Movies Like Birthday Flight

If you liked Birthday Flight, a movie directed by Kevin Cate, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Dog Stars (2026)
★ 7/10
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through…
2
The High and the Mighty (1954)
★ 5.9/10
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster…
3
The Expendables 2 (2012)
★ 6.4/10
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
4
Lord of the Flies (1990)
★ 6.4/10
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
5
Black Box (2026)
★ 5.9/10
Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle becomes the center of a chilling supernatural mystery.
6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
★ 6.6/10
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.
7
The Grey (2012)
★ 6.6/10
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
8
War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6/10
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
9
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.3/10
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
10
Plane (2023)
★ 6.9/10
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
11
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
★ 7.2/10
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the…
12
The Flyboys (2008)
★ 7.6/10
Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob...
13
Final Destination (2000)
★ 6.6/10
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
14
Reign Over Me (2007)
★ 7.2/10
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
15
Fearless (1993)
★ 6.9/10
After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?
16
The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
17
North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
18
Deep Water (2026)
★ 7.4/10
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their…
19
Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
★ 6.5/10
Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken…
20
The Delta Force (1986)
★ 6/10
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite…