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10 Best Movies Like Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

If you loved Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Flubber

Flubber

1997★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield Colle...

#2
The Summit of the Gods

The Summit of the Gods

2021★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing....

#3
Journey to the Christmas Star

Journey to the Christmas Star

2012★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair...

#4
Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star

1986★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems ...

#5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final ...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...