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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3 Idiots
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani - 2007
300
Mountaindir. Zack Snyder - 1970
A Touch of Zen
Rural · Mountaindir. King Hu - 1993
Alive
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 1993
Cliffhanger
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Mountain · Undergrounddir. Joseph Sargent - 2014
Creep
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice - 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee - 1997
Dante's Peak
Mountain · Ruraldir. Roger Donaldson - 2022
Decision to Leave
Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook - 1998
Dil Se..
Urban · Mountaindir. Mani Ratnam - 1987
Dirty Dancing
Rural · Mountaindir. Emile Ardolino - 1990
Dreams
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa - 1994
Dumb and Dumber
Urban · Mountaindir. Peter Farrelly - 2015
Everest
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur - 1982
First Blood
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 2014
Force Majeure
Mountaindir. Ruben Östlund - 1988
Gorillas in the Mist
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Michael Apted - 1937
Grand Illusion
Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir - 1997
Hercules
Urban · Mountaindir. John Musker - 1941
High Sierra
Mountain · Urbandir. Raoul Walsh - 1986
Highlander
Urban · Mountaindir. Russell Mulcahy - 1967
Hombre
Desert · Mountaindir. Martin Ritt - 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham - 1962
How the West Was Won
Wilderness · Rural · Mountaindir. John Ford - 1964
I Am Cuba
Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Mikhail Kalatozov - 1986
Jean de Florette
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack - 1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Underground · Mountaindir. Henry Levin - 1967
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Mountain · Ruraldir. Leonid Gaidai - 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rural · Mountaindir. Travis Knight - 1998
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Mountaindir. Karan Johar - 1997
Kundun
Mountain · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
Kung Fu Panda
Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne - 2021
Lamb
Rural · Mountaindir. Valdimar Jóhannsson - 1994
Legends of the Fall
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick - 1993
Little Buddha
Urban · Mountaindir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 2013
Lone Survivor
Mountaindir. Peter Berg - 1986
Manon of the Spring
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 1987
Matewan
Rural · Mountaindir. John Sayles - 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman - 1998
Mulan
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft - 1974
Murder on the Orient Express
Mountaindir. Sidney Lumet - 1994
Nell
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Apted - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Urban · Mountaindir. Werner Herzog - 2017
Okja
Mountain · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 2013
Out of the Furnace
Rural · Mountaindir. Scott Cooper - 1947
Out of the Past
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 1985
Pale Rider
Mountain · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1997
Princess Mononoke
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2015
Rams
Rural · Mountaindir. Grímur Hákonarson - 1985
Ran
Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1962
Ride the High Country
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Sam Peckinpah - 1995
Rob Roy
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 1985
Rocky IV
Urban · Mountaindir. Sylvester Stallone - 1954
Secret of the Incas
Mountain · Urbandir. Jerry Hopper - 1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Donen - 1954
Seven Samurai
Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa - 1997
Seven Years in Tibet
Mountain · Urbandir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 1960
Shoot the Piano Player
Urban · Mountaindir. François Truffaut - 1955
Sissi
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Ernst Marischka - 2013
Snowpiercer
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho - 2023
Society of the Snow
Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 1945
Spellbound
Urban · Mountaindir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2003
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Kim Ki-duk - 1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Rural · Mountaindir. Shōhei Imamura - 1988
The Bear
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 1999
The Color of Paradise
Rural · Mountaindir. Majid Majidi - 2000
The Crimson Rivers
Mountaindir. Mathieu Kassovitz - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mountaindir. Wes Anderson - 1968
The Great Silence
Mountain · Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci - 1961
The Guns of Navarone
Island · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. J. Lee Thompson - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1958
The Hidden Fortress
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa - 1973
The Holy Mountain
Desert · Urban · Island · Mountaindir. Alejandro Jodorowsky - 1998
The Horse Whisperer
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Redford - 1988
The Land Before Time
Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth - 1992
The Last of the Mohicans
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Mann - 1975
The Man Who Would Be King
Mountain · Ruraldir. John Huston - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1953
The Naked Spur
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Anthony Mann - 1963
The Pink Panther
Mountain · Urbandir. Blake Edwards - 1987
The Princess Bride
Rural · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Rob Reiner - 1998
The Quiet Family
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Kim Jee-woon - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1980
The Shining
Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick - 1965
The Sound of Music
Urban · Mountaindir. Robert Wise - 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan - 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Mountain · Wildernessdir. John Huston - 2016
The Wailing
Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin - 2015
The Wave
Mountain · Coastal Seadir. Roar Uthaug - 2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Rural · Mountaindir. Ken Loach - 2022
Thirteen Lives
Underground · Mountaindir. Ron Howard - 1993
This Boy's Life
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 1957
Throne of Blood
Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa - 2010
Troll Hunter
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. André Øvredal - 2010
True Grit
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen - 1960
Two Women
Rural · Mountaindir. Vittorio De Sica - 2014
Under the Skin
Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer - 2009
Up
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Pete Docter - 2000
Vertical Limit
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell - 1965
Von Ryan's Express
Rural · Mountaindir. Mark Robson - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 1968
Where Eagles Dare
Mountaindir. Brian G. Hutton - 1954
White Christmas
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Curtiz - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 2014
Winter Sleep
Mountain · Ruraldir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 2018
Woman at War
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Benedikt Erlingsson - 2000
You Can Count on Me
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).