Highest-Rated Movies about 'Hijacker'

Goodfellas (1990), Captain Phillips (2013), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), United 93 (2006), Wonder Woman (2017), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), Speed (1994), Die Hard 2 (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Hijacker movies.

#16. The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

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: single mother, pistol, overweight, one day, news report, murder, motorcycle crash ...

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#17. Executive Decision (1996)

Storyline: Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release of their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and convinces the military that the 'plane should not be allowed to enter U.S. airspace. An assault mission is devised, using a specially equipped 'plane designed for mid-air crew transfers, and Grant finds himself aboard the 747 with a team of military anti-terrorists who have to defuse a bomb and overpower the terrorists.

Plot Keywords: title spoken by character, hijacking, fighter plane, pilot, airplane hijacking, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...

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#18. Flightplan (2005)

Storyline: The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin, and now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone. It's a big double-decker plane, so the very concerned mother has a lot of territory to cover in order to find her daughter. She takes matters into her own hands as she fights to discern the truth.

Plot Keywords: missing child, flight attendant, lost child, psycho thriller, unconsciousness, corpse, sleeping pills ...

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#19. Deep Rising (1998)

Storyline: When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! But that doesn't mean they are alone! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one!

Plot Keywords: ship, creature feature, monster, shot in the leg, speedboat, survival horror, tentacle ...

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#20. Without a Paddle (2004)

Storyline: Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.

Plot Keywords: underwear, homophobia, environmentalist, homoeroticism, friendship between men, treasure chest, rap music ...

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#21. 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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#22. 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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#23. The Wrecking Crew (1968)

Storyline: The count has stolen enough gold to cause a financial crisis in the world markets so I.C.E. sends in ace spy Matt Helm to stop him. As Matt works alone, the British send in Freya to aid Matt, but it seems that Freya causes more problems than she solves.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: based on novel, sequel, spy spoof, james bond spoof, secret agent, spoof, espionage ...

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#24. 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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