# List of films set on zeppelins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124 "2009-12-21T23:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/1 "2009-12-21T23:11:13Z")
There’s 1975’s diaster flick **The Hindenburg** with Anne Bancroft. That’s the only one I can think of offhand. Are there no other dramatizations of the Hindenburgh diaster (unlike the sinking of the Titanic)? German films? What about movies set her elder sister, the Graf Zeppelin (which flew around the world)? Or set on fictional passenger airships? **Sky Captain and the World of Tommorow** had zeppelins in the back ground (including docking at the Empire State Building), but but it wasn’t set on one. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/2 "2009-12-21T23:13:21Z")
One of the Indiana Jones movies has some film time on a zeppelin, but it’s not a majority of the film. Not sure if that counts for your purposes. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/3 "2009-12-21T23:20:46Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > One of the Indiana Jones movies has some film time on a zeppelin, but it’s not a majority of the film. Not sure if that counts for your purposes. That would be _Last Crusade_. I assume the OP is specifically requesting zeppelins and not just blimps (_View to a Kill, Black Sunday_)? [This](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020109/) (unseen by me) looks like it’d fit the bill… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/4 "2009-12-21T23:21:56Z")
As I recall, _The Rocketeer_ had a climatic fight scene on an airship. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/5 "2009-12-21T23:29:58Z")
There’s the Michael York film [Zeppelin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_%28film%29) about Germans trying to steal the Magna Carta with a Zeppelin during WWI. Or the even _less_ serious film, [Sky Bandits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Bandits) (a.k.a Gunbus). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/6 "2009-12-21T23:57:40Z")
Try here. > **[Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword...](https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=zeppelin)** > > IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Find exactly what you're looking for! ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/7 "2009-12-22T00:02:33Z")
The first one that came to mind for me was “Up”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/8 "2009-12-22T00:03:09Z")
Do [blimps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/) count? (I’ve never seen it, but I’m assuming there are at least some scenes aboard the blimp.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/9 "2009-12-22T00:54:55Z")
[Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/31/zeppelin-vs-pterodac.html), which, if it had ever been made, would have been the greatest effing film ever! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/10 "2009-12-22T02:16:49Z")
I so want to see that. ETA: Though, as a Hammer film, it would probably be sadly dull and unfulfilling. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/11 "2009-12-22T05:22:56Z")
[_The Assassination Bureau_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064045/) has a pretty impressive zeppelin-borne climax. Plus Diana Rigg in her prime. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/12 "2009-12-22T06:11:26Z")
_Black Sunday_ was a pretty decent thriller with a blimp used to detonate a massive bomb over the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/13 "2009-12-22T07:23:03Z")
_The Song Remains the Same_ (Well, _somebody_ had to say it.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/14 "2009-12-22T10:39:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Do [blimps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/) count? (I’ve never seen it, but I’m assuming there are at least some scenes aboard the blimp.) Blimps are _diet_ Zeppelins. We will overlook your lack of classiness.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/15 "2009-12-22T10:55:00Z")
I remember **The Assassination Bureau** , I was so in love with Diana Rigg at the time. The Disney film **Island at the Top of the World** has great airship. [![](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/itopworld/itopworld1.jpg) ](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/itopworld/itopworld1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/16 "2009-12-22T11:44:37Z")
In the Howard Hughes movie _Hell’s Angels_, there is a zeppelin raid on London during WWI. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/17 "2009-12-22T13:03:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls, which, if it had ever been made, would have been the greatest effing film ever! It morphed into a film to be called \*\*The Primevals, which they actually started filming, but sadly never finished: [http://www.animationtoolworks.com/examples/primeval.html](http://www.animationtoolworks.com/examples/primeval.html) David Allen was doing it. I understand they made a short to try to sell the film. I don’t know if any existing footage has zeppelins in it. They did a special issue of _Cinefantastique_ about this some thirty years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/18 "2009-12-22T13:35:53Z")
I think there’s a Zeppelin in _Kiki’s Delivery Service_, and I expect there are quite a few more scattered through various other animes. [Zeppelin!](http://www.german-cinema.de/app/filmarchive/film_view.php?film_id=1171) (2005) is excellent, with great footage of the original Zeppelin works, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/19 "2009-12-22T13:39:09Z")
Well, there’s always the gift-unwrapping scene from _A Christmas Story_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124/20 "2009-12-22T13:53:26Z")
**[The Fabulous World of Jules Verne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6JMMItTcs&feature=related)** features scenes on airships that are even cooler than Zeppelins (check about four minutes in). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-films-set-on-zeppelins/522124.md?page=2)