Find the best movies on your next British Airways flight — October 2026

Every British Airways long-haul flight comes with a seat-back screen, and the film selection on board changes every month. This page tracks the current British Airways inflight entertainment catalogue and ranks it by what critics actually thought — Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores for each title, so you can pick before you board rather than scrolling a menu at 38,000 feet. Below are the 50 best-reviewed movies available on British Airways in October 2026, newest catalogue first. The full list of films on board runs to several hundred titles across drama, comedy, action, documentary, animation and international cinema; these are the ones worth your flight time.

The 50 best-reviewed films on British Airways in October 2026

  1. Rear Window (1954) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 100
  2. Moonlight (2016) — Comedy, Horror, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 99
  3. Toy Story (1995) — Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy · Rotten Tomatoes 100% · Metacritic 96
  4. Lady Bird (2017) — Drama, Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 93
  5. Gravity (2013) — Thriller, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 96
  6. Chinatown (1974) — Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 92
  7. Toy Story 3 (2010) — Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 92
  8. Call Me by Your Name (2017) — Comedy, Romance, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 94
  9. Toy Story 2 (1999) — Family, Adventure, Animation · Rotten Tomatoes 100% · Metacritic 88
  10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi · Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 94
  11. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) — Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 90
  12. Minari (2021) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 89
  13. Paddington 2 (2018) — Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Family · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 88
  14. Dunkirk (2017) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 94
  15. La La Land (2016) — Drama, Comedy, Musical · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 94
  16. Eighth Grade (2018) — Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 85
  17. The Brutalist (2025) — Historical, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 91
  18. The Queen (2006) — Drama, Biography, Historical · Rotten Tomatoes 94% · Metacritic 90
  19. Anora (2024) — Thriller · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 91
  20. The Favourite (2018) — Comedy, Biography, Drama, Historical · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 91
  21. Get Out (2017) — Thriller, Horror, Mystery · Rotten Tomatoes 98% · Metacritic 85
  22. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) — Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 90
  23. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2026) — Drama, Documentary, Music · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 86
  24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Pre School · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 92
  25. Oppenheimer (2023) — Biography, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 90
  26. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) — Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 87
  27. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — Crime, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89
  28. Homebound (2025) — Comedy, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 85
  29. Marty Supreme (2025) — Drama, Sports · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 89
  30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 87
  31. The Wild Robot (2024) — Animation · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 85
  32. Back to the Future (1985) — Comedy, Adventure · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 88
  33. Phantom Thread (2017) — Drama, Crime, Romance · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 90
  34. A Real Pain (2024) — Comedy, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 85
  35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — Fantasy, Action, Family · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 85
  36. Unforgiven (1992) — Western, Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 85
  37. Sinners (2025) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 84
  38. Sentimental Value (2025) — Drama, Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 86
  39. Toy Story 4 (2019) — Animation, Adventure, Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 84
  40. Nomadland (2021) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 87
  41. The Shape of Water (2018) — Drama, Adventure, Fantasy · Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 87
  42. The Holdovers (2023) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 82
  43. The Lego Movie (2019) — Family · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 83
  44. A Thousand and One (2023) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 81
  45. Soul (2020) — Animation, Comedy · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 83
  46. Turning Red (2022) — Animation · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 83
  47. Baby Driver (2017) — Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller · Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 86
  48. BlacKkKlansman (2018) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 95% · Metacritic 83
  49. A Star is Born (2018) — Romance, Drama, Music · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 88
  50. Selma (2014) — Drama · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 79