Movies like Lost Flight
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Lost Flight (1970)
210
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bridges is the captain of a downed airliner who must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Style:
tropical, tense, suspense, grim, period piece, moody
Plot:
survival, disaster, air disaster, plane crash, stranded, isolation, leadership, conflict, power struggle, human nature, aviation, power, marooned, mutiny, lawlessness, character study, rescue, claustrophobia, panic, jungle, evacuation, crash landing, sea, airplane, island ...
Time:
70s
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Most similar movies to Lost Flight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, tension and suspenseful films with plots about survival, disaster, catastrophe, rescue, panic, isolation and claustrophobia mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Lost Flight: Mayday (2005), Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974), Faultline (2004), Short Walk to Daylight (1972), Tornado Warning (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
706
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
air disaster, airplane, survival, disaster, crash landing, flying, aviation, airline, plane crash, airplane accident, exploding airplane, survivor ...
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of four men who find themselves trapped in a mini-submarine in the ocean depths.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, tense, grim, period drama
Plot:
underwater, trapped, submarine, sea, rescue, claustrophobia, survival, isolation, disaster, fear, realism, crew ...
Time:
70s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989. 184 people survived, partly thanks to the ground rescue workers who had 40 minutes to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
air disaster, aviation, airplane, airplane accident, fire brigade, aeroplane, emergency, firefighter, rescue, plane crash, disaster, heroic mission ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
78%
325
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida's pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic readings, he rushes to tell his professor, Anthony ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
disaster, survival, earthquake, resort, graduate student, small town, catastrophe, burned alive, ocean, professor, city, coastal town ...
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
disaster, subway, earthquake, trapped, escape, survival, fear, danger, claustrophobia, underground, urban, darkness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, tension
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, weather, death threat, catastrophe, social problems, struggle for survival, small town, scientist, danger, man versus nature, twister ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, lifeboat, boat, disaster, sea, storm, moral dilemma, sacrifice, desperation, human nature, character study ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one mega tornado that threatens to obliterate the cities for hundreds of miles around.
Style:
intense, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, fast paced ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
tornado, disaster, natural disaster, destruction, extreme weather, survival, mass destruction, chaos, man versus nature, evacuation, panic, spectacle ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a series of strange earthquakes hit California, a seismologist named Kimberly Stevenson is sent to the Angeles Forest to investigate the epicenter. This might prove to be her biggest task so far, but also the one that will bring her renown. She ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, race against time, chases and races, mysterious character, escapades, danger, frame up, rescue, isolation, wilderness, disaster, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in a rural fishing village in southern Japan, this is the story of Erika, a celebrated former anchorwoman now back in her hometown campaigning for a seat in the national party, and Yohei, an insecure fisherman-in-training. The two are worlds ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, survival, power, fishing village, isolation, stranded, problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, relationship vs career, island ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Style:
tension, period piece, suspense
Plot:
world war two, pursuit, tank, survival, chase, isolation, desperation, cat and mouse, underdog, single, aerial combat, dystopia ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kate Parks has spent the past year on tour promoting her book, an in-depth look at the attempted cover up of her husband's death in a plane crash. Now all she wants is to return home to her daughter, 15-year-old Samantha. But when a powerful ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
airplane, air disaster, aviation, fear, widow, mother daughter relationship, female writer, stranded, catastrophe, air traffic controller, doom, airplane accident ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Far into the future a group of young adults are stranded on a hostile alien planet with no hope of getting home.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
stranded, alien planet, young adult, survival, survival horror, space, young woman, young man, planet, struggle for survival, fight, desperation ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2010s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cracks are noticed in the ceiling of an aircraft. They widen & a large portion of the fuselage tears off & an emergency landing attempted. Based on actual events.
Plot:
disaster, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, apocalypse, crash landing, airplane accident, crew, airplane crash, pilot, flight attendant, panic ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A decorated Vietnam Vet returns to his father's ranch in Arizona just as criminally minded carnies begin to cause trouble.
Style:
action packed, period piece, grim, grindhouse, anamorphic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam veteran, vietnam war, small town, vigilante, revenge, biker gang, vigilante justice, one man army, exploitation, retribution, violent, machismo ...
Time:
70s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The fate of everyone onboard a stricken airplane depends on not only finding someone who can fly the plane, but also someone who DIDN'T have fish for dinner.
Style:
tense, suspense, period piece, tension
Plot:
airplane, air disaster, survival, crash landing, heroism, claustrophobia, food poisoning, panic, ethical dilemma, rescue, airport, suspicion ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, rescue, airplane, airport, underwater, airplane accident, aviation, frogman, bermuda triangle, hijacking, airplane hijack, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Humanity has survived what seemed to be the apocalypse, but a threat still remains. Delta Zulu follows Clark, a freelance reporter who will be amongst the few civilians ever allowed into a Red Zone, a lawless quarantined area that still breathes ...
Style:
bleak, tense, grim, tension, dark ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, lawlessness, dystopia, violence, isolation, combat, moral ambiguity, government corruption, post war, investigative journalism, black ops ...
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Style:
suspense, psychological, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, disaster, terrorist, air disaster, aviation, terrorism, vietnam war, hijacking, airplane accident, survival, sergeant, crash ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, russia, moscow russia, soviet union ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, psychotronic, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
aviation, sabotage, airplane, survival, confined space, catastrophe, influenza, rescue mission, heroism, pandemic, tragedy, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As an old Boing 747 takes off for its last red-eye flight from a small Pacific island, unusual events occur intermittently. While all the passengers are panic, the captain and the chief flight attendant try to lead the investigation.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
airplane, pilot, island, aeroplane, aviation, flight attendant, disaster, journey, rescue, steward, salvation, ship captain ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging ...
Style:
action drama, intense, tense, suspense
Plot:
courage, arson, firefighter, teamwork, danger, disaster, rescue, heroism, panic, hospital, fire, fireman ...
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nell is a young mother convicted of accidentally killing her alcoholic husband. When given the opportunity to serve his sentence as a forest firefighter, demonstrates his courage and discipline in an exceptional way.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, action drama ...
Plot:
female protagonist, teamwork, rescue mission, young mother, second chance, redemption, wildfire, firefighting, firefighter, fire, intelligence agency, workplace situations ...
Similarity:
70%
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24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, detroit, milwaukee wisconsin ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two ruthless criminals take two teenage couples hostage at a remote mountain cabin in Colorado following a botched bank robbery.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, bleak, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
snowboarding, hostage, bank robbery, survival, isolation, mountain cabin, winter, showdown, violent, gunfight, chase, cat and mouse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
70%
417
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name cast and enough blazing special effects to turn night into day. Involved are a lumber mill owner ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tension, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
forest fire, natural disaster, wildfire, survival, man versus nature, danger, catastrophe, arson, disaster, smoking, spectacle, rescue ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of people are trapped in a deserted mall during a flood along with an escaped prisoner.
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, cliffhanger
Plot:
disaster, flood, escaped prisoner, trapped, survival, confined space, claustrophobia, danger, desperation, isolation, panic, suspicion ...
Similarity:
69%
670
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, emotional, grim ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, flood, small town, survival, evacuation, moral dilemma, destruction, heroism, pandemic, dam, helicopter ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
texas
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.
Style:
tension, suspense, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jungle, survival, plane crash, stranded, crash survivor, isolation, disaster, death, fear, rain forest, desperation, food shortage ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
68%
449
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A psycho is blowing up planes to make a deadly point to crash investigator Renee Brennan.
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
investigation, government agency, conspiracy, cat and mouse, die hard, airport, serial killer, disaster, moral ambiguity, bureaucracy, psychopath, revenge ...
Similarity:
68%
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