The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It is about a man trapped in a terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot return to his native country, the fictitious Krakozhia, due to a revolution. The film is partially inspired by the 18-year-stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Terminal I, Paris, France from 1988 to 2006.

为了完成父亲的心愿，维克多（Tom Hanks 饰）从故国乘坐飞机前往美国肯尼迪机场，但戏剧性的事情发生了：他被告知祖国发生政变，而他的身份证护照一一失效，同时他的签证也无法再使用。进退两难的维克多只有在机场滞留，等待新证件的办理。但是，他在机场等待了整整9个月。在这9个月里面，他用机场的洗手间洗漱，在候机室睡觉，他已经学懂因地制宜，在机场照料自己的生活，甚至还找了一份建筑工地工作。然而维克多的邋遢晦气却招来了机场负责人弗兰克的不满，而恐怕更令他气愤妒忌的是，美丽的空姐艾米利亚竟然爱上了维克多。处在甜蜜中的维克多，也在慢慢观察机场的人生百态，自得其乐。