Movies like Cliffhanger
If Cliffhanger's mix of airplane, mountain and rocky mountains stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Cliffhanger's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Executive Decision
1996 · Directed by Stuart Baird · 132 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: airplane, hijacking · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (1990s)
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 · Also action and adventure
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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The Vault
2021 · Directed by Jaume Balagueró · 114 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: heist · Also action and thriller
Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a way into one of the most secure and guarded places on the planet.
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Shoot to Kill
1988 · Directed by Roger Spottiswoode · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: mountain · Also action and thriller
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails.
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Play Dirty
2025 · Directed by Shane Black · 128 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: heist · Also action and thriller
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: mountain, snow
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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Protector
2026 · Directed by Adrian Grünberg · 90 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso action and thriller
Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.