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Airport (1970) — Stream on Netflix · CriticCrunch

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Airport

Movie1970·137 min

Airport

Directed by George Seaton

Drama Thriller Action

An Academy Award-winning drama thriller film directed by George Seaton. Winner of Best Supporting Actress, with 7 additional Oscar nominations including Best Picture.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 69%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

454 ratings

About Airport

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Tense, Stylized
Story Tags: sacrifice duty, survival of spirit, action combat, hotel transit, urban, strangers forced together, everyman, reluctant hero, race against time, siege bottle

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Details

Director: George Seaton
Language: English

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Dana Wynter, Dean Martin

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Awards

🏆Oscar Winner — Best Supporting Actress (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Production Design (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Cinematography (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Costume Design (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Film Editing (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Original Score (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Picture (1970)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Adapted Screenplay (1970)

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How Airport Ranks

All movies

Top 69%

1970s movies

Top 86%

Drama movies

Top 71%

★George Seaton films#3 of 3

Top 69% All movies.

the vibe

Airport Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablelight-touchbroadheartfelttense

stylized

What it's about

race against timesiege bottlesacrifice dutysurvival of spiriteverymanreluctant herostrangers forced togetheraction combathotel transiturban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

tensetense