Movies Like 13 Hours by Air

If you liked 13 Hours by Air (1936), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Mitchell Leisen, 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
Black Box (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle becomes the center of a chilling supernatural mystery.
2
Cold Meat (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One…
3
Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
4
No Exit (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…
5
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mystery
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
6
Airport (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
7
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
8
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
9
The Dog Stars (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
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…
10
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
11
Into the Night (1985)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
12
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
13
Murphy's Law (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
14
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
15
Jackie Brown (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail…
16
Icefall (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and…
17
Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
18
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
19
Passengers (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the…
20
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.