American movies about climbers

List of the best American movies about climbers and conquering mountain peaks, selected by visitors to our site: Vertical Limit, 127 Hours, 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain, The Mountain Between Us, Everest, Cliffhanger, Touching the Void, K2, The Eiger Sanction, The Wildest Dream.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:04

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.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
Duration01:33

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.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Iceland
Duration02:46

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.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Italy, France, Japan
Duration01:53

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.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, documentary, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:46

    A documentary based on the book of the same name by Joe Simpson about Simpson's and Simon Yates' disastrous and near-fatal attempt to climb 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, adventure, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA, Canada
    Duration01:44

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredocumentary, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredocumentary, sport
    CountryUSA, India
    Duration02:24

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

    Markimdb: 8
    Genreadventure, documentary, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    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.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA

    When filmmaker Peter Mortimer encounters an elusive young climber named Marc-André Leclerc, an evolution in free solo mountaineering unfolds. Along the two-year journey up high alpine peaks and steep frozen waterfalls, Peter explores Marc’s connection to nature, his uncompromising quest for adventure, and the risks he takes to pursue his passion.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredocumentary, biography, sport
    CountryAustria, USA

    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.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreadventure, documentary, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, Russia
    Duration02:01

    Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama, western
    CountryUSA

    A pioneering family fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly-built farm on the plains of Montana.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, USA

    Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful revues celebrating self-determined sexuality and creative otherness, and the two female club owners both adore him. He soon becomes a part of their self-selected family, and begins to bond with introverted Luka. But Maurice turns his back on Luka’s growing affection. Running away from his true emotions he drifts aimlessly through the city. He tries to find his feet at a boxing club, where he meets Charlie. Unable to withstand the pressure of his repressed feelings, Maurice unleashes a mounting foment of emotions, pervaded by tenderness and menace.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther's own supporters abduct and frame him in the murder of an innocent teenage girl, an unprecedented era of persecution is unleashed. Out on personal recognizance, Luther escapes police surveillance in search of the truth. And suddenly, a once-normal life is targeted by a team of ex-military operatives who wage a relentless campaign to eliminate the incriminating evidence. As evangelist turned fugitive, Luther vows to expose anyone involved with or profiting from the girl's murder; a mission that brings him face-to-face with the coming storm of persecution that will threaten the entire Christian community in America.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredocumentary
    CountryNetherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Australia, USA
    Duration01:48

    In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong, and what can be done?

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy
    CountryUSA, China, Canada
    Duration02:02

    Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

    Markimdb: 2.9
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    The end of one journey only marks the beginning of another as Detective Loomis returns to uncover the truth behind the Legend of Pitchfork.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA

    A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA

    Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they’ll need to rely on luck – and patience – to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    A horror film that combines classic monster movie elements set within the backdrop of unpredictable Kansas weather. Start with a mother and her three daughters forced to take shelter from an advancing tornado in a local storm cellar. What is waiting for them underneath is another story entirely.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryCanada, USA

    Spencer is a cat person. Laura is a dog person. Spencer is headed to a beach town to work on his thesis. Laura is coming to the same beach town to escape the shambles of her life. Their personalities couldn’t be more different, but when a reservation screw up lands them – and their pets – in the same vacation rental house, they all have to figure out how to get along with each other.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA

    Junction follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about a homeowner during a burglary, pitting them not only against the police but against each other.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Shannon and Kris embark on a cross country road trip, to put back the pieces of their strained friendship. But it all falls apart when their car breaks down in Kain, Arizona. A place where you can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:19

    A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryUSA

    An inventive and resourceful cocaine smuggler defends his trade against violent rival traffickers, a monstrous and vengeful killer, and the DEA agents who want to lock him up – all while falling for a stunningly beautiful woman with a taste for danger.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women and everyone else who stands in his way on Halloween night.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, western
    CountryUSA

    After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s pregnant wife tries to come to his aid and lands in the hands of corrupt coyotes who hold her for ransom. Dissatisfied with the police department’s investigation, the former sheriff tries to uncover the truth about his wife’s death and discovers disturbing evidence that will destroy one family’s future, or tear another’s apart.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    UNREQUITED is a psychological thriller and tells the story of Ben Jacobs, a troubled young man who, on his 18th birthday, has to leave the group home for "troubled teens" where he has been living for the past several months and move back in with his alcoholic mother. Upon his return, Ben soon discovers that his girlfriend, Jessica Morgan, has moved on with her life and is now dating an older college guy. Desperate for love and unable to cope with losing Jessica, Ben's troubled past catches up with him as he kidnaps her in an attempt to regain her affection. Spiraling out of control and on a very dangerous path, Ben must ultimately decide whether to let her go, or hold on to the one person he loves, even if it means destroying them both in the process.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A recent college graduate and his friends are forced to lower life expectations when they leave school for the real world. Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don't see coming.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:10

    Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.




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