Touching the Void vs Trango

Trango has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.6/10 for Touching the Void). Touching the Void is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 59m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are adventure, documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Touching the Void posterTouching the Void2003 VS Trango posterTrango2025
Touching the VoidTrango
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 9.0/10
Year20032025
Length1h 46m1h 59m
GenresAction, Adventure, Documentary, DramaAdventure, Documentary, Drama, History
Country–Norway
DirectorKevin MacdonaldChristopher Carvasal
Main castNicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard HawkingRobert Caspersen, Stein P. Aasheim, Dag Kolsrud, Hans Christian Doseth, Per Ludvig Skjerven

Synopsis

Touching the Void

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Trango

Inspired by one of the greatest achievements in climbing history, mountaineer Robert Caspersen and his team embark on an expedition to the Himalayas, to become the first to summit one of the world's tallest rock faces, Trango Pulpit.

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