20 movies like The Summit, ordered by similarity : Steep(2007), The Alps(2007), The Anthropologist(2015), The Eagle Huntress(2016), Mountain(2017), Climbing Blind(2020), Legion of Brothers(2017), Blindsight(2006), Free Solo(2018), This Is Congo(2017), Everest(1998), Armadillo(2010) ...
Documentary
2012
102 Minutes
Pat Falvey Hristo Mitzkov Lochlann O'Mearáin Cecilie Skog Fredrik Sträng
photographer mountaineer tense eerie frightening airplane mountain village airport base camp stranded dangerous job camaraderie challenge adventure 2000s
Filmmaker Nick Ryan uses footage, interviews and re-enactments to piece together events in August 2008 that resulted in the deaths of 11 people on Mount Everest.
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
USA
2007
44 Minutes
mountain climber wife daughter father thrilling uneasy spectacular gutsy the alps switzerland dangerous job mountain climbing family honor father/daughter relationship redemption nature adventure quest 2000s
John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death forty years earlier.
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
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
Australia
2017
74 Minutes
mountain climber fascinating mountain mountaintop mountain climbing discovery 2010s
An experience about the highest peaks around the world.
Documentary
UK
2020
70 Minutes
blind man climber friend mountaineer teamwork engaging gripping inspiring fascinating powerful scotland coast cliff living space mountain rock formation climbing blindness epic journey following your heart
Blind climber Jesse Dufton's ascent of the Old Man of Hoy.
Documentary
USA
2017
79 Minutes
green beret terrorist soldier george w. bush intense patriotic powerful tense afghanistan battlefield warfare special ops terror terrorism combat secret mission war adventure 2000s
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, ... See full summary »
Documentary, Adventure
2006
104 Minutes
Erik Weihenmayer Jeff Evans Stefani Jackenthal Kami Tenzing Sherpa Sabriye Tenberken Ed Weihenmayer
blind person mountain climber teenager teacher emotional incredible gripping himalayas mount everest courage determination blindness mountain climbing leadership adventure discovery transformation 2000s
Documentary
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Jimmy Chin
rock climber climber confident engaging fascinating gripping inspiring incredible intense raw wild yosemite valley united states adventure challenge climbing nature discovery quest adventure
Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
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, War
Denmark|Sweden
2010
100 Minutes
soldier peasant afghan stripper officer militant brutal disturbing intense disheartening denmark afghanistan base camp afghan village war in afghanistan military life horrors of war civilian deaths boredom wretched excess
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2000
106 Minutes
Ken Duken Regula Grauwiller Gregor Torzs Max Herbrechter Frank Giering Erhan Emre Alexander Hörbe Antje Westermann Gerhard Garbers Monika Hackermann Rainer Werner
mountain climber doctor friend adventurer disabled person man intense touching inspiring sad emotional positive mountain hospital village accident mountain climbing paralysis living with disability depression
Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.
Documentary
USA
1976
127 Minutes
tribal leader wife widow daughter shepherd jafar qoli fascinating gutsy spirited valley river iran zard kuh mountain, iran zagros mountains migration nomadic lifestyle danger society journey babadi tribe
There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and dangerous mountains to cross. There are no towns, no roads, no bridges. There is no turning back. The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most... See full summary »
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
2005
94 Minutes
rebel president victim government official terrorist fascinating tense frightening peru united states terrorism government repression rise rivalry sacrifice revenge 2000s
State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a war against terror, a war potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain.
Documentary
USA
2016
76 Minutes
Ian Buruma Guo-Qiang Cai Wen-You Cai Jeffrey Deitch Phil Grucci Thomas Krens
chinese man artist family member friend staff member narrator creative engaging confident china art show city mountain street warehouse art ambition determination struggle work
Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.
Documentary
Afghanistan|Germany|Japan|Netherlands
2018
88 Minutes
bus driver terrorist brother father family member friend bleak brooding tense emotional touching disheartening afghan village house bus iran desert terrorism suicide bombing family
A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
war correspondent journalist british man writer enemy foreigner suspenseful engaging thrilling intense gripping emotional afghanistan war zone iraq syria iraq war war journalism danger
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Documentary
Republic of North Macedonia
2019
85 Minutes
Tamara Kotevska
beekeeper family neighbor villager engaging incredible touching macedonia mountain beekeeping climate change environment tradition family relationships discovery 2010s
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.