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1. 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: 261,004 | Gross: $83.40M
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 216,823 | Gross: $132.09M
3. Shadow in the Cloud (2020)
R | 83 min | Action, Horror, War
A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Director: Roseanne Liang | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith
Votes: 30,557 | Gross: $0.16M
4. 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: 291,722 | Gross: $46.37M
5. 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: 46,097 | Gross: $46.30M
6. Sully (2016)
PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama
When 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.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey
Votes: 298,027 | Gross: $125.07M
7. 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: 21,680 | Gross: $100.49M
8. 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: 110,937 | Gross: $31.57M
9. 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: 26,840
10. 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: 32,789 | Gross: $43.86M
11. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 24,847
12. 2:22 (2017)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.
Director: Paul Currie | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid, John Waters
Votes: 25,654
13. On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)
PG | 102 min | Drama
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, Doug White (Dennis Quaid) has to safely land the plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Tonglan Qiu
Votes: 5,281
14. Summer Rental (1985)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Karen Austin
Votes: 18,362 | Gross: $24.69M
15. 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: 30,455 | Gross: $8.41M
16. Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 83 min | Comedy
A holiday to the South Pacific goes awry when Cousin Eddie's family and a tour guide are shipwrecked on an island.
Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Kate Simmons, Jake Thomas, Randy Quaid, Fred Willard
Votes: 3,862
17. Zero Hour! (1957)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 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.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Votes: 2,294
18. Modern Problems (1981)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Director: Ken Shapiro | Stars: Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Dabney Coleman, Mary Kay Place
Votes: 5,822 | Gross: $26.15M
19. Super Wings (2015–2022)
TV-Y | 15 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A jet plane named Jett travels the world delivering packages to children and solving problems with his friends the Super Wings.
Stars: Luca Padovan, Hudson Loverro, Chasden Gilson-Walker, Jamie Sara Lewis
Votes: 403
20. The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An 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... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Tina Chen, Kim Basinger
Votes: 681
21. Jet Lag (2002)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
A worn-out businessman and a beautician on the run collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi López, Scali Delpeyrat
Votes: 6,103 | Gross: $0.54M
22. Dhamaal (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Four lazy slacker conmen buddies who are jobless, homeless and broke learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and later embark on a race against time to find the mobster's buried treasure and claim it while being pursued by a determined police inspector who is hellbent to get the treasure all by himself.
Director: Indra Kumar | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Jaaved Jaaferi
Votes: 18,154
23. Air Collision (2012 Video)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A fierce electromagnetic storm disables air traffic control, sending a commercial airliner and Air Force One, carrying the president of the United States and his family, on a collision course.
Director: Liz Adams | Stars: Reginald VelJohnson, Jordan Ladd, Gerald Webb, Michael Teh
Votes: 1,236
24. Ground Control (1998)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A disgraced former air traffic controller is called back into service when the airport's traffic control system malfunctions.
Director: Richard Howard | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Sean Leonard, Bruce McGill, Kristy Swanson
Votes: 2,717
25. The Crowded Sky (1960)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., John Kerr
Votes: 964
26. 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
27. 407 Dark Flight 3D (2012)
R | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A senior flight attendant named New has to deal with a supernatural event and mystery on the plane when the passengers begin to die one by one.
Directors: Isara Nadee, Issara Nadee | Stars: Marsha Wattanapanich, Peter Knight, Paramej Noiam, Patcharee Tubthong
Votes: 1,033
28. Blackout Effect (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
There 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,... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Charles Martin Smith, Denis Arndt, Leslie Hope
Votes: 555
29. Ahora o nunca (2015)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Narrates the preparation for a wedding of a Spanish couple in which everything goes wrong.
Director: Maria Ripoll | Stars: Dani Rovira, María Valverde, Jordi Sánchez, Joaquín Núñez
Votes: 2,924
30. Collision Course (2012)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kate Parks has spent the past year on tour promoting her book, an in-depth look at the attempted cover-up of her husband's death in a plane crash. Now all she wants is to return home to her... See full summary »
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: David Chokachi, Tia Carrere, Meghan McLeod, Tim Abell
Votes: 613
31. Viditelny svet (2011)
104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Oliver is a lonely forty-something working as an air traffic controller. He fills his empty life by watching TV and observing the family living in the house across the street - he regards ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Kristúfek | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Kristína Turjanová, Martin Mnahoncák, Jana Hlavácová
Votes: 89
32. Crashpoint - 90 Minuten bis zum Absturz (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Jauch | Stars: Peter Haber, Maximilian von Pufendorf, Bernadette Heerwagen, Julia Hartmann
Votes: 476
33. Three Came to Kill (1960)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Thriller
Three professional killers break into the house of an airport employee to shoot the plane on which an Asian Prime Minister is due to leave America.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, John Lupton, Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas
Votes: 151
34. International Airport (1985 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
Directors: Don Chaffey, Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Gil Gerard, Berlinda Tolbert, Pat Crowley, Katherine Moffat
Votes: 151
35. Inside the Mafia (1959)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
The operators of a small upstate New York airfield become unwilling pawns in the struggle for control of a crime syndicate by two rival Mafia factions.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Grant Richards, James Brown
Votes: 194
36. Crisis in Mid-air (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The life of a stressed out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision which is causing the unhappiness of his wife.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: George Peppard, Karen Grassle, Desi Arnaz Jr., Michael Constantine
Votes: 74
37. 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
38. 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
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
41.
Automan (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Biggest Game in Town
(1984)
48 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ronald Tilson, a former computer expert for the city fired for embezzlement, threatens the city of Los Angeles with total chaos and destruction if his ransom demands are not met.Walter and ... See full summary »
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 35
42.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Portrait of a Hero
(1972)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam war hero who married into the family of an aircraft manufacturer is killed by a grenade tossed into an elevator just before the doors close. The elevator operator, Roy Elkins, ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Robert Reed, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 89
43.
Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode:
Flying Blind
(2003)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History
AeroPeru flight 603 crashed on a routine flight from Lima to Santiago in 1996, due to a severe failure with the flight instruments.
Director: Gary Lang | Stars: David Bamber, Stephen Bogaert, Victor A. Young, Nicholas Kilbertus
Votes: 180
44.
NewsRadio (1995–1999)
Episode:
Our Fiftieth Episode
(1997)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
After a scuffle and being arrested - all over a parking ticket - Bill is committed for psychiatric evaluation. With Bill gone, things quickly fall apart on air.
Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: David Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney
Votes: 334
45.
Project U.F.O. (1978–1979)
Episode:
Sighting 4025: The Whitman Tower Incident
(1979)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Captain Ryan and S Sgt. Fritz fly to California to investigate the sighting of a large UFO by several witnesses, including an air traffic controller. During the investigation some witnesses claim to have seen alien beings in the craft.
Director: Richard Greer | Stars: Edward Winter, Caskey Swaim, Linda Foster, Fred Holliday
Votes: 10
46.
VR.5 (1995–1997)
Episode:
Control Freak
(1995)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When an armed man takes hostages in an air traffic control tower, Sydney is ordered to establish a VR link. In the process, she discovers a cover-up over the reason for a crash several ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Michael Easton, Markus Flanagan, Anthony Head, Carol Kiernan
Votes: 29
47.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Blaster Blues
(1985)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When the Decepticons hijack Earth's airwaves, the music-loving Autobot Blaster is the only one who can stop them.
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Arlene Banas, Michael Bell, Corey Burton
Votes: 128
48.
Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode:
Operation Crash-Dive
(1965)
TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When Fireflash airliners start inexplicably crashing with all crew and passengers in the same area, International Rescue volunteers to assist in the investigation.
Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn
Votes: 151
49.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
ABQ
(2009)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Walt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 28,256
50.
Your Hit Parade (1950–1959)
Episode:
Episode dated 2 June 1956
(1956)
Family, Music
The singers and dancers perform the biggest hits from the first week in June, 1956. The seven songs on the hit parade this were "Standing on the Corner", "Picnic", "On the Street Where You ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Colleran | Stars: Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Gisele MacKenzie, Russell Arms