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10 Best Movies Like The Summit

If you loved The Summit, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer dogge...

#2
Sherpa

Sherpa

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 2013, the world's media reported on a shocking mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. Director Jennifer Peedom and her team set out to uncover the...

#3
Touching the Void

Touching the Void

2003★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Adventure & Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985....

#4
The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Ir...

#5
The Wildest Dream

The Wildest Dream

2010★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory...

#6
The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

2012★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Summit for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Villagers find their situation growing increasingly desperate when their community becomes engulfed in an endless winter....