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- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsScott GlennChris O'DonnellBill PaxtonA climber must rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second highest mountain in the world .
- DirectorSam KiethStarsJason BortzChristian CoutoBobby DebevecA troubled teenager joins a group of rock climbers and is quickly forced into a death-defying adventure.
- DirectorFranc RoddamStarsMichael BiehnMatt CravenAnnie GrindlayA U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGeorge KennedyVonetta McGeeClassical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsSylvester StalloneJohn LithgowMichael RookerA botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.
- DirectorAnthony GeffenStarsConrad AnkerSusan RobertsonRobert MacfarlaneUses 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.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsBenno FürmannFlorian LukasJohanna WokalekA secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.
- DirectorPeter MortimerNick RosenStarsBernd ArnoldHank CaylorJohnny CoppEnter the danger zone with the worlds' best climbers, including Alex Honnold, Dean Potter, Steph Davis, Lisa Rands, Chris McNamara, Ammon McNeely, Renan Ozturk, Cedar Wright and others, as they push the barriers of free soloing, high-ball bouldering, hard trad climbing, extreme big-wall aid, wingsuit BASE flying, high lining and tower jumping in the wildest spots on earth.
- DirectorBret LowellJosh LowellCooper RobertsStarsTommy CaldwellJohanna ErnstAlex HonnoldBehind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determination, perseverance in the face of failure. From boulders, to big walls, to competition podiums, the climbers at the top of the game share a commitment to do whatever it takes to achieve their vision.
- DirectorPeter MortimerStarsBiskitEric DecariaJim DoniniThe infamous Timmy O'Neill hosts a zany romp through the cutting edge of the vertical world. Includes multi-award winning segment Parallelojams, an expose on Indian Creek crack climbing.
- DirectorRichard HeapStarsNeil BentleyJonny DawesJohn DunneThis film follows some British climbers in the art of Hard Grit i.e climbing gritstone in the English Pennines.
- DirectorPeter MortimerStarsHank CaylorTopher DonahueDerek HerseyA celebration of the eccentric climbers of Colorado's Front Range. Includes buildering with Urban Ape Timmy O'Neill, trad climbing with Heidi Wertz, Matt Samet, Topher Donahue, adventures with Biscuit the infamous climbing dog, a tribute to the late solo guru Derek Hersey, and more.
- DirectorChuck FrybergerStarsFrédéric NicoleFred Nicole discuss his philosophies of climbing, and completes the project of a lifetime in Amden, Switzerland.
- DirectorChuck FrybergerStarsFrédéric NicoleAndy RaetherLisa RandsCedar Wright is on a quest to understand climbing's most mysterious discipline: the ropeless art of bouldering.
- DirectorChuck FrybergerStarsKilian FischhuberNalle HukkataivalKevin JorgesonA flick about bouldering on planet Earth: PURE. Pure is about 19 extraordinary climbers in six countries on three continents, with no ropes.
- DirectorJosh LowellPeter MortimerStarsMelissa LaCasseTony LamprechtMiquel RieraFollow Chris Sharma on his ultimate global quest to redefine the possible in the vertical world. Includes his first ascent of Es Pontas, the still-unrepeated Mediterranean deep-sea arch. Co-produced by Sender Films and Big UP Productions.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsSimon YatesJoe SimpsonBrendan MackeyThe true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
- DirectorPeter MortimerNick RosenStarsDidier BerthodDavid LamaTimmy O'Neill"First Ascent" is unlike any mountain climbing film you've ever seen. Join Swiss climber Didier Berthod as he attempts the impossible - to become the first man ever to climb the insanely treacherous "Cobra Crack"! Will he succeed or will he die trying? Your guess is as good as ours! Filmed on location in Thailand, the Himalayas, British Columbia, Yosemite Valley and even the mean streets of Hollywood, "First Ascent" is the benchmark for quality and excitement in extreme sports filmmaking.
- DirectorBeatrice Sonhüter
- DirectorChristine KassarJames Q MartinStarsCraig ChildsTimmy O'NeillPatagonia, one of the last untouched places on the planet is under attack. Big business seeks to choke two of the region's most pristine rivers with dams and plans to decimate unique forest ecosystems to build the longest power line in the world. Led by pro athlete Timmy O'Neill and writer, Craig Childs, Team Rios Libres journeys from the source of the Baker River to the sea and learns why we must act now to Keep Patagonia Wild.
- CreatorPeter MortimerNick RosenLaura AnnaloraStarsNick RosenAlex HonnoldChris SharmaSolo free climbers as well as alpinists are featured tackling difficult climbing, and sometimes personal, challenges across the world.
- DirectorChris MalloyStarsYvon ChouinardDoug TompkinsKeith MalloyThe film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
- StarsAlex HonnoldChris SharmaDaniel WoodsAn annual event focusing on some of the best athletes conquering breathtaking feats in the vertical realm.
- DirectorDaniel Jonce EvansQuentin McCuistonStarsDaniel Jonce EvansQuentin McCuistonLawrence teaches and experiences the thrills and dangers of rock climbing... almost.
- DirectorIrving AllenStarsWarren DouglasIring Allen was filming High Conquest when he shot this short film. Locale villagers rescue a couple trapped om the mountain.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsPeter HortonNathaniel ParkerRichard JenkinsA dramatization of the disastrous 1996 Mount Everest expeditions.
- DirectorLouise OsmondStarsRoger SchäliSimon AnthamattenAndreas AbegglenAfter a mountain climber's severe injuries and near-death accident, he's told he'll never climb again. His recovery left him to confront the question: why, after coming so close to death, did he feel compelled to continue climbing?
- DirectorGeorge LoweStarsMeredith EdwardsJohn HuntGeorge BandDocumentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.
- DirectorJoseph VilsmaierStarsFlorian StetterAndreas TobiasKarl MarkovicsDrama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.
- DirectorAndreas NickelStarsReinhold MessnerMaxime BellevilleMaurice CrettonFeature documentary about mountaineering icon Reinhold Messner and how he became what he is. This film is as much about his personality as it is about his extraordinary exploits - the psycho-gram of a controversial mountaineer.
- DirectorDonald ShebibStarsBruce GreenwoodJames HurdleKenneth WelshBased on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
- DirectorLes GuthmanStarsChris BoningtonReinhold MessnerPeter StraussReinold Messner looks back over his career with surprising candor and personal revelation, the career of a man whose restless quest for self-knowledge through extreme adventures made him the greatest mountain climber of modern times.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsVittorio MezzogiornoStefan GlowaczMathilda MayTwo famous competitive climbers make a bet on who can climb Cerro Torre, one of the most dangerous mountains in Argentina and the world, first. As the day of the climb approaches, their increasing competitiveness becomes destructive.
- DirectorPepe DanquartStarsThomas HuberAlexander HuberDean PotterDaredevil mountain climbers on their attempt to break yet another speed climbing record.
- DirectorAnson FogelStarsSimone MoroCory RichardsDenis UrubkoFor the past 26 years 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan's 8,000 meter peaks in winter. On February 2, 2011, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards became the first. Cory is now the only American to summit any 8,000 meter peak in winter. The journey nearly killed them. Cory carried a small camera and filmed the ordeal constantly. This is their story, as seen from the raw, honest perspective of Cory's lens.
- DirectorStephen JudsonStarsMichael GambonAdele HammondJohn Harlin IIIJohn Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death forty years earlier.
- DirectorThomas DirnhoferStarsDavid LamaPeter OrtnerJim BridwellSet against the backdrop of breathtaking Patagonia, David Lama, the worlds youngest climbing world champion, sets out to climb an unfathomable route on Cerro Torre, a mountain once said to be the most difficult in the world.
- DirectorGerald SalminaStarsAxel NaglichJon JohnstonPeter RessmannA dramatic feature documentary following three of the world's greatest ski mountaineers to the Mount St. Elias in their attempt to realize the longest ski descent in the world.
- DirectorNick RyanStarsChristine BarnesHoselito BiteWalter BonattiThe story of the deadliest day on the world's most dangerous mountain, when 11 climbers mysteriously perished on K2.
- DirectorMridula BhatiaThree women cancer survivors decide to test their bodies and spirits, as they prepare to climb Mt. Adams (12,276 ft), the third highest peak of the Cascades. This is their tale of friendship, survival and finding out what really matters.
- DirectorDave OhlsonStarsGerlinde KaltenbrunnerSimone LeorinJake MeyerFollowing a group of climbers attempting to climb K2 in 2009, on the 100-year anniversary of its landmark 1909 expedition. Experience the adventure, peril and serenity of a group's attempt to climb the most challenging peak on earth.