20 movies like Flight of the Phoenix, ordered by similarity : The Flight of the Phoenix(1965), Snakes on a Plane(2006), Jurassic Park III(2001), War of the Worlds(2005), The Mountain Between Us(2017), Independence Day(1996), Mad Max: Fury Road(2015), Unstoppable(2010), Island in the Sky(1953), Space Cowboys(2000), Maze Runner: The Death Cure(2018), In the Heart of the Sea(2015) ...
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
2004
112 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Giovanni Ribisi Tyrese Gibson Miranda Otto Hugh Laurie Tony Curran Jacob Vargas Scott Michael Campbell Kevork Malikyan Sticky Fingaz Jared Padalecki
captain pilot navigator oil worker drifter smuggler intense thrilling mongolia gobi desert airplane plane crash survival teamwork engineering aviation race against time quest underdog escape
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Adventure
USA
1965
147 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Attenborough Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Ian Bannen Ronald Fraser Christian Marquand Dan Duryea George Kennedy Gabriele Tinti Alex Montoya
survivor captain pilot navigator worker soldier tense suspenseful desert sahara airplane plane crash survival death engineering quest 1960s
After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.
Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2006
105 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kenan Thompson Julianna Margulies Nathan Phillips Mark Houghton Sunny Mabrey Lin Shaye David Koechner Byron Lawson Emily Holmes Gerard Plunkett
witness fbi agent pilot flight attendant passenger co-pilot thrilling amusing tense hawaii airplane airport crime witness protection animal attack survival contract killing trapped quest rise
An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2001
91 Minutes
Sam Neill William H. Macy Tea Leoni Alessandro Nivola Trevor Morgan Michael Jeter John Diehl Bruce A. Young Laura Dern Taylor Nichols Mark Harelik
father scientist mercenary guide son dinosaur suspenseful frenetic intense thrilling engaging island jungle aviary compound airplane wilderness dinosaurs animal attack plane crash
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday, but their unexpected landing startles the island's new inhabitants.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
2005
116 Minutes
Tom Cruise Dakota Fanning Miranda Otto Justin Chatwin Tim Robbins Rick Gonzalez Yul Vazquez Lenny Venito Lisa Ann Walter Ann Robinson Gene Barry
dockworker son daughter ex-wife alien soldier intense thrilling emotional new jersey household basement boston ferry farmhouse alien invasion survival family disaster world domination
An updated version of H.G Wells' seminal sci-fi classic about an alien invasion threatening the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Kate Winslet Idris Elba Beau Bridges Dermot Mulroney Linda Sorensen Vincent Gale Marci T. House Dania Nassar Lee Majdoub Andres Joseph Nancy Sivak
doctor journalist pilot neurosurgeon photojournalist survivor bleak frightening gripping suspenseful tense moving mountain airplane airport lake restaurant cave stranded airplane crash
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
1996
145 Minutes
Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Margaret Colin Randy Quaid Robert Loggia James Rebhorn Harvey Fierstein Adam Baldwin
alien president pilot scientist soldier stripper thrilling intense amusing inspiring desert spacecraft new york city washington, d.c. los angeles area 51 survival death government aliens
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Action, Adventure
Australia|South Africa|USA
2015
120 Minutes
Tom Hardy Charlize Theron Nicholas Hoult Hugh Keays-Byrne Josh Helman Nathan Jones Zoë Kravitz Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Riley Keough Abbey Lee Courtney Eaton
survivor tyrant rebel loner gang leader gang member bleak brash intense thrilling gripping wild fortress road truck battlefield desert canyon apocalypse rebellion
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.
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
1953
109 Minutes
John Wayne Lloyd Nolan Walter Abel James Arness Andy Devine Allyn Joslyn Jimmy Lydon Harry Carey Jr. Hal Baylor Sean McClory Wally Cassell
pilot captain colonel airman soldier bleak tense canada lake airplane military base wilderness stranded survival world war ii search military airplane crash rescue quest
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Tommy Lee Jones Donald Sutherland James Garner James Cromwell Marcia Gay Harden William Devane Loren Dean Courtney B. Vance Barbara Babcock Rade Serbedzija
pilot engineer navigator friend boss wife cheeky amusing positive tense thrilling united states space spaceship training area outer space spacecraft reunion heroism disaster
When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2018
142 Minutes
Dylan O'Brien Thomas Brodie-Sangster Kaya Scodelario Giancarlo Esposito Rosa Salazar Aidan Gillen Walton Goggins Ki Hong Lee Barry Pepper Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
friend leader officer monster young man young woman brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful bleak field desert city maze camp train escape survival
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
Drama, Action, Adventure, History
USA|Australia|Spain
2015
116 Minutes
Chris Hemsworth Benjamin Walker Cillian Murphy Brendan Gleeson Ben Whishaw Michelle Fairley Tom Holland Paul Anderson Frank Dillane Joseph Mawle Edward Ashley
captain crew member whale wife family member child bleak emotional intense tense powerful somber ship ocean raft cabin house bar whaling animal attack
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Drama
Argentina
2004
105 Minutes
Enrique Pineyro Mercedes Morán Adolfo Yanelli Carlos Portaluppi Martín Slipak Sergio Boris
pilot boss businessman co-pilot passenger love interest passionate gutsy airport airplane hangar office courtroom airplane runway airplane crash airline corruption safety whistleblowing underdog
The film tells the story prior to the accident LAPA Boeing 737 on 31 August 1999 after hitting an embankment in central Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. Directed and performed by a former ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama, Action
Australia|UK
2005
120 Minutes
Adam Baldwin Rutger Hauer Steve Guttenberg Bryan Brown C. Thomas Howell Peter Weller Alex Kingston
tourist terrorist captain bishop survivor suspenseful thrilling patriotic powerful brutal cruise ship sea cruise terrorism bomb explosion death adventure rescue revenge
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2018
135 Minutes
Alden Ehrenreich Emilia Clarke Donald Glover Woody Harrelson Joonas Suotamo Thandie Newton Paul Bettany Phoebe Waller-Bridge Warwick Davis Clint Howard Ian Kenny
captain smuggler creature gangster crew member friend brash thrilling amusing confident cool spirited space spaceship plant base camp desert city space space exploration
During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, Action
USA
2008
127 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Guy Pearce Ralph Fiennes David Morse Evangeline Lilly Christian Camargo Christopher Sayegh Suhail Aldabbach Sam Spruell
soldier mercenary civilian insurgent gripping gritty tense suspenseful iraq baghdad desert iraq war bomb explosion death survival dangerous assignment quest 2000s
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Chris Pine Casey Affleck Ben Foster Holliday Grainger John Ortiz Kyle Gallner John Magaro Beau Knapp Eric Bana Graham McTavish Abraham Benrubi
sailor engineer coast guard officer survivor crew member rescue worker brooding emotional intense boat ocean massachusetts office car street storm wreckage danger survival coast guard
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Adventure, Action
1981
115 Minutes
Harrison Ford Karen Allen Paul Freeman Wolf Kahler Ronald Lacey John Rhys-Davies Denholm Elliott Anthony Higgins Alfred Molina
archaeologist villain explorer love interest former lover nazi thrilling engaging charming amusing suspenseful desert airplane germany egypt jungle washington, d.c. exploration expedition nazism
Globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA|Australia
2000
108 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Vin Diesel Cole Hauser Keith David Lewis Fitz-Gerald Claudia Black Rhiana Griffith John Moore Simon Burke Les Chantery Sam Sari
convict bounty hunter pilot survivor young girl alien intense thrilling tense chilling brutal spaceship alien planet settlement cave desert survival light darkness redemption
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.