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10 Best Movies Like Airport '77

If you loved Airport '77, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

1978★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Action & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in th...

#2
Last Breath

Last Breath

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface....

#3
Black Sea

Black Sea

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-boa...

#4
Skyjacked

Skyjacked

1972★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Action & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia....

#5
Lift

Lift

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet....

#6
Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Airport '77 for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history....

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