Climbing Movies

Climbing Movies
List of the best movies about climbers and conquering mountain peaks, selected by visitors to our site: A Lonely Place to Die, Cliffhanger, Vertical Limit, Free Solo, High Lane, Frozen, The Summit of the Gods, Touching the Void, North Face, K2.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:39

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.

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: 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: 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: 5.6
Genrethriller, adventure
CountryFrance
Duration01:30

A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

    Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, cartoon, biography
    CountryLuxembourg, France

    A photojournalist’s obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.

    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: 7.4
      Genredrama, adventure, biography, history, sport
      CountryGermany, Austria, Luxembourg
      Duration02:06

      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.

      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: 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: 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: 6.4
      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: 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: 6.3
      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: 6.9
      Genredrama, adventure, family
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:44

      Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, drama, biography
      CountryChina

      May 1960. Mount Everest, the second step under the cliff. The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando are attacking the most difficult and most difficult "second step". This is their fifth assault. The first four failures have cost them too much physical strength - ...finally, the wind and snow stop the gap.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:34

      Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryFrance

      Antoine is the Head of HR of a big company. Managing people is his thing, so when his overwhelmed wife suddenly decides to go on holiday and leave him with the responsibility of the house and their four kids, he knows it will be a piece of cake for him. But Antoine has drastically underestimated the mess that four mischievous kids can cause...

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, Spain
      Duration01:28

      A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA, Italy
      Duration01:46

      The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

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

      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
      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: 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: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:16

      Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

      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: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrecomedy, adventure, cartoon
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:54

      Quebec, 1956. The impulsive and headstrong Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, joins the methodical and pragmatic Simon Picard, a research scientist in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. The brave-hearted heroes come face-to-face with countless dangers during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:44

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

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, documentary, history
      CountryNew Zealand
      Duration01:30

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryIndia
      Duration03:50

      Shivaay , a fearless Himalayan mountaineer covered in Lord Shiva tattoos, heads to Bulgaria to fulfill his nine-year-old daughter Gaura’s wish of seeing her mother Olga, who abandoned them years ago. But their plan goes for a toss when the little girl gets kidnapped in the foreign land. Rescuing her from the masked child-traffickers becomes his only reason for survival.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, biography
      CountrySouth Korea

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:21

      A true story of Samy, native of La Courneuve, who is out of love for Nadia, decides to climb Mount Everest.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Poland, Australia

      One woman's journey for self-discovery and turns into a harrowing tale of survival.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryTaiwan

      A story about a video of a group of people going hiking and a mysterious little girl in a red dress following them.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, drama, western
      CountryAustria, Germany
      Duration01:55

      Through a hidden path a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alpes. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, western, biography
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
      Duration02:27

        In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.




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