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The Descent(2005)

R
| 1h 39min | Adventure, Horror
3.5/5 (with 1,675 votes)

After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.

Time Trap(2017)

3.1/5 (with 489 votes)

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

Directed by Mark Dennis, Ben Foster - With Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford

Cliffhanger(1993)

R
| 1h 52min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 1,007 votes)

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.

Everest(2015)

PG-13
| 2h 1min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 2,304 votes)

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

127 Hours(2010)

R
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 3,458 votes)

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.

Vertical Limit(2000)

PG-13
| 2h 4min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 444 votes)

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

Safety Last!(1923)

NR
| 1h 14min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 200 votes)

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)

PG-13
| 1h 22min | Documentary, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 40 votes)

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.

Directed by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen - With Marc-André Leclerc, Brette Harrington, Alex Honnold, Reinhold Messner, Barry Blanchard

A Walk in the Woods(2015)

R
| 1h 44min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 307 votes)

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

Touching the Void(2003)

R
| 1h 46min | Documentary, Action, Adventure, Drama
3.8/5 (with 170 votes)

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald - With Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, Nicholas Aaron

North Face(2008)

3.6/5 (with 115 votes)

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.

A Lonely Place to Die(2011)

R
| 1h 39min | Adventure, Action, Thriller, Crime
3.1/5 (with 242 votes)

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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Meru(2015)

R
| 1h 29min | Adventure, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 103 votes)

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

K2(1991)

R
| 1h 42min | Thriller, Action, Adventure, Drama
2.9/5 (with 53 votes)

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.

The Himalayas(2015)

3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

Based on true events, renowned mountaineer UM Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.

Directed by Lee Seok-hoon - With Hwang Jeong-min

The Dawn Wall(2017)

4.0/5 (with 133 votes)

In the middle of Yosemite National Park towers El Capitan, a huge block of granite whose smoothest side, the Dawn Wall, is said to be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Tommy Caldwell didn’t see inhospitable terrain, but rather a puzzle almost a kilometer tall. In The Dawn Wall, we follow him and Kevin Jorgeson in their historic ascent to the summit.

Everest(1998)

G
| 44min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.

Directed by Greg MacGillivray, David F. Breashears - With Liam Neeson, Beck Weathers, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Ed Viesturs, Araceli Segarra Roca

Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell(2013)

3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

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.

Directed by Thomas Dirnhofer

The Holy Mountain(1926)

1h 40min | Adventure, Drama
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his unnamed older friend.

Directed by Arnold Fanck - With Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen, Friedrich Schneider, Hannes Schneider, Frida Richard, ...

Valley Uprising(2014)

NR
| 1h 39min | Adventure, Documentary, History
3.9/5 (with 39 votes)

In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service. And up on the walls, generation after generation has pushed the limits of climbing, vying amongst each other for supremacy on Yosemite's cliffs. "Valley Uprising" is the riveting, unforgettable tale of this bold rock climbing tradition in Yosemite National Park: half a century of struggle against the laws of gravity -- and the laws of the land.

The Summit(2013)

R
| 1h 35min | Adventure, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 43 votes)

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.

Directed by Nick Ryan

Scream of Stone(1991)

1h 45min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.

Sub Zero(2005)

1h 32min | Thriller
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

A device that controls a powerful Russian-made satellite weapon is stolen by Russian terrorists, who try to escape by flying out but are shot down. The device is now on top of K2. The device is still active and where it will strike is indeterminable. The good guys have to get to the device and deactivate it. Only trouble, it's winter and it'll be difficult to climb K2. A few of the best mountain climbers in the world are recruited to take techs who can deactivate the device to the top of K2. However, before the climbing party leaves, a team member dies, and it might not be natural causes. The group who stole the device might have someone on the team. But they still go on.

Nanga Parbat(2010)

1h 43min | Adventure, Drama
3.4/5 (with 25 votes)

Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.

The Man Who Skied Down Everest(1975)

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.

Directed by Lawrence Schiller - With Yūichirō Miura

Beyond The Edge(2013)

1h 33min | Documentary, Drama
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.

Directed by Leanne Pooley

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest(1997)

2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

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.

Five Days One Summer(1982)

1h 36min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

A 1930s Scottish doctor (Sean Connery) goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece (Betsy Brantley) he passes off as his wife.

The Wildest Dream(2010)

1h 34min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

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.

Explorer: The Last Tepui(2022)

55min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 16 votes)

Follows elite climber Alex Honnold and a world-class climbing team led by National Geographic Explorer and climber Mark Synnott on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle as they attempt a first-ascent climb up a 1000 foot sheer cliff.

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