Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
california
extreme sports
mountain
yosemite
mountain climbing
woman director
free climbing
rock climbing
el capitan
solo climbing
Rank
#39 in 2018·#1470 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
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Cast
Alex Honnold
Self
Tommy Caldwell
Self
Jimmy Chin
Self
Sanni McCandless
Self
Mikey Schaefer
Self
Cheyne Lempe
Self
Crew
Jimmy Chin
Director
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Director
Marco Beltrami
Original Music Composer
Bob Eisenhardt
Editor
Jimmy Chin
Director of Photography
Clair Popkin
Director of Photography
Mikey Schaefer
Director of Photography
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Producer
Jimmy Chin
Producer
Laurie MacDonald
Executive Producer
Matt Renner
Executive Producer
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
1088 reviews
Dhruv Patel
8.5★ · 10/06/25
I could do that too I just don’t feel like it
I could do that too I just don’t feel like it
8
Will
8.8★ · 02/05/26
A documentary about why people do great things, and what it takes to do great things. Truly inspirational.
A documentary about why people do great things, and what it takes to do great things. Truly inspirational.
5
Trevor Ford
7.8★ · 01/25/26
Proof that you can be an insufferable, emotionally detached, homeless weirdo and still land hot chicks as long as you have abs.
Proof that you can be an insufferable, emotionally detached, homeless weirdo and still land hot chicks as long as you have abs.
5
Meher DevPRO
7.6★ · 03/13/26
watching this movie is like eating an endless bucket of low fat popcorn
watching this movie is like eating an endless bucket of low fat popcorn
