Direction: Jimmy Chin

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jimmy Chin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Rescue

2021 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States

Direction Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Jimmy Chin

Plot 'The Rescue' chronicles the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. Academy Award®-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and...

7.7

576 votes

7.7

576 votes

Free Solo

2018 · Documentary · 97 min. · United States

Direction Jimmy Chin · Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Cast Alex Honnold

Plot Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the...

7.4

4K votes

7.4

4K votes

Meru

2015 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jimmy Chin · Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Cast Jon Krakauer · Jimmy Chin · Renan Ozturk · Grace Chin

Plot Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Wild Life

2023 · Documentary · 93 min. · United States

Direction Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Jimmy Chin

Cast Kristine Tompkins · Yvon Chouinard · Rick Ridgeway · Jimmy Chin

Plot A portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins chronicling their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth.

7.0

45 votes

7.0

45 votes

Endurance

2024 · Documentary · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Natalie Hewit · Jimmy Chin

Cast Ernest Shackleton · John Shears · Mensun Bound · Nicolas Vincent

Plot In 1915, the ship Endurance sank near Antarctica. Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew miraculously survived. In 2022, the ship was discovered, some 3000m beneath the water’s surface. Documenting contemporary...

7.0

180 votes

7.0

180 votes

Nyad

2023 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Jimmy Chin

Cast Annette Bening · Jodie Foster · Rhys Ifans · Ethan Jones Romero

Plot At the age of 60, and 30 years after giving up long-distance swimming for a prominent career as a sports journalist, Diana Nyad becomes obsessed with accomplishing the feat that...

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

Return to Space

2022 · Documentary · 128 min. · United States

Direction Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Jimmy Chin

Cast Elon Musk

Plot Elon Musk and SpaceX engineers embark on a historic mission to return NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and revolutionize space travel.

6.3

297 votes

6.3

297 votes

Photographer

2024 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States

Direction Rita Baghdadi · Jimmy Chin · Marshall Curry · Pagan Danielle Harleman

Plot Explores the famous photographers Campbell Addy, Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen, Muhammed Muheisen, Anand Varma, Dan Winters and Krystle Wright, who have made impacts in various types of photography.

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Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Documentary · 23 min. · United States

Direction Jimmy Chin · Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi · Pagan Danielle Harleman

Cast Jimmy Chin

Plot Take a look inside the minds of elite adventure athletes through transformative stories about facing fear, personal loss, and Mother Nature.

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Reel Rock 7

2012 · Documentary · 168 min. · United States

Direction Chris Alstrin · Jimmy Chin · Paul Diffley · Anson Fogel

Plot Four of the biggest stories from the climbing world, told with humor, heart, and mind-bending action. La Dura Dura (The Hard Hard) The Shark's Fin Wide Boyz Honnold 3.0

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