Why watch?

Martin Compston plays a guy who has to stand his ground on a plane full of tension — that dynamic between passengers makes for a solid thriller where you never know who's on his side and who isn't. The show doesn't spread itself thin, it stays locked in one space and time, which makes it feel more claustrophobic than it would as a movie. Each episode ends on something genuinely intriguing without resorting to a cheap cliffhanger every few minutes.

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want a crime thriller without the melodrama — tension builds slowly and most of the action happens on a plane at night. If you liked Blue Carbon or Snatch, films with tangled fates and plot twists, you'll find a similar setup here. Contains violence and intense scenes, so not for younger kids.

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Red Eye

2024 · 2 seasons7.1TV-14
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London police officer DC Hana Li is escorting Dr Matthew Nolan back to Beijing where he has been accused of a crime. However, on board flight 357, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy and a growing number of murders.

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Hana Li is a London cop stuck on a red-eye flight to Beijing, escorting a doctor accused of a serious crime — except the moment the plane takes off, people start dying. Martin Compston plays Matthew Nolan, the doctor she's supposed to be guarding, and Jing Lusi is Hana, caught between keeping him alive and figuring out who's actually pulling the strings. The entire series takes place in the air, so there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and everyone on that flight could be the killer. If you liked the locked-room tension of Shutter Island or the mid-air chaos of Non-Stop, this scratches that same itch.

Why watch?

Martin Compston plays a guy who has to stand his ground on a plane full of tension — that dynamic between passengers makes for a solid thriller where you never know who's on his si…

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want a crime thriller without the melodrama — tension builds slowly and most of the action happens on a plane at night. If you liked Blue Carbon o…

Similar titles

If you liked Nocny lot for the tension trapped in a closed space with passengers whose motives keep shifting, check out Hijack — it's a miniseries about a plane being seized, but i…

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