Fall (2022)

Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 70%.

For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter's expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights. Wikipedia ↗

Fall is a 2022 American survival thriller directed by Scott Mann. Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner star as Becky and Hunter, two best friends and experienced climbers who climb an abandoned 2,000-foot TV transmission tower in the California desert for an adrenaline rush and to scatter the ashes of Becky's late husband, who died in a climbing accident. When the ladder breaks beneath them, they are stranded on a platform the size of a dinner table at the top of the tower with no cell service, dwindling water, and circling vultures.

The film generated remarkable tension from the simplest possible premise — two people stuck very high up with no way down. The vertigo-inducing cinematography, using a combination of practical shots on a real (though shorter) tower and visual effects, created a viscerally effective fear of heights. Fall earned $22 million worldwide on a $3 million budget.