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It's been a blockbusting few years for climbing and mountaineering films, from BAFTA longlists to Oscar wins. This formerly niche genre now attracts big budgets from major production houses and distribution deals on global streaming platforms to create award-winning documentaries, animations and reality TV series (watch this space...).

Far from the daredevil tropes peddled in the likes of Cliffhanger and Vertical Limit, adventure documentaries and fictional productions are slowly shedding the extreme sports big-talk and bombast and digging deeper into the human stories within the sport.

Here's a list of some of the latest releases currently available on streaming platforms with subscription services. Some films require additional payment (Amazon Prime) via rental or purchase options.

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Valley Uprising is on red bull tv (site or app) for free, and Free Solo is on Disney plus.

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/films/valley-uprising

Thanks, struggled to pin them down to all the different places. Some have been released then removed as well!

The Summit of the Gods on Netflix is worth checking out. Animated, French, and fiction, so it won't be to everyone's tastes

WoGu was on youtube then disappeared but it's back now

youtube.com/watch?v=FtjiWK-bWdY&

Dirtbag- the legend of Fred Becky on Amazon is good too

The Red Bull TV app is worth installing for free access to the back catalogue of Reel Rocks.

If you find 14 Peaks an interesting film then I can also recommend Jurek which is also on Netflix.

The Alpinist is available to stream on Rakuten for £3.49 in HD

Also on Sky Documentaries/Showcase (/HD/+1) this weekend.

'Meru' is on YouTube/Google Play 

Also 'Diving into the Unknown' about Finnish divers in an underwater cave in Norway