Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aircraft-carrier-landing"

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 700,294 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Top Gun (1986)

PG | 109 min | Action, Drama

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer

Votes: 503,517 | Gross: $179.80M

3. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,608 | Gross: $56.85M

4. Devotion (II) (2022)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

Director: J.D. Dillard | Stars: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski

Votes: 28,048

5. Stealth (2005)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control before it initiates the next world war.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard

Votes: 56,297 | Gross: $32.12M

6. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 6,339

7. The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A NASA janitor is sent into space.

Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Freeman, Jesse White

Votes: 2,730

8. The Fighting Lady (1944)

Passed | 61 min | Documentary, History, War

An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.

Directors: Edward Steichen, William Wyler | Stars: Robert Taylor, Charles Boyer, Joseph J. Clark, Dixie Kiefer

Votes: 617

9. Holly - The Movie (1984)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Otto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and ... See full summary »

Directors: Xaver Schwarzenberger, Otto Waalkes | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Elisabeth Wiedemann, Sky du Mont, Jessika Cardinahl

Votes: 4,625

10. Flat Top (1952)

Approved | 83 min | Drama, War

During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield

Votes: 542

11. Son of a Sailor (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy

A smooth-talking sailor looking for a quick date meets an admiral's granddaughter and finds himself in a house full of top Navy officers, along with a couple of spies interested in plans for a new robot-controlled flight system.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd

Votes: 195

12. Top Gun: The Second Mission (1990 Video Game)

Unrated | Action, Adventure

Just like in the first game, you fly an F-14 Tomcat in combat against the enemy equipped with Soviet equipment, although there is no direct reference to the Soviet Union anywhere. The only ... See full summary »

Votes: 54

13. Top Gun (1987 Video Game)

Unrated | Action

The video game that trains you to be a Naval Aviator, just like in the movie! Top Gun is the Game that does just that!

Votes: 250

14. The Angled Deck Carrier (1955)

15 min | Documentary, Short

US Navy training film introducing the new angled-deck aircraft carrier, designed for the higher-speed jet aircraft now in service. The angled deck promotes safety and the more-efficient launch and recovery of high-performance aircraft.

15. Blue Devils: Marine Aviation Squadron VMF-451 (2008 Video)

77 min | Documentary, War

Add a Plot

Director: Terrence Dodge Jr. | Stars: James Anderson, William E. Brown, Stewart Burleigh, Archie Donahue

Votes: 13

16. Ready on Arrival (1966)

28 min | Documentary, Short

We are getting a look at U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, their attack aircraft and the men who man them.

Director: William Joyce | Star: Alexander Scourby

17. Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone (1994 Video Game)

Action

As an F-14 Tomcat pilot of an carrier group your job is to maintain a no-fly-zone.

18. Shockwave (2007–2008)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2008)

History

Englishtown, New Jersey: A funny car driver is knocked unconscious in a crash but his car drives on out of control. Cerro Negro, Nicaragua: A down hill biker crashes and rolls down a ... See full summary »

Stars: Carl Olson, Johnny West, Eric Barone, Tony Desmond

19. Shockwave (2007–2008)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2008)

History

A fishing boat flounders in the ice choked Bering sea. Riders collide in a jet ski race. An ejection seat malfunction results in an navy airman precariously caught half way out of his ... See full summary »

Stars: Laura Guth, Derek Rieksts, Morris Hansen, Jerry Ellison

20. Battle 360 (2008– )
Episode: D-Day in the Pacific (2008)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

The USS Enterprise participates in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the most crushing American naval aerial victory of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Stars: Garth R. Hassell, Alan Pietruszewski, Cougar Zank

Votes: 22

21. Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode: 21 Cringeworthy Errors in the Movie TOP GUN (2021)

10 min | Documentary

Right or wrong, Hollywood is great at creating teachable moments and the move "Tomgun" is a great example. Here Ward reviews 'Topgun' for technical errors involving tactics, procedures, ... See full summary »

Star: Ward Carroll

22. Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode: The Purest, Most Badass Carrier Aviation Movie Ever (2021)

28 min | Documentary

Ward discusses a 1944 film entitled "The Fighting Lady." This academy award documentary was created for the home front to demonstrate the war fighting abilities of the US Navy in the ... See full summary »

Star: Ward Carroll

23. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Making Stuff: Stronger (2011)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

David Pogue hosts this examination of what makes material strong. He looks at the underlying material science behind steel, Kevlar, glass, chalk, carbon nanotubes, and spiderwebs.

Director: Chris Schmidt | Stars: C. Lewis Azad, Jim Bales, Ray Baughman, Mark Eberhart

Votes: 52