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Movies: Best "hijack" Movies


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Non-Stop(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 2,428 votes)

Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.

Captain Phillips(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 14min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 3,078 votes)

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Mythica: The Iron Crown(2016)

3.1/5 (with 29 votes)

When a team of unlikely heroes hijacks a steam-powered battle wagon, a daring young wizard (Marek) steals the final piece of the all-powerful Darkspore and embarks on a desperate quest to deliver the cursed artifact to the gods for safe keeping; but when they are caught in a death race between a ruthless team of elite mercenaries and a trinity of demons, Marek must learn to believe in herself before her friends are killed and the Darkspore is lost, to stop the evil necromancer (Szorlok) from uniting the Darkspore and flooding the living world with his legions of undead.

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

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Western
3.3/5 (with 106 votes)

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...

Directed by Giuseppe Colizzi - With Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Frank Wolff, Gina Rovere, Remo Capitani, Roberto Alessandri, ...

A Hijacking(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 43min | Thriller, Drama
3.5/5 (with 113 votes)

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

Tsotsi(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 136 votes)

The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isn’t the best way.

Skyjacked(1972)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

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.

Crash Landing(2006)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 28min | Action
2.5/5 (with 11 votes)

When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.

Fatal Conflict(2000)

2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad criminal and his gang after they've hi-jacked a huge space freighter with the intent of crashing it into Los Angeles destroying what is left of civilization. Time is running out.

Duffy(1968)

1h 41min | Crime, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe is their birthright. When Charles decides to move a large portion of his savings from Morocco to France, Duffy has an opportunity to stage a daring burglary attempt at sea.

A Father's Revenge(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Thriller
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.

The Bodyguard(1973)

1h 27min | Action, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?

Directed by Ryūichi Takamori - With Sonny Chiba, Mas Oyama, Etsuko Shihomi
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The Noose(1928)

1h 5min | Drama

In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor.

Hijacked: Flight 73(2023)

1h 34min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

On 5 September 1986, Palestinian terrorists stormed Pan Am Flight 73 as it stalled on the Karachi Airport tarmac. Exploring what happened over the next 16 hours, including the death of 21 passengers, in a day that would change terrorist operations for ever.

Tip-Off Girls(1938)

A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.

This Is a Hijack(1973)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 30min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

A man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt.

Directed by Barry Pollack - With Adam Roarke, Neville Brand, Jay Robinson, Lynn Borden, Milt Kamen, Dub Taylor, ...

Caxambu!(1967)

1h 25min | Action
3.1/5 (with 1 vote)

Thieves hijack an aircraft loaded with diamonds, and then must face deadly Amazonian headhunters when the plane crashes in the jungles of Caxambu, Brazil.

The Hijack That Went South(2013)

1h 33min | Crime, Thriller, History
2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

The Flight That Fought Back(2005)

1h 35min | Documentary, Drama
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

It took the terrorists on Flight 93 two years to plan their attack. It took the 40 strangers aboard 30 minutes to defeat it. On September 11, 2001, passengers aboard United Flight 93 – one of four planes hijacked by terrorists that day and the only one to be diverted from its intended target – faced the unthinkable and inspired a nation. This is the story of their courage as told through unparalleled access to actual voice recordings, the personal accounts of family and friends, and extensive research into the events on board. Follow the account of their "first strike back at terrorism" and learn how these complete strangers – united by adversity – came together to thwart the terrorists' plans.

North of Nome(1936)

John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island in the Bering Sea that is owned by a corporation. During a fierce sea-storm, Raglan rescues the passengers of a floundering ship, which includes the owner of the island, his daughter and her fiancée. The owner threatens to charge Ragland with poaching on private property, and then a gang of seal-skin thieves make an entrance.

Directed by William Nigh - With Jack Holt

Keep 'Em Slugging(1943)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.

Directed by Christy Cabanne - With Little Tough Guys, Shemp Howard

It May Happen to You(1937)

21min | Crime, Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.

Crooked Chef(2023)

A romantic comedy which centres on a bunch of gangsters who take over a TV cooking show.

Barefooted(2014)

33min | Drama

A young taxi driver has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for quite some time. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror. However, things change when two young man try to hijack his car in the middle of Georgian suburb.