Movies like Flight
If Flight's mix of airplane, confession and investigation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Flight's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Doors
1991 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 140 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, alcoholism
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 121 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith John Goodman · Shares: alcoholism
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn.
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Shutter Island
2010 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 138 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: investigation, inspirational · From the same decade (2010s)
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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Midnight Express
1978 · Directed by Alan Parker · 121 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: cautionary
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison.
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A Simple Plan
1998 · Directed by Sam Raimi · 121 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: airplane
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small…
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Dead Man's Wire
2026 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 106 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: cautionary
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.