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  • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004)

    1. The Aviator

    20042h 50mPG-1377Metascore
    7.5 (398K)
    A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCate BlanchettKate Beckinsale
  • One Six Right (2005)

    2. One Six Right

    20051h 13mG
    8.0 (480)
    An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation - the local airport - by tracing the life, history, and struggles of an airport icon: Southern California's Van Nuys Airport.
    DirectorBrian J. TerwilligerStarsHal FishmanLily GagnierLucas Gragnier
  • Jodie Foster in Flightplan (2005)

    3. Flightplan

    20051h 38mPG-1353Metascore
    6.3 (181K)
    A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.
    DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsJodie FosterPeter SarsgaardSean Bean
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy King in Zero Hour! (1957)

    4. Zero Hour!

    19571h 21mApproved
    6.6 (2.5K)
    In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsDana AndrewsLinda DarnellSterling Hayden
  • James Franco in Flyboys (2006)

    5. Flyboys

    20062h 20mPG-1347Metascore
    6.5 (46K)
    The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
    DirectorTony BillStarsJames FrancoJean RenoJennifer Decker
  • Airplane! (1980)

    6. Airplane!

    19801h 28mPG78Metascore
    7.7 (279K)
    After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
    DirectorsJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie Nielsen
    Airplane is based on the movie Zero Hour ('57). Not only same basic plot, but script as well in many places. Amazing as this is considered one of the best comedies of all time.
  • Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, Kelly Reilly, and Jacqueline Marie Zwick in Flight (2012)

    7. Flight

    20122h 18mR76Metascore
    7.3 (390K)
    Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsDenzel WashingtonKelly ReillyDon Cheadle
  • Red Tails (2012)

    8. Red Tails

    20122h 5mPG-1346Metascore
    5.9 (38K)
    A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.
    DirectorAnthony HemingwayStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Gerald McRaneyDavid Oyelowo
  • Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)

    9. Battle of Britain

    19692h 12mG44Metascore
    7.0 (26K)
    In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry Andrews
  • Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

    10. Band of Brothers

    200110 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.4 (571K)
    The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
    StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon Livingston
  • Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)

    11. Top Gun

    19861h 49mPG50Metascore
    7.0 (536K)
    The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillis
  • James Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

    12. The Spirit of St. Louis

    19572h 15mApproved
    7.1 (9.1K)
    Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames StewartMurray HamiltonPatricia Smith
  • Dark Blue World (2001)

    13. Dark Blue World

    20011h 52mR56Metascore
    7.1 (6.3K)
    The friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.
    DirectorJan SverákStarsOndrej VetchýKrystof HádekTara Fitzgerald
  • Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930)

    14. Hell's Angels

    19302h 7mPassed39Metascore
    7.3 (6.4K)
    Brothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.
    DirectorsHoward HughesEdmund GouldingJames WhaleStarsBen LyonJames HallJean Harlow
  • Porco Rosso (1992)

    15. Porco Rosso

    19921h 34mPG83Metascore
    7.7 (112K)
    In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VI
  • The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)

    16. The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

    20091h 5mNot RatedVideo
    8.5 (85)
    A documentary profile of Pasadena society girl turned adventurer and aviator, Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes. In the 1920's and 30's, Barnes was Hollywood's top woman stunt pilot. In the 1940's and 50's, she owned and operated the (in)famous "Happy Bottom Riding Club" - a fly-in resort located near Edwards Air Force Base.
    DirectorAmanda PopeStarsTom SkerrittKathy BatesBuzz Aldrin
  • Gravity (2013)

    17. Gravity

    20131h 31mPG-1396Metascore
    7.7 (887K)
    Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd Harris
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    18. Pearl Harbor

    20013h 3mPG-1344Metascore
    6.3 (364K)
    A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh Hartnett
  • Hilary Swank in Amelia (2009)

    19. Amelia

    20091h 51mPG37Metascore
    5.8 (14K)
    A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
    DirectorMira NairStarsHilary SwankRichard GereEwan McGregor
  • Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, and Jean Arthur in Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

    20. Only Angels Have Wings

    19392h 1mApproved86Metascore
    7.6 (17K)
    At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantJean ArthurRita Hayworth
  • Wings (1966)

    21. Wings

    19661h 25m
    7.6 (2.4K)
    A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that she cannot adjust to life in peacetime.
    DirectorLarisa ShepitkoStarsMayya BulgakovaZhanna BolotovaPanteleymon Krymov
  • The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

    22. The Great Waldo Pepper

    19751h 47mPG60Metascore
    6.7 (7K)
    After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.
    DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsRobert RedfordBo SvensonBo Brundin
  • Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in Red Eye (2005)

    23. Red Eye

    20051h 25mPG-1371Metascore
    6.4 (162K)
    Lisa on her flight to Miami befriends Jackson who turns out to be a terrorist. Holding her hostage, he forces her to help him assassinate the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsRachel McAdamsCillian MurphyBrian Cox
  • Rupert Grint and Florian Lukas in Into the White (2012)

    24. Into the White

    20121h 44mR
    7.1 (23K)
    World War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
    DirectorPetter NæssStarsFlorian LukasDavid KrossLachlan Nieboer
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    25. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    19641h 35mPG97Metascore
    8.3 (543K)
    A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling Hayden

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