Movies like Top Gun
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Top Gun (1986)
546K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an Ace pilot.
Style:
cult classic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense, serious, action packed, breathtaking, retro, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, kids, manly, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
aviation, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, cold war, fighter jet, warplane, love and romance, aerial combat, officers and cadets, flying, aviator, military training, u.s. military, airplane, gay subtext, military, air battle, love story, aircraft carrier, male camaraderie, friendship between men, naval officer, fighter plane, motorcycle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california, russian
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Most similar movies to Top Gun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about military, aviation, fighter pilot, heroes, pilot, soldier and airplane mostly in Action, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Top Gun: Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Iron Eagle II (1988), Flyboys (2006), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Flight of the Intruder (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set in the world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters, this sequel will explore the end of the era of dogfighting.
Style:
realistic, saga, entertaining, emotional, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fighter pilot, fighter plane, warplane, aircraft carrier, u.s. military, u.s. navy, aerial combat, fighter jet, test pilot, aviation, desert, leadership ...
Time:
2020s, 60s, year 1986, 80s, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mojave desert, san diego california
Similarity:
98%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Israel, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
aviation, air force, airplane, cold war, fighter jet, war on terror, flying, air attack, u.s. air force, colonel, battles, military ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, russia, iraq
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, harsh, epic, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war one, aerial combat, airplane, fighter pilot, biplane, zeppelin, aviation, love story, vengeance, weapons, fight scenes ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
europe, france, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
vietnam war, military, fighter jet, fighter pilot, aircraft carrier, u.s. navy, bomber, war, behind enemy lines, self sacrifice, death of friend, pilot ...
Time:
year 1972, year 1991, 70s
Place:
vietnam, france, asia, europe, china ...
Similarity:
100%
38K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, aerial combats, airplane, interracial relations, war, military, military life, discrimination, black history, propaganda, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2012, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, italy, pentagon, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot ...
Style:
exciting, emotional, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
fighter jet, military, fall in love, aerial combats, rivalry, daring rescue, heroic mission, against the rules, friendship, ambition, ego clash, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, north korea, south korea, india
Similarity:
100%
367K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, combat, love, airplane, love triangle, navy, aerial combats, fighter pilot, u.s. air force, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, hawaii, japan, asia, cuba ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond ...
Style:
sexy, romantic drama, sentimental, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
love, love story, officers and cadets, military life, navy, unwanted pregnancy, happy ending, u.s. navy, passion, father son relationship, suicide by hanging, class differences ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, the philippines, washington state, manila philippines
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, military, airplane, save the day, danger, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, terrorist, forced sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style:
serious, rough, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, bomber, military, war, battles, soldier, aerial combat, u.s. air force, friendship, mission, aerial combats, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
america, europe, england, united kingdom, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted ...
Style:
light, realistic, exciting, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
air force, fighter jet, airplane, fighter plane, rescue, brutality, u.s. air force, lone hero, captivity, colonel, military, parent child relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, north africa, california
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
satire, stupidity, goofy hero, airplane, aviation, air force, secret mission, heroic mission, save the day, disorder, military base, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1971, 70s, year 1975 ...
Place:
iraq, mediterranean sea, california
Similarity:
100%
907K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style:
epic, exciting, visually stunning, visual, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
sword fight, warrior, ancient, war, courage, battles, mythology, military, human spirit, gory, legends and myths, ancient world ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 2000s, year 2006, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, persia, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Les Chevaliers du ciel (English: Sky Fighters) is a 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. It is based on Tanguy et Laverdure, a comics series ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighter pilot, aviation, fighter plane, military, air force, aerial combats, terrorism, warplane, betrayal, heroic mission, one man army, false accusation ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, alps
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, exciting, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, fighter pilot, aviation, soldier, pilot, airplane, airplane shot down, biplane, flying, great war, rise to the top, fall in love ...
Time:
1910s, year 2008, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, france, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to assist him in rounding them into shape for an important competition. During their training, they stumble upon a ...
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aerial combat, military, aviation, biological warfare, terrorism, flying, chase, airplane, computer cracker, training, u.s. air force, colonel ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
racing, car race, car chase, rivalry, nascar, hotshot hero, car, motor sport, auto racing, chase, lone hero, rising to stardom ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, florida, phoenix arizona, alabama ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A talent trainee pilot is given the opportunity to virtually test the latest fighter jet, which pushes him to his limits.
Style:
tense, dramatic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fighter jet, military, military life, pilot, test pilot, aviation, aviator, warplane, training, ambition, heroism, aerial combat ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Paul Watkins (Michael Paré) is an American pilot stationed in the Middle East, who is taken away from his normal duties of protecting the skies to show an actor everything he needs to know about being a pilot in the Air Force. The actor, Tom Slade ...
Style:
suspense, action comedy, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aviation, fighter jet, unrequited love, space, battles, military, soldier, friendship, power relations, quibbling, friends, buddies ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
Style:
rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
marines, soldier, military, basic training, tough heroes, reluctant partners, military life, power relations, aviation, heroes, officers and cadets, marine ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
action packed, entertaining, action adventure, anamorphic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, warplane, aerial combat, fighter plane, u.s. navy, military, aviation, fighter pilot, profanity, robot, airplane, computer game ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, seattle, alaska, washington d.c., russia ...
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, tense ...
Plot:
korean war, new year, mission, racism, mountain, airplane, aviation, winter, camaraderie, medal of honor, world war, aircraft ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1951, year 1950
Place:
rhode island, north korea, france, french riviera
Similarity:
100%
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792K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, bleak, clever ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, police, cop, police detective, master criminal, thief, bank, chase, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
independent film, fast, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aerial combat, military, aviation, female bodybuilder, airplane, army, world war two, female fighter, female fight, chase, violence, fighter jet ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
peru, austin texas, texas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
Style:
period piece, grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
aviation, air force, military, fighter pilot, father son relationship, coming of age, cold war era, training, family conflict, discipline, patriotism, u.s. air force ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
27%
756K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, adult
Plot:
car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
epic, cult classic, realistic, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, fighter plane, battles, world war, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style:
clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style:
epic, factual, talky, intense, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, japanese military, aviation, battles, warship, aerial combat, military life, world war ...
Time:
year 1970, 1940s, year 1941, 20th century, 70s
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, washington d.c., asia ...
Similarity:
27%
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