Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "skyjacking"

1. 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: 210,731 | Gross: $172.96M

2. Thunderball (1965)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 127,394 | Gross: $63.60M

3. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,741 | Gross: $56.57M

4. D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

It follows the 50-year quest to find Cooper, the man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines passenger jet in November 1971 and escaped with $200,000.

Stars: Eric Ulis, Jonna Mendez, Bruce Smith, Tom Colbert

Votes: 3,370

5. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

3 years after Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (2007), Lynch has settled in Shanghai and is involved in an arms deal, and calls his old friend Kane to help him.

Directors: Kim Krogh, Karsten Lund | Stars: Brian Bloom, Jason Connery, Robin Atkin Downes, Matthew Yang King

Votes: 969

6. Call Me Mr. Brown (1990)

94 min | Crime

Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, John Frawley, Russell Kiefel

Votes: 53

7. The Great Plane Robbery (1950)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an airplane lands in Los Angeles after sending a radio request for police and medical aid, one of the passengers, matronly Mrs. Judd, tells Police Inspector Bruce what happened: After ... See full synopsis »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton, Steve Brodie, Lynne Roberts

8. Desperate Cargo (1941)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Gang of criminals hijacks a clipper ship with two girls on their way to the U.S.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Jack Mulhall, Julie Duncan

Votes: 146

9. D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! (2022)
Episode: Innocent Men Don't Hide in Storage Bins (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Robert Rackstraw's colorful history of run-ins with the law draws Tom Colbert and his team of sleuths toward a theory teeming with intrigue/

Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Jim Christy, Tom Colbert, Walter Cronkite, Edward

Votes: 225

10. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 19-14 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

The countdown of crimes and mysteries that have baffled America continues with a bizarre blend of brutal murders, skyway robbery, lost riches, lost colonies, and an unexplained disappearance.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Troy Taylor, Paul Aron, Michael Newton, Michael Green

11. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Passenger Fatty-Seven (2017)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Quagmire's piloting skills are questioned when he scores free tickets to a guys' trip to San Francisco, and the plane is hijacked on the flight home.

Directors: Greg Colton, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,185