20 movies like No Highway in the Sky, ordered by similarity : Unstoppable(2010), Phone Call From a Stranger(1952), White Fire(1954), Postmark for Danger(1955), Count the Hours(1953), Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo(2017), Hiroshima, mon amour(1959), The Limping Man(1953), The Frightened Man(1952), Hidden Figures(2016), A Canterbury Tale(1944), Red Riding: 1983(2009) ...
Drama
UK|USA
1951
98 Minutes
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Elizabeth Allan Kenneth More Janette Scott Ronald Squire
mathematician actress stewardess inspector suspenseful amusing laboratory england airport newfoundland courtroom aviation paranoia engineering plane crash sabotage discovery 1950s
An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Drama
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Gary Merrill Bette Davis Shelley Winters Michael Rennie Keenan Wynn Evelyn Varden Warren Stevens Beatrice Straight Ted Donaldson Craig Stevens Helen Westcott
lawyer actress doctor salesman wife moving engaging sad powerful iowa airport accidental death plane crash friendship commitment surprise visit discovery transformation 1950s
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
Crime, Drama
UK
1954
81 Minutes
sailor singer nightclub owner gangster inspector brother gritty suspenseful dark tense london nightclub hotel boxing match boat england frame-up diamond smuggling brother relationship amateur detectives
American Gregor Stevens arrives in London searching for his brother who, unknown to him, has been convicted of a murder and is within three days of being executed. He meets Yvonne Durante, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1955
84 Minutes
Terry Moore Robert Beatty William Sylvester Geoffrey Keen Josephine Griffin Allan Cuthbertson Henry Oscar William Lucas
actress artist diamond smugglers blackmailer murder suspect killer melodramatic brooding tense suspenseful engaging intense england murder blackmail crime syndicate alibi diamond smuggling father/daughter relationship discovery
A woman's painted portrait and a post card with a sketch of a woman's hand holding a Chianti bottle are the main clues used by the Scotland Yard to solve a string of murders connected to a diamond-smuggling ring.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Teresa Wright Macdonald Carey Dolores Moran Adele Mara Edgar Barrier Jack Elam
murder victim immigrant wrongly accused couple worker lawyer intense suspenseful dark gritty courtroom ranch home room struggle justice crime prevention law motivation helping others
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Drama, Documentary, History
USA|UK
2017
101 Minutes
John Aaron Steve Bales Jerry Bostick Bob Carlton Gene Cernan Charlie Duke
astronaut engineer mathematician scientist fascinating inspiring incredible passionate moon nasa facility command center rocket apollo program space exploration space race engineering mission adventure discovery pursuit
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Drama
France|Japan
1959
92 Minutes
Emmanuelle Riva Eiji Okada Stella Dassas Pierre Barbaud Bernard Fresson
architect actress somber bleak powerful hiroshima, japan love loss memory death war discovery love 1950s
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Crime, Drama
UK
1953
76 Minutes
Lloyd Bridges Moira Lister Alan Wheatley Leslie Phillips Helene Cordet Rachel Roberts Jean Marsh
veteran girlfriend murder victim sniper inspector ladies' man engaging suspenseful tense gripping intense intricate england wrongfully accused surveillance post-war life rekindled romance secret identity espionage discovery
An American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
69 Minutes
Dermot Walsh Barbara Murray Charles Victor John Blythe Michael Ward Thora Hird John Horsley Annette Simmonds Martin Benson
junk dealer son jewel thief inspector criminal gang leader brooding suspenseful tense intense engaging gritty england father/son relationship jewelry theft failing career life after college raids disapproval discovery
Adapted from the prize-winning Broadway play that featured two people and a four-poster bed, in which the couple enacts their marriage, from its day in 1897, until he dies, some time after ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
2016
127 Minutes
Taraji P. Henson Octavia Spencer Janelle Monáe Kevin Costner Mahershala Ali Kirsten Dunst Jim Parsons Kimberly Quinn Glen Powell Aldis Hodge Bob A. Jennings
african-american woman engineer mathematician astronaut soldier john glenn confident emotional fascinating classroom office houston command center conference room laboratory space race mathematics civil rights gender bias space
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1944
124 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Eric Portman Sheila Sim John Sweet Dennis Price Esmond Knight Charles Hawtrey Hay Petrie
soldier sergeant shopkeeper criminal lighthearted suspenseful amusing cathedral england small town hotel world war ii traveling mystery friendship discovery transformation mystery pursuit 1940s
A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
103 Minutes
David Morrissey Mark Addy Lisa Howard Chris Walker Shaun Dooley Jim Carter Warren Clarke Sean Bean Sean Harris Steven Robertson Tony Mooney
lawyer disabled person police detective police chief mother bleak suspenseful intense yorkshire, england courtroom prison police station police brutality police corruption serial murders regret law and order investigation discovery mystery
The disappearance of a young girl leads a Yorkshire detective (David Morrissey) to believe that he may have helped convict the wrong man of murder three years earlier.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2006
96 Minutes
James McAvoy Alice Eve Rebecca Hall Simon Woods Catherine Tate Dominic Cooper Benedict Cumberbatch James Corden Charles Dance Lindsay Duncan
young man college student teammate young woman love interest host amusing engaging england university television studio bristol, england college life game show class conflict romance knowledge underdog love discovery
Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Biography, Drama
UK|Canada
2009
97 Minutes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Kristin Scott Thomas Anne-Marie Duff David Threlfall Thomas Brodie-Sangster David Morrissey Sam Bell Ophelia Lovibond Jack McElhone Josh Bolt James Johnson
musician teen boy aunt uncle mother paul mccartney emotional amusing cheeky fascinating liverpool, england funeral stage park house family estrangement john lennon music mother/son relationship
A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
Drama, War
West Germany
1959
93 Minutes
Joachim Hansen Wilhelm Borchert Wolfgang Preiss Carl Lange Horst Frank Peter Carsten Richard Münch Günter Pfitzmann Sonja Ziemann Gunnar Möller
german officer nationalist german soldier enemy soldier engaging suspenseful fascinating gripping melodramatic heartwarming germany stalingrad stalingrad, russia war zone war world war ii ideologies nationalism national identity
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
France
2009
105 Minutes
Dany Boon André Dussollier Nicolas Marie Jean-Pierre Marielle Yolande Moreau Julie Ferrier Omar Sy Dominique Pinon Michel Cremades Marie-Julie Baup Urbain Cancelier
clerk victim convict mathematician scavenger friend quirky amusing suspenseful paris airport dump street friendship redemption vengeance outcasts hard times weapons revenge
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Drama
USA|West Germany|Austria
1989
112 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Maximilian Schell Peter Fonda Jan Niklas Katarina Lena Muller Kurt Hübner Hanns Zischler Gila Almagor
public defender holocaust survivor nazi husband gripping suspenseful frankfurt, germany courtroom airport medical experiments holocaust concentration camp assault court battles historical events discovery underdog 1980s
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2017
90 Minutes
Toby Ashraf Milena Dreißig Judith Engel Stephan Grossmann Tim Kalkhof Corinna Kirchhoff Andrea Sawatzki Andreas Lust Markus von Lingen
actor director perfectionist casting director gripping quirky amusing film set city room relationships passion self-discovery film industry filmmaking learning experience discovery pursuit 2010s
For her first television film - a remake of Fassbinder's Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant - director Vera wants the perfect cast. But the first day of shooting is fast approaching and... See full summary »