20 movies like Whisky Romeo Zulu, ordered by similarity : Up in the Air(2009), Flight(2012), The Mountain Between Us(2017), Sully(2016), Island in the Sky(1953), Back From Eternity(1956), Twelve O'Clock High(1949), Wings(1927), Bombers B-52(1957), The Tuskegee Airmen(1995), Erin Brockovich(2000), The Grey(2012) ...
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 »
Drama, Comedy
USA
2009
109 Minutes
George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick Jason Bateman Danny McBride Melanie Lynskey Amy Morton Sam Elliott J.K. Simmons Zach Galifianakis Chris Lowell
corporate downsizer co-worker love interest sister brother-in-law boss charming moving airplane airport office hotel apartment travel love loneliness business transformation quest love
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2012
138 Minutes
Denzel Washington Don Cheadle Kelly Reilly John Goodman Bruce Greenwood Brian Geraghty Tamara Tunie Melissa Leo Nadine Velazquez Peter Gerety Garcelle Beauvais
pilot co-pilot passenger investigator drug dealer drug addict gripping dark emotional airplane bar office household airplane crash substance abuse investigation lifestyle changes rescue transformation 2010s
An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.
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.
Biography, Drama
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Tom Hanks Aaron Eckhart Valerie Mahaffey Delphi Harrington Mike O'Malley Jamey Sheridan Anna Gunn Holt McCallany Ahmed Lucan Laura Linney Wayne Bastrup
pilot airline employee passenger rescue worker wife investigator brooding emotional intense airport airplane hudson river new york city conference room house emergency landing rescue heroism investigation stress
The story of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.
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.
Drama
USA
1956
97 Minutes
Robert Ryan Anita Ekberg Rod Steiger Phyllis Kirk Keith Andes Gene Barry Fred Clark Beulah Bondi Cameron Prud'Homme Jesse White Adele Mara
veteran pilot son prostitute stewardess murderer dense moving las vegas airport airplane south america jungle airplane crash cowardice alcoholism gangsters self-sacrifice survival sacrifice
When a commercial plane force-lands in a South-American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch-up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
War, Drama
USA
1949
132 Minutes
Gregory Peck Dean Jagger Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Millard Mitchell Bob Arthur Paul Stewart John Kellogg Robert Patten Lee MacGregor
pilot military officer soldier patriotic thrilling emotional england military base airplane horrors of war world war ii air raids aviation quest sacrifice 1940s
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
War, Drama, History
1927
139 Minutes
Clara Bow Charles Rogers Richard Arlen Jobyna Ralston Gary Cooper El Brendel Arlette Marchal Richard Tucker Julia Swayne Gordon Henry B. Walthall George Irving
pilot cadet friend love interest volunteer military officer rousing suspenseful emotional paris small town air force base airplane world war i friendly fire friendship patriotism duty horrors of war adventure
Two World War I pilots (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen) woo a young woman (Clara Bow) and fight the Germans.
Drama
USA
1957
106 Minutes
Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Marsha Hunt Don Kelly Nelson Leigh Robert Nichols Ray Montgomery Bob Hover
mechanic pilot daughter sergeant colonel father tense emotional moving air force base korea airplane canyon california san francisco enemies airplane crash military life retirement love
Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Drama
1995
106 Minutes
Laurence Fishburne Allen Payne Malcolm-Jamal Warner Courtney B. Vance Andre Braugher Christopher McDonald John Lithgow Cuba Gooding Jr. Mekhi Phifer Daniel Hugh Kelly Rosemary Murphy
pilot lieutenant senator major eleanor roosevelt confident engaging inspiring patriotic alabama air force base airplane world war ii race relations tuskegee airmen military underdog quest rise 1940s
Grueling training and racist officers challenge black recruits in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Drama
USA
2000
131 Minutes
Julia Roberts Albert Finney Aaron Eckhart Marg Helgenberger Cherry Jones Veanne Cox Conchata Ferrell Tracey Walter Peter Coyote Scotty Leavenworth Gemmenne de la Peña
attorney single mother businessman judge heroine lawyer powerful inspiring gripping disturbing gritty california office family home courtroom small town law firm corruption betrayal lawsuit
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2012
117 Minutes
Liam Neeson Frank Grillo Dermot Mulroney Dallas Roberts Joe Anderson Nonso Anozie Ben Bray James Badge Dale Anne Openshaw Peter Girges Jonathan James Bitonti
sharpshooter oil driller pilot colleague incredible gripping inspiring alaska oil refinery wilderness bar airplane survival plane crash man vs. beast wolves rescue quest adventure 2010s
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1990
124 Minutes
Kevin Costner Anthony Quinn Madeleine Stowe Tomas Milian Joaquín Martínez James Gammon Jesse Corti Sally Kirkland Miguel Ferrer
pilot crime boss wife henchman love interest passionate tense emotional mexico estate beach party airport cabin love triangle betrayal infidelity forbidden love friendship revenge
A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Lithuania
2014
99 Minutes
Vinnie Jones Scot Williams Gil Darnell Oliver Jackson Anthony Strachan Andrius Ziurauskas Vytautas Sapranauskas Artur Smolyaninov
man gangster casino owner criminal mafia boss girlfriend brutal suspenseful thrilling hilarious airy frightening casino airplane lithuania hotel farm airport robbery eruptions
Three friends try to make money and invite another friend in on a plot.
Drama
USA
1950
120 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Paul Douglas Cornell Borchers Bruni Löbel O.E. Hasse Jan Hendriks Walter Gross Harold Dyrenforth
pilot air traffic controller girlfriend mysterious woman soldier melodramatic berlin military base airplane street new love military life cold war deception friendship love mystery quest 1940s
Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
Drama
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Robert Taylor Ruth Hussey Walter Pidgeon Paul Kelly Shepperd Strudwick Red Skelton Nat Pendleton Dick Purcell William Tannen William Stelling Stanley Smith
ensign lieutenant commanding officer wife pilot brother emotional tense san diego naval base airplane household hospital restaurant arrogance teamwork misunderstanding navy false accusations depression
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
99 Minutes
Robert Taylor Dorothy Malone Gia Scala Martin Gabel Marcel Dalio Jack Lord Joyce Jameson
pilot expatriate wife nurse smuggler jockey suspenseful melodramatic thrilling sicily madrid family home law office racetrack airplane divorce gambling drug smuggling post-traumatic stress disorder horse racing
During the 1950s Madrid, an American veteran pilot with a gambling problem is forced to accept a high-paying dangerous smuggling job.
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.
Drama
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Kay Francis William Gargan Victor Jory Max Rosenbloom Sheila Bromley Eve Arden Eddie Foy Jr. Charles Anthony Hughes
heroine pilot brother friend wife rousing gutsy california airplane cleveland aviation contest family sabotage divorce love triangle rivalry quest 1930s
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1964
114 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Françoise Dorléac Jean Servais Adolfo Celi Simone Renant Milton Ribeiro Ubiracy De Oliveira Daniel Ceccaldi Roger Dumas
pilot military officer fiancée scientist tribesman thrilling amusing paris rio de janeiro rainforest brazil airplane military base chase deception kidnapping theft treasure adventure pursuit
A young man comes to the rescue of his girlfriend abducted by thieves and brought to Rio. An extravagant adventure ensues.