Highest-Rated Movies about 'Emergency Landing'

3 Idiots (2009), Airplane! (1980), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Air Force (1943), Non-Stop (2014), Back From Eternity (1956), U.S. Marshals (1998), Dune (1984) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Emergency Landing movies.

#1. 3 Idiots (2009)

Storyline: Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi's Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.

Plot Keywords: hairy chest, bollywood, suicide attempt, suicide, muslim, optimism, flatulence ...

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#2. Airplane! (1980)

Storyline: Still craving for the love of his life, Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as a member of the cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, all eyes are on Ted.

Plot Keywords: spoof, airplane, absurd humor, satire, parody, female nudity, pedophilia ...

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#3. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Storyline: A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Plot Keywords: survival, airplane accident, engineer, pilot, crash landing, arab, belly dancer ...

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#4. Air Force (1943)

Storyline: On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. One of the bombers, the Mary Ann, is commanded by 'Irish' Quincannon. The bombardier, Tommy McMartin, has a sister living in Hawaii and the co-pilot, Bill Williams, is sweet on her. The men are all highly professional with the exception of aerial gunner Joe Winocki, a bitter man who has every intention of leaving the army air corps. They arrive at Hickam Field on the morning of December 7, just as the Japanese are attacking Pearl Harbor and other military facilities. All of the men prepare to face the enemy, including Winocki whose attitude changes quickly. The bomber and its crew will participate in many missions but not all will survive.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: parachute, aircraft carrier, sneak attack, sergeant, saboteur, navigator, military hospital ...

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#5. Non-Stop (2014)

Storyline: Bill Marks, a former cop dealing with his daughter's death by drinking, is now a federal air marshal. While on a flight from New York to London, Marks gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is transferred to an offshore account, someone will die every 20 minutes. Can he find the terrorist in time and save everyone?

Plot Keywords: die hard scenario, suspense, deception, mind game, passenger, psychological thriller, knife ...

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#6. Back From Eternity (1956)

Storyline: A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: emergency landing, flight attendant, airport, cannibalism, airplane, airplane crash, stewardess ...

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#7. U.S. Marshals (1998)

Storyline: When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Meanwhile, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown.

Plot Keywords: fugitive, interracial kiss, broken arm, handcuffs, knife, boat, sunglasses ...

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#8. Dune (1984)

Storyline: In the distant year of 10191, all the planets of the known Universe are under the control of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and the most important commodity in the Universe is a substance called the spice "MELANGE" which is said to have the power of extending life, expanding the consciousness and even to "fold space" ; being able to travel to any distance without physically moving. This spice "MELANGE" is said to only be produced in the desert planet of Arrakis, where the FREMEN people have the prophecy of a man who will lead them to true freedom. This "desert planet"of Arrakis is also known as DUNE. A secret report of the space "GUILD" talks about some circumstances and plans that could jeopardize the production of "SPICE" with four planets involved: ARRAKIS, CALADAN, GIEDI PRIME and KAITAIN, a world at least visually very alike to Earth and house of the Emperor of the known Universe. The "GUILD" sends a third stage navigator to KAITAIN to ask details from the Emperor and to demand him ...

Plot Keywords: space travel, dune, water, explosion, good versus evil, fight to the death, space western ...

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#9. Der Rote Baron (2008)

Storyline: Baron Manfred von Richthofen is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love with the nurse Käte, Manfred realizes he is only used for propaganda means. Caught between his disgust for the war, and the responsibility for his fighter wing, von Richthofen sets out to fly again.

Plot Keywords: world war one, embroidery, fighter pilot, fighter plane, pilot, aviation, emperor ...

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#11. Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

Storyline: With the stage being held up regularly, the Mesquiteers decide an airplane would be better so they get the ranchers to sell their cattle and invest in the new airline. But when a gold shipment goes out, the stage line owner has his men hijack the plane. The pilot discharges the gas causing a forced landing and the Mesquiteers must now find the missing plane and recover the gold.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: anger, fistfight, ventriloquist dummy, cattle ranch, cattle rancher, resolvement, extortion ...

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#12. Bird on a Wire (1990)

Storyline: Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiance recognises him. Rick's FBI 'minder' has been replaced by a corrupt agent who helps the drug dealing FBI agent and his accomplice locate him. There are many subsequent chase scenes as Rick and girlfriend revisit his former haunts.

Plot Keywords: female nudity, bare butt, zoo, girl in panties, red panties, white panties, black panties ...

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#13. Los amantes pasajeros (2013)

Storyline: A technical failure has endangered the lives of the people on board Peninsula Flight 2549. The pilots are striving, along with their colleagues in the Control Center, to find a solution. The flight attendants and the chief steward are atypical, baroque characters who, in the face of danger, try to forget their own personal problems and devote themselves body and soul to the task of making the flight as enjoyable as possible for the passengers, while they wait for a solution. Life in the clouds is as complicated as it is at ground level, and for the same reasons, which could be summarized in two: sex and death.

Plot Keywords: pilot, airplane, blow job, airliner, binge drinking, spain, lip synching ...

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#14. Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Storyline: While practicing motocross in Hawaii, Sean Jones witnesses the brutal murder of an important American prosecutor by the powerful mobster Eddie Kim. FBI agent Neville Flynn persuades him to testify against Eddie in Los Angeles. They board the red-eye Flight 121 of Pacific Air, occupying the entire first-class section. However, Eddie dispatches hundred of different species of snakes airborne with a time-operated device in the luggage to release the snakes into the flight with the intent of crashing the plane. Neville and the passengers must struggle with the snakes to survive.

Plot Keywords: naked dead woman, murder of a nude woman, pantyhose, bikini, female nudity, famous line, blonde ...

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#15. Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)

Storyline: In Los Angeles, the police put a residential building in quarantine. Meanwhile, the flight attendants of Trans Sky Air, Jenny and Paula, are welcoming the passengers of flight TS Air 318 from Los Angeles to Kansas City with Captain Forrest and Co-Pilot Wilsy. Teacher Henry brings a cage of hamsters to the cabin, but Jenny tells him that it should be transported in the cargo hold. However, one hamster bites the fingertip of the fat passenger Ralph. Soon, Ralph vomits and becomes aggressive, attacking Paula. The male passengers help Jenny and lock Ralph in the bathroom while Captain Forrest requests an emergency landing. When they land in the airport, they find all the gates closed and the Captain heads the plane to an abandoned terminal. Employee Ed helps the crew and passengers to reach the exit, but they find that they are closed. Soon they discover that the place is in quarantine and there is no way out.

Plot Keywords: zombie, surprise ending, cat, airport terminal, power outage, laptop computer, video camera ...

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