Curated climbing film lists

Curated ways into the collection, with a note on why each film made the cut.

Hand-picked lists for when you don't know where to start: the best free solo films, everything shot on El Capitan, the hardest climbs ever filmed, short films for a lunch break, feature-length documentaries, and expedition films from the big ranges. Every entry has a one-line note on why the film made the cut. Lists are updated when new films arrive, and the date on each list is the last time it changed.

Best Free Solo Climbing Films

The best free solo climbing films free to watch online: Alex Honnold on El Sendero Luminoso and The Phoenix, Dean Potter's FreeBASE, and more ropeless ascents.

8 films

Best El Capitan Climbing Films

Free films about climbing El Capitan in Yosemite: free ascents of The Nose, Golden Gate, Zodiac and El Corazón, aid speed records, and Dawn Wall attempts.

12 films

The Hardest Climbs Ever Filmed

Watch the hardest rock climbs ever recorded on film: Adam Ondra's Silence (9c), Shawn Raboutou's Alphane (V17), Burden of Dreams, Lexicon E11 and more.

12 films

Best Short Climbing Films Under 15 Minutes

The best short climbing films free to watch, all under 15 minutes: Es Pontàs, El Sendero Luminoso, Margo Hayes, Ondra's hardest flash, Black Pearl and more.

14 films

Best Full-Length Climbing Documentaries

Feature-length climbing documentaries free to watch online: Stone Locals, Metanoia, Rotpunkt, Wide Boyz, Rampage, The Death Consequence and more.

13 films

Films Featuring Women Climbers

Free climbing films led by women: Margo Hayes, Babsi Zangerl, Emily Harrington, Janja Garnbret, Nina Caprez, Katie Lamb, Paige Claassen and more.

19 films

Expedition Big Wall Films

Free expedition big wall films: Greenland by sailboat, Baffin Island, Madagascar, Venezuela's tepuis and the Trango Towers with the Favresse brothers and more.

18 films

Best Climbing Films on YouTube

The best climbing films on YouTube, all free and uploaded by the people who made them: Silence, Rotpunkt, Alphane, Wide Boyz, Stone Locals and more.

14 films

Best Bouldering Films

The best bouldering films free to watch online: Alphane, The Lappnor Project, In Sequence, Rampage, A Good Season in Rocklands, Adrenaline and more.

16 films

Best Yosemite Climbing Films

The best Yosemite climbing films free to watch: Honnold on The Phoenix, Dean Potter on The Rostrum, Stone Locals, Book of Hate, Sentinel and El Cap.

14 films

Climbing Films for People Who Don't Climb

Climbing films that work even if you have never touched rock: Stone Locals, Rotpunkt, Wide Boyz, The Ghosts Above, Arctic Ascent and El Sendero Luminoso.

12 films

Best Alpine and Mountaineering Films

Alpine and mountaineering films that are actually free to watch: The Ghosts Above, Metanoia, Arctic Ascent, the Eiger north face, Trango and Baffin.

13 films