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1 Grounded on 9/11 (2005 TV documentary)

The story of how air traffic controllers in the U.S. and Canada were able to ground all commercial air traffic--thousands of airplanes carrying nearly a million passengers--in the hectic hours after the attacks of September 11 2001.

 9.3/10 18
2 Larry in Relation to the Ground (2002 documentary short)

This film examines Larry Walter's 1982 flight over Southern California in a lawn chair. Includes audio recordings of exchanges with air-traffic controllers during the flight and aerial footage recorded on the 20th anniversary of the event.

 9.0/10 5
3 Mayday (2003 TV series documentary)
Episode: Flying Blind

AeroPeru flight 603 crashed on a routine flight from Lima to Santiago in 1996, due to a severe failure with the flight instruments.

 8.3/10 22
4 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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.

 7.8/10 79,446
5 Airplane! (1980)

An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.

 "   82,041
6 United 93 (2006)

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.

 7.7/10 57,448
7 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure.

 7.4/10 18,291
8 La femme d'à côté (1981)

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas...

 7.2/10 3,022
9 Zero Hour! (1957)

A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning - is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane...

 6.7/10 612
10 Dhamaal (2007)

Four slackers and con-men namely: Boman Contractor, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with his eccentric dad...

 6.6/10 1,655
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11 Crisis in Mid-air (1979 TV movie) 6.3/10 28
12 Décalage horaire (2002) 6.1/10 3,631
13 Overland Stage Raiders (1938) 6.0/10 183
14 The Crowded Sky (1960) "   265
15 Diverted (2009 TV movie) "   202
16 Mayday (2003 TV series documentary)
Episode: Cleared for Disaster 		"   5
17 Pushing Tin (1999) 5.9/10 18,336
18 Summer Rental (1985) 5.8/10 5,543
19 Blackout Effect (1998 TV movie) "   257
20 Mayday (2003 TV series documentary)
Episode: Frozen in Flight 		"   5
21 International Airport (1985 TV movie) 5.7/10 54
22 Ground Control (1998) 5.6/10 1,265
23 Modern Problems (1981) 4.6/10 2,495
24 Air Collision (2012 video) 2.8/10 255
25 Project U.F.O. (1978 TV series)
Episode: Sighting 4025: The Whitman Tower Incident
26 Your Hit Parade (1950 TV series)
Episode: Episode dated 2 June 1956

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