Movies Like Hijacked: Flight 285

If you liked Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996), a action and drama movie directed by Charles Correll, 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
Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
2
The Fast and the Fierce (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
When terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial flight, the passengers aboard the plane must fight to keep the plane in the air and all the passengers alive: the bomb is rigged to detonate whenever the plane dips below…
3
Nancy (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
4
Union Station (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crime
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a…
5
Seven Days in May (1964)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thriller
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
6
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and crime
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
7
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and drama
Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead…
8
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
9
Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
10
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
★ 6/10Also thriller and action
High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.
11
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
★ 7/10Also thriller and action
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a…
12
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
13
Airport (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and 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.
14
Detour (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
15
Pickup on South Street (1953)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…
16
Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and thriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
17
Double Indemnity (1944)
★ 8.1/10Also crime and thriller
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
18
The Living Daylights (1987)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union…
19
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
20
Seeds of Yesterday (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and thriller
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.