The most viewed movie on Emirates flights last year stars John David Washington and Robert Pattinson and features Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh.
Tenet follows a secret agent who learns to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world.
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s action and comedy Bad Boys for Life and Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard with Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek were also among the top most-watched movies on a list that trended towards action, comedy, and thriller movies.
World cinema is also very popular on ice and top picks in 2021 included the French drama Who You Think I Am starring Juliette Binoche and the Oscar-winning film from Denmark Another Round.
Family favorites
Across all cabin classes, family movies were also hugely popular and the top-performing films in this genre in 2021 included Cruella, a big hit on board starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson and Mulan, the story of a young Chinese maiden who disguises herself as a male warrior to save her father.
Animated films Luca and Soul were also hugely popular, as was the new Wizarding World collection on ice, where adults and children alike enjoyed watching the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films.
There are more than 1,500 movies from multiple genres available in up to 45 languages for passengers in First, Business, and Economy Class on ice.
The most popular TV in the sky
Emirates’ 2021 launch of TV series from HBO Max proved very popular with customers. Friends: The Reunion which was exclusively onboard Emirates in the region, was among the most-watched TV programs. Other top TV selections included the award-winning drama series, Mare of Easttown starring Kate Winslet, and The Flight Attendant, a comedy, drama, mystery, and thriller all-in-one, starring Kaley Cuoco. The HBO Max content on ice continues to delight passengers in 2022, with the addition of all three seasons of the hit series Succession.
Unmissable live sports
For many sports fans, not being able to tune into their favorite sporting events and live games is unthinkable, but with Emirates, you never have to miss a minute of live-action on the Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra channels.
Some of the top live sporting events that customers enjoyed live on board in 2021 were the UEFA Euro 2020, the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics, Wimbledon 2021, The British Open, NBA finals, and many more.
Emirates offers four live channels of sports and international news channels including CNN, BBC World News, Sport 24, and Sport 24 Extra.
2021 was another multi-award-winning year for ice, where customers voted Emirates ‘Best Inflight Entertainment at the 2022 APEX Passenger Choice Awards®. Emirates has won Skytrax World’s Best Inflight Entertainment accolade every year since 2005.
Emirates operates a modern fleet of Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft and is currently flying to a network of more than 120 destinations across six continents, as it rebuilds its network safely and appropriately following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
