Rocky mountains movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rocky mountains movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, suspense and exciting films and TV shows about / with rocky mountains, danger, winter, survival, mountain, snow, wilderness, family relations, death and escapades plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rocky mountains: Land (2021), Cliffhanger (1993), Tin Star (2017), Across the Great Divide (1976), The Bear (1988), Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007), Continental Divide (1981), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Star Hill (2021), The Mountain Men (1980).

List of rocky mountains movies

 6.7
 17K
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: sincere, captivating, psychological, serious, f word
Plot: solitude, living alone, new life, nature, family tragedy, female protagonist, mountain, wilderness, rocky mountains, mountain cabin, fishing, death of family ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, chicago
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 6.5
 147K
Cliffhanger (1993)
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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 7.2
 17K
Tin Star (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: revenge motive, rocky mountains, danger, justice, family relations, threat, life is a bitch, murder, small town sheriff, abduction, death, law ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, canada
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Across the Great Divide (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: wilderness, rocky mountains, wolf, gambler, buffalo, deer, bear, inheritance, horse, native american, orphan, on the run ...
Time: 1870s, 19th century, 70s
Place: oregon, usa
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 7.7
 20K
The Bear (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style: touching, scenic, visually stunning, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: bear, nature, wilderness, survival, dog, rocky mountains, friendship, bear cub, animal, poacher, forest, environment ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: canada, persia, british columbia, antarctica
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Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
Style: realistic, semi serious, melancholic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: love affair, poison, parents and children, rocky mountains, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, family gatherings, family relations, estrangement, male female relationship, death of father, living together ...
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Continental Divide (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Style: clever, laugh out loud, offbeat, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: rocky mountains, camp, camping, wilderness, love, corruption, nature, cultural conflict, newspaper columnist, eagle, bear, camping trip ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: chicago, usa, colorado, california, canada
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style: atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place: colorado, persia, usa, north america
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 6.9
 102
Star Hill (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
TV show
Story: Carlota kills a man, she's the owner of a fancy hotel. From this moment she'll have to undercover what she did and live of appearances.
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Plot: female protagonist, opposites attract, destiny, rocky mountains, couple relations, irony of fate, love, male female relationship, coping, relationships, love affair, bonding ...
Place: portugal
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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....
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, rough, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot: wilderness, survival, snow, snowboarding, snowboard, amputee, rescue attempt, lost, winter, rocky mountains, police officer, hockey ...
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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
Style: action adventure, uplifting, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nature, wilderness, bear, wild animal, survival, treasure hunt, animal, wolf, rocky mountains, camping, youth, camp ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: fictional island
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The Mountain Men (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur ...
Style: perverse, action adventure, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mountain man, american indian, native american, wilderness, mountain, survival, wild west, cowboy, violence, native american attack, vigilantism, camping ...
Time: 19th century, year 1980, 1830s
Place: wyoming, usa
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 5.4
 2K
Subject Two (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again
Style: rough, serious, psychological, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: dying repeatedly, murder, mad scientist, death wish, doctors and patients, disorder, power relations, danger, supernatural, rocky mountains, doctor patient relationship, frankenstein ...
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 8.0
 168K
Dogville (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story: A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style: art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot: rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place: los angeles
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Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the ...
Style: bad ending, harsh, suspenseful, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missing person, student, danger, rocky mountains, survival, death, hiking, natural disaster, uncover truth, investigation, escapades, found footage ...
Time: year 1959, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place: russia, soviet union, ussr
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 8.3
 4K
Centennial (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
Story: The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s.
Style: atmospheric, historical drama, epic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: wild west, native, fort, wagon train, unrequited love, rocky mountains, 007, civil war, family in danger, wilderness, immigrant, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s, 19th century, 18th century, 1820s, 1830s ...
Place: usa, colorado, st. louis missouri
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 5.8
 14K
Amelia (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style: factual, serious, sentimental, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female pilot, airplane, adventurer, biopic, flying, rocky mountains, aviation, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, lifestyle, follow your dream ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2009, year 1932, year 1935 ...
Place: usa, africa, ireland, atlantic ocean, indiana ...
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Love on the Slopes (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this ...
Style: romantic, feel good, light, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: rocky mountains, christmas, enemies to lovers, journey, festival, magazine editor, love and romance, nature, fear, love affair, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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 4.7
 684
Avalanche (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Duncan (Hasselhoff) is a murderous thief. When he jumps out of his plane, it crashes into the Rockies and produces an avalanche. A quiet family trapped inside their house will rescue him. They will have to survive the disaster and the madman.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mountain, winter, against the odds, snow, rocky mountains, youth, rescue, danger, escapades, confined, heroes, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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 7.7
 7K
Broken Trail (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story: Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, fall in love, horse, gang, protector, brothel, nephew, escapades, danger, rescue, partner ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, oregon, america, usa, san francisco
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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, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: snow, winter, brother brother relationship, mountain, wedding, mountain cabin, rescue, sibling relationship, lie, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, pregnancy, homecoming ...
Place: british columbia, canada
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Snowball Express (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, ...
Style: family comedy, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: mountain, skiing, snow, rocky mountains, ski resort, winter, loan, hotel, family relations, starting over, against the odds, resort ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: usa, colorado, new york
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The Great Silence (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Style: spaghetti western, cult classic, visual, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: winter, snow, evil wins, small town, nudity, cowboy, revenge, wild west, gunfight, greed, rocky mountains, violence ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, year 1968
Place: utah, north america, italy
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 6.4
 489
The Mountain (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Boundary Mountain is an escapist playground for wealthy tourists and extreme sports enthusiasts, but to the Carver family, it's home. "The Mountain" chronicles the larger-than-life saga of the Carvers, whose colorful patriarch, David ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, romantic, scenic
Plot: dysfunctional family, ski resort, snowboarding, family business, family problems, mountain, winter, resort, ego clash, love triangle, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 710
Vanishing Act (1986)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the Rocky Mountains, Harry Kenyon seeks out his missing wife Chris in the Winter Parade. Harry meets Lieutenant Rudameyer and tells that him he is from San Francisco and has just married Chris, from Philadelphia, in Las Vegas. They traveled to ...
Style: suspense, tension, psychological thriller, atmospheric, creepy ...
Plot: missing person, disappearance, identity, police investigation, impostor, doubt, isolation, paranoia, honeymoon, confrontation, character study, winter ...
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A Heartland Christmas (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Christmas comes to Heartland, along with an anonymous call about starving horses stranded by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains, which send Amy and Ty to their rescue.
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, inspirational
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christmas, horse, animal rescue, avalanche, animal, heartwarming, winter, holiday, salvation, saving a life, holiday romance, small town ...
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Ultimate Rush (2011)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: Austria
TV show
Story: Ultimate Rush is a 2011/2012 documentary television series produced by the Red Bull Media House in association with Matchstick Productions, and marketed as a combination of stupendous action sports endeavour, coupled with a cinematic-approach to ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, captivating, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: extreme sports, base jumping, skiing, kayaking, sporting event, professional athlete, sports man, extreme sport, professional sports, snowboarding, danger, nature ...
Place: himalaya, alps, british columbia, alaska
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 5.8
 812
Touching Home (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, anamorphic ...
Plot: baseball, redemption, parents and children, introspection, family problems, estrangement, small town, addiction, dream, going straight, rocky mountains, twins ...
Place: usa, phoenix arizona, colorado, arizona
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 5.3
 5K
Catchfire (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, independent film, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, fall in love, hitman, mafia, love affair, woman in danger, hidden identity, on the run, rescue, criminal heroes, manhunt, fugitives ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, new mexico
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Blood and Chocolate (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Style: romantic, gothic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, transformation, unlikely couple, fall in love, vampire human love, interspecies romance, lycanthropy, adaptation, love and romance, forbidden love, beast ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: bucharest, romania, paris france, europe, colorado
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