¿Qué quieres ver esta noche?
Cada título dice para quién es bueno y para quién no. Toca lo que quieres esta noche, o di que no a uno y por qué.
Lo más cercano a The Dawn Wall primero
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last Breath 2019
Documentary
A commercial diver is stranded on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen supply, but with no chance of rescue for more than 30 minutes. With access to amazing archival footage, this is the true story of one man’s impossible fight for survival.
The sides of Last Breath
- A diver stranded on the bottom of the North Sea
- Five minutes of oxygen and no rescue for thirty
- His crew trying to reach him
Good for you if
- you like counting the minutes with a crew racing against time.
- you like a real fight to stay alive against the odds.
- you want real footage and the people who lived it.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the dread of deep dark water and running out of air.
- you can't sit through colleagues believing a friend is dead.
About: survival · teamwork · luck
The Deepest Breath 2023
Documentary
Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.
The sides of The Deepest Breath
- A freediving champion chasing depth records
- A safety diver who watches over her
- Dives into the Blue Hole of Dahab
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath with a diver far below the surface.
- you want to discover freediving and the people who live for it.
- you like a true story told with real footage of the dives.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a true story where the risks of a sport become real.
- you panic watching divers alone in deep, dark water on a single breath.
About: risk · trust · the sea
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
127 horas 2010
Película
Basada en la historia real de Aron Ralston, un intrépido montañero norteamericano tristemente famoso porque en mayo de 2003, durante una escalada, en Utah, sufrió una caída. Tras varios días inmovilizado e incapaz de encontrar una solución, tuvo que tomar una dramática decisión.
Las caras de 127 horas
- Un escalador atrapado por una roca
- Cinco días en un cañón
- Una decisión
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una historia real de supervivencia contra todo.
- te gusta un actor que sostiene una película él solo.
- te gusta ver cómo se acaba el tiempo.
Mala para ti si
- una escena célebre es demasiado dura para ti.
- quieres una historia de supervivencia contada en silencio. Danny Boyle llena el cañón de pantallas divididas y música atronadora.
Temas: la supervivencia · la voluntad · la soledad
The Rescue 2021
Documentary
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
The sides of The Rescue
- Twelve boys and their coach trapped in a flooded cave
- British cave divers called to Thailand
- Children sedated to be carried out underwater
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending.
- you like the real divers telling what they did in their own words.
- you like a rescue plan nobody thought could work.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch parents waiting for days without knowing if their sons are alive.
- you need low stakes tonight, and here thirteen lives hang on every dive.
About: courage · teamwork · risk
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
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
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
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari 2022
Documentary
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.
The sides of The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
- The 2019 eruption on Whakaari White Island
- Tourists caught on the crater floor
- Pilots and boat crews who went back in
Good for you if
- you want survivors and rescuers telling it in their own words.
- you like following a rescue minute by minute.
- you like stories of ordinary people who refused to leave others behind.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about real deaths and severe burns.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: courage · a natural disaster · grief
Cheer 2020
Documentary
The stakes on the mat are high, but for these cheerleaders, the only thing more brutal than their workouts and more exceptional than their performances are the stories of adversity and triumph behind the athletes themselves.
The sides of Cheer
- A college cheer team in Texas
- Coach Monica Aldama
- The road to the national championship in Daytona
Good for you if
- you like a sport you never took seriously shown as brutal and precise.
- you like real athletes telling where they come from.
- you like being moved by young people fighting for a spot on the mat.
Bad for you if
- you can't take hard childhoods, injuries and real trouble told on camera.
- you want something light, and the pressure is hard to watch.
About: ambition · belonging · sacrifice
Korengal 2014
Documentary
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
The sides of Korengal
- US soldiers at an outpost in Afghanistan
- The same men and valley as Restrepo
- Soldiers talking about what war did to them
Good for you if
- you want to know what combat feels like to the men who fought it.
- you want real soldiers, not actors.
- you like hearing young men speak honestly about fear and brotherhood.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real firefights.
- you'd rather not face real loss and trauma on screen.
About: brotherhood · the cost of war · fear

Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 2013
Series
Bear Grylls takes his survival expertise one step further as he reveals the incredible stories of ordinary people stranded in devastatingly dire situations. Coupled with incredible archive footage and interviews with the survivors, Bear will pit himself against the very same dangers and scenarios, reliving their journeys through first-hand experience and showing us how to survive through some of the world's most desolate landscapes.
The sides of Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
- Real people stranded in the wild
- Archive footage and survivor interviews
- Bear Grylls facing the same dangers
Good for you if
- you want to know how people made it out of deserts and jungles alive.
- you like hearing true stories from the survivors themselves.
- you like the harshest landscapes on the planet.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real people close to death.
- you roll your eyes at survival lessons told with big emotion.
About: endurance · luck · the will to live
Man on Wire 2008
Documentary
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
The sides of Man on Wire
- A wire strung between the Twin Towers in 1974
- Months of planning like a heist
- A Frenchman walking on air for nearly an hour
Good for you if
- you like a plan where one mistake gets everyone caught.
- you like hearing the accomplices tell it decades later.
- you like the image of a man lying down on a wire above New York.
Bad for you if
- you're afraid of heights. A man walks a wire between the Twin Towers with nothing below him.
- you roll your eyes at grand talk about art and beauty. Petit tells his walk like a poem.
About: daring · friendship · freedom