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Mountain Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 116 films set in mountain environments, spanning 1922–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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  • 2009

    3 Idiots

    Delhi · Ladakh — 1990s · 2000s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani
  • 2007

    300

    Sparta · Greece — Ancient
    Mountaindir. Zack Snyder
  • 1970

    A Touch of Zen

    China — Early Modern
    Rural · Mountaindir. King Hu
  • 1993

    Alive

    Andes — 1970s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall
  • 2023

    Anatomy of a Fall

    Grenoble — 2010s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet
  • 2005

    Brokeback Mountain

    Wyoming — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee
  • 1993

    Cliffhanger

    Colorado — 1990s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin
  • 2003

    Cold Mountain

    North Carolina — 1800s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella
  • 1970

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Rocky Mountains — 1970s
    Mountain · Undergrounddir. Joseph Sargent
  • 2014

    Creep

    California — 2010s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice
  • 2000

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Beijing — 1700s
    Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee
  • 1997

    Dante's Peak

    Washington (state) — 1990s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Roger Donaldson
  • 2022

    Decision to Leave

    Busan — 2020s
    Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
  • 1998

    Dil Se..

    Assam · Ladakh · Delhi — 1990s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Mani Ratnam
  • 1987

    Dirty Dancing

    Catskills — 1960s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Emile Ardolino
  • 1990

    Dreams

    Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
    Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 1994

    Dumb and Dumber

    Providence · Aspen — 1990s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Peter Farrelly
  • 2015

    Everest

    Nepal · Mount Everest — 1990s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur
  • 1982

    First Blood

    Washington (state) — 1980s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
  • 2014

    Force Majeure

    French Alps — 2010s
    Mountaindir. Ruben Östlund
  • 1988

    Gorillas in the Mist

    Rwanda — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Michael Apted
  • 1937

    Grand Illusion

    France · Germany — 1910s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir
  • 1997

    Hercules

    Greece — Ancient
    Urban · Mountaindir. John Musker
  • 1941

    High Sierra

    Sierra Nevada · Los Angeles — 1940s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Raoul Walsh
  • 1986

    Highlander

    New York City · Scotland — 1980s · Early Modern
    Urban · Mountaindir. Russell Mulcahy
  • 1967

    Hombre

    Arizona — 1800s
    Desert · Mountaindir. Martin Ritt
  • 1993

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    California · Sierra Nevada — 1990s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham
  • 1962

    How the West Was Won

    St. Louis · San Francisco · Arizona — 1800s
    Wilderness · Rural · Mountaindir. John Ford
  • 1964

    I Am Cuba

    Havana — 1950s
    Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Mikhail Kalatozov
  • 1986

    Jean de Florette

    Provence — 1920s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri
  • 1972

    Jeremiah Johnson

    Rocky Mountains — 1800s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack
  • 1959

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Edinburgh · Iceland — 1800s
    Underground · Mountaindir. Henry Levin
  • 1967

    Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

    Caucasus — 1960s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Leonid Gaidai
  • 2016

    Kubo and the Two Strings

    Japan — Medieval
    Rural · Mountaindir. Travis Knight
  • 1998

    Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

    Shimla — 1990s
    Mountaindir. Karan Johar
  • 1997

    Kundun

    Lhasa — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
  • 2008

    Kung Fu Panda

    China — Timeless
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne
  • 2021

    Lamb

    Iceland — 2020s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Valdimar Jóhannsson
  • 1994

    Legends of the Fall

    Montana — 1910s · 1920s · 1960s
    Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick
  • 1993

    Little Buddha

    Seattle · Bhutan · Nepal — 1990s · Ancient
    Urban · Mountaindir. Bernardo Bertolucci
  • 2013

    Lone Survivor

    Afghanistan — 2000s
    Mountaindir. Peter Berg
  • 1986

    Manon of the Spring

    Provence — 1930s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri
  • 1987

    Matewan

    Matewan — 1920s
    Rural · Mountaindir. John Sayles
  • 1971

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    Washington (state) — 1900s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman
  • 1998

    Mulan

    China
    Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft
  • 1974

    Murder on the Orient Express

    Yugoslavia — 1930s
    Mountaindir. Sidney Lumet
  • 1994

    Nell

    North Carolina — 1990s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Apted
  • 1922

    Nosferatu

    Transylvania · Germany — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau
  • 1979

    Nosferatu the Vampyre

    Transylvania · Wismar — 1800s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Werner Herzog
  • 2017

    Okja

    Seoul · New York City — 2010s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
  • 2013

    Out of the Furnace

    Pennsylvania · New Jersey — 2000s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Scott Cooper
  • 1947

    Out of the Past

    Lake Tahoe · Acapulco · San Francisco — 1940s
    Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur
  • 1985

    Pale Rider

    California — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood
  • 1997

    Princess Mononoke

    Japan — Medieval
    Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki
  • 2015

    Rams

    Iceland — 2010s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Grímur Hákonarson
  • 1985

    Ran

    Japan — Medieval
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 1962

    Ride the High Country

    1900s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Sam Peckinpah
  • 1995

    Rob Roy

    Scotland — 1700s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones
  • 1985

    Rocky IV

    Moscow · Siberia · Las Vegas — 1980s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Sylvester Stallone
  • 1954

    Secret of the Incas

    Cusco · Machu Picchu — 1950s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Jerry Hopper
  • 1954

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    Oregon — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Donen
  • 1954

    Seven Samurai

    Japan — Medieval
    Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 1997

    Seven Years in Tibet

    Lhasa — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • 1960

    Shoot the Piano Player

    Paris — 1960s
    Urban · Mountaindir. François Truffaut
  • 1955

    Sissi

    Bavaria · Bad Ischl · Vienna — 1800s
    Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Ernst Marischka
  • 2013

    Snowpiercer

    Near Future
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho
  • 2023

    Society of the Snow

    Andes — 1970s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona
  • 1977

    Sorcerer

    Jerusalem · Paris · New York City · Veracruz — 1970s
    Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin
  • 1945

    Spellbound

    Vermont · New York City · Rochester — 1940s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 2003

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

    South Korea — Timeless
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Kim Ki-duk
  • 1983

    The Ballad of Narayama

    Japan — 1800s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Shōhei Imamura
  • 1988

    The Bear

    British Columbia — 1800s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • 1999

    The Color of Paradise

    Iran — 1990s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Majid Majidi
  • 2000

    The Crimson Rivers

    French Alps — 2000s
    Mountaindir. Mathieu Kassovitz
  • 2005

    The Descent

    North Carolina — 2000s
    Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall
  • 2014

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    1930s · 1960s
    Mountaindir. Wes Anderson
  • 1968

    The Great Silence

    Utah — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci
  • 1961

    The Guns of Navarone

    Greece — 1940s
    Island · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. J. Lee Thompson
  • 2015

    The Hateful Eight

    Wyoming — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
  • 1958

    The Hidden Fortress

    Japan — Early Modern
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 1973

    The Holy Mountain

    Mexico
    Desert · Urban · Island · Mountaindir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • 1998

    The Horse Whisperer

    New York State · Montana — 1990s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Redford
  • 1988

    The Land Before Time

    Ancient
    Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth
  • 1992

    The Last of the Mohicans

    New York State — 1700s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Mann
  • 1975

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Afghanistan · India — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. John Huston
  • 2004

    The Motorcycle Diaries

    Buenos Aires · Chile · Peru — 1950s
    Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles
  • 1953

    The Naked Spur

    Colorado — 1800s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Anthony Mann
  • 1963

    The Pink Panther

    Cortina d'Ampezzo · Rome — 1960s
    Mountain · Urbandir. Blake Edwards
  • 1987

    The Princess Bride

    Timeless · 1980s
    Rural · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Rob Reiner
  • 1998

    The Quiet Family

    1990s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Kim Jee-woon
  • 2015

    The Revenant

    1800s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • 1980

    The Shining

    Colorado — Timeless
    Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 1965

    The Sound of Music

    Salzburg — 1930s
    Urban · Mountaindir. Robert Wise
  • 1997

    The Sweet Hereafter

    British Columbia — 1990s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan
  • 1948

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    Tampico · Mexico — 1920s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. John Huston
  • 2016

    The Wailing

    South Korea — 2010s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin
  • 2015

    The Wave

    Norway — 2010s
    Mountain · Coastal Seadir. Roar Uthaug
  • 2006

    The Wind That Shakes the Barley

    Ireland — 1920s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Ken Loach
  • 2022

    Thirteen Lives

    Thailand — 2010s
    Underground · Mountaindir. Ron Howard
  • 1993

    This Boy's Life

    Washington (state) — 1950s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones
  • 1957

    Throne of Blood

    Japan — Medieval
    Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 2010

    Troll Hunter

    Norway — 2010s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. André Øvredal
  • 2010

    True Grit

    Arkansas — 1800s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen
  • 1960

    Two Women

    Rome · Ciociaria — 1940s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Vittorio De Sica
  • 2014

    Under the Skin

    Glasgow — 2010s
    Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer
  • 2009

    Up

    Venezuela — 2000s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Pete Docter
  • 2000

    Vertical Limit

    Pakistan — 2000s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell
  • 1965

    Von Ryan's Express

    Italy — 1940s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Mark Robson
  • 2017

    War for the Planet of the Apes

    Near Future
    Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves
  • 1968

    Where Eagles Dare

    Bavaria — 1940s
    Mountaindir. Brian G. Hutton
  • 1954

    White Christmas

    Vermont · Florida — 1950s · 1940s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Curtiz
  • 2017

    Wind River

    Wyoming — 2010s
    Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan
  • 2014

    Winter Sleep

    Cappadocia — 2010s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • 2010

    Winter's Bone

    Missouri — 2000s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik
  • 2018

    Woman at War

    Iceland — 2010s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Benedikt Erlingsson
  • 2000

    You Can Count on Me

    Catskills — 2000s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Kenneth Lonergan

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in mountain environments?

Kinora's catalogue lists 116 films set in mountain environments, spanning 1922–2023.

What are some movies set in mountain environments?

Films set in mountain environments in our catalogue include 3 Idiots (2009), 300 (2007), A Touch of Zen (1970), Alive (1993), and Anatomy of a Fall (2023).

What is the oldest movie set in mountain environments?

Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film set in mountain environments in our catalogue; the most recent is Society of the Snow (2023).

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