Check out these top adventure movies and documentaries set in the high stakes of hiking and mountaineering games for thrilling entertainment.
You can find all these movies on various OTT platforms. Let's check them out!
Into the Wild (2007) - Prime Video: It tells the story of a top student and athlete who abandons all of his possessions to roam across the wilderness of Alaska.
Meru (2015) - Prime Video: It captures the story of three elite climbers attempting to climb one of the most coveted, Mount Meru in the Himalayas.
Everest (2015) - Prime Video, JioCinema: A biographical movie featuring expedition teams on their final moment to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest when a severe storm strikes the mountain without any warning.
Touching the Void (2003) - YouTube: Directed by Kevin Macdonald, it’s the true story of two climbers on their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021) - Netflix: It's the story of the Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja who embarks on an impossible quest to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.
Free Solo (2018) - Prime Video: It features Alex Honnold, a climber who accepts the biggest challenge of his career by climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park alone without any rope.
Seven Years in Tibet (1997) - Apple TV: Starring Brad Pitt, this biography movie is about an Austrian climber who breaks out of prison and travels to Lhasa where he befriends the 14th Dalai Lama.
Vertical Limit (2000) - Prime Video: Directed by Martin Campbell, the movie is about a climber who tries to rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.