Valley Uprising

Release Date: 1st September, 2014
IMDB Rating: 8.2 out of 10

We’ve carried this historic documentary over from our previous Netflix adventure movies round-up as it’s a real must-watch, even if you’re not the most serious climber. Valley Uprising looks back on a motley crew of hard-living hippy climbers in the campgrounds of 1970s Yosemite Valley National Park. Prepare to hear stories of these ‘dirt-bag’ climbers pushing themselves to their physical limits conquering the seemingly impossible heights of the surrounding mountains while at the same time seeing their counterculture being monetised into the type of mainstream sport they resented.

Icarus

Release Date: 4th August 2017
IMDB Rating: 7.9 out of 10

Another Oscar-winning documentary takes a spot in this year’s best outdoor and adventure movies – Netflix is spoiling us this year. Icarus follows the efforts of one documentarian as his small-scale investigation into drugs in cycling uncovers secret after secret and eventually culminates in one of the biggest geopolitical crises of the year.

Thai Cave Rescue

Release Date: 13th July, 2018
IMDB Rating: 7.2 out of 10

There’s no point in us going through the story here really is there – we all remember the news reports, and, well, the title pretty much gives you the gist anyway, right?

A year on from that amazing rescue, this documentary pulls together on-the-scene footage from that incredible operation to save the 12 trapped schoolboys, plus interviews from key people involved. We all know what happens, but it’s still a gripping watch.

Under An Artic Sky

Release Date: 23rd April 2017
IMDB Rating: 7.1 out of 10

Fancy surfing under an arctic sky up in Iceland as the worst storm in the region is about to come barrelling along the coast? No? Me neither, but it was good watching other people do just that while I was sat comfortably on my sofa.

This documentary follows six enthusiastic surfers (Sam Hammer, Heidar Logi, Elli Thor, Magnusson, Ingo Olson, Timmy Reyes and Justin Quintan) as they make a pilgrimage to surf where nobody has surfed before.

The storm ends up providing all the surfing goods, with the crew treated to some awesome waves alongside towering snowcapped peaks and with the Aurora Borealis dancing up above. A visually stunning watch.

The Push

Release Date: 9th February 2018
IMDB Rating: 6.4 out of 10

When filming a snowmobiling segment for an outdoor movie in the Sierra Nevada backcountry, Grant Korgan burst fractured (the worst kind of fracture) his L1 vertebrae and found himself paralysed from the waist down. Never shying away from adventure, Korgan soon found himself training to become the first spinal cord-injured athlete to quite literally push himself for 80 miles down to one of the most inhospitable places on earth – the South Pole.

Pedal The World

Release Date: 29th October 2015
IMDB Rating: 5.1 out of 10

What do you do when you’re young, time rich and with a lack of real world responsibilities? For young German Felix Starck, the answer to this was to travel the world by bike, crossing 22 countries in total on a year-long shoestring solo adventure. Along the way he encounters unique cultures, incredible acts of kindness from strangers, has run ins with aggressive border police and gets through his fair share of very hairy moments.

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