An Eastern European en route to America is stranded at JFK Airport when a coup in his native country leaves him in a diplomatic no-man's land. His nation ceases to exist, meaning he can neither return home nor set foot on the streets of New York. Stuck indefinitely inside the terminal, he sets out to make some sort of a life for himself. Steven Spielberg's comedy, with Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci and Chi McBride.

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.