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

1. Euphoria (2019– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama

A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.

Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow

Votes: 241,754

2. The Hijacking of Flight 601 (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Two armed and hooded individuals hijack and threaten to blow up Flight 601 unless the Colombian government releases 50 political prisoners and pays them a hefty ransom in cash.

Stars: Monica Lopera, Valentín Villafañe, Alián Devetac, Christian Tappan

Votes: 1,117

3. The Fast and the Furious (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 419,541 | Gross: $144.53M

4. Hijack (2023)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Thriller

A plane from Dubai to London is hijacked over a 7-hour flight, while authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

Stars: Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Max Beesley, Ben Miles

Votes: 70,314

5. Con Air (1997)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney

Votes: 319,266 | Gross: $101.12M

6. Speed (1994)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton

Votes: 391,934 | Gross: $121.25M

7. Fast & Furious (2009)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 311,189 | Gross: $155.06M

8. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 117,541 | Gross: $43.08M

9. Knowing (2009)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson

Votes: 247,546 | Gross: $79.96M

10. Yodha (2024)

Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

After terrorists hijack a passenger plane, an off-duty soldier aboard devises a strategy to defeat the hijackers and ensure the passengers' survival when the engine fails.

Directors: Sagar Ambre, Pushkar Ojha | Stars: Sidharth Malhotra, Raashi Khanna, Disha Patani, Mridul Raj Anand

Votes: 4,690

11. The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj

Votes: 208,051 | Gross: $65.45M

12. Cliffhanger (1993)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner

Votes: 139,964 | Gross: $84.05M

13. Jawan (2023)

Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama, Musical

A prison warden recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice - and that lead him to an unexpected reunion.

Director: Atlee | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone

Votes: 94,591

14. Flightplan (2005)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan

Votes: 171,820 | Gross: $89.71M

15. Restless Natives (1985)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Vincent Friell, Ned Beatty, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally

Votes: 1,977

16. Die Hard 2 (1990)

R | 124 min | Action, Thriller

John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 383,093 | Gross: $117.54M

17. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 35,749 | Gross: $2.49M

18. United 93 (2006)

R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson

Votes: 110,939 | Gross: $31.57M

19. Non-Stop (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery

Votes: 276,546 | Gross: $92.17M

20. Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023)

TV-MA | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A flight attendant and her business partner on a mission to steal diamonds and free themselves from the clutches of a loan shark.At 40,000 feet in the air, the heist goes horribly wrong and turns into a hostage situation.

Director: Ajay Singh | Stars: Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal, Sharad Kelkar, Indraneil Sengupta

Votes: 53,386

21. The Delta Force (1986)

R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop

Votes: 21,914 | Gross: $17.77M

22. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay

Votes: 10,521

23. 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.

Director: José Padilha | Stars: Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer, Daniel Brühl

Votes: 17,299 | Gross: $3.19M

24. Space Truckers (1996)

PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from a space station to Earth with an unknown cargo. When space pirates hijack them, 5000 disintegrator robots are found in the cargo.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Tim Loane, Ian Beattie, Olwen Fouéré, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 8,702

25. Drop Zone (1994)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A tough cop teams up with a professional skydiver to capture a renegade computer hacker on the run from the law.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter

Votes: 21,570 | Gross: $28.72M

26. 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: 2,575

27. Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after take-off, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control of the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Susan Batten, James Brolin, Michael Gross, Anthony Michael Hall

Votes: 603

28. Turbulence (1997)

R | 100 min | Action, Thriller

After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 12,611 | Gross: $11.47M

29. Waist Deep (2006)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Shawn Parr

Votes: 10,527 | Gross: $21.32M

30. Hijacked (2012)

R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.

Director: Brandon Nutt | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Rob Steinberg, Craig Fairbrass, Gina Philips

Votes: 3,768

31. Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Arrgh. It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places - the legendary Bermuda Triangle.

Director: Chuck Sheetz | Stars: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin

Votes: 3,837

32. Flight 93 (2006 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, History, Thriller

Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.

Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Jeffrey Nordling, Brennan Elliott, Kendall Cross, Ty Olsson

Votes: 9,911

33. North Sea Hijack (1980)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks

Votes: 5,817

34. God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)

PG-13 | 97 min | Western

After a train is robbed of its payroll, an insurance agent and a card-shark team-up to retrieve the loot from the bandits who guard it at a secret location near the Mexican border.

Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Frank Wolff, Bud Spencer, Gina Rovere

Votes: 5,393

35. Bellbottom (2021)

123 min | Action, Thriller

When an Indian commercial airliner is hijacked by terrorists in the mid 1980s, a government agent is tasked with rescuing the 210 hostages.

Director: Ranjit Tewari | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Vaani Kapoor, Adil Hussain

Votes: 23,624

36. IB 71 (2023)

Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Thriller

A spy action thriller about the two-front war between Indian intelligence agencies and the Pakistani establishment in 1971.

Directors: Sankalp Reddy, Lee Whittaker | Stars: Anupam Kher, Vidyut Jammwal, Nissar Khan, Mir Sarwar

Votes: 10,387

37. IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

Drama, History, Thriller | Pre-production

Indian Airlines flight hijacked en route Kathmandu-Delhi on Dec 24, 1999, diverting to Kandahar under Taliban control.

Stars: Ellie Flory Fawcett, Renuka Purohit, Nikhil Angrish, Neeraj Kashyap

38. Detonator (1993 TV Movie)

R | 98 min | Action, Thriller

A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine

Votes: 3,990

39. Eureka (2000)

217 min | Drama

The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaru Miyazaki, Yôichirô Saitô

Votes: 4,340 | Gross: $0.05M

40. Skyjacked (1972)

PG | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins

Votes: 2,343 | Gross: $2.50M

41. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Vincent D'Onofrio, Donnie Wahlberg, Richard Schiff

Votes: 1,139

42. Hijack (1998)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a milita group.

Director: Worth Keeter | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Ernie Hudson, Beth Toussaint, Brent Huff

Votes: 437

43. Fly Me (1973)

R | 74 min | Action, Drama

Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.

Directors: Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Pat Anderson, Lenore Kasdorf, Lyllah Torena, Richard Young

Votes: 279

44. Victory at Entebbe (1976 TV Movie)

Unrated | 119 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1976, terrorists hijack an Air France airplane, and divert it to Uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in Israeli jails.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss

Votes: 1,275

45. Cool Breeze (1972)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.

Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M

46. Strategic Command (1997)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab.

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Paul Winfield, Richard Norton, Amanda Wyss

Votes: 928

47. High-Ballin' (1978)

PG | 97 min | Action, Drama

Two truck drivers fight off thugs who have been hired to drive them out of business.

Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver, Chris Wiggins

Votes: 800

48. Derailed (2002)

R | 89 min | Action, Thriller

On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes a one man army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board!

Director: Bob Misiorowski | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana, Laura Harring, Susan Gibney

Votes: 8,572

49. Stryker (1983)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio, William Ostrander, Mike Lane

Votes: 802 | Gross: $1.72M

50. Golden Rendezvous (1977)

PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.

Directors: Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon

Votes: 594