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

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 704,007 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Watchmen (2009)

R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman

Votes: 583,920 | Gross: $107.51M

3. The Swimmers (2022)

PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.

Director: Sally El Hosaini | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Alfredo Tavares, Manal Issa

Votes: 36,337

4. Blue Thunder (1983)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern

Votes: 23,422 | Gross: $42.31M

5. Until the End of the World (1991)

R | 158 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as a method of recording dreams is being developed.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin

Votes: 11,379 | Gross: $0.75M

6. Ravage (2019)

TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

Alone in the woods, nature photographer Harper witnesses a violent crime. After being captured by the culprits, she uses her survivalist skills to try and make it out alive.

Director: Teddy Grennan | Stars: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern, Michael Weaver

Votes: 1,924

7. Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

Approved | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 1,919

8. Made for Each Other (1939)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson

Votes: 4,121

9. Voyager (1991)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Traci Lind

Votes: 3,576 | Gross: $0.52M

10. Spectre (1977 TV Movie)

Unrated | 98 min | Horror

A criminologist and occult investigator recruits an old friend to assist in his current case. A sister of a prominent British businessman believes her brother dabbles in the black arts. The two investigate the matter.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Gordon Jackson

Votes: 716

11. A Gathering of Eagles (1963)

Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan

Votes: 1,109

12. Nowhere to Hide (1987)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Michael Ironside

Votes: 499 | Gross: $0.85M

13. The Unknown Saint (2019)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

A criminal returns to the fake grave where he buried his loot years before and discovers that it has become the shrine of an unknown saint and a thriving little village.

Director: Alaa Eddine Aljem | Stars: Younes Bouab, Salah Ben Saleh, Bouchaib Semmak, Mohammed Nouaimane

Votes: 1,591

14. Voodoo Island (1957)

Approved | 76 min | Horror

A scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn Vye, Elisha Cook Jr.

Votes: 914

15. Amazon (1990)

R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong, Minna Sovio

Votes: 562

16. Good Day's Work (2018)

76 min | Drama

Armin has been unemployed for a long time, and in desperately need of a job. His wife Jasmina is pregnant, and his son Edin has behavioral problems at school.

Director: Martin Turk | Stars: Aleksandar Seksan, Ermin Sijamija, Adijan Kulovac, Senad Alihodzic

Votes: 140

17. Bathtub by the sea (2018)

15 min | Short, Drama

Gunnar is living a routine life at the lighthouse. One day a mermaid comes in with the tides, and his routine life is getting challenged.

Director: Ole-André Rønneberg | Stars: Viggo Solum, Anne Cecilie Ukkelberg

Votes: 39

18. 4 Corners Investigation: QF32 (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary

On 4th November 2010, 440 passengers boarded Qantas Flight 32. As an airline renowned for its unparalleled safety record the passengers could never have anticipated the near-calamitous events that followed soon after take-off.

Director: Deborah Masters | Star: Sarah Ferguson

Votes: 37

19. Ex-Sweeties (1931)

21 min | Comedy, Short, Musical

Two men propose to Agnes at her birthday party. Both suitors fight over their sweetie until a new woman arrives and turns their heads until another man arrives. Watch closely for an early, uncredited appearance by Betty Grable.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Harry Gribbon, Marjorie Beebe, Wade Boteler, Betty Boyd

20. Von Loon's Non-Capturable Aeroplane (1918)

Animation, Short

German aviator Von Loon designs a new airplane equipped with legs to keep the plane out of enemy hands. Von Loon takes "Kaiser Bill" for a ride in the aircraft, but engine failure forces them down in No-Man's Land on the battlefront.

Director: Louis M. Glackens

21. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Ken Berry and Nanette Fabray (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

A mousy, insecure secretary with a crush on her boss is threatened by all the secretaries sent by the agency to cover her 2 week vacation. A neurotic stewardess deals with crisis in flight with a drunken, failed doctor and a painted lady.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 46

22. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Mudd's Women (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise picks up untrustworthy entrepreneur Harry Mudd accompanied by three beautiful women who immediately put a spell on all the male crew members.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger C. Carmel, Karen Steele

Votes: 4,829

23. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Aubrey (1995)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A pregnant police woman experiences visions that lead her to the remains of two FBI agents who went missing in the 1940s while on the trail of a serial killer that later got caught. The killings begin again but the only suspect is now 77.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Deborah Strang

Votes: 4,669

24. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Five (2024)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The next mission signals a significant shift in the 100th's bombing strategy. Crosby receives a promotion, but it comes with a high price.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Callum Turner, Rafferty Law, Anthony Boyle, Elliot Warren

Votes: 2,469

25. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Five: The Nina Project (2022)

TV-14 | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 19,252

26. Curious Droid (2016– )
Episode: What Happened to the Soviet Supersonic Jump Jets? (2019)

12 min | Documentary

Work on VTOL jets was confined to the west until Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev saw a demonstrator at an airshow. But the Soviet military was uninterested so Yakovlev proceed with work on ... See full summary »

Star: Paul Shillito

27. Scott Manley (2009– )
Episode: Why this Rocket Went Sideways off the Launch Pad (2021)

12 min | Documentary, News

Here is a video of an unusual launch of an Astra rocket. One engine cut off shortly after ignition leaving the rocket enough thrust to avoid a crash but not enough to gain altitude until it... See full summary »

Star: Scott Manley

28. Call Me Fitz (2010–2013)
Episode: The Hard Wiener of Truth (2013)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy

Still reeling from the shocking truth about his father, Fitz takes a drive down memory lane that leaves him with an even bigger identity crisis than he started with. He gets Josh and Larry to help him steal back his childhood car, Betsy.

Director: Scott Smith | Stars: Jason Priestley, Peter MacNeill, Donavon Stinson, Joanna Cassidy

Votes: 12

29. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: Danger Island: Strange Pilot (2018)

TV-MA | 19 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Archer inserts himself into a domestic dispute and engine troubles threaten to ruin his business.

Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Eugene Cordero, Judy Greer, Amber Nash

Votes: 1,201

30. For All Mankind (2019– )
Episode: Bent Bird (2019)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A crisis in space puts the Apollo 24 and 25 crews in peril.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten

Votes: 2,236