Movies Like The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

The Night My Number Came Up is a 1955 drama, fantasy, mystery, thriller film from Leslie Norman with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Flight and The Last Wave.

Drama Fantasy Mystery Thriller

Flight

2012

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

6.8

MagicScore

The Last Wave

1977

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

6.7

MagicScore

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

6.2

MagicScore

Dunkirk

2017

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

7.5

MagicScore

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

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.

7.2

MagicScore

Flight of the Phoenix

2004

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. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

6.0

MagicScore

Sully

2016

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

7.2

MagicScore

Emergency Declaration

2022

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

7.5

MagicScore

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Airplane!

1980

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Take Shelter

2011

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Captains of the Clouds

1942

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Happy Flight

2008

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Sole Survivor

1984

After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life. She soon learns that she was actually supposed to die in the crash. Death refuses to be cheated and starts sending its minions, people that have recently died, to collect her.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

The Gift

2000

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Final Destination

2000

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

The Survivor

1981

When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the disaster. Meanwhile mysterious deaths occur in the community and only a psychic, in touch with the supernatural, can help the pilot unravel the mystery surrounding the doomed plane.

5.2

MagicScore

#19

Giovanni's Island

2014

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

Man Down

2015

When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Night My Number Came Up?

The top films similar to The Night My Number Came Up by MovieMagicScore are Flight (6.8), The Last Wave (6.7), The Mothman Prophecies (6.2). Each shares drama/fantasy/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Night My Number Came Up worth watching?

The Night My Number Came Up holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 31 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Night My Number Came Up?

The Night My Number Came Up (1955) is a drama, fantasy, mystery, thriller film directed by Leslie Norman, starring Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Night My Number Came Up?

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About movies like The Night My Number Came Up

This ranked list pairs The Night My Number Came Up (1955), a drama and fantasy and mystery and thriller film from Leslie Norman, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michael Redgrave take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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