Airplane movies and TV shows – page 5

List of airplane movies

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 7.4
 68K
Hijack (2023)
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: captivating, tense, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot: airplane hijack, abduction, airplane, flying, investigation, hijacking, hostage situation, terrorist, terror, terrorist attack, problem, pilot ...
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Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the ...
Style: road movie, humorous, anamorphic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, elephant, rescue, village, culture clash, military, airplane, journey, boy, cargo plane, chase, politics ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place: vietnam, asia
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7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: rescue mission, terrorist, terrorism, counter terrorism, airplane hijack, politics, airplane, hijacking, hijacker, death threat, hostage, israeli ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: israel, uganda, jerusalem, frankfurt germany, athens greece
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S.O.S. Concorde (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
Style: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: airplane, air disaster, aviation, conspiracy, swimming, danger, daring rescue, airplane crash, gangster, hostage, terrorism, reporter ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, new york, london, england ...
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 3.3
 737
Air Rage (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, fast ...
Plot: terrorism, airplane, save the day, daring rescue, hostage, rivalry, danger, government agency, air disaster, hijacking, die hard, escape ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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 3.7
 618
Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
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As White as in Snow (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.
Style: serious, realistic, period drama
Plot: airplane, teenage life, youth, fall in love, female pilot, pilot, aviation, female protagonist, farm, woman, explorer, female empowerment ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 1900s
Place: berlin germany
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 4.5
 902
Non-Stop (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mysterious emotional thriller about a woman who, after being left at the altar, has a brief liaison with a handsome stranger on a plane which ultimately puts her – and everyone else on the flight – in terrible danger.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: airplane, danger, dangerous attraction, false identity, missing person, theft, ritual, psychic, losing-it hero, woman in danger, book publishing, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.3
 3K
Air Crew (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Plot: airplane, natural disaster, co pilot, aviation, disaster, danger, heroic mission, daring rescue, forces of nature, stewardess, pilot, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: soviet union, ussr, moscow russia, russia
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Final Destination (2000)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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, slasher, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, death, life & death, survival, characters killed one by one, destiny, danger, group of friends, disaster, freak accident, psychic, gory ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, year 2003, y2k, 20th century ...
Place: usa, new york, paris france
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 4.1
 836
Storm (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A top secret government study involving the manipulation of the weather goes awry, leaving L.A. in the path of a destructive hurricane. A meteorologist sets out to save the city.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: catastrophe, disaster, manipulation, danger, heroes, technology gone awry, escapades, save the day, undercover, chaos, government agency, forces of nature ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, pacific ocean
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 6.6
 27K
Devotion (2022)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: korean war, racism, new year, mission, aviation, winter, airplane, aircraft, world war, life, captain, medal of honor ...
Time: year 1951, year 1950, 50s, 1950s
Place: rhode island, north korea, france, french riviera
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Damascus Time (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: isis, pow, terrorist, torture, husband wife relationship, hijacking, jihad, airplane, terrorism, syrian war, war crime, female soldier ...
Place: syria, iran, turkey, israel, kurdistan
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 6.7
 94K
Midway (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style: historical drama, bleak, exciting, scary, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, sea battle, aerial combat, naval battle, air battle, warship, fighter plane, navy, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 2019, year 1942, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
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 6.5
 120
The Aviators (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, War
Country: Spain, Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A bird that wants to become a hero, a carrier pigeon with an endless list of achievements under his belt and a mouse inventor who want to fly at all costs are some of the characters in this animated film. Peace reigns in a farm located in the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war one, pigeon, cartoon bird, airplane, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal, cartoon mouse, bird, aerial combats, air force, escapades, battles ...
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The Sweet Escape (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.
Style: exciting, light, humorous, witty, captivating ...
Plot: birthday, night watchman, widow, fishing, midlife crisis, dancing, anger, painting, airplane, vacation, shopping mall, birthday present ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the ...
Style: anime, exciting, dieselpunk, manga, entertaining ...
Plot: alternate reality, battles, airplane, military, danger, rivalry, society, supernatural, haunted by the past, mortal combat, eternal youth, teenager ...
Place: japan, seattle, asia
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 7.7
 80K
Black Book (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style: tense, erotic, psychological, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war two, holocaust, espionage, spy, nazism, nazi, war, revenge, resistance, occupation, gestapo, ss ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century, y2k ...
Place: netherlands, holland, germany, israel, amsterdam ...
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 7.0
 57K
Colonia (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Luxembourg, UK, USA
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, political, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: religious fanatic, kidnapping, religion, genocide, torture chamber, escape, sect, torture, military coup, prison, survival, military dictatorship ...
Time: 70s, year 2015, year 1973
Place: chile, peru, south america, latin america
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 6.9
 2K
The Unknown (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Gumnaam is a 1965 Indian suspense thriller film directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is ...
Style: suspense, detective, retro, psychological thriller, suspense thriller ...
Plot: murder, woman in jeopardy, paranoia, undercover, villain, heroine, disguise, deception, secret, conspiracy, serial killer, faked death ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
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 7.8
 97K
The Wind Rises (2013)
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style: anime, touching, stylized, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens
Plot: world war two, tuberculosis, dream, airplane, earthquake, aviation, biopic, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, love and romance, wartime ...
Time: 1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: japan, germany, asia
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 6.5
 25K
Only You (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A childhood incident has convinced Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to settle down and marry a foot doctor, Faith impulsively flies to Venice when it seems that she ...
Style: feel good, touching, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience: date night, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: unlikely couple, love, destiny, love and romance, wedding, true love, husband wife relationship, false identity, love story, disorder, love triangle, looking for love ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, pittsburgh, venice
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 5.1
 3K
No Way Back (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafiaso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only sons death in the same operation and kidnaps Zacks son to ...
Style: fast, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, white supremacist, single father, hitman, crime boss, shootout, airplane, father son relationship, flight attendant, fbi agent, revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: arizona
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 6.9
 331K
Liar Liar (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, slapstick comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience: kids, date night, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: lawyer, father son relationship, liar, lie, court, change of heart, courtroom, divorce, trial, ex husband ex wife relationship, truth, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Hercules in New York (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
Style: humorous, independent film, melancholic, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: hercules, fish out of water, gangster, chase, zeus, greek mythology, mythology, folk hero, greek god, strongman, muscleman, contests and competitions ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, greece
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
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 6.8
 25K
Capricorn One (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of scientists stages a phony Mars landing. Willingly participating in the deception are a trio of well-meaning astronauts, who become liabilities when their space capsule is ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: conspiracy, mars, astronaut, nasa, conspiracy theory, spacecraft, desert, whistleblower, paranoia, investigative reporter, investigation, space ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: texas, houston texas, usa, arizona
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The Last Adventure (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, ocean, friendship, airplane, death, pilot, friends, danger, escapades, killing an animal, summer ...
Time: 60s, year 1967
Place: africa, paris france, france, congo, europe
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Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
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, space, prank, airport, airport security, pilot, flight attendant, murder ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
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God Does Not Play Dice (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story: Everything seems normal until the Oriental Air 402 plane is swallowed into some kind of energy and disappears. Ten years after having everyone think the plane had mysteriously crashed and everyone died, in 2006, it reappears as if nothing had ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: time travel, supernatural, airplane, time jump, sent to the future, time warp, airplane trip, puzzle, time portal, time traveler, disappearance
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