Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "altimeter"

1. Airplane! (1980)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Votes: 262,225 | Gross: $83.40M

2. First Man (2018)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 202,812 | Gross: $44.94M

3. Sully (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama

When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 299,107 | Gross: $125.07M

4. Airport 1975 (1974)

PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 11,973 | Gross: $47.29M

5. The Aeronauts (2019)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.

Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Vincent Perez

Votes: 37,546

6. Night Flight (1933)

Passed | 84 min | Drama

Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 976

7. Skyjacked (1972)

PG | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins

Votes: 2,356 | Gross: $2.50M

8. Hex (II) (2022)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Following a mysterious disappearance on a jump, a group of skydivers experience paranormal occurrences that leave them fighting for their lives.

Directors: Chris Johnston, Andy Malchiodi | Stars: Kayla Adams, Matthew Holcomb, Bryan Roberts, Eric Alperin

Votes: 521

9. Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes, James Stephenson

Votes: 267

10. Little Buck Cheeser (1937)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese), build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.

Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Jeanne Dunne, Bernice Hansen, Leone Le Doux, Shirley Reed

Votes: 270

11. Zaxxon (1982 Video Game)

Action, Sci-Fi

You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun implacements, missiles, fighters and a large enemy robot.

Votes: 75

12. Wilderness: A Survival Adventure (1984 Video Game)

Adventure

Your plane has crashed in a remote region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Rescue? Forget it. You're on your own. Your only chance of surviving is to reach a distant ranger station ... See full summary »

Director: Wesley Huntress

Votes: 7

13. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode: Flying Blind (2003)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

AeroPeru flight 603 crashed on a routine flight from Lima to Santiago in 1996, due to a severe failure with the flight instruments.

Director: Gary Lang | Stars: David Bamber, Stephen Bogaert, Victor A. Young, Nicholas Kilbertus

Votes: 182

14. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: Pandora's Box (2007)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Charlie splits his genius between solving a plane crash and the burglary at his home.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 261

15. Hitler's Bodyguard (2008– )
Episode: Flights Into Danger (2010)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

Hitler appreciated the power of aircraft, not only as a military weapon, but as a political tool. During the early 1930s, he hired aircraft for election campaigning, often facing weather ... See full summary »

Directors: Jonathan Martin, Philip Nugus | Stars: Sepp Dietrich, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Robert Powell

Votes: 32

16. The Dambusters (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2020)

Documentary, History

Barnes Wallis has to create an entirely new aiming device.

Director: Jamie Simpson | Stars: Gary Bainbridge, Graham Duff, Guy Gibson, Arthur Harris

17. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Making North America: Life (2024)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary

How life emerged in North America; and why the continent was home to many iconic dinosaurs, including the T. rex. Included: a trip to the Badlands of North Dakota and desert wilderness of southern Utah highlights dinosaur discoveries.

Director: Gwyn Williams | Stars: Chuck Bonner, Doug Boyer, Kirk Johnson, Tyler Lyson

Votes: 77