Eureka (2000), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Jet Storm (1959), 7 Days in Entebbe (2018), Airport '77 (1977), The Terrorists (1975) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Hijacker movies.
Storyline: The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Plot Keywords: hijacker, bus driver, schoolboy, schoolgirl, cousin, passenger, disheartening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at Starfleet Academy and feeling old; the prospect of attending his ship, the USS Enterprise--now a training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise does not make him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh--infamous conqueror from late 20th century Earth--appears after years of exile. Khan later revealed that the planet Ceti Alpha VI exploded, and shifted the orbit of the fifth planet as a Mars-like haven. He begins capturing Project Genesis, a top secret device holding the power of creation itself, and schemes the utter destruction of Kirk.
Plot Keywords: captain kirk, spock, space traveler, villain, lieutenant, hijacker, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head. Both are annoyed at the success of the Reverend Deke O'Mailey who is selling trips back to Africa to the poor on the installment plan. When his truck is hijacked and a bale of cotton stuffed with money is lost in the chase, Harlem is turned upside down by Gravedigger and Coffin Ed, the Reverend, and the hijackers. Much of the humor is urban black, which was unusual in 1970.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: police detective, political activist, reverend, partner, hijacker, rousing, hysterical ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the rest of the train coast back. Their leader is Ryder; he connects by phone with Walter Garber, the dispatcher watching that line. Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder demands $10 million within an hour, or he'll start shooting hostages. He'll deal only with Garber. The mayor okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it's unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal. Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this?
Plot Keywords: criminal, train conductor, accomplice, mayor, hijacker, suspenseful, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sir Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, threatening to blow up himself and everyone on board as an act of vengeance. What follows is an Airport-type movie with all the passengers having their own little subplots and fears.—Dimitri
Plot Keywords: father, scientist, killer, passenger, hijacker, intense, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.
Plot Keywords: hijacker, terrorist, flight attendant, passenger, hostage, jew, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An airplane filled with V.I.P.s invited Mr. Philip Steven's grand opening of his art collection in Florida is hijacked when a trio knock out the passengers with gas and try to steal the priceless cargo of art treasures. But everything goes wrong for the hijackers when the low flying 747 clips an oil rig and crashes in the Bermuda Triangle. While the passengers remain alive in the shallow water, a daring rescue operation is planned to bring the plane up without breaking it in two.—Adam Carpenter <encenoman@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: girlfriend, millionaire, pilot, hijacker, flight attendant, tense, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A gang of hijackers led by Ray Petrie (Ian McShane) seize a British plane as it is landing in Scandinavia. Ruthless Military Police Chief Colonel Tahlvik (Sir Sean Connery) is assigned to rescue the plane and its passengers. But he must also deal with the problem of the British Ambassador, whose residence has been seized by a second group of terrorists.—Jonathon Dabell <J.D.@pixie.ntu.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: colonel, terrorist, captain, ambassador, hijacker, operative, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After his father's ship is found shot to pieces and missing its cargo of gold, Capt. Johnny Angel (George Raft) sets out for revenge. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Johnny confronts his father's employer, Gusty (Marvin Miller), but gets stonewalled. Suspicious, he digs deeper and uncovers a hidden world of crime and conspiracy. A stowaway named Paulette Girard (Signe Hasso) who was on board is key to discovering the truth -- if she can stay alive long enough to tell it.
Plot Keywords: gangster, sea captain, boss, hijacker, father, stowaway, tense ...
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