Overview
A woman's journey to spiritual fulfillment is jeopardized by her dark past.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- serious
- melancholic
- serious movie night
- arabic cinema night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ghada is preparing to travel to Mecca for Hajj while an emergency forces her back into a compromised past.
The central conflict requires Ghada to revisit a tainted past that threatens to consume her present life.
Mona Zaki plays Ghada, whose urgent financial crisis drives the film’s thriller escalation and emotional perspective.
Ghada’s planned Hajj is juxtaposed with the emergency money demand and the morally fraught actions required to address it.
Films like Flight 404, and why
The Invisible Guest
female-centered moral thriller driven by concealed wrongdoing, urgent financial pressure, and escalating personal danger
The Guilty
psychological suspense built around a protagonist confronting a damaging past and ethically compromised choices
A Separation
tense character drama about buried secrets, social pressure, and a woman forced into desperate action
Movie Details
- Director
- Hani Khalifa
- Release Date
- 2024-01-24
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (13)
Cast
- Mona Zaki
- Mohamed Mamdouh
- Mohamed Farag
- Sherine Reda
- Hassan El-Adl
- Mohamed Alaa
- Gihan El Shamashergy
- Khaled El Sawy
- Arefa Abdul Rasoul
- Samaa Ibrahem
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Shahid VIP
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Flight 404 about?
- A woman preparing for Hajj must reopen a morally compromised past when an emergency makes money—and escape—impossible.
- What is Flight 404 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Flight 404 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Flight 404 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Flight 404 as mild.
- Which films are like Flight 404?
- Films with a similar feel include The Invisible Guest, The Guilty, and A Separation.
- How long is Flight 404?
- Flight 404 runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Flight 404?
- In United States, Flight 404 streams on Shahid VIP.
