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, suspenseful, exciting, tense, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with hijacker, hijacking, danger, hostage, abduction, terrorism, terrorist, race against time, confined and kidnapping 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: United 93 (2006), Below the Surface (2017), Crash Landing (2005), Blood Red Sky (2021), Deep Rising (1998), Baby Driver (2017), Freestyle (2022), Sketch (2018), Pedal to Metal (2022), Drive (2019).

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 7.6
 111K
United 93 (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
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: realistic, emotional, controversial, tense, political ...
Plot: terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, war on terror, terrorist, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, air disaster, aviation, survival, tragic event ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, virginia, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
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Below the Surface (2017)
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, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense
Plot: hostage, hostage negotiator, ransom demand, captive, hijacker, hijacking, subway, nordic, gang, terrorism, criminal, criminal gang ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: europe, denmark, scandinavia, atlantic ocean, copenhagen
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 3.7
 921
Crash Landing (2005)
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, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, airplane, terrorist, martial arts, hijacker, disaster, confined, heroic mission, danger, save the day, violence spree ...
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 6.1
 54K
Blood Red Sky (2021)
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, splatter, captivating, tense, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural horror, airplane, terrorism, violence, terrorist attack, vampire, hidden identity, female protagonist, blood, hijacking, woman ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: germany, scotland
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 6.1
 41K
Deep Rising (1998)
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, cult horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, sea monster, deadly creature, creature feature, tentacle, ship, ocean, killer animal, creature, ghost ship, survival horror, bermuda triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: bolivia, pacific ocean, asia, china
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 7.5
 603K
Baby Driver (2017)
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: stylized, noir, suspense, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: heist, robbery, car chase, bank robbery, car, chase, caper, sign language, crime boss, gangster, organized crime, music ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 20th century, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, usa, north america
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 6.3
 603
Freestyle (2022)
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: thrilling, satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot: panic attack, car theft, satire, car thief, escapades, hijacker, trap, panic, cigarette smoking, death, doctor, nurse ...
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 5.6
 2K
Sketch (2018)
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: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: murder witness, car, car thief, hijacker, bandit, gang, criminal underworld, criminal, car chase, car theft, criminal gang, tamil ...
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Pedal to Metal (2022)
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: tense, disturbing, suspense, exciting, captivating
Plot: car race, fight, life, bandit, confronting the past, hijacker, street racing, criminal, legal, gang, race, racecar driver
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 3.2
 8K
Drive (2019)
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: suspense, rough, suspenseful, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: chases and races, heist, escapades, thief, reckless driving, burglar, breaking the law, bank robbery, danger, bank robber, robbery, murder ...
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Intergalactic (2021)
Genre: Drama, 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: psychological, suspense, futuristic, captivating, tense
Plot: space travel, runaway, fugitives, women, escapades, outer space, escaped prisoner, team, introspection, teamwork, space station, self discovery ...
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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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 5.9
 51K
Passenger 57 (1992)
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: serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, hostage, airplane, hijacking, airport, terrorist, motorcycle, evil man, aviation, fbi, danger, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, louisiana, los angeles
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Executive Decision (1996)
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, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, airplane, hostage, rescue, hijacking, terrorist, hand to hand combat, bomb, surveillance, military, special forces, senator ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
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 6.5
 209K
Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, 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: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
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 6.1
 4K
The Assault (2010)
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, military, islamic terrorism, confined, terrorism, danger, law enforcement, negotiation, hostage, special forces, murder, war on terror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: algeria, france, europe
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 5.2
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The Stoolie (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of ...
Style: suspense, detective, independent film, slang
Plot: con artists, criminal, con man, police, fugitive, bare chested male, cigarette smoking, swimming pool, gas station, hotel, truck driver, beach resort ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: florida, new jersey
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Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A busload containing three cheerleading teams from three different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped.
Style: sex comedy, grindhouse, sensual, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, erotica, naked woman, american football, exploitation, blonde, lesbian, kidnapping, lesbian sex, dream girl, voyeur, lust ...
Time: 70s
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The Hijack That Went South (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Style: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: pilot, airplane, abduction, hostage, journalist, ransom, airport, reporter, money, husband wife relationship, hijacking, passenger ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
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The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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 ...
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, abduction, italian history, hijacker, sea, terrorist
Time: 80s
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 5.8
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The Big Gamble (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to ...
Plot: truck, trucker, truck driver, driver, adventurer, wife, business, clumsiness, misadventure, husband wife relationship, beer, rescue from drowning ...
Time: year 1961
Place: africa, dublin ireland
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The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Style: realistic, humorous, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, spy, spy spoof, master villain, race against time, master criminal, terrorism, escapades, save the day, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 60s
Place: scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
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 6.5
 95K
Under Siege (1992)
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: suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, one man army, u.s. navy, ship, hostage, one against many, terrorist plot, violence, terrorist, sociopath, race against time ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, hostage, caper, heist, hijacking, terrorism, kidnapping, chase, passenger, brutality, police investigation, fbi ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, hostage, train, save the day, race against time, danger, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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 7.3
 389K
Speed (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: hostage, bomb, danger, terrorism, trapped, bus, terrorist, save the day, unlikely partners, chase, rescue, on the road ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 4.1
 540
Sonic Impact (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a populated area. The agent who captured him sets out to stop him.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: hijacking, die hard, airplane hijack, airplane, hostage, confined, daring rescue, danger, law enforcement, special agent, abduction, federal bureau of investigation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A simple diamond heist leads Lupin into the machinations of a bizarre cult. The cult is based around the prophecies of Nostradamus, and they kidnap Julia, the daughter of Douglas, a wealthy American who is seeking the presidency, along with ...
Style: anime, semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lupin iii, kidnapping, heist, skyscraper, rescue, samurai, sect, partner, escapades, crime gone awry, gang, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, japan, brazil
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Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 ...
Style: political, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, military, war on terror, conflict, commando, threat, struggle, dictatorship, conservative, dictator, espionage ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: uganda, africa, israel, palestine
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