Flight Risk
There are several action thrillers like to Mel Gibson’sFlight Riskthat take seat thousands of human foot in the atmosphere . WithFlight Risk , Gibson ends a nine - year guide hiatus after his Academy Award - winning filmHacksaw Ridge , which realize an 84 % Rotten Tomatoes grade compared toFlight Risk’sRotten Tomatoes scoreof 26 % . Mark Wahlberg seem in a uncommon villain role as the unhinged fender Daryl Booth . Hired by a New York mob chief , Booth tries to kill a witness informant en route to attest in a federal royal court .
thriller that take place on airplane have a natural factor of tensity and have become a notable subgenre of the natural action - thriller music genre . Even thoughFlight Risk’sreviewsaren’t necessarily great , hearing still gravitate toward the hullabaloo and thrills of the enclosed airplane setting . character such as U.S. Air Marshals become torpedo in a smattering of these film , while the opposer can ramble from being implausibly calculated , even philosophic , supervillains to one - note aimless lunatic .
10Con Air
1997
It ’s next to inconceivable to talk about any movies involving airplanes without bringing up the Nicolas Cage classicCon Air . Rooted in the cultural sensibilities of the late 1990s , Con Airis one of those movies that is gruelling to shut out off after coming across it switch through the channel . Cage whiz as Cameron Poe , a former U.S. Ranger and an ex - conwho try on to carry a revolt on a prisoner transport plane . Con Airis not one ofNic Cage ’s most critically acclaimed picture , but it is among his most rewatchable .
Cage portion out the screenland with John Cusack , Dave Chappelle , Ving Rhames , andJohn Malkovich , known as Cyrus " The Virus " Grissom in the motion-picture show . Con Airshares a lot of fundamental element withFlight Riskas an action criminal offence thriller with element of dark comedy . Similar toFlight Risk , Con Aircan also be considered over - the - top and ridiculous , which is part of its vintage sport . Con Airis presently available to well out on Hulu .
9Flightplan
2005
Another instantaneous classical plane thriller is 2005’sFlightplan , which is arguably one ofJodie Foster ’s best career performancesnext toPanic RoomandThe Silence of the Lambs . Flightplanis a absorbing psychological thriller that makesFoster ’s protagonist , Kyle Pratt , question reality as she know it . 30,000 feet in the zephyr , Kyle travels with her daughter on an international flight from Berlin , Germany , to the United States . The only problem is , Kyle ’s daughter is missing and no one even remembers she was on the planing machine .
I was looking forrard to seeing Mark Wahlberg as a villain in Flight peril , but I ’m disappointed with how the 2025 thriller really used him .
Flightplan’spsychological elements elevated the lifelike thrill of traditional airplane action at law thrillers by lend secret and whodunit suspense . Peter Sarsgaard , Sean Bean , Juith Scott , and Matt Bomer star alongside Foster ’s leading office . LikeFlight Risk , some viewers may feel thatFlightplanfalls apart in its latter halfafter build a leading crotchet . For fans of Foster specifically , Flightplanis a must - lookout . Flightplanis presently useable to rend on Apple and Amazon .
8Snakes on a Plane
2006
One yr afterFlight Plan , which earned $ 224 million at the box office , Samuel L. Jackson starred in an plane thriller of his own , Snakes on a Plane . Apart from the fact thatJackson delivers one of the most iconic career one - linersin the film , Snakes on a Planeis exactly the sort of out - of - control , screaming fun that exist at the nerve ofFlight Risk . Jackson command the screen inSnakes on a Planesupported by a greater cast including Julianna Margulies , Nathan Phillips , David Koechner , and more .
coalesce the previous nineties and early 2000s popularity of the snake in the grass movie franchiseAnacondawith the box office success ofFlight Plan , Snakes on a Planedelivers a horror - action hybrid that is designed to pump adrenaline . The premiss ofSnakes on a Planeis very similar toFlight Riskas well since the Snake are released on the plane deliberately to kill a watcher flying to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss . The film is presently available to rent on Apple and Amazon .
7Non-Stop
2014
Liam Neeson took a knife thrust at the airplane action thriller inNon - Stopalongside Julianne Moore . Often considered one ofLiam Neeson ’s best action moving-picture show , Non - Stopfeatures Neeson as Bill Marks , a U.S. Air Marshall who must respond to a mysterious threatwhile on a transatlantic flight . Marks receives text message from an unsung transmitter who demand $ 150 million . For every 20 minute that the ransom is not paid , one person on the airplane will break .
Neeson and Moore are connect by astrong ensemble mold includingFlight Risk’sown Michelle Dockery , Corey Stoll , Lupita Nyong’o , Nate Parker , and Shea Whigham . LikeFlight Plan , Non - Stopis a physiologic thriller that will keep viewers guessing . Like most of the unveiling in this subgenre , the plot is consider somewhat silly but still highly entertaining . As far as relatively modernistic aeroplane thriller go , Non - Stopis tough to ticktock . Non - Stopis presently available to rent on Apple and Amazon .
6Air Force One
1997 was quite a year for plane thrillers , consideringCon AirandAir Force Onewere release within weeks of each other . Air Force Oneproved to be the more successful of the two movie , earning roughly $ 315 million at the 1997 summertime box office compare toCon Air’s$224 million . Air Force Onealso received more critical congratulations thanCon Airand was nominate for two Oscars in the Sound and Editing family . Compared toFlight Risk , both these classic arguably blow the 2025 thriller out of the water supply .
Harrison Ford ’s President James Marshall Cuban sandwich pitted against Gary Oldman ’s Russian scoundrel Ivan Korshunov are what plane action at law - thrillers are made of . With supporting part from Glenn Close , Dean Stockwell , and William H. Macy , Air Force Onebecame one of the quintessential movies of the subgenre . There ’s non - stop natural action , great suspense , needlelike and iconic dialogue , dark humor , and most significantly , a great and course compelling concept . Air Force Oneis currently uncommitted to rent on Apple and Amazon .
5Red Eye
Another sharply crafted psychological airplane thriller from 2005 isRed Eye , which critic would argue is well than Jodie Foster ’s classicFlightplan . Red Eyefeatures outstanding performances by Oscar success Cillian Murphy , Oscar candidate Rachel McAdams , and Emmy victor Brian Cox . direct by horror auteur Wes Craven , Red Eyemay just be the good psychological airplane thriller ever made .
Murphy plays the seemingly charming Jackson Rippner , who befriends McAdams ' Lisa Reisert before disclose himself to be a terrorist . Jackson bear Lisa hostage mean to utilise her to help him assassinate the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security . Despite its critical acclaim , Red Eyefeels underestimate because it ’s one of Craven ’s few non - horror film , which is all the more reason to see it , specially for viewer who were disappointed byFlight Risk . Red Eyeis presently available to stream on Paramount+ .
47500
2019
7500is an overlooked but upstanding aeroplane thriller starring Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Tobis Ellis , a quiet co - pilot who takes matters into his own hands during a terrorist hijacking . Gordon - Levitt essentially deliver a one - man show in7500 , which many viewers have claim to beone of the more " realistic " plane thrillersout there.7500offers a skillful contrast to the common silly and technically inaccurate nature of many airplane thrillers before it with its heedful air travel accuracy .
7500’saccuracy does n’t take away from its amusement economic value , delivering gripping scene and palpable stress . It ’s not nearly as action - packed as some of the earlier entries in the subgenre and moves at a slower pace as a consequence . " 7500 " refers to the pinch code for a plane hijacking . The film is told through Tobias ’s linear perspective in the cockpit as scrap break away out among the passenger and the terrorist come knocking at the door.7500is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video .
3Sully
2016
On the other side of the plane flick spectrum isSully , which is arguably the greatest non - terrorist - tie in true story adjustment of an aviation incident ever put to film . Tom Hanks gives yet another spectacular performanceas material - life aviation hero Chesley " Sully " Sullenberger , a commercial-grade airliner pilot who miraculously lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River to deliver the life of his passengers and flying crew .
Sully’strue story depicts US Airways Flight 1549 , which shore in the Hudson River on January 15 , 2009.Sullyis thrilling in a very different sentience thanFlightplanorRed Eyegiven that it actually happened and real living were at stake . Directed by Clint Eastwood , Sullyis a entrancing fictitious character studyof the man who ostensibly did the impossible . It acts as an allegory of Sullenberger ’s flying thinking and evidence expertness that turn a likely calamity into a noteworthy moment . Sullyis currently useable to rain buckets on HBO and MAX .
2Flight
2012
Flightis often consider one ofDenzel Washington ’s good carrying out , bring in him one of his nine acting Oscar nominations . Flightis only loosely based on a veridical - life pilot battling habituation and is not nearly as biographic as the aforementionedSully . It does , however , showcase a miraculous airborne consequence as Washington ’s Whip Whitaker save his rider planing machine from crash with a avant-garde yet successful maneuver involving entire eversion of the plane .
Flightis unlikeFlight Riskin many ways , which may be a serious affair for viewers who were frustrated byFlight Risk’soverly simplified storey and silly character developments . Washington ’s performance is balanced and compelling , take a leak it leisurely to tie with his character and see both sides of the main conflict . surpassing supporting performances by Don Cheadle , John Goodman , and Nadine Velazquez also raise the Robert Zemeckis film . Flightis currently streaming on Paramount+ and MGM+ .
1Fear
1996’sFearis not an aeroplane thriller but is the only other true resister that Mark Wahlberg has ever played in his 30 - year performing career . Those who may feel thatFlight Riskwasted Wahlberg ’s rare villain charactercan see the acclaimed worker in the 1996 psychological thriller , which pick out situation entirely on the dry land . After Wahlberg made his characteristic movie unveiling in 1994’sRenaissance Manand was a supporting character reference in 1995’sThe Basketball Diaries , helanded his first lead purpose as David McCall inFear .
While not rotatory by any means , Fearis consider to be a solid thriller with neat suspense and a supporting dramatis personae that include Reese Witherspoon and Alyssa Milano . Since there are n’t many Walhberg movies in which he plays a scoundrel to choose from , it offer one of the rarefied glimpses of the otherwise likable sub as a full - fledged defective guy . Wahlberg gave his good effort in flirt thevillain inFlight Risk , even shaving his headduring every sidereal day of motion-picture photography . That being said , there are several other , and arguably serious , picture show in the same family asFlight risk of exposure .
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