Climbing Movies

Climbing Movies is a curated library of climbing films that are free to watch online. It started as one person's watch list. Good climbing films are scattered across brand channels, festival channels and climbers' own uploads, and the platforms surface the same three videos every time. This site is the list I wished existed, with a note on each film that says what it actually is.

How films are chosen

1. It has to be free to watch and legally online: uploaded by the filmmaker, the production company, the brand that funded it, or the climber in it.
2. It has to be about climbing as it is actually done, not stock footage or a compilation.
3. It has to be worth its runtime, whether that is 6 minutes or 60. Trailers, teasers and clip reels do not qualify.
4. Every film gets a writeup that says what kind of film it is: a redpoint film, a portrait, an expedition diary, an ascent shot in one take.

How embedding and credit work

Nothing is hosted or re-uploaded here. Every film is embedded from the original YouTube or Vimeo upload, the channel is named and linked on the film page, and each channel has a filmmaker page that collects its films. The best way to support the people who make these films is to subscribe at the source.

If a film is yours and you would like it removed or the credit corrected, email [email protected] and it will be done the same day.