Movies like They Travel By Air (1947)
The best movies like They Travel By Air (1947) are On a Wing and a Prayer (2023), Paperman (2012) and Air Mater (2011). If They Travel By Air hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
They Travel By Air
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- Highest ratedFar from the Tree (2021)8.1/10 from 395 votes
- NewestGoodbye June (2025)Released 2025
On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisPaperman (2012)
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAir Mater (2011)
Mater's decision to fly lands him accidentally at a big airshow.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCan You Keep a Secret? (2019)
Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets, thinks she’s about to die on a turbulent plane ride. She spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInner Workings (2016)
This is the story of the internal struggle between a man's Brain—a pragmatic protector who calculates his every move, and his Heart—a free-spirited adventurer who wants to let loose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUp in the Air (2009)
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Good Company (2004)
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoeing, Boeing (1965)
Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But when there's a change in their working schedule, they will be able to be home every second day instead. Bernard's carefully structured life is breaking apart
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHancock (2008)
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap" (2021)
In a daycare far, far away… but still in Springfield, Maggie is on an epic quest for her stolen pacifier. Her adventure brings her face-to-face with young Padawans, Sith Lords, familiar droids, Rebel scum, and an ultimate battle against the dark side, in this original short celebrating the Star Wars galaxy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoodbye June (2025)
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFar from the Tree (2021)
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Highway in the Sky (1951)
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThree Wishes (1995)
While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBehind the Screen (1916)
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTin Toy (1988)
Babies are hardly monster-like, unless you're a toy. After escaping a drooling baby, Tinny realizes that he wants to be played with after all. But in the amount of time it takes him to discover this, the baby's attention moves on to other things only an infant could find interesting.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPiper (2016)
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisReal Women Have Curves (2002)
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like They Travel By Air?
The closest matches to They Travel By Air are On a Wing and a Prayer (2023), Paperman (2012) and Air Mater (2011). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after They Travel By Air?
Start with On a Wing and a Prayer (2023), the closest match to They Travel By Air.
What is the highest-rated movie like They Travel By Air?
Far from the Tree (2021), rated 8.1/10 by 395 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like They Travel By Air?
Goodbye June (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like They Travel By Air?
Yes: On a Wing and a Prayer (2023), Paperman (2012) and Air Mater (2011).
How are movies similar to They Travel By Air chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside They Travel By Air, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.