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

1. Alien (1979)

R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 951,450 | Gross: $78.90M

2. Red Eye (2005)

PG-13 | 85 min | Thriller

A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson

Votes: 140,765 | Gross: $57.89M

3. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok

Votes: 476,245 | Gross: $186.74M

4. Hook (1991)

PG | 142 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins

Votes: 273,331 | Gross: $119.65M

5. The Impossible (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast

Votes: 244,174 | Gross: $19.02M

6. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill

Votes: 214,827 | Gross: $122.01M

7. Flight (I) (2012)

R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller

Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman

Votes: 376,291 | Gross: $93.77M

8. Plane (2023)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Yoson An

Votes: 78,536

9. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,562

10. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,599 | Gross: $56.57M

11. Dracula 2000 (2000)

R | 99 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A group of thieves breaks into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.

Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Gerard Butler, Justine Waddell, Jonny Lee Miller, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 36,486 | Gross: $33.02M

12. The Nanny Diaries (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy

Votes: 64,099 | Gross: $25.93M

13. View from the Top (2003)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

A small-town woman tries to achieve her goal of becoming a flight attendant.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo

Votes: 28,591 | Gross: $15.59M

14. Flight 7500 (2014)

PG-13 | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Flight 7500 departs Los Angeles International Airport bound for Tokyo. As the overnight flight makes its way over the Pacific Ocean during its ten-hour course, the passengers encounter what appears to be a supernatural force in the cabin.

Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Jamie Chung

Votes: 17,163

15. Fantastic Voyage (1966)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 20,838

16. It Boy (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Alice works for "Rebelle" magazine, where she needs to let her hair down to get a promotion. When Balthazar returns a lost USB to Alice, the appearance of dating someone half her age helps her. Does it get real?

Director: David Moreau | Stars: Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney, Charles Berling, Gilles Cohen

Votes: 11,641

17. 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: 11,869 | Gross: $47.29M

18. Saboteur (1942)

Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War

A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter

Votes: 27,990

19. Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)

R | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

Director: John Pogue | Stars: Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Mattie Liptak, Ignacio Serricchio

Votes: 20,859

20. Slipstream (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton

Votes: 3,067

21. Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.

Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong

Votes: 3,414

22. Altitude (2010)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.

Director: Kaare Andrews | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron

Votes: 10,622

23. Love is in the Air (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

Antoine is a lawyer living in New York. On his way back to France for the final round of a job interview, Antoine finds himself sitting right next to his ex-girlfriend Julie. With a ... See full summary »

Director: Alexandre Castagnetti | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Nicolas Bedos, Jonathan Cohen, Arnaud Ducret

Votes: 5,284 | Gross: $0.01M

24. Airborne (II) (2013)

TV-14 | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

With Britain battered by a storm, one last plane takes off. Shortly after, passengers start disappearing one by one. Those that remain frantically try to discover who - or what - is behind it before they share the same fate.

Directors: Dominic Burns, Simon Phillips | Stars: Craig Conway, Simon Phillips, Gemma Atkinson, Alan Ford

Votes: 2,576

25. EuroClub (2016)

93 min | Comedy

Three American guys who perpetually strike out with the ladies travel to Europe and embark on an adventure through the continent filled with drinking, dancing, and partying while dodging ... See full summary »

Director: Ali Zamani | Stars: Egzonita Ala, Iman Amity, Liliana Arriaga, Jessica Bach

Votes: 209

26. Bride Flight (2008)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.

Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Pleuni Touw

Votes: 2,787 | Gross: $0.50M

27. Air Collision (2012 Video)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A fierce electromagnetic storm disables air traffic control, sending a commercial airliner and Air Force One, carrying the president of the United States and his family, on a collision course.

Director: Liz Adams | Stars: Reginald VelJohnson, Jordan Ladd, Gerald Webb, Michael Teh

Votes: 1,236

28. Turbulent Skies (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own is about to have its first flight. But a virus shuts down the plane mid-flight and the pilots are incapacitated so there's no one who can fly the plane.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Brad Dourif, Nicole Eggert, Patrick Muldoon

Votes: 757

29. 407 Dark Flight 3D (2012)

R | 105 min | Horror, Thriller

A senior flight attendant named New has to deal with a supernatural event and mystery on the plane when the passengers begin to die one by one.

Directors: Isara Nadee, Issara Nadee | Stars: Marsha Wattanapanich, Peter Knight, Paramej Noiam, Patcharee Tubthong

Votes: 1,034

30. Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998)

156 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set to win back her fiance's heart, Sanjana (Kajol) decides to travel back to India but little did she know that fate had something else planned for her.

Director: Anees Bazmee | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Bijay Anand, Kashmira Shah

Votes: 3,603

31. Pyare Mohan (2006)

Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A blind man Pyare and his deaf friend Mohan fall in love with twin sisters Preeti and Priya. But their relationships spiral into chaos when the sisters get falsely implicated in a murder case and the men have to find a way to save them.

Directors: Ravinddra Khare, Indra Kumar | Stars: Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Esha Deol, Amrita Rao

Votes: 982

32. The Riddle of the Stinson (1988 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins a search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.

Director: Chris Noonan | Stars: Jack Thompson, Helen O'Connor, Mary Haire, Kendall Monaghan

Votes: 143

33. Histórias Quase Verdadeiras (2023)

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Stars: Leandro Hassum, Renato Góes, Giulia Gam

Votes: 18

34. Jasiek Borkowski: Drespublika (2019 TV Special)

39 min | Comedy

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Stars: Jasiek Borkowski, Adam Van Bendler

35. Turbulence (II) (2016)

TV-G | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A young couple is faced with their differences through sudden pockets of turbulence. The last twenty-five minutes of their flight becomes a countdown to a decision of a lifetime.

Director: Francis Luta | Stars: James Graham, Evan Spergel, Caroline Toal

Votes: 41

36. The A 350: Star of the Skies (2015)

47 min | Documentary

After nearly a decade of testing and 12 billion Euros invested, the Airbus A350 is ready for lift off. Take a step behind the scenes into the design, manufacturing, and launch of this state... See full summary »

Director: Josselin Mahot | Star: Michael Morris

37. By George (2012)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

A man is being driven insane by the idea that his neighbor is Star Wars creator George Lucas.

Directors: Kevin MacDonald, Ron Sparks | Stars: Ron Sparks, Scott McCrickard, Jamie Tarantini, Kevin MacDonald

Votes: 185

38. Occupied (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 10 min | Short, Drama

A story about the value of life, love, fate, and human connection.

Director: Christen R. Carter | Stars: Laura Baggett, Sam Daly, Chandra Lee Schwartz

39. The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' (2014)

5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Director: Avi Ofer | Star: Addison Anderson

40. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Pilot (1993)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young

Votes: 12,741

41. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Forever (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a private jet lands after a party, they find the trainer Lori Hutchins dead apparently stomped by the horse in the cargo bay. Grissom, Catherine, Nick and Capt. Brass investigate the ... See full summary »

Director: David Grossman | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 764

42. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Ken Berry and Nanette Fabray (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

A mousy, insecure secretary with a crush on her boss is threatened by all the secretaries sent by the agency to cover her 2 week vacation. A neurotic stewardess deals with crisis in flight with a drunken, failed doctor and a painted lady.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 46

43. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Sammy Davis Jr. (1975)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Sammy Davis Jr. as a star who returns to his hometown and visits an old so-called "friend" (Carol) who is somewhat of a racist; Harvey and Tim in a sketch about a ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 53

44. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Anomaly (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After an attack by Osaarian pirates, Enterprise follows them to a mysterious sphere.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,629

45. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Cold Front (2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise has a group of aliens watching a stellar phenomenon on board. When the ship is miraculously saved from blowing up, crewman Daniels has an important message for Archer.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,903

46. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: The Catwalk (2002)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After receiving a warning about a radioactive storm approaching Enterprise, the crew is forced to take shelter in the ship's catwalk.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,673

47. Lost (2004–2010)
Episode: Pilot: Part 1 (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Forty-eight survivors of an airline flight originating from Australia, bound for the U.S., which crash-lands onto an unknown island 1000 miles off course, struggle to figure out a way to survive while trying to find a way to be rescued.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Naveen Andrews

Votes: 12,755

48. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Material Fran (1994)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Fran goes out with a much older rich man.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 388

49. The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
Episode: Survival of the Fittest (1974)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Oscar Goldman becomes a target for several conspirators who want to stop him from negotiating with the Russians. As he and Steve Austin fly back to Washington aboard a military aircraft, ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, James McEachin, Christine Belford

Votes: 225

50. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Last Sunset (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

As the Alphans are planning to explore the planet Ariel, a 'missile' attaches itself to the en route Eagle. Upon returning to Alpha, the 'missile' gives the Alphans a lunar atmosphere. But ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock

Votes: 327