Highest-Rated Movies about 'Airplane Hijacking'

The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Last King of Scotland (2006), United 93 (2006), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Sicilian Clan (1969), Iron Man Three (2013), Armored Car Robbery (1950), Non-Stop (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Airplane Hijacking movies.

#16. Passenger 57 (1992)

Storyline: Air travel is the safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth -- and that's bad news for the passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to.

Plot Keywords: stewardess, little boy, englishwoman, englishman, fight to the death, explosive decompression, reverse footage ...

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#17. The Delta Force (1986)

Storyline: When the two terrorists Abdul Rafai and Mustafa hijack a Boeing 707 in Athens with 144 passengers and 8 crews, they use a grenade to force pilot Captain Roger Campbell to fly to Beirut, Lebanon, instead of to Rome and New York. Meanwhile the Delta Force commanded by Colonel Nick Alexander and Major Scott McCoy are assigned to resolve the situation. Abdul and Mustafa separate the Jewish and Marine passengers and they are transported to Beirut, while twelve other terrorists embark on board. Then they fly to Algiers, where the women and children are released. McCoy and the Delta Force team are prepared to attack the plane when Alexander learns that there are now fourteen terrorists on board and not only two, and he aborts the mission. Abdul kills a Marine and returns to Beirut with the male passengers on board. Now the Delta Force needs to act in two locations crowded of terrorists to release the hostages. Will they succeed?

Plot Keywords: terrorist, middle east, arab, commando, airplane, rescue mission, terrorist plot ...

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#18. Drop Zone (1994)

Storyline: A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Busey specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Snipes lost a brother to this crew and learns skydiving with the help of tough-but-lovable instructor Butler so he can track them down. DIE HARD meets PASSENGER 57 meets CLIFFHANGER.

Plot Keywords: terrorist, parachute, skydiving, death of brother, detective, brawl, blood ...

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#19. Turbulence (1997)

Storyline: Ryan Weaver romances beautiful women before he kills them. Ryan is arrested, convicted, and is part of a Christmas Eve transfer of prisoners on a transcontinental 747 commercial flight. Other airlines at JFK may have holiday passengers waiting on stand-by, but this jumbo jet takes off with a lot of empty seats. Ryan and another prisoner overpower and kill their guards. The few civilian passengers are herded into a "pantry" on the plane and are not seen again until the end of the movie. Ryan eliminates the other prisoners and all the crew members except Teri Halloran. The remainder of the movie follows a "cat-and-mouse" game between Ryan and Teri on the 747.—Dennis Lewis <dsl@sprynet.com>

Plot Keywords: airplane, independent film, murder, fear of flying, airplane accident, fbi agent, disaster ...

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#20. Sonic Impact (2000)

Storyline: When a deranged criminal is caught, he is then being transported by plane, along with some other criminals. Through a stroke of luck he is able to subdue the Federal agents assigned to bring him, free the other criminals, and take over the plane. He then threatens to crash the plane into a populated area unless his demands are met. The FBI agent who captured him then decides to get on the plane while in flight to do something. He does but things don't go as planned, and the criminal continues his plan to crash the plane unless the agent can do something, the military is going to shoot the plane down.—rcs0411@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: airplane hijacking, airplane, murder, convict, hijack, hijacker, fbi agent ...

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#21. Altitude (2017)

Storyline: FBI agent Gretchen Blair is on a flight to Washington D.C. when the man seated beside her makes an unusual offer. He explains that the plane they're on is about to be hijacked, and promises to pay her seventy-five million dollars if she can get him safely back on the ground. When a gang of professional thieves takes control of the plane, she realizes he isn't joking. Soon Gretchen finds herself caught in the middle of an elaborate mid-air heist, fighting to save the passengers while the thieves tear the plane apart, searching for the stolen loot hidden somewhere on board.

Plot Keywords: terrorism, wig, obesity, obese man, near death experience, death threat, binoculars ...

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#22. Mach 2 (2000)

Storyline: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde.—Leigh Roche

Plot Keywords: independent film, washington d.c., hero, action hero, tough guy, one man army, one against many ...

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