No 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.

Genres: Drama, Thriller

What to watch after No Highway in the Sky

• The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — James Stewart appears in both
• Call Northside 777 (1948) — Same feel: suspenseful, dramatic
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• The Thing from Another World (1951)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)