Military aviation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant military aviation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with military aviation, military, aerial combat, soldier, war, airplane, pilot, aviation, fighter pilot and world war two plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as military aviation: Masters of the Air (2024), Aces High (1976), Red Scarf (1964), Rocket Hunter (2020), First Light (2010), Battle of Britain (1969), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Memphis Belle (1990), Red Tails (2012), Battle Over Britain (2023).
List of military aviation movies
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, epic war, period drama
Plot:
world war two, aerial combat, bomber, male nudity, male protagonist, pilot, flying, bombing, military officer, aircraft, u.s. air force, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
germany, england, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, aviation, military, fighter pilot, war, great war, military aviation, aerial combat, pilot, warplane, world war two, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Style:
tension, historical drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
air force, camaraderie, military, aerial combat, military aviation, brotherhood, bravery, sacrifice, patriotism, heroism, resilience, fatalism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmitt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London from being terrorized by the V-2 ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, heroic ...
Plot:
world war two, dangerous mission, mission, heroic mission, fight, military, bravery, nazi germany, military aviation, brothers, heroes, battles ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Geoff'/'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot. After an intense training, he soon bonds with the flying men of his ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling
Plot:
world war two, aviation, aerial combat, fighter pilot, world war, luftwaffe, royal air force, autobiography, pilot, military aviation, wartime life, military officer ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Genre: War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young pilot, fresh out of training, is called to join a Flight while they wait for the call to scramble. Throughout a single day, he witnesses the skies of southern England filled with deadly dog fights, and after every exhausting battle the men ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, tension, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, pilot, royal air force, aerial combat, sacrifice, air force, military, aviation, air strike, soldier, military service, war ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
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Genre: Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Indiana Jones transfers from the Belgian army to the French intelligence service, where his first assignment is as a reconnaissance photographer for the 124th Squadron, a group of volunteer American pilots in the French army. When his plane is shot ...
Style:
action packed, suspense, suspenseful, tense, costume drama ...
Plot:
indiana jones, world war one, aerial combat, aviation, treasure hunt, aircraft, espionage, military aviation, bravery, undercover, secret weapon, spy thriller ...
Time:
1910s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
On 8th October 1941, Stalin issued a secret order forming a female aviation unit.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, historical drama, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, love and romance, danger, destiny, hopes, air force, heroism, courage, sacrifice, military history, military aviation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Style:
retro, exciting, serious, realistic, sex comedy ...
Plot:
world war one, biplane, ambition, fighter plane, fighter pilot, aviation, class differences, german army, chivalry, soldier, military, air attack ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1916, 1930s, 70s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, england, france
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11K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, survival, rescue, aviation, danger, against the odds, battles, daring rescue, soldier, friendship, golf ...
Place:
vietnam, asia, iraq, indochina
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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 ...
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Genre: War, Drama, Action, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, sincere, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, friendship, air battle, culture clash, aerial combat, love triangle, wartime life, battle zone, prison, luftwaffe, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 2001, year 1950 ...
Place:
london, england, czech republic, europe, central europe ...
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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
Is relevant?
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
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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
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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
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
Style:
exciting, sincere
Plot:
aerial combat, air force, world war two, world war, aviation, soldier, courage, wartime life, danger, politics, rescue, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, britain, europe
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, exciting, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
naval battle, war, world war two, warship, aerial combat, sea battle, air battle, fighter plane, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 2019, 1930s, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of the Polish fliers who found themselves fighting for the freedom of their own country in foreign skies. Seen through the eyes of Jan Zumbach, fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles, driven across Europe by the German war ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
world war two, warplane, air force, air battle, aviation, killed in action, hurricane, world war, friendship, danger, heroic mission, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, united kingdom
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54K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Top IAF aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. Fighter unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external.
Style:
epic, epic war
Plot:
military, helicopter pilot, airplane, fighter pilot, helicopter, behind enemy lines, armed conflict, retribution, military aviation, commando, weapons, commander ...
Place:
kashmir
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always ...
Style:
sex comedy, serious, realistic, vintage
Audience:
manly
Plot:
aviation, bomber, war, flying, airplane, warplane, aerial combat, world war, pilot, courage, american abroad, cynic ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
english channel, iraq, europe, germany, england
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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 ...
Style:
cult classic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, kids, manly ...
Plot:
aviation, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, cold war, fighter jet, warplane, love and romance, aerial combat, officers and cadets, flying, aviator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california
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