Movies like Turbulent Skies 2010

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Turbulent Skies (2010)
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Turbulent Skies (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses with it. And he also invites some potential investors to try it. So the plane appears to be working well but suddenly it veers off course and it can't be shut down. When the military learns of this and fears what if something happens if it's over a populated area; decides to shoot it down along with everyone on board. The man who built the computer whose wife is among the passengers thinks if he can get on board he might be able to shut it down and regain control of the plane. So the military using a new plane gets him on board. But what he didn't know is that both pilots are incapacitated so there's no one who can fly the plane.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, disaster movie
Plot: airplane, computer virus, save the day, hijacking, danger, space travel, escapades, rivalry, chaos, race against time, aviation, pilot, airplane accident, programmer, malfunction, die hard, aeroplane, flight attendant, boeing 747, heroes, hostage, space and aliens, rescue, disaster, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, los angeles

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and tense films with plots about danger, escapades, disaster, chases and races, heroes, race against time and airplane mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Turbulent Skies: Air Marshal (2003), Medusa's Child (1997), Cabin Pressure (2002), Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999), Airline Disaster (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Air Marshal (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, airplane, terrorism, danger, heroes, strong violent content, aviation, hijacker, terrorist, muslim, die hard, pilot ...
Time: 21st century
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Medusa's Child (1997)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot: airplane, disaster, aviation, world war, die hard, chases and races, race against time, heroes, escapades, vengeance, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., london, pentagon, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.7
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Cabin Pressure (2002)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, co pilot, hijacking, save the day, escapades, race against time, danger, rescue, satellite, aviation, die hard ...
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pilot and threaten to kill all the passengers on the plane.
Style: serious, suspense, independent film, fast, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, tough heroes, rescue, aviation, forces of nature, heroes, save the day, danger, one man army, daring rescue, disaster, hijacking ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Airline Disaster (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When the President learns that domestic terrorists have skyjacked the passenger jet her brother is flying, she must choose between family and the safety of the people in the cities below
Style: serious, captivating, suspense, tense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, disaster, terrorism, moral dilemma, save the day, head of state, danger, undercover, rivalry, aviation, chase, airplane ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Airspeed (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot: airplane, disaster, aviation, die hard, aeroplane, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, air traffic control, school, teenage life, parents and children, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
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100%
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: This is the story of Starflight One, the world's first "hypersonic plane," which flies faster and higher than any other commercial jet. On the night of its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, a freak accident incolving an ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, suspense
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Time: future
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100%
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Airport 1975 (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: "Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style: suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, psychological, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, disaster, airport, survival, aviation, catastrophe, natural disaster, flying, stewardess, airplane accident, death, police officer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: los angeles, salt lake city utah, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Storm War (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, humorous, tense, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Crash Point Zero (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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30%
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The Captain (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield became damaged mid-flight. The incident is regarded as one of the miracles in aviation history.
Style: suspense, action adventure, disturbing, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: air disaster, plane crash, aviation, co pilot, aviator, airport, pilot, risk, airline, heroism, crash, courage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, mockbuster ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, hawaii
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockbuster ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cleveland ohio
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Final Approach (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Crash Landing (2005)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Air Panic (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 88 min.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: USA
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
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22%
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MegaFault (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, bleak, tense, suspense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.3
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Counterstrike (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Judgment Day (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: apocalyptic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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