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: 700,416 | 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: 583,277 | 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, James Krishna Floyd, Manal Issa

Votes: 36,219

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: 23,376 | 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: 11,360 | 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: 1,916

7. 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: 4,114

8. 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: 1,910

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: 3,570 | Gross: $0.52M

10. 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: 1,107

11. 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: 713

12. 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: 1,585

13. 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

14. 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: 561

15. 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

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: 4,817

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: 4,650

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: 2,433

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: 19,211

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. 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: 1,199

29. 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: 2,229