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Movies Like The Aviary

If you liked The Aviary (2005), a drama and romance movie directed by Abe Levy, 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. 1Propeller One-Way Night Coach

    Propeller One-Way Night Coach (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    During the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast and his mother embark on a cross-country journey to Hollywood—and their simple flight transforms into the trip of a lifetime.

  2. 2The Last Song

    The Last Song (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

  3. 3The Boy Who Could Fly

    The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor…

  4. 4The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty (1954)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    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…

  5. 5Always

    Always (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama

    The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

  6. 6Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  7. 7Titanic

    Titanic (1953)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades…

  8. 8The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…

  9. 9Cast Away

    Cast Away (2000)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor…

  10. 10Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

    Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.

  11. 11Everything, Everything

    Everything, Everything (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.

  12. 12Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

  13. 13Rip Girls

    Rip Girls (2000)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic…

  14. 14The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

    The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives…

  15. 15Flesh and the Devil

    Flesh and the Devil (1926)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is…

  16. 16A Little Princess

    A Little Princess (1995)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who…

  17. 17Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

  18. 18No Highway in the Sky

    No Highway in the Sky (1951)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a…

  19. 19Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

    Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama and romance

    Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsport Ladies'…

  20. 20Only Angels Have Wings

    Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama

    A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

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