By Entertainment Desk June 09, 2025
Inspired by 2018’s Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 incident and how the pilot’s extraordinary skill saved everyone on board after the cockpit windshield shattered mid-air.
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Based on the 1972 Andes plane crash, this gripping film explores the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team’s survival in the snowy mountains following the accident.
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Based on the 2009 ‘Miracle on the Hudson,’ film follows Captain Sully as he safely landed a US Airways flight on the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines.
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Another retelling of the Andes crash, Alive is a 1993 film that showcases the same tragic event as Society of the Snow but with a Hollywood lens.
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Loosely inspired by Alaska Airlines 261, Flight follows a pilot whose secret alcoholism surfaces after he miraculously lands a crashing plane.
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Inspired by fragments of real stories, this film sees survivors of a cargo plane crash in the desert building a new aircraft from the wreckage.
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Loosely inspired by the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in 1989, Fearless focuses more on the psychological aftermath of a plane crash.
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Inspired by a real flight incident involving Jet Airways in 2015, this Indian thriller shows a pilot’s decision to land a flight under extreme weather conditions.
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Though not typically listed in aviation disaster films, it follows the fatal 1950s plane crash that took the life of actress-turned-royal Zubeidaa Begum.
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Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator portrays Howard Hughes’ several real-life incidents involving plane test flights that nearly killed Hughes.
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