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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
The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965★ 7.2

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

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off t...

#2
The Concorde... Airport '79

The Concorde... Airport '79

1979★ 4.7

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

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps....

#3
Airport 1975

Airport 1975

1974★ 5.7

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

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfrien...

#4
Turbulence

Turbulence

1997★ 5.4

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

On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Wea...

#5
A Street in Palermo

A Street in Palermo

2013★ 6.3

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

Shut inside their cars, two women face off in a silent duel that is fought out in the intimate violence of their stares. A wholly female duel punctuated by the refusal to drink, ea...

#6
Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra

1968★ 6.3

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

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called I...