Films with theme "Films about hijackings", sorted by revenue

, 1h45
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Documentary, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Khalid Abdalla, Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, Sarmed al-Samarrai, David Alan Basche, David Rasche

On the morning of September 11, 2001, four al-Qaeda terrorists Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Ahmed al-Haznawi pray in their respective hotel rooms before arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport. The quartet wait at a gate after getting through security to board San Francisco-bound United 93. After 40 minutes of delay due to traffic the plane takes off, flown by captain Jason Dahl and first officer Leroy Homer, with all four terrorists on board.

, 2h24
Directed by Michael Bay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on the September 11 attacks, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about hijackings
Actors James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Toby Stephens, Pablo Schreiber, Max Martini, David Denman

On the evening of September 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a group of Islamic militants attack on the American diplomatic compound and a nearby CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya. They kill four Americans, including a US Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens. A security team of six members fight to defend Americans but only partially succeed.

, 2h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Le désert, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about hijackings
Actors Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Austin Stowell, Trevante Rhodes

Après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, une équipe composée d'agents de la CIA et des forces spéciales américaines, menées par le capitaine Mitch Nelson, est envoyée en Afghanistan. Ils collaborent avec le général afghan Abdul Rachid Dostom pour tenter de démanteler les talibans.

, 1h53
Directed by Allen Coulter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin, Pierce Brosnan, Martha Plimpton

In 1991 in New York City, 11-year-old Alyssa "Ally" Craig is waiting with her mother for the subway on the F Line at 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue. Suddenly, the pair are mugged by two young men who then shoot her mother before boarding the train. Ally is left scarred by the events and refuses to travel by subway again.

, 2h9
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Dans un avion, Films about autism, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) is the son of German American Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks). Thomas would often send Oskar on missions to do something involving one of his riddles. The last riddle he ever gives Oskar is proof that New York City once possessed a Sixth Borough. In a flashback, Thomas and Oskar play a scavenger hunt to find objects throughout New York City. The game requires communication with other people and is not easy for the socially awkward Oskar who is told "If things were easy to find, they wouldn't be worth finding".

, 1h20
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Alex Datcher, Bruce Greenwood, Elizabeth Hurley

International psychopath terrorist Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), known as "The Rane of Terror", is caught by the FBI and local authorities just as he is about to receive plastic surgery to alter his features. The FBI make plans to return Rane to Los Angeles aboard a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar passenger aircraft for him to stand trial.

, 2h41
Directed by Karan Johar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Politic, Romance
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about Islam, Dans un avion, Bollywood, Films about autism, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Jimmy Shergill, Zarina Wahab, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Pallavi Sharda

Rizwan Khan is a Muslim child who grew up with his brother Zakir and his mother Razia Khan in a middle-class family in the section of Mumbai. Rizwan is different from other children, however. He has certain gifts, particularly a special ability to repair mechanical things. His difference leads to special tutoring from a reclusive scholar and extra attention from his mother, both of which lead to heightened jealousy from his brother Zakir, who eventually leaves his family for a life in the United States.

Directed by Raja Krishna Menon
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Lena, Purab Kohli, Avtar Gill, Arun Bali

Ranjit Katyal, un homme d'affaires basé au Koweït, monte une grande opération civile pour évacuer les Indiens basés au Koweït pendant la guerre Irak-Koweït sous la dictature du président irakien Saddam Hussein.

, 1h54
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Brenda Vaccaro

A privately owned luxury Boeing 747-100, Stevens' Flight 23, flies invited guests to an estate in Palm Beach, Florida, owned by wealthy philanthropist Philip Stevens, who also owns the jetliner. Valuable artwork from Stevens's private collection is also on board the jetliner, to be eventually displayed in his new museum. Such a collection motivates a group of thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers to hijack the aircraft.

, 2h4
Directed by Mike Binder
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Buddy films, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland

When the Twin Towers went down in 2001, Charlie Fineman (Sandler) lost everything important in his life. Five years have passed since Charlie's wife and daughters died, and now the once-successful and sociable man has become a withdrawn shadow of his former self.

, 2h5
Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Motocyclette, Political films, Dans un avion, Films about hijackings
Actors Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster

The film opens up on Operation Eagle Claw, the American operation to rescue American hostages being held at the U.S. embassy to Tehran. The operation is being aborted after a fatal helicopter crash, with the U.S. Delta Force evacuating to their C-130 transports. Among them is Captain Scott McCoy, who, against orders, rescues his wounded comrade Pete Peterson from the burning helicopter before the team finally evacuates. McCoy expresses his disgust for the politicians and military hierarchy that forced the mission to launch despite the risks, and announces he is resigning his commission.

Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about hijackings
Actors Sonam Kapoor, Vishal–Shekhar, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku, Kavi Shastri

Neerja Bhanot is based on the life of Neerja Bhanot who was shot dead by terrorists who hijacked the Mumbai-New York flight at Karachi on 5 September 1986.

, 2h2
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Dans un avion, Bollywood, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku, Kavi Shastri

L'histoire vraie de l'hôtesse de l'air de 22 ans, Neerja Bhanot (Sonam Kapoor), tuée à Karachi en 1986, lors du détournement du vol 73 Pan Am, dans lequel elle était chef de cabine, alors qu'elle sauvait la vie de 360 passagers.

, 1h48
Directed by Steven Spielberg, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Road movies, Dans un avion, Chase films, Films about hijackings
Actors Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Steve Kanaly, Gregory Walcott

In May 1969, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) visits her husband Clovis Michael Poplin (William Atherton) to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from release from the Beauford H. Jester Prison Farm in Texas, she forces him to escape to assist her in retrieving her child. They hitch a ride from the prison with an elderly couple, but when Texas Department of Public Safety Patrolman Maxwell Slide (Michael Sacks) stops the car, they take the car and run.

, 1h40
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Héctor Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Catherine Hicks, Jeffrey DeMunn

After Ryan Weaver is arrested for a murder that he says he did not commit, he must be transported to Los Angeles to face trial. He and another prisoner are escorted by four air marshals on a Boeing 747 on a commercial flight. Even though it is Christmas Eve, the 747 is nearly empty, with only 11 people on board. The entire cabin is highly decorated with Christmas trees and other decorations.