Air attack movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant air attack movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films and TV shows about / with air attack, military, war, soldier, world war two, wartime, battles, heroes, death and fight plots mostly in War, Drama and History genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as air attack: Dunkirk (2017), Operation Seawolf (2022), Midway (2019), Flight World War II (2015), The Blue Max (1966), Fail Safe (1964), The Rebels of PT-218 (2021), Attackers: The Last Flight (2015), The Aces' War (2017), Greyhound Attack (2019).
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799K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, dramatic, epic, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, evacuation, soldier, beach, military officer, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats were formed together for one desperate last ...
Style:
period piece, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, torpedo, mission, defeat, air attack, soldier, dead body, guilt, u.s. navy, fighter plane, world war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, year 1945, year 1918
Place:
atlantic ocean, usa
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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, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
International Flight 42 is on course, when all of a sudden a massive and weird storm crops up around the plane. This sends the plane back in time to the year 1940- smack dab in the middle of WWII! Now, the crew and passengers must not only find a ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, tense, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
time travel, back in time, airplane, warplane, battles, luftwaffe, air disaster, surrealism, bomb, wartime, struggle for survival, sent to the past ...
Time:
year 1940, 1940s, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
france, dunkirk, berlin germany
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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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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in ...
Style:
touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, fighter pilot, aviation, japanese navy, aerial combats, pacific war, air attack, newspaper reporter, war, japanese history, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
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28K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, disturbing
Plot:
sea battle, submarine, naval battle, military life, navy, disobeying orders, air attack, wartime, military, bombing, military base, military officer ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
sicily
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Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Following on from the events of the first Attackers series, Major Bestuzhev is promoted to Lt Colonel and given command of a newly-formed fighter regiment. He is given the latest Soviet fighter, the Yak-3, but with no veterans to draw upon he has to ...
Style:
tense, captivating
Plot:
aerial combats, air battle, aerial combat, fighter pilot, fighter plane, soldier, air attack, military, fight, wartime, battles, military life ...
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Genre: History, War
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the ...
Style:
captivating, informative, educational, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
aviation, world war one, pilot, military history, aerial combats, air attack, air battle, air force, aerial combat, air raid, soldier, military ...
Time:
1910s
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
WWII drama from film-maker Christopher Forbes which follows American fighter pilots on a perilous mission into the skies of enemy territory.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, dangerous mission, mission, pilot, captain, aviation, air attack, aerial bombardment, u.s. air force, fighter pilot, air raid, fighter plane ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
The drama tells the story of air force pilots and their families from 1945 to 1971. As the husbands embarked on patriotic missions to fight against the enemies, their families must content with horror of wars, mass emigration to distant land, and ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
air force, patriotism, air battle, aerial combats, patriot, struggle for survival, social injustice, war, life is a bitch, wartime, social relations, society ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, romantic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupied france, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, wartime, fall in love, wartime life, war, occupied france, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, ancient times, year 1940, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, germany, england ...
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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, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for ...
Style:
grindhouse, talky, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, skinny dipping, escape, battles, fascism, partner, survival, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
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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
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Canada
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Higinio and Rosa have only been married for a few months when the Civil War breaks out, representing a serious threat to his life. Helped by his wife, they decide to use a hole dug into their own home as a provisional hiding place. The fear of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, hispanic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, spanish civil war, secret, revenge, assassination, political repression, fear, arrest, small village, spanish history, hiding place, delusion ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1936, year 1945 ...
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, andalusia, europe, morocco ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, touching, social, hispanic ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, hopes, injustice, spanish history, social decay, false accusation, woman in danger, danger, dishonesty, society, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1938, year 1939 ...
Place:
spain, morocco, catalonia, europe, barcelona ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, epic, factual ...
Plot:
war, military, world war two, propaganda, wartime, survival, battles, guilt, photograph, world war, fame, american history ...
Time:
year 2006, post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1939 ...
Place:
japan, asia, america, north america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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121K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, thought provoking, rough, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, nazi, atrocity, occupation, children in wartime, massacre, teenage girl ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future ...
Place:
germany, persia, europe, soviet union, russia ...
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241K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with ...
Style:
period piece, inspirational, political, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
world war two, british history, prime minister, politics, british politics, winston churchill, british prime minister, war, decision, choice, leader, leadership ...
Time:
year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 1940s
Place:
england, dunkirk, britain, united kingdom, london ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, propaganda, world war two, civil war, saving a life, militia, military, war violence, hiding place, freedom, politics, nazism ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, year 1937, pre world war two, year 1975 ...
Place:
basque country, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, morocco ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
soviet army, aviation, world war two, world war, allies, bomber, air force, navy, ocean, battles, danger, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
CBI Officer Akram Sheikh (Sunil Shetty) is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers , the brothers Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) and their common moll Laila (Isha Koppikar) . When Sheikh busts an important ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, prison, terrorist attack, danger, dishonesty, daring rescue, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, confined, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, russia, pakistan, mumbai india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, China, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
war, world war two, rescue, nazi, heroes, atrocity, confined, wartime life, lifesaver, chaos, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1937, year 1938, post world war two
Place:
china, japan, asia, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
war, military, world war two, skinny dipping, british army, soldier, battles, friendship, danger, wartime life, military life, mother son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
middle east, egypt, africa, palermo italy, libya ...
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