The Langoliers poster

The Langoliers (1995)

Series

Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Passengers awaken mid-flight to find everyone else gone, and a chilling, surreal mystery unfolds.

Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 27, 2026.

The Langoliers parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: some strong language.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
None flagged
It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language
Moderate
Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is The Langoliers scary?
Only a little. The Langoliers has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is The Langoliers?
No gore and no real violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.

What is The Langoliers about?

A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.

Cast and crew

Created byStephen King
StarringPatricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, Kate Maberly, David Morse, Bronson Pinchot, Mark Lindsay Chapman

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