5 movies you definitely don’t want to miss on Netflix this January

In the 1970s, Philippe Petit performed a stunt on a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers, a feat chronicled in the fascinating 2008 documentary Man on Wire. In 2018, Free Solo offered a look at another kind of daredevil, Alex Honnold, the world-famous rock climber famous for free soloing, which is climbing without any ropes or harnesses. The film follows Honnold on his quest to solo free El Capitan, a steep 3,000-foot cliff in Yosemite National Park, and the toll it takes on his body and mind. Free Solo hits Netflix on January 1, so you can stream it before tuning in to Skyscraper Live on January 23, a Netflix special in which Honnold will attempt to climb one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, the 1,667-foot-tall Taipei 101, without ropes, live on camera.