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1. Masters of the Air (2024)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
Stars: Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Darragh Cowley
Votes: 44,654
2. 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
3. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
R | 169 min | Drama, War
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Votes: 1,498,602 | Gross: $216.54M
4. 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
5. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 741,406 | Gross: $188.37M
6. White House Down (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke
Votes: 236,480 | Gross: $73.10M
7. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Votes: 277,909 | Gross: $51.40M
8. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 99,046 | Gross: $5.21M
9. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 87,521 | Gross: $37.76M
10. Iron Eagle (1986)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Thriller, War
A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 16,015 | Gross: $24.16M
11. Firefox (1982)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke
Votes: 29,293 | Gross: $46.71M
12. Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1995)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a world of anthropomorphic felines, two demoted fighter pilots battle evil as high flying masked vigilantes.
Stars: Barry Gordon, Charlie Adler, Gary Owens, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 4,795
13. Iron Eagle II (1988)
PG | 105 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A joint U.S.- Soviet strike force is assembled to wipe out a nuclear base in an outlaw nation that plans to take the world hostage.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 5,463 | Gross: $10.50M
14. Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
R | 98 min | Action
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 3,177 | Gross: $2.52M
15. Aces High (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, War
In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth
Votes: 2,995
16. Angels One Five (1952)
TV-G | 98 min | Drama, War
The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 1,286
17. The X from Outer Space (1967)
PG | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
Director: Kazui Nihonmatsu | Stars: Shun'ya Wazaki, Itoko Harada, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Keisuke Sonoi
Votes: 1,518
18. War Thunder (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
A highly realistic mid- 20th century military vehicle simulation multiplayer game where the player and his team must complete objectives and battle an enemy team with tanks, planes, and other vehicles from the major countries in WWII.
Stars: Jozef Aoki, Noa Bodner, Samuel Brewer, Jay Britton
Votes: 381
19. The Return of Captain Nemo (1978 TV Movie)
102 min | Sci-Fi
After a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.
Directors: Alex March, Paul Stader | Stars: José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Mel Ferrer, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 444
20. Super Atragon (1995– )
Not Rated | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1932, the Japanese Army investigates a mysterious meteorite crash in Manchuria, and discovers a strange material that produces a previously unknown kind of energy. The mineral is later ... See full summary »
Stars: Aaron Krohn, Amanda Winn Lee, Rob Mungle, Robert Peeples
Votes: 102
21. U.N. Squadron (1989 Video Game)
Action
Shin Kazama, Mickey Simon, and Greg Gates are mercenary pilots for the organization U.N. Squadron. The country of Aslan has been taken over by a terrorist organization known as Project 4 ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshiki Okamoto
Votes: 47
22. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.
Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr
Votes: 14
23. Men Against the Sky (1940)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Alcoholic pilot struggles to turn his life around.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie
Votes: 149
24. Battle of Britain (2005)
Documentary, History, War
A chronological history of the Battle of Britain between July 10th and September 30th 1940, featuring interviews with eyewitnesses including surviving British and German pilots.
Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Ulrich Steinhilper
Votes: 10
26. The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation (2020)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Britain - A three-part guide to the critical aerial battle that changed the course of the Second World War, featuring personal stories of pilots, ground crews and members of the public.
Stars: Dan Snow, Kate Humble, David Baker, Mel McKellar
Votes: 20
27. Spotkania (1957)
76 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Stanislaw Lenartowicz | Stars: Bogdan Baer, Bogusz Bilewski, Ligia Branice, Adam Fiut
Votes: 24
29. 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
30. Blitz on London (2014 Video)
Documentary, History, War
A documentary which documents the massive bombing raids on Britain's capital city by the Luftwaffe during 1940 and 1941.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill, Hugh Dowding
31. R-Type (1987 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
A side-scrolling space-shooter featuring various power-ups and bio-mechanical enemies.
Votes: 185
32. After Burner Climax (2006 Video Game)
E10+ | Action
Directors: Masahide Kawakami, Tohru Murayama | Stars: Jack Merluzzi, Dominic Allen, Vicki Glass, Douglas Kirkpatrick
Votes: 15
33. Air Wars (2000)
Documentary, History, War
This is the story of the legendary planes of World War II and the fighter aces that flew them. These fighter aircraft exemplified the need at the time for rapid innovation as harrowing battles took place high in the world's skies.
Stars: Patrick Allen, Douglas Bader, Gunther Rall, Roy Ward
43.
Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode:
Edge of Impact
(1965)
TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Hood has been paid by General Bron to destroy Red Arrow - a new British Fighter plane. However, two men are placed in deadly danger when the second prototype crashes into a television relay tower.
Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn
Votes: 167
44.
Top Gear (2002–2022)
Episode:
Bugatti Veyron vs. Typhoon Jet Fighter
(2007)
TV-MA | 50 min | Adventure, Sport, Talk-Show
Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood is the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car. The team test the Lexus LS600's automatic parking system. Jeremy squeezes his body into a Peel P50 and drives it ... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Klein, James Bryce, Phil Churchward | Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Ben Collins
Votes: 275
45.
Air Wars (2000)
Episode:
Supermarine Spitfire
(2000)
56 min | Documentary, History, War
With the courage and skill of fighter aces like Johnnie Johnson, Sailor Malan, and Bobby Tuck, the Supermarine Spitfire helped change the course of the war in favor of the Allies and struck terror into the hearts of the Axis enemies.
Director: Dave Flitton | Star: Patrick Allen
46.
Air Wars (2000)
Episode:
Hawker Hurricane
(2000)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
The Hawker Hurricane swooped to dispatch over two-thirds of all enemy aircraft destroyed in the Battle of Britain. The Hurricane was outnumbered but never outclassed, designed to hit the enemy hard and absorb tremendous punishment.
Director: Dave Flitton | Star: Patrick Allen
47.
Air Wars (2000)
Episode:
Messerschmitt Bf 109
(2000)
55 min | Documentary, History, War
At the onset of World War Two, the Luftwaffe possessed more than 3,500 front-line aircraft, over one-third of which were single engine fighters. For the next six years the Messerschmitt Bf 109 became the flagship of the German Air Force.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Douglas Bader, Francis Gabreski, Erich Hartmann, Walter Ibod
48.
Air Wars (2000)
Episode:
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
(2000)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
No combat aircraft ever achieved perfection, but at the time of its debut, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 probably came as close to this elusive goal as any other fighter. This aircraft was undoubtedly the finest warplane ever produced by Germany.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Douglas Bader, Bernhard Ellwanger, Francis Gabreski, Arthur Gartner
49. Wings of War (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
High-speed combat, high intensity action, and high-flying heroes rule the skies in Wings of War. All of the deadly drama and intense aerial duels of World War One will blast the PC and Xbox... See full summary »
Stars: Steffan Boje, Peter Dickson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Heap