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RS Recommends: Here’s Every Movie Playing on the Major Airlines Right Now

Preparing for an upcoming flight isn’t just limited to packing your clothes and toiletries — have you thought about how you’re going to keep yourself entertained? The idealist in all of us might say we’re gonna read that book we’ve been putting off, but depending on the length of your flight, that may be easier said than done. If it’s on the longer side, it can be easy to get distracted and start to really feel the minutes crawling by.

The good news is that in recent years, in-flight entertainment has received a massive upgrade. From new releases to tentpole franchises, there’s no shortage of films to watch in the air. These days, there’s even capability to stream airline movies on your mobile devices, such as a smartphone or tablet.

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Airline media libraries are offering the latest in films too, from newly-anointed Oscar winners to buzzy blockbusters, and even enduring classics. See what could be playing on your next flight below (note: these listings were accurate at time of publication)

Ready to fly the (film) friendly skies? Follow links to each airline below or use a discount site like Expedia.com or a fare aggregator like Kayak.com to book your next flight.

Alaska Airlines

  • 7 Days (2021)

  • A Journel for Jordan (2021)

  • Belfast (2021)

  • Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)

  • Hurricane Bianca (2016)

  • Kinky Boots (2005)

  • Licorice Pizza (2021)

  • Marry Me (2022)

  • Moonfall (2022)

  • Nightmare Alley (2021)

  • Sing 2 (2021)

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

  • The 355 (2022)

  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

  • The Birdcage (1996)

  • The Goldfinch (2019)

  • The Hating Game (2021)

  • The King’s Man (2021)

  • The Lost City (2022)

  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

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American Airlines

American offers the largest selection of in-flight movies, spanning both new releases (some of which are still currently in theaters) along with beloved classics, award winners and favorite go-tos. You’ll want to note that not every American flight has seat-back screens but you can head to AA.com on your phone or tablet to access the content.

  • 1917 (2019)

  • 200 Meters (2020)

  • 7 Days (2021)

  • 9 (2021)

  • 96 (2018)

  • A Bug’s Life (1998)

  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  • A Journel for Jordan (2021)

  • A Little Daytime Drama (2021)

  • A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018)

  • A Winter Getaway (2021)

  • Adaptation (2002)

  • Adventureland (2009)

  • After Yang (2022)

  • Al Imbratour [The Emperor] (2021)

  • The Alpinist (2021)

  • Ambulance (2022)

  • American Girl (2021)

  • An American Tail (1986)

  • An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

  • And So the Baton is Passed (2021)

  • Anita (2021)

  • Another Me (2022)

  • Ardab Mutiyaran (2019)

  • Arrival (2016)

  • As Luck Would Have It (2021)

  • Avatar (2009)

  • Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

  • Batman (1986)

  • Batman and Robin (1997)

  • Batman Begins (2005)

  • Batman Forever (1995)

  • Batman Returns (1992)

  • Baywatch (2017)

  • Beckenrand Sheriff [Lifeguard off Duty] (2021)

  • Bee Movie (2007)

  • Beetlejuice (1988)

  • Being John Malkovich (1999)

  • Belfast (2021)

  • Boiling Point (2021)

  • Book of Love (2022)

  • Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2022)

  • Bridge of Spies (2015)

  • Brother Bear (2004)

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

  • C’mon C’mon (2021)

  • Caddyshack (1980)

  • Carajita (2021)

  • Carol (2015)

  • Casino Royale (2006)

  • Central Intelligence (2016)

  • Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)

  • Chhichhor [Flippant] (2019)

  • Children of a Lesser God (1986)

  • Chinatown (1974)

  • Cinderella (2021)

  • Cinderella (2015)

  • Citizen Kane (1941)

  • Cloud Atlas (2012)

  • Coco (2017)

  • Code_Switch (2019)

  • The Commando (2022)

  • Como Agua Para Chocolate [Like Water for Chocolate] (1992)

  • Corro da te [Run to You] (2022)

  • Crawlspace (2022)

  • Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

  • Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2007)

  • Cyrano (2022)

  • Dances with Wolves (1990)

  • Dark Waters (2019)

  • Das schwarze Quadrat [The Black Square] (2021)

  • Date Night (2010)

  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

  • Deadlock (2021)

  • Death on the Nile (2022)

  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)

  • Descended From the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street (2021)

  • Dirty Dancing (1987)

  • Do the Right Thing (1989)

  • Doctor Strange (2016)

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

  • DOG (2022)

  • Double World (2020)

  • Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012)

  • Drive My Car (2021)

  • E noi come stronzi rimanemmommo a guardare [On Our Watch] (2021)

  • E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

  • Earth Days (2009)

  • El buen patrón [The Good Boss] (2021]

  • Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

  • The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

  • Elizabeth (1988)

  • Ella Enchanted (2004)

  • Encanto (2021)

  • Enchanted (2007)

  • Erin Brockovich (2000)

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

  • Everest (2015)

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

  • Family Squares (2022)

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald (2018)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

  • Father Stu (2022)

  • Fatherhood (2021)

  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

  • Firestarter (2022)

  • Flasher (2022)

  • Flee (2021)

  • Ford v Ferrari (2019)

  • Frida (2002)

  • Gagarine (2020)

  • Gasoline Alley (2022)

  • Get Out (2017)

  • Ghostbusters (1984)

  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

  • Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

  • Gravity (2013)

  • Grease (1978)

  • Haathi Mere Saathi (2021)

  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

  • Harmonia (2016)

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

  • HaSahyan [The Swimmer] (2021)

  • The Hating Game (2021)

  • Heatwave (2022)

  • Here We Are (2020)

  • Hitch (2005)

  • Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019)

  • Hocus Pocus (1993)

  • Hostiles (2017)

  • Hotel Transylvania (2012)

  • House of Gucci (2021)

  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

  • Hoy Se Arregala el Mundo [Today We Fix the World] (2021)

  • I Am Sam (2001)

  • Our Ghosts (2021)

  • Lost Illusions (2021)

  • In the Heights (2021)

  • Infinite Storm (2022)

  • Jockey (2021)

  • KIMI (2022)

  • King Richard (2021)

  • The King’s Daughter (2022)

  • The King’s Man (2021)

  • Kingmaker (2022)

  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

  • Chasing the Line (2021)

  • La Bamba (1987)

  • La vida era eso [That Was Life] (2020)

  • Breaking Up In Rome (2022)

  • The Last Bus (2021)

  • Legally Blonde (2001)

  • Libertad (2021)

  • Licorice Pizza (2021)

  • Life of Pi (2012)

  • Lilo & Stitch (2002)

  • Linsanity (2013)

  • Logan Lucky (2017)

  • The Lost City (2022)

  • Love, For Real (2021)

  • Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)

  • Madeleine Collins (2021)

  • Mamá, mamá, mamá [Mum, Mum, Mum] (2020)

  • March of the Penguins (2005)

  • Marry Me (2022)

  • The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

  • McFarland, USA (2015)

  • Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot [Beyond the Mountains and the Hills] (2016)

  • Mein Sohn [My Son] (2021)

  • Memphis Belle (1990)

  • Misbehavior (2020)

  • Miss Congeniality (2000)

  • Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

  • Moneyball (2011)

  • Monsters, Inc. (2001)

  • Montana Story (2022)

  • Moonfall (2022)

  • Morbius (2022)

  • Mosley (2021)

  • Mothering Sunday (2021)

  • Movie Money Confidential (2022)

  • Mulan (2020)

  • Music and Lyrics (2007)

  • My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

  • My Big Mama’s Crazy Ride (2021)

  • My Father’s Tracks (2021)

  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)

  • My Small Land (2022)

  • Mystic Pizza (1988)

  • Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

  • National Champions (2021)

  • Never Stop (2021)

  • Nightmare Alley (2021)

  • Not Just a Name (2021)

  • Nothing Serious (2021)

  • Notting Hill (1999)

  • Nuestros días más felices [Our Happiest Days] (2021)

  • Olympia (2021)

  • On the Basis of Sex (2018)

  • On the Line (2021)

  • On Your Mark (2021)

  • One (2021)

  • One More Story (2021)

  • Palm Springs (2020)

  • Parallel Mothers (2021)

  • Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

  • Pinki Elli? [Where is Pinki?] (2020)

  • Platoon (1986)

  • Postmate (2021)

  • Psych 3: This is Gus (2021)

  • Punch-Drunk Love (2003)

  • Quantum of Solace (2008)

  • Radio (2004)

  • Raging Fire (2021)

  • Ratatouille (2007)

  • Ray (2004)

  • Redeeming Love (2022)

  • Requiem For A Dream (2000)

  • Residential Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

  • Rumble (2022)

  • Run & Gun (2022)

  • Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

  • RV (2006)

  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  • Schachnovelle [The Royal Game] (2021)

  • Scream (1996)

  • Scream (2022)

  • The Search for General Tso. (2014)

  • Selena (1997)

  • Sherlock Holmes (2009)

  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

  • Shiddat (2021)

  • Sideways (2004)

  • Sing (2016)

  • Sing 2 (2021)

  • Sister Act (1992)

  • Skyfall (2012)

  • Smoke Signals (1998)

  • Snowpiercer (2013)

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

  • Soul Surfer (2011)

  • Spectre (2015)

  • Spider-Man (2002)

  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)

  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)

  • Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

  • Stand and Deliver (1988)

  • The Station Agent (2003)

  • Steel Magnolias (1989)

  • Still Alice (2014)

  • Stuntwoman: The Untold Hollywood Story (2021)

  • Suffragette (2015)

  • Summit: Steel Rain (2020)

  • Sundown (2022)

  • Swan Song (2021)

  • Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)

  • Ten Months (2021)

  • The 355 (2022)

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

  • The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

  • The Bad Guys (2022)

  • The Batman (2022)

  • The Big Chill (1983)

  • The Big Lebowski (1998)

  • The Bourne Identity (2002)

  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

  • The Bucket List (2007)

  • The Calm Beyond (2020)

  • The Color Purple (1985)

  • The Conjuring (2013)

  • The Contractor (2022)

  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2010)

  • The Duke (2022)

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

  • The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021)

  • The Fighter (2010)

  • The Great Escape (1963)

  • The Grizzlies (2019)

  • The Hunger Games (2012)

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

  • The Joy Luck Club (1993)

  • The Last Mountain (2021)

  • The Last of His Tribe (1992)

  • The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

  • The Ledge (2022)

  • The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

  • The LEGO Movie (2014)

  • The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

  • The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

  • The Machinist (2004)

  • The Mambo Kings (1992)

  • The Martian (2015)

  • The Matrix (1999)

  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

  • The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

  • The New World (2005)

  • The Northman (2022)

  • The Outfit (2022)

  • The Parent Trap (1998)

  • The Sandlot (1993)

  • The Secret Life Of Pets (2016)

  • The Shape of Water (2017)

  • The Sixth Sense (1999)

  • The Souvenir: Part II (2021)

  • The Survivor (2022)

  • The Theory of Everything (2014)

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

  • The Way Way Back (2013)

  • The Wolf and the Lion (2021)

  • Thelma & Louise (1991)

  • This is Where I Leave You (2014)

  • This Means War (2012)

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

  • Time (2021)

  • Tin Cup (1996)

  • Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off (2022)

  • Too Cool to Kill (2022)

  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

  • Trainwreck (2015)

  • Turning Red (2022)

  • Tyson’s Run (2022)

  • Umma (2022)

  • Un triomphe [The Big Hit] (2020)

  • una famiglia Mostruosa [Help! My In Laws Are Vampires!] (2021)

  • Uncharted (2022)

  • Up In The Air (2009)

  • Usogui (2022)

  • Vanrakshak (2021)

  • WALL-E (2008)

  • Wayne’s World (1992)

  • We Bought a Zoo (2011)

  • Wedding Crasher’s (2005)

  • Welcome Venice (2021)

  • West Side Story (1961)

  • West Side Story (2021)

  • What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

  • Who You Gonna Call? (2021)

  • Wind River (2017)

  • Windtalkers (2002)

  • Wolf (2021)

  • Wonder (2017)

  • Writing with Fire (2021)

  • Yo y Las Bestias [Me & the Beasts] (2021)

  • You Won’t Be Alone (2022)

  • You’ve Got Mail (1998)

  • Youm Eh Youm Laa (2020)

  • Youm W Liela [A Day and a Night] (2021)

Note: Films available vary by aircraft.

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Delta Airlines

  • A Little Daytime Drama (2021)

  • A Winter Getaway (2021)

  • Bewitched (2005)

  • Blood Diamond (2006)

  • Body of Lies (2008)

  • Bo Legs (2021)

  • Bottled with Love (2019)

  • Crawlspace (2022)

  • Days of Thunder (1990)

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

  • Gasoline Alley (2022)

  • Her Pen Pal (2021)

  • Inception (2010)

  • Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2021)

  • Jerry Maguire (1996)

  • Julie & Julia (2009)

  • Love, For Real (2021)

  • Lucky Numbers (2000)

  • Michael (1996)

  • Nomadland (2020)

  • Revolutionary Road (2008)

  • Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

  • The Basketball Diaries (1995)

  • The Beach (2000)

  • The Bucket List (2007)

  • The Departed (2006)

  • The Descendants (2011)

  • The Firm (1993)

  • The Great Gatsby (2013)

  • The Last Samurai (2003)

  • The Revenant (2015)

  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

  • This is My Life (1992)

  • Top Gun (1986)

  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

  • Valkyrie (2008)

  • What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

  • Wild (2014)

  • William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)

  • You’ve Got Mail (1998)

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JetBlue Airlines

JetBlue’s movie selection is shorter than the rest, but the airline offers live TV during its flights, with free streaming of DIRECTV in-flight at every seat.

  • After Yang (2022)*

  • The Bad Guys (2022)+

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)*

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)*

  • The Northman (2022)+

  • The Wolf and the Lion (2021)+

Note: Films marked with * are available on all northbound and westbound flights, while all films marked with + are available on all southbound and eastbound flights.

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Southwest Airlines 

  • 12 Strong (2018)

  • 17 Again (2009)

  • 50/50 (2011)

  • A Star is Born (2018)

  • Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

  • American Underdog (2021)

  • An American Pickle (2020)

  • Aquaman (2018)

  • Astro Boy (2009)

  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

  • Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

  • Batman Begins (2005)

  • Bombshell (2019)

  • Chaos Walking (2021)

  • Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

  • Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

  • Creed (2015)

  • Creed II (2018)

  • Cry Macho (2021)

  • Death on the Nile (2022)

  • Deepwater Horizon (2016)

  • Dirty Dancing (1987)

  • Divergent (2014)

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

  • Draft Day (2014)

  • Dune (2021)

  • Early Man (2018)

  • Encanto (2021)

  • Ender’s Game (2013)

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

  • Game Night (2018)

  • Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)

  • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

  • Going in Style (2017)

  • Gravity (2013)

  • Hairspray (2007)

  • Happy Feet (2006)

  • Horrible Bosses (2011)

  • House of Gucci (2021)

  • Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt.1 (2014)

  • Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt.2 (2015)

  • In the Heights (2021)

  • John Wick (2014)

  • Joker (2019)

  • Just Mercy (2019)

  • King Richard (2021)

  • Knives Out (2019)

  • Kong: Skull Island (2017)

  • La La Land (2016)

  • Let Them All Talk (2020)

  • Letters to Juliet (2010)

  • Life of the Party (2018)

  • Marry Me (2022)

  • Me Before You (2016)

  • Miss Congeniality (2000)

  • Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

  • Now You See Me (2013)

  • Ocean’s 8 (2018)

  • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

  • Pacific Rim (2013)

  • Paddington 2 (2017)

  • Penelope (2006)

  • Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

  • Ready Player One (2018)

  • RED (2010)

  • RED

  • Reminiscence (2021)

  • Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)

  • Ron’s Gone Wrong

  • Scoob! (2020)

  • Selena (1997)

  • Shaft (2000)

  • Shazam! (2019)

  • Sing 2 (2021)

  • Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

  • Smallfoot (2018)

  • Space Jam (1996)

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

  • Superintelligence (2020)

  • Tag (2018)

  • Tenet (2020)

  • The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

  • The Addams Family 2 (2021)

  • The Bad Guys (2022)

  • The Batman (2022)

  • The Dark Knight (2008)

  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

  • The Expendables (2010)

  • The Good Liar (2019)

  • The Hunger Games (2012)

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

  • The Intern (2015)

  • The King’s Man (2021)

  • The Kitchen (2019)

  • The Lego Movie (2014)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

  • The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

  • The Notebook (2004)

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

  • The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

  • The Way Back (2020)

  • Tom & Jerry (2021)

  • Turning Red (2022)

  • Twilight (2008)

  • Warm Bodies (2013)

  • Warrior (2011)

  • Western Stars (2019)

  • What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012)

  • Wonder (2017)

  • Wonder Woman (2017)

  • Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

  • You’ve Got Mail (1998)

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United Airlines

United also offers live TV in-flight, with DIRECTV + Hit Movies available free of charge on select Boeing 737 aircraft. That gets you more than 100 TV channels, plus new release Hollywood movies from every seat.

  • Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

  • Father Stu (2022)

  • Morbius (2022)

  • The Bad Guys (2022)

  • The Batman (2022)

  • The Northman (2022)

  • The Torch (2022)

  • Turning Red (2022)

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