| Baby Driver (2017) | 7.5 | |
| Air Force One (1997) | 6.5 | |
| United 93 (2006) | 7.6 | |
| Deep Rising (1998) | 6.1 | |
| Wonder Woman (2017) | 7.3 |
Hijacker movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant hijacker movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough and serious films and TV shows about / with hijacker, hijacking, terrorism, terrorist, hostage, danger, race against time, abduction, death and gun plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hijacker: Below the Surface (2017), Deep Rising (1998), United 93 (2006), Crash Landing (2005), Drive (2019), Baby Driver (2017), 7 Days in Entebbe (2018), Super Car Criminals (2000), Freestyle (2022), Sketch (2018).
Best films
New films
| 7 Days in Entebbe (2018) | 5.9 | |
| Wonder Woman (2017) | 7.3 | |
| The Mark (2012) | 3.6 | |
| Below the Surface (2017) | 7.3 | |
| Drive (2019) | 3.2 |
List of hijacker movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
hostage, captive, terrorist, hostage negotiator, subway, hijacking, hijacker, nordic, gang, terrorism, terrorist attack, bandit ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
denmark, europe, scandinavia, atlantic ocean, copenhagen
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, monster, sea monster, creature feature, ship, ocean, tentacle, killer animal, creature, ghost ship, bermuda triangle, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bolivia, asia, china, pacific ocean
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, terrorist, terrorism, airplane, hostage, martial arts, one man army, hijacker, disaster, tough heroes, confined, heroic mission ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A getaway driver is attracted to a female neighbor whose husband owes money to a local gangster. As a result he is drawn deeper into a dangerous underworld.
Style:
rough, suspense, thought provoking, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
chases and races, escapades, thief, murder, robbery, bank robber, burglar, armed robbery, danger, reckless driving, attempted robbery, bank robbery ...
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676K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Style:
suspense, noir, aesthetic, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
car, heist, car chase, bank robbery, robbery, chase, sign language, twists and turns, caper, gangster, music, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
georgia, usa, north america, atlanta georgia
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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, suspenseful, tense, rough, social ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
rescue mission, terrorist, counter terrorism, politics, airplane hijack, terrorism, dictator, hijacker, hijacking, telephone call, airplane, hostage ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
israel, uganda, jerusalem, frankfurt germany, athens greece
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Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Yau, Yeung, and Wong are professionals who steal expensive cars, using technology so advanced that even the police cannot get any clues. A covert detective, Raymond, is assigned to investigate the case. He successfully wins the trust of Yau and also ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
sports car, car theft, undercover cop, chase, infiltration, car, car thief, hijacker, stealing a car, problem, fall in love, working undercover ...
Is relevant?
717
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
One morning, Louise, 45, is suddenly unable to step out of her car. Sweats, anxieties, palpitations... she is having an inexplicable panic attack. She is tetanized and simply cannot set foot outside.
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi serious, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
car theft, panic attack, panic, satire, escapades, car thief, hijacker, trap, gas station, telephone call, beach, death ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The fate of four friends, who work at a garage, witness drastic changes after they lock horns with a dreaded gangster in town
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
car chase, murder witness, car, car thief, underworld, gangster, criminal underworld, criminal gang, criminal, car theft, hijacker, bandit ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a race they drive in ends fatally, friends Kike and Noche flee to Mexico City to hide, rebuild their lives and escape danger ... or at least try.
Style:
disturbing, exciting, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot:
car race, fight, life, confronting the past, hijacker, bandit, street racing, criminal, legal, gang, race, racecar driver
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of fearless young cop and galactic pilot, Ash Harper, who has her glittering career ripped away from her after being wrongly convicted of a treasonous crime and exiled to a distant prison colony.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, futuristic, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, runaway, fugitives, strong female lead, women, escapades, hijacker, prisoner, bandit, escape attempt, on the run, teamwork ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, splatter, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, terrorist attack, supernatural, supernatural horror, hidden identity, vampire, female protagonist, female warrior, blood, hijacking, violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
germany, scotland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand this sort of thing.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, airplane, hijacking, airport, terrorist, escape, fbi, airplane hijack, aviation, courage, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
louisiana, florida, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, hostage, hijacking, rescue, terrorist, airplane accident, special forces, hand to hand combat, ransom, bomb, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
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223K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hostage, president, secret service, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, washington d.c., iraq, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Epic political fantasy drama, envisioning what would have happened if Dick Cheney had been indicted for ordering torture, which was used to get the false confessions to make a fraudulent case for war.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
al qaeda, usa president, public speaking, torturer, secretary of state, fighting the system, airplane, interrogation, false confession, power, vice president, black man ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
manhattan new york city, washington d.c., new york, las vegas, pentagon
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
parachuting, terrorism, skydiving, terrorist, chase, parachute, heroes, danger, hijacking, race against time, airplane hijack, aviation ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., miami, florida
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, twists and turns, missing child, conspiracy, airplane accident, female protagonist, kidnapping, disappearance, strong female lead, flight attendant, family relations, little girl ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, persia, newfoundland, new york, germany
Is relevant?
220
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A top counter-intelligence agent thwarts a hijacking and is assigned to protect one of the terrorists who plan to turn evidence over for a plea bargain. Unfortunately, the terrorist organization attacks where the agent is guarding the man, wounding ...
Style:
independent film, road movie
Plot:
covert operation, spy, martial arts, terrorism, airplane hijack, secret agent, police, airport, sex, agent, violence, helicopter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, hawaii, spain, amsterdam, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Plot:
hijacking, abduction, hostage, journalist, ransom, husband wife relationship, reporter, money, airport, passenger, pilot, true crime ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense
Plot:
hijacking, terrorism, political violence, extremism, negotiation, ocean liner, middle east conflict, captivity, realism, moral ambiguity, rescue attempt, media coverage ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA, West Germany, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Genua, 3rd October 1985. Together with over 500 other passengers Margot and Pierre Bergeron, a married couple from France, the Serafinis, an Italian family, Anne Higgins, an Englishwoman, Gitta and Helmut Holzer from Germany and an American couple ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage situation, taken hostage, hijacking, hostage, ocean, leadership, chases and races, danger, confined, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacked by a heavily armed group of mercenaries, led by John Vernon. Complicating matters, a nuclear ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, freeze frame, independent film, bilingual
Plot:
ship, sea, disaster, atomic bomb, boat, die hard, hostage, misunderstanding, abduction, missing person, sailor, red herring ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Chile, West Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure hunter, cave, lost treasure, mountain, on the road, partner, escapades, heroes, danger, buddies, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chile
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, terrorism, u.s. navy, violence, terrorist, ship, terrorist plot, hostage, one man army, sociopath, mercenary, warship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon, san francisco ...
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
military, terrorism, hostage, martial arts, special forces, terrorist, commando, violence, cannon, war on terror, rescue mission, patriotism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, beirut lebanon, athens greece, iran ...
Is relevant?
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.
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, airplane, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, danger, resourceful, terrorist, mind game, aviation, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iceland, london
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