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10 Best Movies Like Barefoot Charles

If you loved Barefoot Charles, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Free Solo

Free Solo

2018★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
The Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall

2017★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The definitive film on the climb that captured headlines and ignited imaginations worldwide. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson ascend the hardest big wall of all time: a 19 day asc...

#3
Valley Uprising

Valley Uprising

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the Nat...

#4
The Alpinist

The Alpinist

2021★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places his camera at the base of a Br...

#5
Jackass 3.5

Jackass 3.5

2011★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Johnny Knoxville of 'Jackass' releases unused material of stunts, tricks, antics and shenanigans shot during the production of 'Jackass 3D' that didn't make it into the film, as we...

#6
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Charles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural s...

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