| Argo (2012) | 7.7 | |
| Hostage (2023) | 5.6 | |
| Pushing Tin (1999) | 6.0 | |
| Airport (1970) | 6.6 | |
| Flight 93 (2006) | 6.4 |
Air traffic control movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant air traffic control movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, realistic, intense, serious and tense films and TV shows about / with air traffic control, airplane, flying, airport, aviation, air disaster, pilot, catastrophe, disaster and race against time plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as air traffic control: Pushing Tin (1999), Ground Control (1998), Die Hard 2 (1990), Aftermath (2017), Airplane! (1980), Unforgiven (2018), Mayday (2005), Take Care of Us, Captain (2012), Hijack 1971 (2024), Final Destination (2000).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
Style:
humorous, tension, intense, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
air traffic controller, air traffic control, rivalry, workplace, stress, panic, marital reconciliation, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, one night stand, blonde, marital separation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, long island, new york, usa, new jersey
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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
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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 ...
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28K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake, his mind as he happens to be the air traffic controller, who fails to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, suspenseful, tense, touching ...
Plot:
depression, air traffic controller, airplane crash, revenge, guilt, loss of wife, grief, tragedy, investigation, vigilante, death, retribution ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to ...
Style:
parody, spoof, absurd, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
airplane, airport, satire, pilot, food poisoning, absurd humor, aviation, stewardess, passenger, disaster, flight attendant, deadpan ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, chicago
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, mostly children. Vitaly is one of the first people to discover the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, bleak, ambiguous ending, realistic ...
Plot:
grief, tragedy, revenge, moral ambiguity, justice, airport, depression, death of child, tragic event, plane crash, loss, biopic ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
switzerland, russia, europe
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lost somewhere over the Pacific in a single-engine Cessna with low fuel, a pilot (Scott Bakula) awaits rescue.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, emotional, realistic
Plot:
aviation, search and rescue, pilot, rescue mission, lost at sea, airplane accident, survival, teamwork, desperation, heroism, isolation, air traffic control ...
Place:
pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Take Care of Us, Captain is about a passionate co-pilot named Han Da-jin and the youngest pilot of a Boeing 747, Kim Yoon-sung.
Style:
captivating, psychological, satirical, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
female pilot, pilot, co pilot, aviator, aviation, workplace situations, coworker, changing lives, relationships, family problems, satire, workplace ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pilots Tae-in and Gyu-sik are set to fly to Gimpo. Under the guidance of flight attendant Ok-soon, passengers are busy boarding. However, shortly after takeoff, a homemade bomb explodes, turning the cabin into chaos.
Style:
tension, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
hijacking, hostage situation, inter-korean relations, airplane, terrorist bombing, hostage, threat, problem, police officer taken hostage, taken hostage, airplane trip, confined space ...
Time:
70s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
death, supernatural, life & death, survival, supernatural horror, characters killed one by one, danger, disaster, destiny, group of friends, psychic power, near death experience ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, year 2003, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style:
period piece, saga, entertaining, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, female warrior, superhuman powers, amazon, heroes, amazon tribe, strong female lead, warrior ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 2020s
Place:
washington d.c., russia, los angeles, hawaii, egypt ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, UK, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Style:
suspense, harsh, psychological, emotional, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
religious fanatic, religion, genocide, dictatorship, torture chamber, sect, abuse, kidnapping, escape, torture, prison, man punching a woman ...
Time:
70s, year 2015, year 1973
Place:
chile, peru, germany, south america, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Style:
road movie, humorous, funny, hilarious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
treasure hunt, on the road, race, car chase, treasure, road trip, competition, chase, greed, money, twists and turns, disorder ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1916, 70s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Three scientists; a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, are involved in atomic research find themselves in a highly uncomfortable situation when unknown forces pull the jet airliner they're passengers on into a ...
Style:
mind bending, surreal, psychedelic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, aviation, air disaster, nuclear bomb, stopped time, adventurer, afterlife, air traffic control, airplane accident, scientist, stewardess, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 60s
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place:
asia, the philippines, melbourne
Is relevant?
735
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 264 min.
TV show
Story:
When a Nordic Airlines flight to the USA is hijacked, a team of Swedish investigators must race against time to unmask the mysterious hijackers before they bring the airplane down or the US military shoot it out of the sky.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, airplane, terrorist, airplane hijack, investigation, hostage situation, blackmail, terrorism, taken hostage, problem, terrorist attack ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime drama, intense
Plot:
airplane hijack, hostage situation, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, investigation, flying, terrorist attack, terror, problem, hospitality, die hard ...
Place:
dubai
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Center forced the shutdown of the entire U.S. airspace. Thousands of kilometres away in Gander, Newfoundland, a group of Nav Canada air traffic ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak, factual
Plot:
terrorism, twin towers, heroic mission, life risking, demolished city, courage, terror, survival, war on terror, world trade center manhattan new york city, race against time, rescue ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, newfoundland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While being escorted to prison from Phoenix to New York, crazed killer Peter Cronin (Anthony Michael Hall) hijacks a commercial jet in flight with the help of accomplices. Holding the 200 passengers and the crew members hostage, Cronin forces the ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
hijacking, hostage negotiator, disaster, aviation, jet plane, space, fbi agent, little girl, terrorism, killer, elderly couple, air traffic control ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot:
aviation, airplane accident, crash, pilot, passenger, save the day, moral dilemma, air disaster, danger, air traffic controller, aeroplane, air traffic control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
airplane, die hard, aviation, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, aeroplane, air traffic control, teenage life, school, parents and children, escapades, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Flight 93 is a 2006 made-for-TV film, directed by Peter Markle, which chronicles the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks. It premiered January 30, 2006 on the A&E Network and was re-broadcast several times ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, passenger, 9/11, hijacking, terrorist, aviation, war on terror, danger, daring rescue, government agency, save the day ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
north america, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style:
sad, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, twin towers, 9/11, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, medieval, rescue, al qaeda, heroes ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america, middle east, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, mafia, sicilian, organized crime, gangster, robbery, female nudity, criminal, security system, family honor, escape from custody ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
rome italy, france, paris france, venice, italy ...
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52K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
gang of thieves, heist, terrorist, agent, criminal, burglar, robbery, stealing money, theft, airplane, art theft, gold ...
Place:
swiss alps, london, venice, tuscany, switzerland ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The continuation of the adventures of the Minions, always in search of a tyrannical leader.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
kids and family, imaginary, minion, super villain, disorder, technology, kidnapping, criminal, kung fu, vigilante, teenager, villain ...
Time:
70s, 2020s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear explosion, world war three, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, nuclear bomb, doom, post apocalypse, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
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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 ...
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