.0

♡ 5

34%

John Sturges Director

Jill Ireland as Catherine

Charles Bronson as Chino Valdez

Vincent Van Patten as Jamie Wagner

José Nieto as Mexican

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

127 Hours

2010

English

7.5

♡ 76

93%

85%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Danny Boyle Director

James Franco as Aron Ralston

Kate Mara as Kristi

Clémence Poésy as Rana

Lizzy Caplan as Sonja

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

The Gorge

2025

English

6.7

♡ 315

62%

Scott Derrickson Director

Sigourney Weaver as Bartholomew

Anya Taylor-Joy as Drasa

Samantha Coughlan as Janet

Miles Teller as Levi

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

Sur un arbre perché

1971

French

6.2

♡ 5

canyon

Comedy

hitchhiking

husband wife relationship

tree

Serge Korber Director

Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier

Olivier De Funès as L'auto-stoppeur

Alice Sapritch as Lucienne Roubier

Geraldine Chaplin as Mme Muller

Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.

Broken Arrow

1996

English

6.1

♡ 80

53%

John Woo Director

Christian Slater as Capt. Riley Hale

Frank Whaley as Giles Prentice

John Travolta as Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins

Bob Gunton as Pritchett

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.

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