Movies like Airport
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Airport (1970)
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:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, erotic, psychotronic, psychological, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess, flying, rescue, save the day, race against time, disobey, stowaway, criminal, mental illness, winter, snow, pilot, divorce, terrorism ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, new york, detroit, atlantic ocean, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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Most similar movies to Airport
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and realistic films with plots about disaster, danger, catastrophe, airplane, escapades, heroes and race against time mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Airport: Outbreak (1995), The Captain (2019), Daylight (1996), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Die Hard 2 (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
145K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
epidemic, plague, virus, quarantine, bio weapon, monkey, catastrophe, disaster, medical, infection, deadly virus, disease ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 60s, year 1967, 90s ...
Place:
africa, utah, northern california, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
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, sentimental, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
air disaster, plane crash, aviation, co pilot, aviator, pilot, risk, airline, heroism, crash, determination, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style:
psychological, cult classic, fast, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, aviation, airport, airplane, natural disaster, air disaster, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder, airplane accident, missile ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 80s
Place:
europe, france, alps, washington d.c., paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, survival, ocean liner, race against time, underwater, sea disaster, cruise ship, sea, sinking ship, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
israel, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
100%
405K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style:
exciting, clever, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
gunfight, airplane, christmas, fight scenes, airport, police, hostage, one man army, airplane accident, chase, lone hero, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, washington state, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
airplane hijack, aviation, hijacking, passenger, airplane, crash landing, airport, terrorist, flying, terrorism, investigation, terror ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, desert, aviation, stranded, adaptation, dialogue, chase, rescue, treasure hunt, introspection, human nature, getting home ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
beijing china, long beach california, mongolia
Similarity:
100%
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8K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action thriller, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tunnel, subway, flood, disaster, panic, danger, survival, chaos, train, group of strangers, chaos and mayhem, asthma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, breathtaking, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, stranded, cannibalism, disaster, air disaster, starvation, death, airplane accident, mountain, mountain climbing, historical event, wilderness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place:
andes mountains, chile, uruguay, south america, antarctic ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
63%
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:
57%
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, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
airplane, airport, catastrophe, aviation, disaster, airplane accident, survival, natural disaster, flying, stewardess, death, mountain ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c., salt lake city utah, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, earthquake, catastrophe, danger, chaos, national guard, love triangle, daring rescue, save the day, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An air-traffic controller quits after a plane crash but, years later, goes to help an airport that is in the path of a terrible storm.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
air traffic controller, aviation, airplane, airport, flight attendant, pilot, die hard, airplane accident, aircraft, aeroplane, new year's eve, storm ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
48%
949
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
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, disaster, danger, aviation, rivalry, chases and races, escapades, law enforcement, undercover, airport, insubordination ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
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, serious, realistic, tense, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, airplane, save the day, survival, danger, spouse in danger, heroes, forces of nature, military, volcano, aeroplane, aircraft ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, hawaii
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, shipwreck, ship, disaster, cruise, cruise ship, ransom, sea, ocean, espionage, brutality, passenger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, atlantic ocean, scotland yard, london, scotland
Similarity:
45%
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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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
airplane accident, airplane, boeing 747, computer virus, save the day, danger, chaos, escapades, rivalry, race against time, space travel, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, rescue, ski, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, ski resort, adaptation, winter, danger, skating ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
antarctic, tokyo
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, skyscraper, rescue, natural disaster, race against time, survival, firefighter, evacuation, trapped in a building, trapped, fire ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
amusement park, disaster, terrorism, terrorist, murder, police investigation, conspiracy theory, natural disaster, psychopath, law enforcement, master criminal, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
virginia, richmond virginia, chicago, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
airplane, christmas, stewardess, hijacking, airplane accident, murder, disaster, aviation, serial killer, danger, pilot, die hard ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
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115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, rescue, tough heroes, aviation, disaster, one man army, daring rescue, heroes, danger, save the day, forces of nature, airport ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, save the day, danger, aviation, confined, escapades, disorder, disaster, airplane, airplane accident, aeroplane, army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
Similarity:
40%
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:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, airplane accident, law enforcement, airplane crash, air disaster, aviation, race against time, terrorism, hostage, tough heroes, one man army, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.
Style:
psychotronic, detective, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, aviation, air disaster, stewardess, disaster, flight attendant, airport security, pilot, murder, doctor, bank robber, jewish woman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
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