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  1. 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

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  2. Burden of Dreams 1982

    Documentary

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

    The sides of Burden of Dreams

    • Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
    • A steamboat pulled over a mountain
    • A film crew facing accidents and delays

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
    • you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
    • you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.

    Bad for you if

    • you find early 1980s footage dated.
    • you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.

    About: obsession · filmmaking · nature

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  3. Grizzly Man 2005

    Documentary

    Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

    The sides of Grizzly Man

    • A man who spent thirteen summers among Alaskan grizzlies
    • His own video footage, shot alone
    • Werner Herzog's voice weighing his choices

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.
    • you like bears filmed close, in the wild.
    • you like trying to understand someone who chose to live outside the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film built around a real death, his and his partner's.
    • you want a gentle animal film. This one leaves you uneasy.

    About: obsession · nature · death

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  4. Hoop Dreams 1994

    Documentary

    Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

    The sides of Hoop Dreams

    • Two Chicago teenagers dreaming of the NBA
    • A long daily commute to a suburban basketball school
    • Five years of their families' lives

    Good for you if

    • you like basketball as the dream that holds a family together.
    • you want real lives followed over five years, with no script.
    • you're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for you in one sitting.
    • you need a story that moves faster than real life.

    About: ambition · poverty · family · race

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  5. 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

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  6. Alone in the Wilderness 2004

    Documentary

    Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

    The sides of Alone in the Wilderness

    • A retired man building a log cabin alone in Alaska
    • Footage he filmed himself
    • A year of seasons by a remote lake

    Good for you if

    • you like Alaskan lakes, mountains and wildlife through the seasons.
    • you enjoy watching Dick Proenneke shape every log by hand.
    • you want a calm hour of a man content with his own company.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't get into grainy 16mm footage from the late 1960s.
    • you want people talking, and here one man narrates his days.

    About: solitude · self-reliance · the wilderness

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  7. The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

    The sides of Bobby Fischer Against the World

    • A Brooklyn chess prodigy
    • The 1972 match against Spassky in Reykjavik
    • A champion who vanishes into paranoia

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.
    • you like the Cold War played out on a chessboard.
    • you're drawn to an obsessive mind, brilliant and troubled.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to watch a man's mental decline.
    • you need more movement than archive footage of chess games.

    About: obsession · genius · isolation

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  8. 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

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  9. 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

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  10. In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.

    The sides of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

    • A Siberian village on the Yenisei river
    • Trappers working through a full year
    • Dogs, snow and handmade skis

    Good for you if

    • you like the taiga through four seasons, from frozen rivers to summer mosquitoes.
    • you like watching a trapper build a canoe or a trap at his own pace.
    • you want a quiet film about people living off the land.

    Bad for you if

    • you need something to happen beyond the daily work.
    • you won't read subtitles when the trappers speak Russian.

    About: self-reliance · tradition · solitude

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  11. 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

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  12. 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

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  13. Williams 2017

    Documentary

    This sports documentary tells the story of the Williams Formula 1 team founded by the legendary Sir Frank Williams

    The sides of Williams

    • Frank Williams and his Formula 1 team
    • A car crash that left him paralysed
    • A daughter who took over the team

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of a family behind a racing team.
    • you like Formula 1 history from the pit wall.
    • you like a portrait of a man who put racing before everything.

    Bad for you if

    • you want race footage more than family memories.
    • you can't watch a family living with disability and illness.

    About: obsession · family · resilience

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  14. Touching the Void 2003

    Documentary

    The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

    The sides of Touching the Void

    • Two climbers on a peak in the Peruvian Andes
    • A rope cut above a crevasse
    • A man crawling back to camp with a broken leg

    Good for you if

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive.
    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there.
    • you like the men who lived it telling it themselves.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch heights, ice and a drop into the dark.
    • you want something warm and low-stakes tonight.

    About: survival · guilt · friendship

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  15. 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

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  16. Tim's Vermeer 2013

    Documentary

    Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

    The sides of Tim's Vermeer

    • An inventor who has never painted
    • A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
    • Mirrors, lenses and years of patience

    Good for you if

    • you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
    • you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
    • you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
    • you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.

    About: art · obsession · patience

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  17. Diego Maradona 2019

    Documentary

    Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.

    The sides of Diego Maradona

    • Maradona's years at Napoli
    • Never-seen footage from the 1980s
    • The 1986 World Cup and the Hand of God

    Good for you if

    • you like football told through its most famous goals.
    • you like a life told only with footage from the time.
    • you like a man split between the hero Diego and the star Maradona.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch cocaine and a slow fall from grace.
    • two hours and ten minutes is too much for you.

    About: fame · Naples · addiction · talent

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  18. Virunga 2014

    Documentary

    Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.

    The sides of Virunga

    • Rangers guarding Africa's oldest national park
    • Orphaned mountain gorillas and their keeper
    • Hidden camera footage of an oil company's dealings

    Good for you if

    • you love the mountain gorillas and the man who raises them.
    • you like hidden cameras catching bribes as they happen.
    • you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real gunfire and war footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary built as a call to save the park.

    About: conservation · courage · greed · war

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  19. 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

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  20. 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

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