For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.

Free Solo
2018
7.9/10

Valley Uprising
2014
7.7/10

Everest
1998
6.6/10

The Alpinist
2021
7.8/10

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021
7.4/10

The Dawn Wall
2017
8.0/10

Meru
2015
7.4/10

Explorer: The Last Tepui
2022
7.5/10

Mountain
2017
6.9/10

The Art of Flight
2011
7.8/10

Atlantis Rising
2017
6.1/10

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019
7.6/10

180° South
2010
7.3/10

The Eagle Huntress
2016
7.1/10

One Life
2011
7.5/10

Alone in the Wilderness
2004
7.9/10

42 Up
1999
7.6/10

The Deepest Breath
2023
7.6/10

Elephant
2020
7.7/10

The Class of ‘92
2013
7.1/10
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
4.6/10