Free Solo vs Yalla Habibi!

Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for Free Solo). Yalla Habibi! is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 40m. Free Solo is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Free Solo posterFree Solo2018 VS Yalla Habibi! posterYalla Habibi!2025
Free SoloYalla Habibi!
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20182025
Length1h 40m1h 30m
GenresAdventure, DocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Canada
DirectorElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy ChinEdwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger
Main castTommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin, Sanni McCandless, Mikey SchaeferRyan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou

Synopsis

Free Solo

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 be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Yalla Habibi!

FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…

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