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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: 700,265 | 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: 503,507 | Gross: $179.80M

3. Harper (1966)

Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cool private investigator Lew Harper is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill

Votes: 10,942

4. 2012 (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet

Votes: 398,294 | Gross: $166.11M

5. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

G | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom

Votes: 29,677 | Gross: $41.83M

6. Sky King (1951–1962)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Fly plane... Bust bad guys... Fuss with niece and nephew... Eat Peter Pan Peanut Butter... Dat's it!

Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Ron Hagerthy

Votes: 563

7. The MacKintosh Man (1973)

PG | 98 min | Thriller

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews

Votes: 5,227 | Gross: $3.30M

8. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone

Votes: 1,945 | Gross: $24.65M

9. A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in love with a smuggled woman.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready

Votes: 919

10. The Black Widow (1947)

Approved | 180 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman, Anthony Warde

Votes: 401

11. Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)

35 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.

Stars: Walter Baldwin, Ralph Byrd, William Forrest, William Holden

Votes: 36

12. Besatzung Dora (1943)

91 min | Drama, History, War

Luftwaffe pilots Joachim and Franz both love Marianne - their jealousy threatens to compromise the vital teamwork aboard their recon plane. Sergeant Otto, a farm boy, loses his love Mathilde when she discovers she hates agricultural work.

Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Hannes Stelzer, Hubert Kiurina, Josef Dahmen, Georg Thomalla

Votes: 61

13. Flying the P-61 Series Airplane (1944)

28 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary short film depicts the proper manner for ground inspection, flight preparation, takeoff, flying, single-engine flying, and landing of the P-61 series of American night ... See full summary »

14. Medium (2005–2011)
Episode: Pilot (2005)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Wife, mother, and psychic Allison DuBois (Arquette) can communicate with the dead and is convinced she can use her gift to help solve crimes. She's put to the test when she gets a call from the Texas Rangers.

Director: Glenn Gordon Caron | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Sofia Vassilieva, Maria Lark

Votes: 502

15. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Blast (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jim and Dana infiltrate a group of bank robbers, but the IMF's real target is the mysterious leader of the group who uses the thieves' booty to fund anti-American revolutionary activities. ... See full summary »

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 137

16. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: A Dog Named Barney (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky follows the seeing-eye dog of a blind newsboy Johnny Henderson, who he believes will lead him to a holdup man living with a party of coyote hunters.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Harvey Grant

Votes: 24

17. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: A Mickey for Sky (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Young Mickey, a distant relative of Sky's, is traveling to visit the Flying Crown Ranch while his guardian is out of the country. En route, he overhears two men discuss shooting a foreign ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Gary Hunley, John Mylong

18. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Abracadabra (1958)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Todays theme is the magic word Abracadabra.

Director: Jodie Copelan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Jack Reynolds, Gloria Winters, Gloria Pall

Votes: 6

19. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Bad Actor (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky and Penny get involved with a film location shoot. Some criminals decide to use the move activity to rob a bank.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Ted Wedderspoon

20. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Blackmail (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A local banker is blackmailed by two former confederates who aware of a crime he committed over twenty years ago and was never apprehended.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Don Beddoe

Votes: 6

21. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Boomerang (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky King and Penny turn the tables on foreign agents conspiring to blackmail an important refugee scientist.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Steven Geray

22. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Bounty Hunters (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

When marauding coyotes begin to kill his calves, Sky hires two flying bounty hunters to kill the animals. When more dead calves are found, Sky discovers that the men he has hired are using his ranch to smuggle jewels, not kill vermin.

Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Wayne Heffley

23. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Bullet Bait (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky is holding a wedding at the Flying Crown Ranch. The ceremony is interrupted, however, when two gangsters kidnap the groom and threaten his fiancé.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, James Dobson

Votes: 21

24. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Carrier Pigeon (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Penny discovers a wounded carrier pigeon carrying a valuable ruby attached to its leg, Sky suspects a gang of jewel smugglers is operating in the area. With the help of a Mexican ... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Morgan Farley

Votes: 10

25. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Cindy, Come Home (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

A doctor informs Sky that the only thing that will help a sick girl is finding her missing father. Sky goes on the hunt for missing man.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, William Hudson, Darcy Hinton

Votes: 8

26. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Danger Point (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A rancher disinherits his nephew in favor of his young son. When the rancher is murdered the young man is blamed. Sky hopes that by faking a jailbreak, the real murderer will be forced into... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Keith Richards

Votes: 7

27. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Danger at the Sawmill (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

After being almost run down by a lumber truck, Sky and Penny investigate and learn that the local timber workers are being victimized.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Rex Mann, Henry Kulky

Votes: 10

28. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Dead Giveaway (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky's visitor, Mickey, goes exploring on his new pony and is captured by thieves guarding a large supply of stolen cars.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Gary Hunley

29. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Dead Man's Will (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When a man claims that the land on which the clinic for poverty stricken Indians is built belongs to him, Sky steps in to prove he's wrong.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Steve London, Joe Patridge

30. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Deadly Cargo (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

While helping a friend run his freight airline after an accident, Sky stumbles across a gold-smuggling operation.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, John Cason

Votes: 8

31. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Designing Woman (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky becomes suspicious when a Eastern woman shows up in Grover claiming to be the long-lost niece and heir of a dead rancher.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Angela Greene

Votes: 7

32. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Desperate Character (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky King picks up a young hitchhiker who refuses to divulge his identity, or where he's been or going. Determined to fill in the blank spaces on the young man's resume, Sky learns that he ... See full summary »

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Chubby Johnson

33. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Destruction from the Sky (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky teams up with a military intelligence officer to track down a foreign agent who blew up a secret government project.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Ron Hagerthy, Gloria Winters, Chubby Johnson

34. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Diamonds on a Sky-Hook (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Prospectors ask for Sky's help in getting industrial diamonds to market. Sky uses a novel way to pick them up from rough terrain using a "sky hook". When the shipment goes missing, he's accused of stealing the consignment.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Norman Ollestad, Ralph Neff

35. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Double Trouble (1957)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When a man who looks like Sky King steals the Songbird and attempts to blow up a Navy missile center, Sky borrows a jet to chase him.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Mauritz Hugo

36. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Dust of Destruction (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

A young rancher's alfalfa crops seem to be dying and they can't figure out what is causing his crop to dry up. Sky volunteers to fly samples to a lab in Tucson, with the promise to have ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jodie Copelan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Billy Lechner

37. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Fight for Oil (1958)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

An old friend of Sky's asks for help after someone attempts to kill him because of his oil well.

Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Jack Lomas, Paul Farber

Votes: 6

38. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Fish Out of Water (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

An escaped convict sets out to kill the judge that sentenced him. Sky and the judge are on a fishing trip and Penny warns them.

Director: Jodie Copelan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Sam Flint

Votes: 9

39. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Flood of Fury (1956)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

During a major flood, Sky, Penny and Bob assist the authorities in their rescue efforts. Unfortunately, three of the men they rescue are murderous escaped felons who force their rescuers to help them rob a flooded bank.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Norman Ollestad, Ewing Mitchell

40. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Formula for Fear (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Penny sees a man escape from a doctor's office, and is informed that the man is a dangerous mental patient. Sky looks into the incident, and soon finds himself mixed up in foreign spies and poison gas.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, Hayden Rorke

Votes: 9

41. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Frog Man (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Young Jimmy Ness has recently come into, and started spending, lots of money. He won't tell his aunt where he is getting the money from, and his dad is away working at the Flying Crown Ranch. Hoodlums find out about Jimmy's money.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Mason Alan Dinehart, Emlen Davies

42. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Geiger Detective (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Some bandits steal a payroll and escape into the hills. They hold a Uranium prospectors captive. Sky uses a Geiger counter to help track down the robbers.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Norman Ollestad, Ewing Mitchell

Votes: 6

43. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Golden Burro (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Penny finds a prospector dying in the desert beside three burros carrying gold ore.

Director: Jodie Copelan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Kenne Duncan, Stanley Andrews

44. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Jim Bell's Triumph (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky's efforts to prove corruption in the county clerk's office nearly result in disaster, when Sky's foreman, a non-pilot, must land the Songbird when Clipper becomes too ill to fly the plane.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chubby Johnson, Ron Hagerthy, Gloria Winters

Votes: 8

45. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Land o' Cotton (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

An unscrupulous farmer keeps a migrant family in servitude. Sky is determined to find a way to let the workers move on to a better situation.

Director: Jodie Copelan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Norman Ollestad, Ewing Mitchell

46. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Lost Boy (1958)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky and Penny search for a lost boy Bobby Hutchins who is trapped in an abandoned mine shaft.

Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Lettie Lovell

47. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Man Hunt (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Fearing he has killed another boy, Joe Belden, recently released from reform school, flees into the desert. Sheriff Hargrove knows that the Joe's opponent survived the fight, but also knows... See full summary »

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ewing Mitchell, Richard Beymer

48. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Manhunt (1956)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky joins the hunt for two escaped convicts and their hostage, the local banker's son.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Norman Ollestad, Ewing Mitchell

Votes: 7

49. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Mickey's Birthday (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

While visiting an amusement park on his birthday, Mickey wins a model airplane at a shooting gallery. Unfortunately, two smugglers have hidden a valuable pearl in the airplane and will stop at nothing to get it back.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Gary Hunley, Joe Patridge

Votes: 6

50. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Money Has Wings (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Four pilots for Wellman Air Freight Lines are injured in the first month of a contract for the company to carry s large payroll. In order to find out what's going on, Sky goes undercover as a security guard.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Rand Brooks, Will J. White