20 movies like The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, ordered by similarity : Everest(1998), Steep(2007), The Art of Political Murder(2019), The Anthropologist(2015), Aida's Secrets(2016), Sweetgrass(2009), The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition(2000), The Eagle Huntress(2016), Kon-Tiki(1951), The Conquest of Everest(1953), The Real Cancun(2003), Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey(1994) ...
Documentary
USA
2010
93 Minutes
Conrad Anker Leo Houlding
explorer mountaineer thrilling fascinating mount everest conquest quest 19th century
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
Documentary
1998
44 Minutes
David Breashears
mountain climber sherpa gripping thrilling powerful mountain himalayas mount everest nepal survival daunting task adventure pursuit quest 1990s
Members of a 1996 expedition cross paths with an ill-fated group while planting scientific equipment and ascending to the summit. Liam Neeson narrates.
Documentary
USA
2007
90 Minutes
Ingrid Backstrom Anselme Baud Bill Briggs Doug Coombs Chris Davenport Stefano De Benedetti
skier ski coach athlete pioneer mountaineer musician fascinating gutsy inspiring mountain alaska canada iceland wyoming skiing daredevils extreme sports nature thrill seeking danger
Steep traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the daredevils of today.
Documentary
2019
90 Minutes
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An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
Documentary
Russia|Peru|Kiribati|USA
2015
81 Minutes
Daniel A. Miller
anthropologist mother daughter traveler expert narrator fascinating emotional gripping jungle new york city airplane mountain village boat anthropology climate change travel civilization bonding
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
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Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »
Documentary
2009
102 Minutes
Illisa Barbash
shepherd partner cowboy fascinating spirited montana wilderness mountain sheep american west daunting task obsolescence nature quest 2000s
Herders guide an enormous flock of sheep to summer pastures on their final drive through the Beartooth Mountains.
Documentary
USA|UK|Germany|Sweden
2000
93 Minutes
explorer crew member cameraman narrator scientist engaging fascinating incredible antarctica exploration science survival ernest shackleton quest rescue discovery 2000s
A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK|Mongolia|USA
2016
87 Minutes
Aisholpan Nurgaiv Rys Nurgaiv
teen girl hunter trainer family member rival villager inspiring fascinating cool village training area mongolia mountain hut stream hunting training gender equality determination family
Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
Documentary
Norway|Sweden
1951
73 Minutes
explorer scientist sailor filmmaker engaging fascinating pacific ocean peru polynesia raft exploration expedition daunting task historical events scientific experiments quest adventure discovery 1940s
A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Documentary, Adventure
UK
1953
78 Minutes
mountain climber explorer guide inspiring spirited mount everest nepal camp aspirations ambition mountain climbing historical events expedition survival adventure quest 1950s
Documentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.
Documentary
USA
2003
96 Minutes
college student party girl virgin beach bum twin ladies' man amusing hedonistic engaging wild cancun, mexico beach bar hotel nightclub party spring break drinking one-night stand sexual conquests
Sixteen American college students drink, flirt, fight and canoodle during their Spring Break vacation in Cancun, Mexico.
Documentary
USA|UK
1994
83 Minutes
Clara Rockmore Robert Moog Nicolas Slonimsky Paul Shure Henry Solomonoff Suki Bader Lydia Kavina Brian Wilson Todd Rundgren Dr. Samuel Hoffman Ingrid Bergman
inventor musician scientist brian wilson performer fascinating creative quirky shocking new york city russia music the theremin cold war inventions kidnapping discovery quest 1990s
A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.
Documentary
UK
2005
84 Minutes
Dave Morris Bruce Alexander T. Colin Campbell Oliver Ford Davies Richard Hope
environmentalist lawyer fiery fascinating england courtroom london mclibel lawsuit big business environmental consciousness public relations censorship rivalry quest wretched excess underdog 1990s
McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
Documentary
USA|UK
2018
96 Minutes
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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Documentary
UK|USA
2008
90 Minutes
high-wire artist police officer girlfriend friend fascinating suspenseful incredible france new york city skyscraper world trade center daunting task aspirations friendship crime quest underdog 1970s
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Documentary
Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Douglas E. Davidson Sienna Demers
rock star art collector art dealer art gallerist forger chilling disheartening fascinating intricate offbeat shocking canada art art world forgery lawsuit crime quest 2010s
A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Dawn Chapman Douglas Clemens Robbin Ellison Dailey Kay Drey R. William Field Lois Gibbs
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A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Documentary
2006
240 Minutes
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Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.
Documentary
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Russell Michaels
hacker national security advisor politician political consultant political candidate computer computer expert computer programmer bleak brooding chilling confident dark disheartening disturbing engaging fascinating gripping intense powerful
Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Documentary
USA
1971
100 Minutes
James Lipscomb Ron Taylor Peter Gimbel
oceanographer filmmaker musician charming offbeat thrilling ship australia indian ocean sharks daunting task dangerous assignment pursuit quest 1970s
Documentary focusing on great white sharks.