Movies and TvShows featuring "rock-climbing" theme.
When best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves stuck at the top of a 2,000-foot TV tower after a high-rise climb gone wrong, they must rely on their dwindling resources and ingenuity to survive. As they struggle to find a way down, they face physical and emotional challenges that test the limits of their friendship and their will to live.
Every fall the REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the year's most exciting new climbing films to live audiences around the world. For 2010, the tour features six amazing short films, with stories from the cutting edge of alpine climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, and traditional climbing.
Sport climbing is a sport that makes use of both the body and the brain to climb walls. Kasahara Konomi, a master at puzzles, just happens to discover her school’s climbing wall, and it looks almost like a colorful sort of puzzle in her eyes. This fateful encounter brings big changes to Konomi’s life! With her teammates in the Hanamiya Girls’ High School Climbing Club, Konomi races for the top in this passionate climbing story!
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. Ben Cash, his wife Leslie and their six children live in the Washington wilderness. Ben and Leslie are former anarchist activists disillusioned with capitalism and American life, and chose to instill survivalist skills, left-wing politics, and philosophy in their children - educating them to think critically, training them to be self-reliant, physically fit and athletic, guiding them without technology, demonstrating the beauty of coexisting with nature and celebrating 'Noam Chomsky Day' instead of Christmas. Leslie is hospitalized for bipolar disorder and eventually dies by suicide. Ben learns that Leslie's father Jack plans to hold a traditional funeral and burial, even though Leslie wished to be cremated. They argue over the phone and Jack threatens to have Ben arrested if he attends the funeral. He initially decides not to go and prevents his children from doing so, but then changes his mind, leading his children on a road trip into life outside the wilderness. The family briefly stays at his sister Harper's house. She and her husband try to convince Ben that his children should attend school to receive a traditional education; Ben argues that his children are better educated than Harper's own children. Ben arrives at Leslie's funeral with his children and reads her will, which instructs her family to cremate her and flush her ashes down the toilet. In response, Jack has Ben forcibly removed. Ben's children also start doubting their father and his parenting skills. His son Rellian accuses Ben of failing to treat Leslie's mental health. His son Bodevan accuses his father of failing to equip them for the real world by setting them up for a rude awakening when they grow up and shows him college acceptance letters from Ivy League schools for which Leslie had helped him apply. Rellian wants to live with his grandparents, who want to take custody of them. When Vespyr tries to climb into a window to 'free' Rellian from his grandparents, she falls from the roof and narrowly avoids breaking her neck. Ben, shocked and guilty, allows Jack to take his children. Although they have bonded with their grandparents, the children decide to follow Ben again when he departs. The children honour Leslie's wish and convince Ben to help them, exhuming her corpse, burning it in a self-made pyre and flushing her ashes down an airport toilet. Bodevan then leaves the family to travel through Namibia, while the rest settle on a farm. The final scene is the family around the kitchen table with their father, waiting for the school bus to arrive.
A detective named Hae-Jun is investigating the death of a man who frequently climbed a mountain. In the process, he encounters the man's young wife, Seo-Rae, an immigrant from China. Suspecting her involvement in the death, Hae-Jun begins to stalk her and becomes obsessed. However, as the investigation progresses, Hae-Jun learns that Seo-Rae is not the killer. They develop a close relationship but soon, Hae-Jun discovers that Seo-Rae is actually the murderer and has been manipulating him. She confesses to the crime and tries to bury herself alive at the beach, leaving Hae-Jun devastated.
Nickelodeon GUTS is a 1990s game show where kids compete in various physical challenges, including rock climbing and other athletic events. The show is aimed at children and emphasizes teamwork, sportsmanship, and determination.
In April 2003, mountaineer Aron Ralston gets trapped under a boulder while hiking alone in Utah. He records a video diary, rationing his food and water, and struggling with hallucinations. After six days, he amputates his own arm, rappels down the rockface, and is rescued. Years later, he gets married, has a son, and continues climbing, always leaving a note for his family.
A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Gabe Walker, a ranger with Rocky Mountain Rescue, gets involved when his co-worker's girlfriend falls to her death during a rescue mission. Eight months later, Gabe finds himself embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse as he tries to retrieve the stolen money while evading a ruthless criminal gang.
Seven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's boy. Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) and Wally (Jason Bateman) are best friends. Being unlucky in love, Kassie has decided to have a child using artificial insemination. Wally doesn't like this idea, but he isn't capable of admitting to himself, let alone to Kassie, that he's in love with her. At Kassie's artificial insemination party, Wally gets very drunk and spies the sperm donor's sample in the bathroom. Wally was way too drunk to know what he did that night, and Kassie has moved away because she doesn't feel that New York City is a place to raise a child. Now 7 years later, Kassie has moved back with her son Sebastian. While she is looking to get Roland (the sperm donor) more involved in their lives, Wally can't help but notice the many striking similarities that he and Sebastian share.
When a group of young adventurers venture into a remote cave, they discover a time-traveling secret that traps them in a dangerous loop. As they struggle to survive, they encounter deadly creatures, unravel ancient mysteries, and uncover the truth behind the cave's strange powers.
An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie was a British reality television series on ITV2, series 1 focused on Jack Osbourne's globe-trekking six-month quest to get in physical and mental shape to climb the rockface of California's El Capitan mountain, the show documents Osbourne running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, following a strict exercise regimen, Muay Thai training in Thailand, and "an overall 180-degree mental make-over". The show was broadcast by MuchMusic in Canada, and the Travel Channel in the United States, and Series 1 and 2 were repeated on the ITV Network late at night. The programme is also broadcast on the Extreme Sports Channel in the UK.
In 18th-century South America, a Spanish Jesuit priest and his former soldier brother undertake a dangerous mission in the jungle to defend the Guarani indigenous people against Portuguese slave traders. They establish a mission where the indigenous people can live peacefully, but face challenges from the colonial powers and internal conflicts. The story explores themes of assimilation, colonization, and the clash between Christianity and indigenous beliefs.
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns is a fantasy TV show that takes place in Ireland. It follows the story of leprechauns, fairies, and other mythical creatures as they face challenges and embark on a magical adventure.
During the Vietnam War, a US fighter pilot, Dieter Dengler, is shot down over Laos and must endure the hardships of survival and captivity in a prison camp. Determined to escape, Dengler plans an elaborate getaway with fellow American prisoners, facing dangers and challenges at every turn. With bravery and resourcefulness, Dengler manages to outsmart his captors and ultimately find his way back home.
Youth is a comedy-drama movie set in a Swiss hotel, where an aging composer and a film director confront their fears and regrets while reflecting on their lives. Through their conversations and encounters with other hotel guests, they explore themes of aging, love, ambition, and the pursuit of happiness. The stunning backdrop of the Swiss Alps adds to the beauty and serenity of the film.
A group of mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands stumble upon the location of a kidnapped girl. As they try to rescue her, they find themselves being hunted down by a group of ruthless criminals. With time running out, they must use their mountaineering skills and teamwork to survive and bring the girl to safety.
Alex Honnold leads an expedition to Greenland to climb a huge 4,000 foot sea cliff and investigate the impacts climate change on the region.
Catch That Kid is an action-comedy film about a group of kids who plan an elaborate bank heist to save a friend's ill father. With the help of a computer genius and their own cleverness, they navigate through security chiefs, go-cart racing, and climbing walls to pull off the heist. Along the way, they encounter friendship, adventure, and the challenges that come with being a teenage spy.
La Dura Dura is a documentary about climbing in Oliana and Margalef. Directed by Josh Lowell in 2012 and produced by Sender Films, it is part of the Reel Rock 7 series. Chris Sharma has dominated the climbing world for 15 years, but a 19-year-old prodigy, Adam Ondra, is now hot on his heels. The legend and the young outsider team up in Spain to open the world's most perilous climbing route.