An airplane is a vehicle for transporting passengers, but for Hollywood, it’s a conduit for a good story. There’s something about setting a movie 30,000 feet in the air that facilitates action.

Here are our seven favorite movies that take place on planes. A Note Before We Board We want to clarify The post The Mile ...

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Crazy Rich Asians was a phenomenon when it was released in 2018, it's honestly one of the best rom-coms out there, and it's a great movie to watch on an airplane. Now, its director, Jon M. Chu, has ...

Matt Patches is an executive editor at Polygon. He has over 15 years of experience reporting on movies and TV, and reviewing pop culture. As I headed to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest on a cramped ...

A curious trend (with an even more curious name) has emerged in which travelers opt out of any in-flight entertainment whatsoever, instead staring at the seatback in front of them for the entirety of ...

This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...

Having just arrived on Netflix, Jean-François Richet’s Plane is quickly becoming a fan-favorite action movie. The film thrusts audiences into a high-octane survival scenario when commercial pilot ...

From "Snakes on a Plane" to "Airplane!" these films have lessons for fliers. Sept. 9, 2009 — -- I've always loved the movie "Airplane!" and I defy anyone to see it and not laugh out loud. It's a ...

(WHNT) – Here in the WHNT newsroom, we have a lot of different people, which means lots of differing opinions. We all have that ONE movie we gravitate towards while on an airplane. Whether it be a new ...