10 Solo Climbing Movies To Watch

• Rating: 8.1
• Genre: Documentary, Adventure, Sports
• Cast Members: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin and Cheyne Lempe
• Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
• Where To Watch: Hulu and Disney+

The production house involved with the production of the movie Free Solo is Little Monster Films, Itinerant Filma and Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation. The film was released on December 13, 2018, in the United States. 

Free Solo is an American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin who documents the journey of the climber Alex Honnold. Alex has always dreamed of achieving his lifelong dream in his lifetime. 

And his dream was to climb the face of the world's most famous rock, the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any support or ropes to help him. If there is a slight slip on his part, he would be parting from the world. 

In his endeavor, he has been asked not to take the risk of putting his life for something that will only cause his fatality, if not the loss of his life. On June 3, 2017, he completed his climb of El Capitan in a free solo. The whole climb took home 3 hours and 56 minutes.

• Rating: 7.7
• Genre: Documentary, Sports
• Cast Members: Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, Jimmy Chin and Amee Hinkley
• Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video, FuboTv, TubiTv and Apple TV

Meru was produced by Little Monster Films. The film was released on August 14, 2015, in the United States and India. The whole movie is based on the Indian Himalayan mountain range and mountain Mount Meru.

Meru is a documentary film capturing the ascent of Mount Meru which is also known as the Shark's Fin in the Himalayan range of India.

The movie documents the attempt of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk, who were unsuccessful in their initial attempt to conquer the mountain.

Though the peak is only 4000 feet tall, its shark shape fin makes the climbing attempt hard for any experienced climbers. The movie is mostly a mixture of footage of the attempt along with the narrative of the climbers. 

The movie was recorded by Canon 5D Mark II and a Panasonic TM900 to capture the successful undertaking of both Conrad and Jimmy to complete their incomplete dreams. 

• Rating: 7.7
• Genre: Documentary, Sports, Adventure
• Cast Members: Nimal Purja, Suchi Purja, James Barber, Galjen Sherpa and Mingma Sherpa
• Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
• Where To Watch: Netflix

The production house of the movie 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible is Little Monster Films, Noah Media Group and Presence. The film was released on November 29, 2021, in the United States.

The whole movie was shot on different peaks that have a height of more than 8000 meters. 

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible is a documentary film directed by Torquil Jones. The movie follows Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his team in an attempt to climb all 14 peaks, which are more than eight thousand peaks, within in time period of 7 months. 

The movie shows the team of Nirmal conquering the mountains such as Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, K2, Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Shishapangma.

Even though many events during the climb were discouraging and challenging, Nirmal and his team completed the climb of 14 peaks in 6 months and 6 days. 

• Rating: 7.5
• Genre: Biography and Drama 
• Cast Members: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Treat Williams and Kate Burton
• Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
• Where To Watch: Redbox, Prime Video, Apple TV and Vudu

The production house of the movie 127 Hours is Searchlight Pictures, Pathe and Everst Entertainment. The film was released on January 28, 2011, in the United States. The whole movie was shot in Moab, Utah, United States. 

127 Hours is a biographical survival drama films who has been directed by Danny Boyle. In the movie, an avid mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking in Utah's Canyonlands National Park with no one among his friends and family knowing about it. 

While climbing, a big boulder he was hanging comes loose and falls down. This causes his right arm to be trapped at the wall and pull it off. Aron tries to move the boulder but every effort lead to same result and keeps him stuck. 

In desperation and his will to survive, he breaks his bone and use his tool to amputate his arm. Successful in his attempt, he goes to find people and is saved by authorities by bringing him to a hospital. 

• Rating: 7.1
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama and Thriller
• Cast Members: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson and Tom Goodman-Hill
• Duration: 2 hours 1 minute
• Where To Watch: Philo, Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu and Redbox

The production house of the movie Everest is Working Title Films, RVK Studios and Walden Media. The film was released on September 25, 2015, in the United States. The movie was shot in South Base Camp of Mount Everest, Nepal. 

Everest is a survival adventure film which has been directed by Baltasar Kormakur. The movie is based on the real event of the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster and the survival of the two expedition groups led by Rob Hall and other by Scott Fischer. 

The story is about climbers on two expeditions who start their final ascent towards the highest peak of the world on Earth. But they are struck by the devastating blizzards that make the expedition coming back almost impossible. 

The team must endure the blizzards, which show no mercy and let the returning mountaineers suffer from blistering winds and freezing temperatures and survive the ordeal.

• Rating: 7.2
• Genre: Documentary, and Biography
• Cast Members: Conrad Anker, Susan Robertson, Robert Macfarlane, Peter Gillman and Jennifer Lowe-Anker
• Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
• Where To Watch: Apple TV

The production house that is involved in the production of the movie The Wildest Dream is Altitude Film Entertainment, British Broadcasting Corporations (BBC) and National Geographic Entertainment. The film was released on August 6, 2010, in the United States. 

The Wildest Dream is a documentary film about British climber George Mallory whose whereabouts are not known from Mount Everest since 1924 along with expedition partner Andrew Irvine.

His body was discovered by Conrad. This leads to the investigation of Mallory's disappearance.

During the discovery, Mallory's body was found frozen along with all of his belonging but he was missing his wife's photo which he had promised to put on the top of the world. 

To find the mystery behind the disappearance of Mallory, Conrad along with the British climbing prodigy Leo Houlding returns to Everest to discover the truth of his journey toward the summit. 

Now the duo is freely climbing the mountain with some modern safety precautions to test if George was really capable of climbing the Second Step himself in 1924.

• Rating: 6.9
• Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance
• Cast Members: Ahmed Sylla, Alice Belaidi, Kevin Razy, Nicholas Wanczycki and Waly Dia
• Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
• Where To Watch: Netflix

The production house that is involved in the production of the movie The Climb 2017 is DACP, France 2 Cinema and Mars Films. The film was released on December 20, 2017, in the United States. 

The Wildest Dream is a French adventure comedy story which is directed by Ludovic Bernard and written by  Ludovic, Nadir Dendoune and Oliver Ducray. The whole story is based on Nadir who experienced different adventures while climbing Mount Everest. 

In the movie, Samy Diakhate, played by Ahmed Sylla, comes from Senegalese originating from the Cite des 4000 in La Courneuve.

Though unemployed like his many friends, he wants to escape unemployment. He is also deeply in love with Nadia.

To win her heart, he expresses his will to climb Everest but Nadia thinks of it as a joke. Samy, determined to prove to Nadia, starts to collect funding for his journey.

This news spreads to his locality and in the whole of Paris like wildfire encouraging and cheering for him. 

• Rating: 7.4
• Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History and Sport
• Cast Members: Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Simon Schwarz and Georg Friedrich
• Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes
• Where To Watch: Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Xumo Play, Prime Video, Vudu and Apple TV

The production house that produced the movie North Face is Dor Film-Wesr Produktionsgesellschaft, MedienKontor Movie GmbH and Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft. The film was released on October 23, 2008, in the United States. 

North Face is a German movie directed by Philipp Stolzl and the script was written by Chris Silber, Philipp Stolzl and Rupert Henning.

The movie is based on a real story that happened before the second world war as propaganda for the nation. 

German climbers Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser and novice journalist Lousie have been friends together since a young age.

Though climbers, they had to enlist in the army. Hearing about the attempt being made on the Eiger north face, both the men decided to compete in the ascent. 

Louise's superior sent her and her editor to serve as a photographer for the duo's ascent. The pair with no funds to climb shares the tent and travels on bicycles.  

• Rating: 5.9
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama and Thriller
• Cast Members: Scott Glenn, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Stuart Wilson
• Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes
• Where To Watch: Spectrum TV, Philo, Prime Video, Vudu, Redbox and Apple TV

The production house that produced the movie Vertical Limit is Columbia Pictures, Global Entertainment Productions GmbH& Company Medien KG and Mountain High Productions. The film was released on December 8, 2000, in the United States. 

Vertical Limit is an American production movie that has been directed by Martin Campbell and the movie script is written by Robert King. The movie is about a climber who is trying to rescue his sister who is stuck on the top of K2.

Annie goes on an expedition funded by wealthy industrialists to conquer the K2. At the place, she is reunited with her brother Peter whom she blames for the death of their father.

But their conquest is interrupted by the storm that creates numerous problems for the group that is taking their journey to the summit.

Stuck, Annie's group sends a radio signal for rescue. Peter to save his sister must go to save his sister from her difficulty. 

• Rating: 6.5
• Genre: Action, Adventure and Thriller
• Cast Members: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner and Rex Linn
• Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes
• Where To Watch: Roku Channel, Paramount Plus, Prime Video, Vudu Redbox and Apple TV

The production house that was involved with the production of the movie The Cliffhanger is Carolco Pictures, Canal+ and Pioneer. The film was released on May 28, 1993, in the United States. 

Cliffhanger is an American action thriller movie which has been directed by Renny Harlin. The movie is about a mountain climber who gets entangled in a heist of a U.S. Treasury plane that is flying through the Rocky Mountains of North America. 

In the movie, Ranger Gabe is coming after an extended period of leave. It was because, when he had received a distress call from his friend to save them, he couldn't save his friend's girlfriend and got blamed for it. 

Now they are threatened to lead the gang and help them find the bills before they are discovered by the U.S. government.