Sully (2016)
7.4 IMDb
85 Rotten Tomatoes

Where To Watch Sully (2016)

Sully (2016) is a biographical drama directed by Clint Eastwood that dramatizes the extraordinary story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and US Airways Flight 1549. On January 15, 2009, Sully and his co-pilot Jeff Skiles faced an emergency shortly after takeoff from New York when the aircraft struck a flock of birds and lost engine power. With very little time to react, Sully made the decision to land the disabled Airbus A320 on the Hudson River, allowing all 155 people aboard to survive. The film, led by Tom Hanks as Sully, focuses not only on the emergency landing but also on the investigation that followed. Aaron Eckhart plays Jeff Skiles, while Laura Linney portrays Sully's wife, Lorraine “Lorrie” Sullenberger. Rather than presenting the event solely as an aviation spectacle, the movie explores Sully's memories, the pressure of the investigation, media attention, and the human decisions behind an event that became known as the “Miracle on the Hudson.”

  • Release Date: September 9, 2016
  • Director: Clint Eastwood
  • Genre: Biography , Drama , History
  • Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes (96 minutes)
  • Language: English
  • Starring: Laura Linney — Lorraine “Lorrie” Sullenberger
  • Box Office: $243.87 million
  • Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV , Netflix

More details about Sully (2016) and where you can watch

Sully is based on the real 2009 Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549, where all 155 people survived. The film is inspired by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s memoir Highest Duty. Tom Hanks plays Sully, while Aaron Eckhart portrays co-pilot Jeff Skiles. Interestingly, the movie focuses not only on the emergency landing but also on the investigation and pressure Sully faced afterward. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film turns a famous aviation incident into a short, human-centered story about courage, responsibility, and split-second decision-making.

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One lesser-known detail is that the movie is not simply an adaptation of news reports about the Hudson River landing. It draws directly from Sullenberger’s memoir Highest Duty, which gives the story a personal perspective on his career, training and experiences.