By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
A hot air balloon is beautiful, slow and perilous, which is a fascinating combination. Five Weeks in a Balloon has a professor attempting to chart uncharted Africa, Flight of the Lost Balloon sends a top-hatted Englishman on a rescue, and Enduring Love turns a balloon accident into an obsession. Turbulence, Balloon and The Flight of the Eagle round out the six.
01 A determined professor tries to make aviation history by charting uncharted African territory from a balloon basket.
Directed by Irwin Allen · 1h 41m · Rated NR
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02 A top-hatted Englishman and his fiancee set off on a perilous balloon adventure to rescue a colleague.
Directed by Nathan Juran · 1h 31m
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03 A hot air balloon accident brings two strangers into a dangerously close and obsessive relationship.
Directed by Roger Michell · 1h 40m · Rated R
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04 A young couple's hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites takes an unimaginable turn when a mysterious stranger joins them.
Directed by Claudio Fäh · 1h 31m · Rated R
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05 A Swedish engineer sets out to be the first man to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon.
Directed by Jan Troell · 2h 20m
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06 Two families try to escape East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon, racing the Stasi.
Directed by Michael Herbig · 2h 05m
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