Movies like Emergency Declaration
If Emergency Declaration's mix of airplane, pilot and hijacking stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Emergency Declaration's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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United 93
2006 · Directed by Paul Greengrass · 111 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, hijacking, emergency landing · Also drama and thriller
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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Executive Decision
1996 · Directed by Stuart Baird · 132 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, hijacking, terrorism · Also action and drama
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault…
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Plane
2023 · Directed by Jean-François Richet · 107 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, pilot · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
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Sully
2016 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 96 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, pilot, emergency landing
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard.
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 165 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, terrorism · Also action and drama
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department.
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Captain Phillips
2013 · Directed by Paul Greengrass · 134 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: hijacking, terrorism · Also action and drama
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Top Gun
1986 · Directed by Tony Scott · 110 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, pilot · Also action and drama
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true.
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Jackie Brown
1997 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: flight attendant · Also drama and thriller
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail…
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Eye in the Sky
2015 · Directed by Gavin Hood · 102 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: terrorism · Also drama and thriller
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American…
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The Expendables 2
2012 · Directed by Simon West · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: airplane · Also action and thriller
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.