Put yourself in someone else’s hiking boots and settle in for some prime time Adventure Films:
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- Everest (2015) – biographical film on the events of the 1996 Mt Everest disaster
- Beyond the Edge (2013) – NZ docudrama about Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mt Everest in 1953
- Touching the Void (2003) – docudrama about Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’ climb of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes
- The Summit (2008) – a film about the 2008 K2 disaster
- Meru (2015) – attempting the impossible climb – the Shark’s Fin on Mt Meru in Northern India
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997) – the story of Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer – his experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1952, and becoming a close friend of the Dalai Lama
- The Way (2010) – a story of adventure and purpose on the Camino de Santiago
- Valley Uprising (2014) – a documentary on the history and crazy life and times of rock climbers in Yosemite National Park
- The Dawn Wall (2018) – legendary free climber Tommy Caldwell tries to get over heartbreak by scaling 3000ft of an impossible rock face
- Free Solo (2018) – follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3000ft high El Capitan Wall.
- Mountain (2017) – An exploration of our obsessions with high places and how they have come to capture our imagination.
- Cerro Torre (2013) – David Lama and Peter Ortner set out to free climb a route once thought to be the most difficult in the world.
- Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (2022) – chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 1993.
- K2: Siren of the Himalayas (2014) – an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s most challenging peak on the 100-year anniversary of the Duke of Abruzzi’s landmark K2 expedition.
- Dhaulagiri (2022) – An Ecuadorian mountaineer balances friendship, love, and luck in his quest to climb a new route on one of the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world.
- Broad Peak (2022) – After climbing Broad Peak mountain, Maciej Berbeka learns his journey to the summit is incomplete. 25 years later, he sets out to finish what he started.
Adventure Films on YouTube and Vimeo
- there’s always YouTube or Vimeo where you can search for the next hike/trek/expedition/adventure you’re about to embark on to see exactly what you’re in for.
- checkout our Project Base8000 YouTube Channel for our videos and playlists
- or in Vimeo
- Roots Rock Arapiles for a short film on rock climbing history in the Arapiles area, Australia
- Khumbu Climbing Centre Documentary
- see the documentary by Michael Dillon on Tim Macartney-Snape’s expedition – Everest: From Sea to Summit
Adventure Film Festivals and Events
You might also be interested in local or online events including adventure film festivals listed on our Events page.