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Obviously the two main contenders are Free Solo and The Dawn Wall, but what else is out there worth a watch?

Although not current .  I personally find " Valley uprising " to be my favorite. 

The combination of different eras and characters and their rivalry , with great music and footage from the time is wonderful I think.

I can watch that over and over again. 

Vertical Limit - absolutely hilarious

I’ve probably enjoyed that the most of the recent crop, certainly bears the most rewatching 

And while we are at it, Cliffhanger.... Lol

I'll have a look for that one. Cheers..

445 views and yet only 6 comments..... no-one else must watch DVDs anymore....

Very Oughties, DVDs. Plus maybe folk today don't have the attention span to sit through a full hour+

I have several fond favourites, but I reckon First Ascent is still one of the better made climbing films

I think it's mentioned somewhere that "cliffhanger" was very very loosely inspired by story recounted in "Valley Uprising" of the plane that crashed in the mountain lake carrying 6 tonnes of weed,  the climbers heard about and went to retrieve .  Cutting it out with chainsaws and going on to sell it for fistfuls of cash and living it up /buying houses. 

I seem to think someone mentioning one of the climbers ended pitching the story to Hollywood .

I can't of dreamt this ?

TWS

It has a faint ring of David Harris's Vortex that I read years ago in the One Step in the Clouds omnibus

I've found it . 

John Long

Long joined teenage climbers John Bachar, Rick Accomazzo, Richard Harrison, Tobin Sorenson, Robs Muir, Gib Lewis (climber), Lynn Hill, Jim Wilson, and Mike Graham as founding members of an elite group known as the "Stonemasters"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Long_(climber)

Starting in 1980, Long began working for David Frost Productions, writing and producing ABC and BBC specials, including the International Guinness Book of World Records, which also became a long-running syndicated series. Moving into feature films in the 1990s, Long worked on the second unit for dozens of motion pictures, including the Rambo series. His novella, Rogue’s Babylon, was the basis for Sylvester Stallone's hit movie, Cliffhanger. 

Not heard that one , First Ascent. I shall have a look

Yes and also Angels of Light by Jeff Long. 

2 others not mentioned that I very much enjoyed:

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey

Safety Third (Brad Gobright)

West Coast Gimps

Boogie 'til you Poop

Reel Rock 12 - Break On Through - Margo Hayes.  Very inspiring.

"Stumped" is better than either of them.

I thoroughly enjoyed Transition, I've watched it several times now.

Amazon Prime video has a surprising number including Dirtbag which is brilliant

I watched Valley Uprising at the weekend. Good call! Thanks for the heads-up!

"The last climb: Eric Jones" on BBC player recently was good.

I thought the Wide Boyz film (on Amazon Prime) was excellent.

I watched that on Friday night. Very good film. Stevie Haston is such a grumpy bugger!! Lol. But right. It needed to be properly!

I recommend Africa Fusion also if its not been seen by anyone. Amazon Prime!

I shall give it a go! cheers

Meru.

I'll second Meru really enjoyed it! you can buy it on youtube to watch

Have a look at the red bull tv app. It’s got a climbing channel with some really good films on it 

Obvs Cliffhanger, it’s due it’s annual watch in our house. Otherwise Ben and Jerry’s The Real Thing. Banging tunes, hot hatches, and watch the boys sending hard stuff in Font. Make up the set with ‘80s Birth of Extreme, One Summer, and Stick It. The birth of modern climbing in 4 videos.

Has anyone seen Psycho Vertical?

I like Jen Randall's other work, particularly the one on Moffat. Unfortunately the distribution arrangements don't appear to have included the south of England or else I missed them.

Meru

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545428/

Stone Monkey is quite good. 

Andy F

Life on Hold remains the best bouldering film ever. 

Free Solo on tonight, ch4 @1.45am.