Mountain movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mountain movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, psychological and captivating films and TV shows about / with mountain, survival, wilderness, danger, snow, escapades, nature, trapped, mountain climbing and rock climbing plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mountain: High Lane (2009), Postmen in the Mountains (1999), Cold Prey (2006), Land (2021), 127 Hours (2010), Last of the Dogmen (1995), Wind River (2017), A Lonely Place to Die (2011), North Face (2008), Scream of Stone (1991).

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 5.6
 8K
High Lane (2009)
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, rough, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot: survival, mountain, climbing, serial murder, danger, trap, stalking, mountain climbing, friends, escapades, isolation, survival horror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: croatia, europe
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Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: mountain, narration, landscape, father son relationship, postman, on the road, hiking, parent child relationship, human nature, elderly, introspection, buddies ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: canada, china
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 6.2
 20K
Cold Prey (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Eirik and his girlfriend, Jannicke, join newly coupled Mikael and Ingunn, along with single wisecracker Morten, on a snowboarding excursion to a remote mountainous region in Norway. When Morten breaks his leg, however, and requires medical ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: mountain, hotel, psychopath, group of friends, characters killed one by one, snow, trap, snowboarding, winter, isolation, danger, sole survivor ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place: europe
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 6.7
 16K
Land (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, serious
Plot: solitude, nature, living alone, family tragedy, fishing, female protagonist, mountain, native american, wilderness, new life, mountain cabin, rocky mountains ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, chicago
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 7.5
 399K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
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, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
Style: suspenseful, anamorphic, serious, neo western, independent film ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: mountain, native american reservation, native, bounty hunter, native american tribe, native american, dog, survival, nature, scenery, treasure hunt, wilderness ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, usa
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 7.7
 279K
Wind River (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot: investigation, murder, snow, rape, winter, fbi, murder investigation, native american reservation, violence, fbi agent, native american, forest ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
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A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, 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: suspenseful, rough, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wilderness, survival, mountaineer, kidnapping, hiking, hunt down, mountain, extreme sport, group of friends, rescue, mountaineering, poacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland, britain, scottish highlands, europe
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 7.4
 16K
North Face (2008)
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, exciting, serious, captivating, breathtaking ...
Plot: climbing, mountain climbing, mountaineer, mountain, disaster, survival, adventurer, wehrmacht, man versus nature, rivalry, mountaineering, forces of nature ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: switzerland, alps, germany, swiss alps, bavaria
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Scream of Stone (1991)
Genre: 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, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: mountain, climbing, wilderness, mountain climbing, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, love triangle, danger, mountaineering, dream, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: patagonia
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Survival Quest (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, treasure hunt, murder, rivalry, danger, hostage, mountain, camping, manhunt, treasure hunter, trapped ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa
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The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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.
Style: scenic, suspenseful, romantic, visually stunning, tense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: survival, wilderness, snow, mountain, interracial romance, black man white woman relationship, love, rescue, plane crash, stranger, peril, animal attack ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: london, new york, utah, idaho, manhattan new york city
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 5.6
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The Mountain (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min.
Story: This is the story of Nora and Solveig, a grief-stricken couple on a hike through the mountain range where they had a traumatic experience two years prior. Nora and Solveig are hiking through a snow-covered, rough, but beautiful scenery on a tour of ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: mountain, lesbian relationship, lesbian, hopes, introspection, couples, family problems, haunted by the past, couple relations, dealing with death, gender, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia
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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to ...
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: survival, mountain, wildlife, nature, youth, treasure hunt, runaway, childhood, animal, owl, treasure hunter, camping ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
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 4.1
 384
Snowman's Pass (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Still struggling to accept her fiancé's death in a rock climbing accident, mountain guide Diana Pennington gratefully accepts industrialist Curt Seaver's offer to find the body using a new satellite imagery technology his company has ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, cliffhanger, enigmatic
Plot: mountain, rock climbing, mountain climbing, missing person, woman in danger, danger, dishonesty, twists and turns, climbing, woman in jeopardy, pistol, marriage proposal ...
Place: vancouver
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 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
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, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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The Beckoning Silence (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, scenic
Plot: mountaineer, climbing, mountain, mountain climbing, survival, wilderness, mountaineering, wilderness survival, human spirit, rescue, life philosophy, expedition ...
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 5.1
 6K
The Ledge (2022)
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, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: mountain, struggle for survival, trapped, murder, survival, mountain climbing, threat to kill, climbing, murderer, death threat, murder witness, threat ...
Place: italy
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 5.7
 27K
Devil's Pass (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery.
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, factual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, found footage, supernatural, snow, mountain, danger, secrets, uncover truth, winter, mountain climbing, murder, missing person ...
Time: year 1980, 21st century
Place: russia
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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, mountain, commando, nazi, spy, machine gun, two man army, castle, espionage, winter, secret mission ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: bavaria, austria, europe, germany, alps
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 6.1
 130K
Wrong Turn (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gory, cannibalism, survival, forest, massacre, danger, youth, manhunt, chase, disfigurement, cannibal, survival horror ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa
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 4.8
 7K
Don't Blink (2014)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge.
Style: twist ending, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: missing person, mountain, danger, resort, disappearance, pregnancy, group of friends, suicide, abandoned building, road trip, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wilderness ...
Time: 21st century
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Mountain Patrol (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.
Style: captivating, serious, rough, sincere, masterpiece
Plot: survival, mountain, journalism, danger, animal life, extinction, village, desert, poacher, disaster, mountaineering, environmental ...
Time: 2000s
Place: tibet, china, asia
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: dramatic, inspirational, philosophical, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: buddhism, beautiful scenery, expedition, mountain, world war two, biopic, wanderlust, travel, friendship, culture clash, survival, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place: tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
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Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, ...
Style: realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, art film ...
Plot: mountain, love, determination, poverty, caste system, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, family tragedy, mining, struggle for survival, tragic event, biopic ...
Time: year 2015, 70s, 60s
Place: india
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 5.2
 10K
Infinite Storm (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Poland, Australia, USA, Slovenia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: One woman's journey for self-discovery and turns into a harrowing tale of survival.
Style: psychological, suspense, road movie
Plot: survival, mountain, blizzard, wilderness, rescue, trapped, ice, cold, trap, monster, traumatic past, frostbite ...
Place: new hampshire
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Style: captivating, bloody, talky, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bounty hunter, murder, snow, winter, gang, stagecoach, cold weather, old west, prisoner, brutality, dark humor, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, victorian era
Place: wyoming, usa
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 5.9
 2K
Mountain Men (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Mountain Men is a comedy/drama that follows two estranged brothers, Toph and Cooper, as they journey to a remote family cabin in the mountains to evict a squatter. Buried resentment and bruised egos soon derail the plan and when the smoke clears ...
Style: exciting, light, disturbing, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: winter, snow, mountain, brother brother relationship, wedding, mountain cabin, rescue, sibling relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lie, homecoming, pregnancy ...
Place: canada, british columbia
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Surviving the Game (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals ...
Style: suspense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: survival, manhunt, human prey, most dangerous game, homeless, psychopath, chase, wilderness, brutality, hunting, death, mountain ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, washington state
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 5.8
 490
Everest (2007)
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, intercultural
Plot: mountain, climbing, survival, mountain climbing, mountaineer, human spirit, hopes, heroes, danger, rebelliousness, escapades, forces of nature ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: mount everest, nepal, canada
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