The Lady Takes a Flyer

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Robert Aldrich

Cast

James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Edward Zwick

Cast

Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes....

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

John Moore

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively s...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Sidney J. Furie

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smug...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Cast

Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Emma Watson, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hanks

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt