01 A determined professor attempts to make aviation history by charting uncharted African territory from the basket of a hot air balloon.
6 Best Hot Air Balloon Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
From two families racing to escape East Germany in a homemade balloon to a doomed 19th-century polar expedition, these are the best movies that take flight in a hot air balloon.
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02 A top-hatted Englishman and his fiancée set off on a perilous balloon adventure to rescue a colleague along the Nile.
03 A hot air balloon accident brings two strangers into a dangerously close and obsessive relationship.
04 A young couple's hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites takes an unimaginable turn when a mysterious third passenger joins them.
05 A Swedish engineer sets out to become the first man to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon, with tragic consequences.
06 Two families attempt a daring escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon, racing the Stasi in a nerve-wracking pursuit.
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