Are you a rampage geek just like me?
Nonetheless, you are on a rollercoaster ride of venture and emotions from the repletion of your wrap and a trencher of popcorn. Here is my “too good to be true” list of all-time favorite trekking movies of Hollywood, to lighten up your spirits this fall.
1. The Mountain
The story is of two opposite brothers, the younger one wants to reach the site of the plane crash to rob the sufferer but needs the help of his older mountaineer brother. Without a lot of turmoil, the statesman one agrees and they venture towards the crash site near Mount Blanc the way when is a test of patience and good faith, but moreover nature’s way of punishing.
Year of Release | 1956 |
Director | Edward Dmytryk |
IMDB Rating | 6.8 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video, Vudu, and Apple TV |
2. Vertical Limit
The mucosa is well-nigh an trek gone wrong on Mt. K2 where the sister of famous mountain climber Peter Garette is struck with her hairdo in a crevice. The rencontre is for Peter to gather a team and rescue his sister withal with her team surpassing the unfortunate happens.
Year of Release | 2000 |
Director | Martin Campbell |
IMDB Rating | 5.9 |
Where to watch? | Rent or purchase on Google Play, Youtube, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime Video |
3. Touching the Void
The mucosa revolves virtually the dilemma of life and death. Two young climbers – Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, are unswayable to be the first ones to reach the summit of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes but are well-nigh to meet their worst fates on the descent, where Simpson breaks his leg and Simon has to siphon him lanugo was an enormous storm is waiting for them.
Year of Release | 2004 |
Director | Kevin MacDonald |
IMDB Rating | 8 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video |
4. The Beckoning Silence
Based on the book, The Beckoning Silence written by Joe Simpson the mucosa retracts the epic mountaineering tragedy of 1936 where 5 climbers met their unfortunate fates on their way to scale the north squatter of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland.
Year of Release | 2007 |
Director | Lousie Osmond |
IMDB Rating | 7.4 |
Where to watch? | Amazon Prime Video |
5. The Asgard Project
A spectacular cinematic wits that follows Leo’s would-be plan slantingly Stanley Leary to do the first self-ruling takeoff of the north squatter of Mt. Asgard which is located deep in the tundra and wingsuit the descent. But things start to go wrong and reaching the wiring becomes the biggest challenge.
Year of Release | 2009 |
Director | Alastair Lee |
IMDB Rating | 8.3 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video |
6. The Wildest dream
The mucosa is an struggle to recreate the ill fates of British Climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine during their summit of Everest in 1924. The mountaineers attempting to do this are Conrad Anker and Lou Houlding.
Year of Release | 2010 |
Director | Anthony Geffen |
IMDB Rating | 7.3 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video |
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7. 127 Hours
The mucosa is a survival biographical drama well-nigh a man trapped underneath a boulder in an isolated pass at Bluejohn Canyon, Utah. The man has to resort to drastic measures for survival until he is rescued which is without 127 hours.
Year of Release | 2011 |
Director | Danny Boyle |
IMDB Rating | 7.6 |
Where to watch? | Rent or purchase on Apple TV, Youtube, and Google Play |
8. Wild
The mucosa talks well-nigh a recently divorced woman, Cheryl Strayed who wants to turn a new leaf in life and decides to go for an 1100-mile trek withal Pacific Crest Trail. The journey helps her through the odds and helps her discover her real self.
Year of Release | 2014 |
Director | Jean-Marc Vallee |
IMDB Rating | 7.1 |
Where to watch? | Rent or purchase on Apple TV, Youtube, and Google Play |
9. The Summit
The documentary is a take on the 2008 disaster of Mt. K2 where 22 international climbers were on the summit and within 48 hours 11 had died or simply vanished into thin air.
Year of Release | 2012 |
Director | Nick Ryan |
IMDB Rating | 6.8 |
Where to watch? | Rent or purchase on Amazon Instant Video, iTunes, and Google Play |
10. Tracks
The mucosa is an version of Robin Davidson’s memoir, Tracks. The mucosa is well-nigh a woman who in search of solitude treks wideness the Australian desert with four camels and a dog.
Year of Release | 2013 |
Director | John Curran |
IMDB Rating | 7.1 |
Where to watch? | Amazon Prime Video |
11. A Walk in the Woods

The mucosa revolves virtually an author, Bill Bryson who in search of peace and solitude decides to hike the Appalachian Trail withal with his old friend, Katz.
Year of Release | 2015 |
Director | Ken Kwapis |
IMDB Rating | 6.3 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video |
12. Everest
The movie is a biographical survival screenplay well-nigh the 1996 disaster at the Mt. Everest. The movie focuses on the two trek groups who tried to outlast the tragedy.
Year of Release | 2015 |
Director | Baltasar Kormakur |
IMDB Rating | 7.1 |
Where to watch? | Rent or purchase on Google Play, iTunes, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Youtube. |
13. Meru
The mucosa is a story of three peerage climbers who have to finger the most intense emotions of obsession and loss as they try to climb up Mt. Meru.
Year of Release | 2015 |
Director | Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
IMDB Rating | 7.7 |
Where to watch? | Prime Video |
14. The Long Start to the Journey
This documentarian masterpiece is metaphorical and literal ups and downs felt by Chris Gallaway as he tries to trek Appalachian Trail. Experiencing the severities of nature and his physical stuff in an struggle to reach Mt. Katahdin, Maine.
Year of Release | 2015 |
Director | Chris Gallaway |
IMDB Rating | 8.9 |
Where to watch? | Youtube or download from self-sustaining sites |
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15. Self-ruling Solo
The documentary is an worth of a professional waddle climber, Alex Honnold who tries to conquer the first self-ruling solo of the famous El Captain’s 900 m vertical wall at Yosemite National Park.
Year of Release | 2018 |
Director | Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
IMDB Rating | 8.1 |
Where to watch? | Disney , Hulu, rent or purchase on Google Play, iTunes, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Youtube |
Conclusion for Trekking Movies of Hollywood
Movies can be a take on reality or a work of fiction either way they are sources of entertainment and inspiration. The motive overdue this is only to make people see a variegated perspective and moreover a unravel from their lives. So they should be seen with the same intentions and not be made a sign of some negativity or hate.
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Frequently Asked Questions for Trekking Movies of Hollywood
What are trekking movies?
Trekking movies are those where trekking is the vital and main storyline or a situation where trekking is personified.
Are there any trekking movies in Hollywood directed by Nick Ryan?
The Summit (2012) is a trekking movie in Hollywood directed by Nich Ryan
Which trekking movie in Hollywood has an IMDB rating of 8 or above?
The Asgard Project (2009) – 8.3, Into the Wild (2007) – 8.1, and Touching The Void (2004) – 8 are some of the trekking movies in Hollywood with an IMDB rating of 8 or above.
Are trekking movies only well-nigh trekking?
Trekking movies are well-nigh trekking but moreover have other elements to the storyline.
Which trekking movie of Hollywood is present on Amazon Prime Video?
The mountain, Vertical limit, Touching the void, The Beckoning Silence, Into the Wild, the Asgard Project, The Wildest Dream and many other famous trekking movies of Hollywood are present on Prime Video.
Which trekking movie of Hollywood is present on Netflix?
14 peaks, Sherpa, Everest, Into the wild, and Self-ruling Solo are some of the weightier trekking movies of Hollywood present on Netflix.
Which trekking movie of Hollywood is present on Disney Hotstar?
Free Solo and Explorer: the last Tepui, are present on Disney Hotstar.
Are trekking movies of Hollywood unchangingly based on real life?
Trekking movies are not unchangingly reality as they can be a work of fiction as well.