Movies: Sky Trouble
Various aircraft "disaster" movies à la Airport. Several I've seen, but not all.
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- DirectorGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorLaraine DayWhen a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsRichard AttenboroughStanley BakerHermione BaddeleySir Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, threatening to blow up himself and everyone on board as an act of vengeance. What follows is an Airport-type movie with all the passengers having their own little subplots and fears.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsDoris DayLouis JourdanBarry SullivanA terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.A blast-from-the-past entry in one of my favorite sub-genres: the all-star airplane-disaster thriller/melodrama! The fictional airline is named "Trans States" in this one.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJack LordEdmond O'BrienKatherine CrawfordA bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsGary MerrillNancy ReaganIrene HerveyAirplane passengers prepare for a crash landing in the ocean.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsGlenn FordNancy KwanRod TaylorAn airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsGeorge C. ScottAnne BancroftWilliam AthertonA chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
- DirectorHall BartlettStarsDana AndrewsLinda DarnellSterling HaydenIn 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsCharlton HestonJames BrolinYvette MimieuxA crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartMarlene DietrichGlynis JohnsAn aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsLindsay WagnerEli DankerSandy McPeakThis made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The movie chronicles the first 2 days and the aftermath.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsErnest BorgnineGary LockwoodTina ChenAn aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and crew on those aircraft report seeing what they believe to be the ghost of the wrecked airplane's flight engineer.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsNed BeattyBarbara BossonRené EnríquezTrans Allied Flight 136 is hijacked in flight and diverted by its four captors to New York's JFK Airport. When the plane departs for London and the terrorists begin murdering hostages, the passengers begin to fight back.
- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsJodie FosterPeter SarsgaardSean BeanA bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsDenzel WashingtonNadine VelazquezDon CheadleTroubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsLiam NeesonJulianne MooreScoot McNairyAn air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonKaren BlackGeorge KennedyA 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.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJack LemmonLee GrantJoseph CottenArt thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlain DelonSusan BlakelyRobert WagnerA supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsDavid Alan BascheOlivia ThirlbyLiza Colón-ZayasA 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.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsTom HanksAaron EckhartLaura LinneyWhen pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsWilliam ShatnerAdrienne BarbeauBrooke BundyOn December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBarbara AndersonBert ConvyPeter GravesOn its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsCheryl LaddJeffrey DeMunnFrederick CoffinWhen a passenger plane crashes after a bomb scare, there are many unanswered questions, which can only be attributed to "pilot error". The pilot's wife, Diane Halstead, is convinced her husband could never have caused the disaster, but nobody will listen to her.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsEric StoltzCharles Martin SmithDenis ArndtThere has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The NTSB investigator in charge, whose girlfriend died in the crash, is puzzled. On one side, the air traffic controller claims he lost radar contact with the cargo plane shortly before impact, when his screen "blacked out." On the other side, everyone else, including the controller's bosses and the media, put the blame on human error. The truth is soon to be uncovered, as the aging air traffic control facilities are on the verge of failing right in the middle of the busy Thanksgiving season.
- DirectorT.J. ScottStarsAidan QuinnDean CainKelly HuTwelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsLeif EricksonDoug McClureRoddy McDowallOn a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsCharlton HestonJames CoburnRichard ThomasThe captain of a crippled jet steers toward tri-state rescue-team experts waiting in Sioux City, Iowa.
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsJames DoohanLarry BeattieElizabeth ColeA small planes pilot must take the controls of a large passenger plane when the pilots fall victim to food poisoning.
- DirectorAndrew LauStarsHanyu ZhangHao OuJiang DuWhen the windshield of his commercial airplane shatters at 30,000 feet in the air, a pilot and his flight crew work to ensure the safety of the passengers and land the plane.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyCharles S. DubinStarsGil GerardBerlinda TolbertPat CrowleyManager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsDavid JanssenDon MeredithChristopher GeorgeThe co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsConnie SelleccaWayne RogersAna AliciaA passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency landing.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJeannetta ArnetteBarry CorbinStephen MachtOn January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., resulting in 78 fatalities.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsRachel McAdamsCillian MurphyBrian CoxA woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsJames FranciscusMimsy FarmerVenantino VenantiniA reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsMichael CraigPeter CushingBernard LeeIn Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsCraig HillPaula RaymondDayton LummisA 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.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsRobert UrichAnnette O'TooleJohn de LancieA commercial pilot is forced to keep a plane aloft that was struck in midair by another plane to keep it from ripping apart even as the fuel is running out and the air and cabin pressure is dropping.
- DirectorCliff RobertsonStarsCliff RobertsonDiane BakerFrank ConverseMike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLee MajorsHal LindenLauren HuttonOn the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety.
- DirectorBarry PollackStarsAdam RoarkeNeville BrandJay RobinsonA man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeBuzz KulikStarsRobert DuvallTreat WilliamsKathryn HarroldD.B. Cooper parachutes with his stolen money and proceeds to contact his wife. Meanwhile, his former army sergeant, who now works as an insurance investigator, manages to identify him and decides to track him down.
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsWesley SnipesBruce PayneTom SizemoreAn airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsSusan BattenJames BrolinMichael GrossA convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after take-off, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control of the flight and free him. He demands 20 million dollars in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
- DirectorJorge MontesiStarsWilliam DevaneScott HylandsShelley HackTrue story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsJack WagnerChristine EliseJames SikkingA pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
- DirectorRichard HowardStarsKiefer SutherlandRobert Sean LeonardBruce McGillA disgraced former air traffic controller is called back into service when the airport's traffic control system malfunctions.
- DirectorBen AnthonyStarsAli AfzalAltaf AliMalek AlkoniBefore 9/11 and Lockerbie, one brutal attack shook the world and inspired a new era of global terrorism. The hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi in 1986 is a story of terror and tragedy, but also a story of bravery and survival - one which could have been incalculably worse were it not for the actions of a group of rookie flight attendants and a Pan Am employee on the ground who risked his life negotiating with the hijackers. Set in a gripping geopolitical landscape, this feature length documentary plays like a thriller, with first-hand testimony from passengers, the flight crew and negotiators, accompanied by dramatic reconstruction.