The 25 Best Adventure & Survival Documentaries

33 documentaries

Expeditions, risks and journeys that went further than planned.

People who went further than anyone sensible would. Free Solo, Man on Wire and Touching the Void are three of the most tense films ever made, and you already know everyone involved survived. That's how good they are.

Free Solo poster
1

Free Solo

2018 · 1h 40m

8.197%
Man on Wire poster
2

Man on Wire

2008 · 1h 34m

7.7100%
Touching the Void poster
3

Touching the Void

2003 · 1h 46m

7.993%
Grizzly Man poster
4

Grizzly Man

2005 · 1h 43m

7.893%
The Dawn Wall poster
5

The Dawn Wall

2017 · 1h 41m

8.1100%
The Rescue poster
6

The Rescue

2021 · 1h 47m

8.396%
Long Way Round poster
7

Long Way Round

2004 · 7 eps

8.6
Deep Water poster
9

Deep Water

2006 · 1h 32m

7.896%
Little Dieter Needs to Fly poster
10

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997 · 1h 17m

8.093%
Sherpa poster
11

Sherpa

2015 · 1h 36m

7.698%
Stranded poster
12

Stranded

2007 · 2h 7m

8.092%
The Alpinist poster
13

The Alpinist

2021 · 1h 33m

7.993%
Torn poster
14

Torn

2021 · 1h 32m

7.4100%
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible poster
15

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021 · 1h 41m

7.792%
Long Way Down poster
16

Long Way Down

2007 · 6 eps

8.3
Long Way Up poster
17

Long Way Up

2020 · 11 eps

8.2
Meru poster
18

Meru

2015 · 1h 29m

7.788%
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga poster
19

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010 · 1h 34m

7.788%
Valley Uprising poster
20

Valley Uprising

2014 · 1h 39m

8.1
Last Breath poster
21

Last Breath

2019 · 1h 25m

7.688%
The Deepest Breath poster
22

The Deepest Breath

2023 · 1h 48m

7.784%
Kon-Tiki poster
23

Kon-Tiki

1950 · 58m

7.9
Maidentrip poster
24

Maidentrip

2013 · 1h 22m

7.583%
Mountain poster
25

Mountain

2017 · 1h 13m

7.287%

More adventure & survival documentaries

The Mission poster

The Mission

2023 · 1h 43m

6.394%
The Endurance poster

The Endurance

2024 · 1h 43m

7.570%
Skywalkers: A Love Story poster

Skywalkers: A Love Story

2024 · 1h 41m

7.174%
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster poster

Titan: The OceanGate Disaster

2025 · 1h 52m

6.774%
Beyond the Edge poster

Beyond the Edge

2013 · 1h 33m

6.869%
The Summit poster

The Summit

2012 · 1h 35m

6.865%

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