Thriller movies about airplanes

List of the best thriller movies about airplanes selected by visitors to our site: Flight, Emergency Declaration, Last button 2, Flightplan, Sorcerer, Man on a Ledge, Unstoppable, Nightmare Alley, The Guest, The Call.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:18

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySouth Korea

After a terror incident occurs mid-flight, a passenger jet declares an emergency.

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Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy
CountryRussia

After the events that took place in that ill-fated hut, 2 years pass. Brian, Nerd, and Olivia have moved into a new apartment and are living a quiet life. However, the Nerd is plagued by nightmares at night and decides to conduct his own independent investigation. After much thought, he finds a clue that reveals what secret plans are behind the YouTube corporation.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

    An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

    An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

      A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

      What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

      Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

        Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Mexico
        Duration01:45

        A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

          When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:35

          Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:20

            A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

              Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrethriller, drama, biography
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:00

              As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountrySpain, USA
              Duration02:00

              A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

              A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:29

                With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrethriller, drama, history
                CountryUSA, Germany, India
                Duration02:39

                  During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
                  Duration01:41

                  A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:51

                  Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:57

                    An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:10

                    Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrethriller, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:36

                      Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:21

                      Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA

                      Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, military, history
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
                      Duration02:18

                      When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA, Germany
                      Duration02:10

                      When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:00

                      A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

                      Markimdb: 6.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                      Duration01:28

                      On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:35

                      Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

                      Markimdb: 8.1
                      Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:04

                      An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, history
                      CountryFrance, Canada, USA
                      Duration02:44

                      During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:27

                      A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:35

                      Three stories portray women coping with unplanned pregnancies in various social climates, the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s. In 1952 the newly widowed nurse Clare goes and sees a back-street abortionist in order to put an end to her pregnancy. After giving birth to three children, Barbara at last has the realistic hope of finding a job again, but then a new pregnancy thwarts her plans. In 1974 abortion is already legal; however, this fact does not make it any easier for Barbara to take the right decision. In 1996 Christine, a student, consults an abortion clinic to get information on abortion. While doing this, she is being harassed by militant anti-abortionists.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:39

                      The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:25

                      Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:24

                      A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:08

                      Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.

                      Markimdb: 6.2
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA, Canada
                      Duration01:32

                      A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.

                      Markimdb: 6.3
                      Genrehorror, thriller
                      CountryUSA

                      On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:34

                      Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryMexico, Spain, USA
                      Duration02:05

                      Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

                      Markimdb: 6.6
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:08

                      A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:00

                      The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.




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