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Meru 2015
Documentary
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.
The sides of Meru
- Three climbers on the Shark's Fin of Meru
- A first attempt that ends short of the top
- Nights in a tent hanging off a wall
Good for you if
- you like watching people push their bodies past what seems possible.
- you love the Himalayas filmed by the climbers themselves.
- you like the loyalty between Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch people dangling over a huge drop.
- you'd rather not hear about serious injuries and friends lost in the mountains.
About: obsession · friendship · risk
The Alpinist 2021
Documentary
The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.
The sides of The Alpinist
- A young climber who avoids cameras
- Solo climbs without a rope
- A winter expedition to Patagonia
Good for you if
- you love huge mountains, ice and rock walls.
- you like climbing footage shot from impossible angles.
- you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real family live with what solo climbing might cost.
- you want a relaxed outdoor film. Every climb here is a life or death risk.
About: freedom · risk · solitude
RETURN 2024
Documentary
‘RETURN’ follows Torstein Horgmo, Mikey Ciccarelli, Mons Røisland, Brandon Cocard, Brandon Davis, and Raibu Katayama as they push the boundaries of what can be accomplished snowboarding when innovative minds join forces.
The sides of RETURN
- Six snowboarders pushing their tricks further
- Big jumps on snow and custom builds
- A crew working out ideas together
Good for you if
- you like watching snowboarders try what nobody has landed yet.
- you like big air and mountains filmed up close.
- you want something you can watch in forty minutes.
Bad for you if
- you want people and their stories more than tricks.
- you need suspense or a plot to stay hooked.
About: creativity · teamwork · the joy of riding
Free Solo 2018
Documentary
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.
The sides of Free Solo
- A free climb of El Capitan with no rope
- A camera crew afraid to film a fall
- A climber who lives in a van
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath through a climb you already know the end of.
- you want the real Alex Honnold, his doubts, his girlfriend and his training.
- you like the granite wall of Yosemite filmed from every angle.
Bad for you if
- you have no interest in sport. It's two years of training for one climb.
- you need momentum, and the climb only comes after months of preparation.
About: fear · ambition · risk
Valley Uprising 2014
Documentary
In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service. And up on the walls, generation after generation has pushed the limits of climbing, vying amongst each other for supremacy on Yosemite's cliffs. "Valley Uprising" is the riveting, unforgettable tale of this bold rock climbing tradition in Yosemite National Park: half a century of struggle against the laws of gravity -- and the laws of the land.
The sides of Valley Uprising
- Climbers living rough in Camp 4
- Fifty years of climbing on Yosemite's walls
- Climbers against the park rangers
Good for you if
- you like El Capitan and Half Dome filmed from every angle.
- you want to see how rock climbing turned into what it is now.
- you like a counterculture told decade by decade, from the 1950s to free solo.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch someone climb without a rope, with nothing below.
- you lose track of a long line of climbers and rivalries.
About: freedom · rivalry · risk · counterculture
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible 2021
Documentary
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.
The sides of 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
- A Nepalese climber racing the clock
- The fourteen highest summits in a few months
- A team of Sherpa climbers
Good for you if
- you like Nims Purja's real 2019 attempt on the world's fourteen highest peaks.
- you want views from Everest, K2 and the Himalaya.
- you like climbers pushing on through the death zone.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at speeches about nothing being impossible.
- you want a quiet, patient film, and this moves at a sprint.
About: ambition · endurance · recognition
Welcome to Earth 2021
Documentary
Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the world to get up close and personal with the weirdest, most unusual, dangerous and thrilling spectacles of the planet.
The sides of Welcome to Earth
- Will Smith at the edge of a volcano
- Explorers guiding him to strange places
- Rare animal behavior up close
Good for you if
- you like discovering the planet with someone who is amazed by it.
- you like volcanoes, deserts and deep water seen up close.
- you want big places and close calls in under an hour.
Bad for you if
- a celebrity's constant amazement makes you roll your eyes.
- you like long, quiet shots of wildlife, and this one keeps moving with Will from place to place.
About: curiosity · fear · the planet
Man vs. Wild 2006
Documentary
Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.
The sides of Man vs. Wild
- Bear Grylls stranded in the wild
- Jungles, deserts and frozen mountains
- Tips for staying alive until rescue
Good for you if
- you like Bear Grylls showing how to stay alive in the wild.
- you like jungles, deserts and frozen mountains far from any road.
- you like cliff descents and river crossings.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you can't watch animals skinned and eaten raw.
About: survival · nature · endurance
Everest 2015
Película
Narra la historia del neozelandés Rod Edwin Hall, quien el 10 de Mayo de 1996 empezó su ascenso del Everest junto con Scott Fischer.
Las caras de Everest
- Dos expediciones camino de la cumbre
- Una ventisca en la montaña más alta del mundo
- Alpinistas atrapados sin oxígeno
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una tormenta que se cierra sobre unos alpinistas cerca de la cumbre.
- quieres la historia real del desastre del Everest de 1996.
- quieres la inmensidad del Himalaya en pantalla grande.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un final feliz, y este desastre costó vidas reales.
- te pierdes entre muchos alpinistas vestidos todos igual.
Temas: la ambición · el duelo · la naturaleza
Human Planet 2011
Documentary
A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.
The sides of Human Planet
- Hunters on the Arctic sea ice
- Fishermen in jungles and rivers
- People living in deserts and on mountains
Good for you if
- you like people living alongside wild animals and harsh landscapes.
- you like being amazed at how humans adapt to the extremes of the planet.
- you like real people finding food where it seems impossible.
Bad for you if
- you want one story and the same people to follow across episodes.
- you need chases and fights, not patient observation.
About: adaptation · humans and nature · tradition
Chasing Ice 2012
Documentary
When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
The sides of Chasing Ice
- Photographer James Balog and his time-lapse cameras
- Glaciers melting year after year
- Cameras left in the Arctic cold
Good for you if
- you like the Arctic and Greenland's huge glaciers.
- you like years of ice shrinking caught in a single shot.
- you want to feel how small we are next to a calving glacier.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and watching the ice disappear weighs on you.
- you want more than a photographer waiting on the ice.
About: climate change · persistence · the planet
The Summit 2013
Documentary
The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2 disaster. On the way to and from the summit, eleven climbers died during a short time span creating one of the worst catastophes in climbing history. Much of the documentary footage was captured by Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng. Sträng was planning to do a Documentary which was aborted due to the fact that he did not reach the summit. The footage was still valuable to help solving what really did happen since all the climbers had different stories about what happened.
The sides of The Summit
- The 2008 K2 disaster
- Real expedition footage mixed with reconstructions
- Climbers caught in the death zone
Good for you if
- you want to understand what it takes to stay alive near the top of K2.
- you like a real climb where every hour high on the mountain counts.
- you want a sober account of what really happened to the climbers.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story where real climbers die on a mountain.
- you need one clear answer, and the survivors' stories don't agree.
About: ambition · survival · grief
The Dawn Wall 2017
Documentary
In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
The sides of The Dawn Wall
- Two climbers on a three thousand foot wall
- Nineteen days living in tents hung off granite
- A climber who lost a finger
Good for you if
- you want the real footage of a climb nobody had done before.
- you like El Capitan, Yosemite and a wall of bare granite.
- you want two men sleeping on the side of a cliff for weeks to get up it.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at two men hanging hundreds of metres above the ground.
- you'd rather not watch a marriage come apart between two climbs.
About: perseverance · friendship · fear
The Eagle Huntress 2016
Documentary
Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
The sides of The Eagle Huntress
- A 13-year-old Kazakh girl training a golden eagle
- Mountains and snow in western Mongolia
- A father teaching his daughter an old tradition
Good for you if
- you like wide Mongolian landscapes and a wild eagle on a girl's arm.
- you want a true story to watch with children.
- you like a girl proving herself in a tradition passed from father to son.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the family's Kazakh.
- you want real danger and suspense, not a warm triumph.
About: tradition · girlhood · fathers and daughters

The Last Trapper 2004
Documentary
Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate and the wildlife by coexisting with it. With his wife Nebraska, they live almost entirely off the land, making money by selling their furs.
The sides of The Last Trapper
- A trapper living off the land in the Yukon
- His wife Nebraska and their sled dogs
- A long winter in the wild
Good for you if
- you like snowy mountains, rivers and forests as far as the eye can see.
- you like seeing how Norman gets through a winter far from everything.
- you dream of a life in harmony with the wild.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not quiet days of checking traps and driving dogs.
- you can't watch animals trapped for their fur.
About: life in the wild · harmony with nature · a vanishing way of life
The Endless Summer 1966
Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots in a search for the surfer's holy grail that Brown dubs "The Perfect Wave.”
The sides of The Endless Summer
- Two surfers going around the world
- Beaches in Africa, Australia and Tahiti
- The search for the perfect wave
Good for you if
- you like watching surfers chase waves nobody has ridden.
- you like empty beaches from Ghana to Cape Town.
- you like a twangy surf guitar score over the footage.
Bad for you if
- you find 1960s footage and narration dated.
- you need suspense, and this is a relaxed trip.
About: freedom · travel · the summer
The Velvet Queen 2021
Documentary
High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they’ll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.
The sides of The Velvet Queen
- A wildlife photographer and a writer in Tibet
- Days of waiting in the cold
- The snow leopard, if it shows up
Good for you if
- you like yaks, foxes and wild cats on the Tibetan plateau.
- you like waiting hours in silence for one animal to appear.
- you like the feeling of a world that doesn't need us.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at poetic voiceover about man and the wild.
- you won't read subtitles for a film narrated in French.
About: patience · the wild · contemplation
Long Way Round 2004
Documentary
In 2004 Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embarked on an epic challenge to bike 20,000-miles across 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Watch as two friends ride around the world together and, against all the odds, realize their dream.
The sides of Long Way Round
- Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on motorbikes
- London to New York the long way
- Mongolia and Siberia by road
Good for you if
- you like two old friends laughing and arguing on a long ride.
- you like empty steppes, mud roads and wild landscapes.
- you like a real trip with real breakdowns and border delays.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. A lot of it is riding and waiting.
- you want edge-of-your-seat suspense. This is a road trip between friends.
About: friendship · adventure · travel
Hacia rutas salvajes 2007
Película
A principios de los años noventa, el joven e idealista Christopher McCandless adopta el nombre de Alexander Supertramp, deja sus posesiones y sus ahorros a la beneficencia y abandona el mundo civilizado con rumbo a la salvaje Alaska para entrar en contacto con la Naturaleza y descubrir el verdadero sentido de la vida. Adaptación del best-seller de Jon Krakauer, basado en las notas del diario de McCandless.
Las caras de Hacia rutas salvajes
- Un graduado que lo regala todo
- Un viaje por carretera por Estados Unidos
- Un autobús abandonado en Alaska
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los grandes paisajes y la vida salvaje.
- te gusta un joven en busca de sentido.
- te gusta la historia real de un graduado que regaló sus ahorros y viajó a dedo hasta Alaska.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
- no soportas ver sufrir a unos padres. Su familia espera dos años sin noticias suyas.
Temas: la libertad · la familia · la naturaleza
El renacido 2015
Película
Durante una expedición en las tierras salvajes americanas, el legendario explorador Hugh Glass es brutalmente atacado por un oso y dado por muerto por los miembros de su propia partida de caza. En su cruzada por sobrevivir, Glass supera inimaginables tribulaciones, además de la traición de su confidente John Fitzgerald. Guiado por la pura determinación y el amor de su familia, Glass deberá superar un duro invierno mientras busca sin descanso un motivo para seguir adelante y encontrar la redención.
Las caras de El renacido
- Un hombre dado por muerto en la nieve
- Un ataque de oso que se siente en los huesos
- Venganza a través de un territorio helado
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los paisajes reales filmados con luz natural.
- te gusta ver a alguien seguir con vida contra todo.
- te gusta la frontera estadounidense de la década de 1820, con sus tramperos de pieles.
Mala para ti si
- el ataque de un oso y las heridas abiertas son demasiado para ti.
- quieres una historia contada con palabras. Aquí hay pocas.
- dos horas y media de lucha son demasiadas para ti.
Temas: la supervivencia · la venganza · la naturaleza