Climbing Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Follows the remarkable journey of Kai Lightner, a 12-time national climbing champion and the visionary founder of "Climb for Change." Against the...

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

Dierdre Wolownick is the oldest woman to climb El Capitan in Yosemite. Never an athlete, she excelled in languages, art, music and other intellectual...

Cobra Crack is the de facto kingline of North American trad climbing. A stunning wall of overhanging granite split by a singular seam, barely wide...

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

A celebration of the eccentric climbers of Colorado's Front Range. Includes bouldering with Urban Ape Timmy O'Neill, trad climbing with Heidi Wertz,...

The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...

Around the world tickets, minimal luggage, a crash pad, shoes and chalk.... the search begins. Jet from the Southeast to England, France, Japan,...

The film shows training maneuvers by the 'Fiamme Verdi' (Green Flames) brigade, instructed by the mountaineering military school of Aosta. The...

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

THE QUEST: Everest is a journey to deeper understand and climb the most iconic mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, and to reveal its amazing history...

"Waiting for Godot" is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place on Torre Central Del Paine and Torre Norte Del Paine. It was directed by...

Documentary about K2 tragedy of 1986. On August 4, 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2 very late in the day. Shortly after...

The Dawn Wall is the hardest big wall in the world. After his failure in 2021, Seb Berthe sets sail again for a second attempt. Strongly supported by...

A subjective style documentary of rock climbing in North Wales featuring two London brothers - both professional climbers: The Holliwell Brothers.

Brooke Raboutou takes on Excalibur (5.15c / 9b+) in Arco, Italy. This film documents the process, hardships, and relentless perseverance—both...

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean...