The best mountaineering movies
The top 3 according to 207 votes from people: North Face (2008) · Touching the Void (2003) · Nanga Parbat (2010). (Updated Feb 8, 2022.)
The Eiger North Face, Everest and Free Solo: the best fiction and documentary films about mountaineering, according to Bergfreunde, Via Ferrata and Rauf und davon.
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Top 10
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1
North Face (2008)
Two German climbers on the Eiger North Face in 1936.
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2
Touching the Void (2003)
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates on Siula Grande.
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3
Nanga Parbat (2010)
Reinhold and Günther Messner in 1970, by Joseph Vilsmaier.
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4
Everest (2015)
The Everest disaster of May 1996.
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5
The Alpinist (2021)
Canadian solo climber Marc-André Leclerc.
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6
Free Solo (2018)
Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without a rope; Oscar for best documentary.
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7
Meru (2015)
Three climbers on Meru's Shark's Fin.
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8
The Challenge (1938)
The race to the Matterhorn, with Luis Trenker.
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9
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Heinrich Harrer after escaping from the camp.
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10
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021)
Nirmal Purja climbs all the eight-thousanders in seven months.
Candidates
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11
To the Limit (2007)
The Huber brothers chasing a speed record in Yosemite.
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12
Vertical Limit (2000)
A rescue on K2.
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13
Scream of Stone (1991)
A contest on Cerro Torre, by Werner Herzog.
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14
Cliffhanger (1993)
A mountain rescuer against criminals in the Rockies.
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Comments (2)
Sturz ins Leere schaue ich jedes Jahr, unglaublich dass das wirklich passiert ist.
Der Berg ruft gehört natürlich rein, Trenker war ein Pionier