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1. Lift (I) (2024)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Follows a master thief and his Interpol Agent ex-girlfriend who team up to steal $500 million in gold bullion being transported on an A380 passenger flight.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 38,669
2. Airplane! (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Votes: 261,415 | Gross: $83.40M
3. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal
Votes: 291,982 | Gross: $46.37M
4. Argo (2012)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Votes: 639,430 | Gross: $136.03M
5. Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val | Stars: Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Taraji P. Henson
Votes: 85,710 | Gross: $369.70M
6. Air Force One (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 210,272 | Gross: $172.96M
7. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Approved | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 46,166 | Gross: $46.30M
8. City of Angels (1998)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz
Votes: 127,861 | Gross: $78.69M
9. Die Hard 2 (1990)
R | 124 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 383,347 | Gross: $117.54M
10. Airport (1970)
G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg
Votes: 21,733 | Gross: $100.49M
11. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard
Votes: 144,699 | Gross: $34.02M
12. United 93 (2006)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson
Votes: 110,974 | Gross: $31.57M
13. The War of the Worlds (1953)
G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 38,577 | Gross: $4.36M
14. Colonia (2015)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey
Votes: 57,209
15. Always (1989)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman
Votes: 32,818 | Gross: $43.86M
16. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,886 | Gross: $47.29M
17. Aftermath (IV) (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash.
Director: Elliott Lester | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Grace, Judah Nelson
Votes: 26,876
18. Pushing Tin (1999)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A feud develops between two air traffic controllers: one cocky and determined while the other is restrained and laidback, which inevitably affects their lives.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie
Votes: 30,462 | Gross: $8.41M
19. Runway 34 (2022)
145 min | Drama, Thriller
Inspired by true incidents, "Runway 34" revolves around Captain Vikrant Khanna played by Ajay Devgn, a flying prodigy, whose flight takes a mysterious course after take-off from an international destination.
Director: Ajay Devgn | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakul Preet Singh, Ajey Nagar
Votes: 30,309
20. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau
Votes: 4,100
21. Flight That Disappeared (1961)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis, Gregory Morton
Votes: 829
22. Danny Deckchair (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
An Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon
Votes: 5,243 | Gross: $0.16M
23. Julie (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 2,227
24. Turbulent Skies (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own is about to have its first flight. But a virus shuts down the plane mid-flight and the pilots are incapacitated so there's no one who can fly the plane.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Brad Dourif, Nicole Eggert, Patrick Muldoon
Votes: 757
25. Crash of the Century (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min
KLM flight 4805 take-off without clearance and collide with the Pan American Boeing 747 in the same runway, this is the major air disaster in 1970's. 583 passengers and crew lost their lives.
Directors: Chantal Hebert, Phil Comeau | Stars: Mark Halliley, Randall Holden, Paul Bandey, Mike Dineen
Votes: 199
26. The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder, a new anti-hijack device that enables Air Traffic ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Crum | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, Jeff Fahey, Joe Suba
Votes: 717
27. Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest. He's told to at least bring back a rabbit.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Kent Rogers
Votes: 1,749
28. 9/11: Minute by Minute (2021)
64 min | Documentary, History
"September 11th 2001, the day America was under siege. Thrust into defense against the deadliest disaster ever faced. The four coordinated attacks by nineteen individuals, driven by ... See full summary »
Director: Piers Garland | Stars: Bob Taylor, Betty Ong, Nydia Gonzalez, George W. Bush
Votes: 230
29. Diverted (2009 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama, Thriller
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, David Suchet, Joanne Whalley, Colin Buchanan
Votes: 406
30. Here Come the Waves (1944)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ann Doran
Votes: 483
31. Na putu (2010)
100 min | Drama
From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Amar finds a new job working with a community of Muslims. This affects his relationship with his girlfriend Luna as his beliefs begin to change.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic
Votes: 2,078
32. Baby Bottleneck (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
It's the start of the Baby-Boom, and the overworked delivery system is full of glitches: Mother Goose gets a baby skunk, a Scotty dog gets a little hippo, and Mr. and Mrs. Mouse wind up ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner
Votes: 972
33. Flying Blind (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Marie Wilson
Votes: 140
34. Charlie Victor Romeo (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A documentary derived entirely from 'Black Box' transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies.
Directors: Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Karlyn Michelson | Stars: Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Noel Dinneen, Irving Gregory
Votes: 340
35. Air India 182 (2008)
97 min | Documentary
A look at one of the worst plane bombings of the 20th century. In 1985, an Air India 747 flying from Montreal, Canada to Delhi was blown up in mid-flight by Khalistani extremists. All 331 passengers were killed, most were of Indian origin.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Sarabjeet Arora, Gurpreet Chana, Ujjal Dosanjh, Natalie DP
Votes: 52
36. First Strike (1979 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
An interesting Cold War film that starts with showing a hypothetical Soviet nuclear first strike scenario leading to a U.S. surrender, followed by a United States Air Force "sales pitch" for more defense spending.
Director: Fleming E. Fuller | Stars: Richard H. Ellis, William R. Graham, Francis P. Hoeber, Edward N. Luttwak
Votes: 44
37. Grounded on 9/11 (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 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.
Directors: Jeffrey Fine, Mark Marabella | Stars: Tony Call, John S. Carr, Jane Garvey, Hank Krakowski
Votes: 51
38. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.
Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet
Votes: 32
39. Estonian Skies: The Invisible Guides (2019)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Air traffic controllers are the leading figures in making worldwide air traffic flow safely and efficiently. They describe the most interesting elements of their job and show what they do behind the scenes to make air travel a pleasure.
Directors: Georg Liigand, Taavi-Martin Enno, Ragnar Rostok | Stars: Taavi-Martin Enno, Karel Hütt, Igor Iljin, Lauri Jaakson
Votes: 15
40. Larry in Relation to the Ground (2002)
3 min | 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.
Director: Ted Fisher
Votes: 13
41. Kita no san-nin (1945)
72 min | Drama
The story of an airport and its air-traffic control crew in a remote northern-Japanese town. Three of the air-traffic controllers are female; one of them (Setsuko Hara) works alongside the ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine, Hisako Yamane, Susumu Fujita
Votes: 54
42. Tokyo Control (2011– )
Drama
There are various of planes, approximately 30,000 flights, flying everyday in Tokyo Haneda Airport, including jumbo jet helicopter. During peak time, the separation between preceding a/c is... See full summary »
Stars: Saburô Tokitô, Ayako Kawahara, Machiko Kochi, Rome Kanda
Votes: 17
43. The 9/11 Commission Report (2004 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, History
The findings of the 2002-2004 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, popularly known as the 9/11 Commission.
Stars: Anthony Mason, Richard Ben-Veniste, Osama bin Laden, J. Cofer Black
44. Sheeba - Die dunkelste Seite der Macht (2005 Video)
79 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Directors: Jochen Taubert, Ully Fleischer | Stars: Jürgen Drews, Ramona Drews, Elischeba Wilde, Christoph Fournier
Votes: 29
45. Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends (2002 TV Movie)
PG | 55 min | Documentary
The spontaneous acts of hospitality, kindness, and friendship shown by Canadians toward U.S. air travelers stranded by the attacks of September 11 2001.
Director: Judy Jackson | Star: Gordon Pinsent
Votes: 28
46. Radar Contact (2014)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama | Completed
An air traffic controller working the night shift in a low level airspace is alerted by NORAD of a stolen plane carrying hazardous material and must find which of the interesting, (and incompetent) pilots on her radar scope is to blame.
Director: Justin Bauer | Stars: Justin Bauer, Alexis Evelyn, Chuck Fiorella, Jeff Bauer
47. Moment by Moment: Averting Disaster on the Hudson (2016 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Captain Sullenberger, copilot Jeff Skiles and air traffic controller Patrick Harten take us step by step through the 208 harrowing seconds of Flight 1549.
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Patrick Harten, Jeffrey Skiles, Chesley Sullenberger
Votes: 18
48. The Ultimate Guide: Planes (2000 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
This program explains the most important innovations in the history of powered flight leading to the enormous airliners and high performance jet fighters in service today.
Director: Nigel Ashcroft | Star: Will Lyman
49. Kennedy Approach (1985 Video Game)
As an air traffic controller your job is to make sure all air traffic in your airspace in the United States is moving without any accident.
50.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
No Time at All
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.
Director: David Swift | Stars: William Lundigan, Betsy Palmer, Jane Greer, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 23