An airplane is a vehicle for transporting passengers, but for Hollywood, it’s a conduit for a good story. There’s something about setting a movie 30,000 feet in the air that facilitates action.

Whether they take you to the danger zone or send you back in time to World War I (or WWII), these airplane battle scenes are ...

In addition to getting you where you want to go, those hours spent on a plane — or trapped at the airport — are a guilt-free opportunity to catch up on or revisit great movies and shows.

There are plane movies—the sort that you might want to watch when you're stuck in the middle seat of a long flight—and then there are plane movies that are actually about planes. Given how a lot of ...

A curious trend (with an even more curious name) has emerged in which travelers opt out of any in-flight entertainment whatsoever, instead staring at the seatback in front of them for the entirety of ...

From hijackings to mind games at cruising altitude, these in-flight thrillers will have you gripping your armrest. The new Mark Wahlberg thriller now in theaters, “Flight Risk” caught my attention and ...

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From "Snakes on a Plane" to "Airplane!" these films have lessons for fliers. Sept. 9, 2009 — -- I've always loved the movie "Airplane!" and I defy anyone to see it and not laugh out loud. It's a ...

“Flight Risk,” a thriller on board an airplane, opens this week and features a rare villainous turn from Mark Wahlberg. It follows recent flight-centric films like “Carry-On,” “In Flight” and “No Way ...

Chu's conversations these days center mostly around Wicked and the upcoming release of Wicked: For Good on the 2025 movie schedule. However, at the Golden Globes' his conversation shifted to one of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Having just arrived on Netflix, Jean-François Richet’s Plane is quickly becoming a fan-favorite ...