| Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 8.2 | |
| Scream of Stone (1991) | 6.2 | |
| Everest (2007) | 5.9 | |
| Yamakasi (2001) | 6.1 | |
| Time Trap (2017) | 6.2 |
Climbing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant climbing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful and serious films and TV shows about / with climbing, mountain, survival, mountain climbing, mountaineer, rock climbing, mountaineering, danger, escapades and trapped plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as climbing: High Lane (2009), A Lonely Place to Die (2011), 127 Hours (2010), Reel Rock Film Tour (2010), Everest (2015), The Climb (1986), Cliffhanger (1993), The Ledge (2022), Vertical Limit (2000), Scream of Stone (1991).
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List of climbing movies
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, mountain, serial murder, forest, climbing, danger, disappearance, survival horror, stalking, friends, escapades, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, europe
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, scary, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, survival, mountaineer, kidnapping, hunt down, extreme sport, forest, hiking, rescue, group of friends, kidnapper, poacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, britain, europe, seattle
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422K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, inspirational, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, mountain, wilderness, canyon, courage, alone, desert, trap, loneliness, life & death ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
utah, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Every fall the REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the year's most exciting new climbing films to live audiences around the world. For 2010, the tour features six amazing short films, with stories from the cutting edge of alpine climbing, bouldering, ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, inspirational, heroic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
climbing, rock climbing, alpinism, mountaineering, athlete, mountaineer, extreme sport, mountain, multiple storylines, coping, ambition, athlete's life ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, disturbing, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
mountain, climbing, mountaineering, journalist, mountaineer, rock climbing, investigation, obsession, survival, risk, danger, expedition ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
mount everest, nepal, himalaya
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246K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Iceland, USA, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, mountain, mountaineer, natural disaster, disaster, snow, stranded, forces of nature, frostbite, tragedy, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
Style:
independent film, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
climbing, mountaineering, survival, mountain, mountaineer, alpinism, nature, disaster, man versus nature, expedition, teamwork, perseverance ...
Time:
1950s, year 1986, 50s
Place:
himalaya
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147K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Japan, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
heist, mountain climbing, mountain, rocky mountains, wilderness, rock climbing, rescue, redemption, climbing, villain, cave, chase ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 80s
Place:
colorado, antarctic
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A rock climbing adventure between two friends turns into a terrifying nightmare. After Kelly captures the murder of her best friend on camera, she becomes the next target of a tight-knit group of friends who will stop at nothing to destroy the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
mountain, struggle for survival, murder, trapped, survival, threat to kill, murderer, mountain climbing, murder witness, death threat, threat, witness ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
survival, mountaineer, mountain climbing, mountain, adventurer, disaster, climbing, natural disaster, wilderness, expedition, happy ending, mountaineering ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
himalaya, pakistan, asia, antarctic
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
mountaineer, disaster, mountain climbing, mountain, climbing, survival, wilderness, winter, rock climbing, mountaineering, wilderness survival, forces of nature ...
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mountain, mountain climbing, wilderness, climbing, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, love triangle, mountaineering, dream, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
patagonia, chile, argentina
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ghost Mountaineer is a feature film with some hints of horror, based on actual events in Siberia back in Soviet times. A group of Estonian students on a winter hiking trip suddenly find themselves in the middle of bloodcurdling events in a Buryatian ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
supernatural, hallucination, student, accident, delusion, skiing, death, ghost, climbing, legends and myths, winter, dead body ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
touching, serious, exciting, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
mountain, mountaineer, mountain climbing, climbing, survival, adventurer, wehrmacht, disaster, man versus nature, rivalry, mountaineering, forces of nature ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, alps, germany, swiss alps, bavaria
Is relevant?
720
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of the first Canadians to ever make it to the top of the world's tallest and most historic peak. A proud moment for Canadians and an adventure that is filled with bitterness, broken relationships and the bodies of four ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, intercultural
Plot:
mountain, climbing, survival, mountaineer, human spirit, forces of nature, escapades, hopes, danger, rebelliousness, heroes, journalism ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
mount everest, nepal, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspense, historical drama ...
Plot:
mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, military, team, rivalry, man versus nature, escapades, danger, exploration, perseverance, sacrifice ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, scenic
Plot:
adventurer, mountain climbing, mountaineer, climbing, expedition, mountain, stranded, tragedy, survival, against the odds, friendship between men, wilderness ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, mindfuck, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time dilation, cave, friendship, time loop, twists and turns, college professor, youth, danger, time portal, investigation, legend ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A park ranger clashes with an egotistical army officer over how to handle a rescue operation to save three rock climbers stranded on a high elevation ledge of a mountain in Washington state.
Style:
tense, serious, tension, action drama, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
climbing, mountain, rescue attempt, rescue, search and rescue, glacier, park ranger, mountaineering, man versus nature, rivalry, survival, isolation ...
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, scenic
Plot:
mountain climbing, climbing, natural disaster, hiking, forces of nature, friendship, survivor, human spirit, stranded, against the odds, mountaineer, mountaineering ...
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal
Is relevant?
182K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style:
mysterious, psychedelic, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
aging, vacation, time, island, rapid aging, island prison, ocean, family vacation, mortality, corpse, race against time, disease ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
8K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
epic, suspense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mountain climbing, mountain, survival, mountaineer, climbing, mountaineering, snow, alpinism, nature, winter, avalanche, rescue ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
himalaya, usa, middle east, seattle, pakistan
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Five friends embark on a mission to climb the highest peak in Java, overcoming obstacles on the way and discovering the true meaning of friendship.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, indonesian
Plot:
climbing, friendship, mountain, rock climbing, mountaineer, reunited friends, group of friends, best friend, self discovery, old friends reunited, introspection, friends ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min.
TV show
Story:
Nine strangers are brought together to summit a 20,000-foot mountain in the Peruvian Andes. With each step, these novice climbers will push themselves to their limits and beyond.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
expedition, climbing, competition, reality competition, perseverance, mountaineering, mountaineer, mountain, ambition, rock climbing, coping, aspiration ...
Place:
peru, thailand
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mateo undertakes the ascent of Annapurna, the most dangerous mountain on the planet, in order to fulfill an old promise.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
rock climbing, mountain, climbing, mountaineer, dream, ambition, survival, perseverance, mountaineering, mountain climbing, man versus nature, help ...
Place:
himalaya
Is relevant?
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
The complete 2011 REEL ROCK Film Tour: Six astounding short films covering every style of climbing on the planet. Starring Tommy Caldwell, Dean Potter, "Sketchy" Andy Lewis, Ashima Shiraishi, Will Gadd, Kevin Jorgeson, Corey Richards, Obe ...
Style:
thrilling
Plot:
rock climbing, climbing, mountaineering, extreme sports, motivation, risk, danger, inspiration, mountain, courage, machinery, expedition ...
Place:
patagonia, himalaya
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A girl struggling with asthma is taken to a clinic in South Tyrol to be cured. After some time she decides to get out of this hell (that's how she feels about it) and soon she'll meet a new friend. Together they try to reach the peak of a ...
Style:
sincere, touching, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
asthmatic, asthma, child illness, mountain, friendship, teenager, life is a bitch, fighting illness, healing, sick child, legend, climbing ...
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Genre: Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kotera (Haruka Kudo) is a high school student. She belongs to the school's climbing club and is enthusiastic with bouldering. She is polite and has a tender personality. Meanwhile, Kondo (Kentaro Ito) is a member of ping pong club at the same ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, cute
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, table tennis, school club, high school, climbing, high school life, love affair, relationships, couples, teenage life ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
An avid mountain climber, Li Feng has spent much of her time enjoying the rugged beauty of the mountains she loves. Now a freshman, she has yet to meet anyone who loves the mountains as much as she does, until she meets Xia Di. With a shared love of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
friendship between men, young love, friendship, male female friendship, new love, rock climbing, youth, love and romance, love, puzzle, climbing, friends ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, scenic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mountain, self discovery, father son relationship, nature, generation, male protagonist, social problems, lifestyle change, social issues, relationships, family relations, kids and family ...
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