20 Classic Outdoor Adventure Movies

Movies are an infinite exploration of the breadth of life. I wonder if you agree or not. What kind of movies are suitable for outdoor people to watch? Below is a collection of 20 classic outdoor adventure movies for you. Welcome to learn from them.

01. As Far As Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

This film has won many international awards, and its plot is based on a true story. escape story. At the end of World War II, German soldier Colin Kievans (Michael Mendl) became a prisoner of war during the war and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. At this time, his pregnant wife and daughter had no news of him at all and could only pray for God's blessing. He could come back alive. After a long journey, a group of prisoners of war was sent to a labor camp where there were no walls or fences. However, the extreme cold and the thousands of miles of ice became an insurmountable barrier.

This place is located in eastern Siberia. When we first arrived, many people died due to the weather and disease. However, the inhuman life of miners was the real purgatory. Colly Kivens never forgot his relatives far away. A failed escape caused him to suffer abuse from the guards, but this strengthened his determination to escape from here. Later, with the help of an elderly doctor, Colly Kivens was able to escape from the labor camp and gained hope of returning home. But in front of him will be the 14,000-kilometer "Land of Death". In the thousands-mile ice field covered with snow, Corley began his long journey home alone.

02, Vertical Limit (2000)

The towering K2 Peak at the western foot of the Himalayas is the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest. As early as 1892, a European mountaineering team attempted to climb K2. However, it was not until 1954 that an Italian expedition team successfully reached the summit and realized their wish to conquer K2.

Peter (played by Chris O'Donnell) was originally an expert mountain climber. However, because his father accidentally died in a mountaineering accident, Peter made up his mind to give up mountaineering. But Peter's sister Anne (played by Robin Turney) was unwilling to give up, and the brother and sister broke up unhappy. Anne organized an expedition team on her own to attack K2 Peak. Unexpectedly, the team encountered a sudden change in climate and was trapped on the cliff, facing a dilemma. In order to rescue Annie, Peter had to go into battle and challenge the limits of K2 again!

03. Everest (1998)

This is a film about Everest shot with a super-large movie camera. The machine is manufactured by IMAX Corporation. In 1996, he spent US$3.5 million, equivalent to NT$120 million, to shoot on location in Nepal. This film can only be shown on a special screen and IMAX projector. It was screened in Taiwan at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung and is now distributed on video for sale in the United States. It is a video worth watching.

04. Cliffhanger (1993)

The desperate battle at an altitude of 4,000 meters will give you an absolute shock and keep your heart beating for a full 120 minutes. What dares to go against Stallone this time is a mountain that only 12 people in the world can climb, and a group of desperadoes on the top of the mountain. With dizzying heights, rock climbing full of wildness and strength, and climbing moves more beautiful than Tom Cruise's, Stallone's movie has reached a new height.

Gaby is a member of the mountain rescue team. During a rescue operation, due to the quality of the equipment used, his best friend’s girlfriend died in the valley. Gaby has since refused to climb again. Snowy mountains and prepare to leave this sad place. Just when he urged his girlfriend to go with him, the terrorist Kuilian led his men to hijack a U.S. financial plane carrying a huge sum of money, broke down and made an emergency landing on the snowy ridge. After the plane crashed, the stolen money was scattered on the mountains. Gabby and his companions became hostages of terrorists during the rescue process, and were forced to help the terrorists find the huge sums of money left in the snowy mountains.

05. K2: The Ultimate High (1992)

Taylor is a successful prosecutor, while Harlow is a top professor of physics in the university. , the former is selfish, proud, radical and will never let anything block his path to success; while the latter is a kind, considerate and good person with a sense of justice. Both have the same goal - to climb more than 8,000 meters of mountains around the world.

This movie was produced in 1991, so it can be said that it was born at the wrong time. If you are not interested in mountain climbing, you will definitely think that this is a movie with nothing new. If you want to watch the K2 climb, this film is more realistic than "Vertical Limit", even small details such as carrying US dollars to climb K2 are reflected.

06. Antarctic Adventure Eight Below (2006)

A touching story of animals and humans helping each other and never giving up. The ice-covered Antarctic welcomes three scientists The test team members are coming to search for a meteorite, and they are accompanied by eight sled dogs. The three people were amazed by the beautiful scenery in Antarctica, but danger also came with the beautiful scenery. A few days later, a blizzard gave them a hard time. One of the team members fell into the ice water under the thin ice and was in danger. Fortunately, the sled dogs came to the rescue and the team members escaped? This seemed to be just a small incident. Prelude, a more severe test is yet to come.

A violent snowstorm is raging across the Antarctic continent. The scientific expedition team members are in a dilemma, struggling to survive in the harsh weather and environment. At this time, they could only decide to give up the eight loyal sled dogs. When the trio returned safely, they couldn't let go of the dogs that were still in distress. In order to save them, the three people turned back along the way and returned to the Antarctic land.

07, Antarctic Diary (2005)

During the process of conquering Antarctica, the six team members headed by Cui Daoheng (played by Song Kanghao), the captain of the Antarctic expedition team, the youngest team member Mingzai (played by Liu Ji Tae) discovers an Antarctic diary of a British expedition that died 80 years ago. The British expedition recorded in the diary also consisted of 6 people.

With the appearance of this Antarctic diary, the expedition team began to encounter various hardships? First, strange diseases, then food shortages, and then one accident after another, and the team members died one after another. In the end, the expedition team came to the farthest point from the coast of the Antarctic continent? The "inaccessible point" at 82 degrees 08 minutes south latitude and 54 degrees 58 minutes east longitude.

08. The Endurance

The Endurance:

Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)

1914, England Explorer Thackerton's third expedition to Antarctica. He and 28 crew members set out on a three-masted wooden ship "Endurance" and were trapped by ice in the sea off Antarctica. Ten months later the ship was crushed to pieces and the only option was to find another way out. In 1916, the entire crew escaped. The process was captured by the Australian photographer Hurley who accompanied the group. There are more than a hundred black and white photos and multiple film clips that have been preserved to this day. Just by looking at these wonderful scenes, you can see how strong the will of this group of people is, coupled with the diaries of the people involved and the director Bina himself leading the team to the Antarctic to shoot on-site.

09. The Wildest Dream: Conquering Mount Everest (2010)

In 1924, George Ma, known as "one of the most successful climbers of the twentieth century" Lori teamed up with novice mountaineer Andrew Owen and attempted to climb to the top of Mount Everest from the north slope. In the end, they never returned. The controversy over whether the two men successfully reached the summit before their deaths also became the famous "Maou" incident in the history of human mountaineering. Mystery". In 1999, the famous American mountaineer Conrad Anker discovered Mallory's body in the "death zone" of Mount Everest. From then on, Conrad Anker's life was closely linked to Mallory's story.

10. 127 Hours (2010)

This film was shot by British director Danny Boyle for Fox Searchlight. It can be said to be the most popular film in 2010 One of the blockbusters. The film is adapted from a true story and tells the story of Aron Ralston, an American mountaineer who broke his arm to save himself.

In May 2003, while climbing in a canyon in Utah, American mountaineer Aaron Ralston was trapped for 5 days and 5 nights when his right arm was pinned down by a rock. In order to escape, he endured severe pain. , it took more than an hour to break the radius and ulna, used his sports shorts as a temporary tourniquet, and then used a knife to cut off the right forearm from the elbow. After escaping from the rock, he used superhuman perseverance to climb through the narrow and windy canyon in order to fight against the blood loss. He rappelled down to the 60-foot-deep canyon. After walking another 5 miles, he met the rescuers and finally survived.

11. The Alps: Giants of Nature (2007)

"Alps: Giants of Nature" is a film produced by IMAX Film Company following American mountaineer John Harlin in September 2005 to record his adventures. Video of the Eiger summit from the North Face. Forty years ago, his father, John Haring II, died in 1966 when the rope broke while climbing the vertical route on the north face of the Eiger. The filming of this film can be regarded as a memorial to his father.

12. Steep (2007)

"Steep" is a documentary about alpine skiing. It shows the adventure and beauty of alpine skiing, as well as the beauty on snowboards. The moment is a visual feast that alpine skiing enthusiasts cannot miss.

Alpine skiing began in France in 1970. At that time, the sport was considered to be no different from suicide because of its extremely high risk.

13. Touch The Top Of The World (2006)

Eric Weihenmayer suffered from congenital retinal detachment at the age of thirteen. Completely blind. An accidental opportunity made him obsessed with climbing, and he conquered the highest peaks on three continents in the world. By chance, Eric met PV, a famous climbing expert. With his encouragement, Eric decided to climb the highest peak in the world? Everest.

Although Eric’s wife felt sorry for her husband, she still bravely supported him in his quest to reach Mount Everest in order for him to realize his lifelong dream. During the climb, Eric and his teammates PV, Chris, Jeff and Sherpa Ang were not afraid of dangers, worked together and helped each other, and finally stood on the top of Mount Everest and touched the top of the world. , Eric also became the first blind man in the world to reach Mount Everest.

14. Kawagbo (2006)

This is a story of "man and snow-capped mountains" with an oriental mysterious color. Kawagebo is the first of the eight sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism and a holy place of worship for Tibetan Buddhism. In the local culture, the mountain has its own life and has a holiness that cannot be touched. However, in the eyes of outsiders, especially climbers, "Kawagbo" is just a height of only 6,740 meters and is hardly included in the list of professional climbers.

However, just to conquer this height, on January 3, 1991, a Chinese and Japanese mountaineering team encountered an avalanche while climbing Kawagebo Peak. None of the 17 members survived. The mountain disaster shocked China and foreign countries and became a global The second largest mountain disaster in the history of mountaineering. In November 1996, the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering team climbed Meili Snow Mountain again, but failed for mysterious reasons.

Through interviews with mountain disaster survivors and precious images taken at that time, this film tells the thrilling process of the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering team's two climbs to the Kawagbo Snow Peak, as well as the relationship between the climbers and the local people. The stories of cultural differences and cultural conflicts between Tibetans are real and touching.

15. The Ancient Tea-Horse Road - Durham (2004)

Since ancient times, China's Yunnan Province has used horse caravans to transport tea, salt and grain on the ancient road with a history of nearly a thousand years. Caravans were like today's cars, transporting goods on their backs to various places on mountain roads, hence the name "Tea-Horse Road".

This documentary focuses on the Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet. It connects the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with an average altitude of more than 2,500 meters. The three mountain systems of Gaoligong Mountain, Biluo Snow Mountain and Meili Snow Mountain form three canyons, and the mountain tops are covered with snow all year round. Because of the mountains in the north and south, subtropical monsoons can enter the canyon. The unique natural climate formed here is rich in forests and water resources, and it is known as Asia's animal and plant museum.

In this land, the Tibetan, Nu, Dulong, Naxi and Lisu people have lived for hundreds of years and nearly a thousand years. The Nu River, Lancang River, and Jinsha River flow through the canyon, and their sources are the Himalayas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This magical area is called "Shangri-La". The "Ancient Tea Horse Road" runs through this magical place. This film vividly shows the indigenous people and cultural atmosphere living in this magical land, and is a precious reference for backpackers.

16. 168 Hours on Ice (2003)

In 1985, two climbers from the UK prepared to conquer the 21,000-foot Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. On the way down after successfully climbing to the top, disaster happened. A climber named Joe Simpson accidentally fell down a steep slope and broke his right leg. Below him was an abyss, and there was no way to climb upward. His companion Simon Yates had to hold on to him with a lifeline and descend with him in the snowstorm. But when he descended 3,000 feet, Simpson unfortunately fell into a narrow crevice in the ice. At this moment, Simon was hanging above his head, and he was stuck in the crevice, unable to move.

After a period of hard work, the life ropes holding the two of them were overwhelmed, and there was a danger of falling down the valley at the same time at any time. Moreover, the severe cold had almost frozen the two of them. Out of helplessness and hopelessness for survival, Yates had no choice but to cut the rope, climb out of the steep wall by himself, and return to the base camp. Just as Yates was preparing to evacuate, he saw Simpson returning with an injured leg.

17. Climb Meru (2015)

When they experienced sad things, three elite climbers left everything behind and went to the mountaineering world together with only friendship. The Land of Shark's Fins, the never-before-climbed Mount Meru, a coveted first climb in the harsh natural environment of the Himalayan adventure mountaineering movement.

18. Sherpa (2015)

This film is directed by Jennifer Pitton and tells the story of the Sherpas on Mount Everest in 2014. After the fatal avalanche that occurred on April 18 claimed the lives of 16 Sherpa compatriots, how did they unite to overcome the sadness and vowed to take back their sacred mountain?

This is a very touching movie that takes us to places we have never been before, actually going deep into the lives of the Sherpa people, and truly getting to know this group of locals who have made climbing Mount Everest a culture. people.

19. Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest (2018)

A Nepalese expedition team composed of 20 mountaineering experts set out for the "Death Zone" of Mount Everest. , in order to remove the world's highest garbage dump at an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, restore the elegance of this sacred mountain and eliminate water pollution on which 130 million people depend for survival. The name "Death Zone" comes from the extremely thin oxygen, extremely low temperatures and dangerous terrain in this area. Although there are successive clean-up operations, and the garbage is brought down the mountain bit by bit, no one has ever dared to boast that it has really solved the pollution problem in the "Death Zone", where there are 150 corpses of deceased climbers and more than 100,000 pounds of garbage. . This time the mountaineering team climbed to the highest peak again and recorded a journey of life and death.

20. Free Solo (2018)

Alex Honnold has dreamed of climbing El Capitan with his bare hands since 2009. Since then, he has attempted more than 1,000 times. Free climbing El Capitan is my “ultimate goal”. To this end, he prepared for a year and a half and climbed nearly 60 times on El Capitan with the help of ropes. He said that he did this not for rehearsal, but to repeatedly try different rock points to study and conquer the most difficult areas. The documentary captured the magnificent scenery of Yosemite National Park and El Capitan as well as the historic moment of Honnold's summit. In addition, the film also reviews how he dealt with the life risks caused by extreme goals, and how he pursued excellence and perfection to ensure that nothing went wrong without the protection of ropes.