Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Totem

If you loved Totem, 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 Totem for fans of Documentary & Adventure. 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
Valley Uprising

Valley Uprising

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Totem for fans of Documentary & Adventure. 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...

#3
The Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall

2017★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Totem for fans of Documentary & Adventure. 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...

#4
The Alpinist

The Alpinist

2021★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Totem for fans of Documentary & Adventure. 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
Mountain

Mountain

2017★ 6.9

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

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places....

#6
Explorer: The Last Tepui

Explorer: The Last Tepui

2022★ 7.6

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

This documentary starring climber Alex Honnold and famous biologist Bruce Means document their expedition to the South American sky islands in search of new species and discoveries...

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