Test pilot movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant test pilot movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films and TV shows about / with test pilot, heroes, airplane, aviation, danger, pilot, explosion, flying, military and escapades plots mostly in Drama, Action and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Russia, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as test pilot: The Right Stuff (1983), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), The Spacewalker (2017), The Aviator (2004), The Arrow (1997), The Right Stuff (2020), Departed Heroes (2011), Born To Fly (2023), Always Ready (2005), Space Cowboys (2000).

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The Right Stuff (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 193 min.
Story: A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow ...
Style: inspirational, exciting, epic, factual, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space travel, nasa, test pilot, aviation, u.s. air force, space exploration, politics, space program, space race, outer space ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1983 ...
Place: florida, washington d.c., houston texas, usa, australia ...
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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, entertaining, saga, uplifting, twisted ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: fighter pilot, fighter plane, warplane, u.s. navy, u.s. military, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, test pilot, fighter jet, sniper, aviation, leadership ...
Time: 2020s, year 1969, year 1986, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, mojave desert, california, san diego california
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The Spacewalker (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 137 min.
Story: March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no ...
Style: breathtaking, factual, inspirational, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: spacewalk, test pilot, space race, outer space, space exploration, space program, cosmonaut, cold war, russian history, space, exploration, astronaut ...
Time: 60s
Place: soviet union, russia
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 7.5
 382K
The Aviator (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style: realistic, epic, stylized, period piece, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: success, mental illness, aviation, biopic, filmmaking, entrepreneur, corruption, test pilot, entrepreneurship, businessman, character study, obsessive compulsive disorder ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: los angeles, california, new york, connecticut, usa ...
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 7.5
 869
The Arrow (1997)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: This series tells the story of the world's fastest fighter plane ever built, in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing
Plot: space, politics, inventions and discoveries, rivalry, head of state, intrigue, state affairs, heroes, unfulfillment, aviation, military, cold war ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: canada
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The Right Stuff (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ...
Style: factual, exciting, political, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space exploration, nasa, space travel, tough heroes, airplane accident, test pilot, heroic mission, rivalry, top secret, politics ...
Time: 60s
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Departed Heroes (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Style: exciting, dramatic, historical drama, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: country, japanese occupation of china, military, chinese history, aviator, air force, chinaman, military service, fighter pilot, chinese army, test pilot, wartime ...
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 6.0
 2K
Born To Fly (2023)
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, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot: fighter jet, military life, fighter pilot, air force, pilot, test pilot, military operation, warplane, aviator, military
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 7.0
 16
Always Ready (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Matthew Ko, Aircrewman Officer II of the Government Flying Service (GFS), and Benjamin Yip, Pilot I, frequently work together. While Benjamin flies an aircraft, Matthew rescues people. Matthew and Benjamin are appointed to train Aircrewman Officer ...
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: helicopter pilot, workplace situations, rescue mission, rescue team, aviator, teamwork, airplane trip, workplace, fighter pilot, save the day, social services, test pilot ...
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 6.5
 86K
Space Cowboys (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, nasa, astronaut, outer space, old age, space shuttle, space opera, space exploration, space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, satellite ...
Time: 20th century, year 1958, year 2000, y2k, future ...
Place: space western, california
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 7.3
 255
Space (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: A 13-hour mini-series detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970's.
Style: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: astronaut, nasa, space exploration, exploration, moon landing, space program, test pilot, outer space, u.s. senator, spacewalk, ufo, space station ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 50s, 20th century, 60s ...
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 5.6
 740
X-15 (1961)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
Style: independent film, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: aviation, nasa, u.s. air force, outer space, space exploration, cold war, astronaut, flying, exploration, test pilot, space travel, airplane ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, soviet union
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 5.8
 406
Challenger (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments ...
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: space shuttle, nasa, exploration, space exploration, astronaut, disaster, danger, escapades, space and aliens, heroes, test pilot, tragedy ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1985
Place: texas, hawaii
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 6.3
 50K
Forever Young (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sweet, light, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: rapid aging, time travel, love story, children, aviation, suspended animation, coma, love, experiment gone awry, haunted by the past, fish out of water, women ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: usa, northern california, california
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The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for a fictional government office known as OSI. The series is based on the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg, which was the series's ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, retro, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: undercover, androids and robots, investigation, escapades, chases and races, surgery, danger, government agency, cyborgs, superhero, boss, super powers ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 23K
Blue Thunder (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, action adventure, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: helicopter, conspiracy, aviation, chase, car chase, military, helicopter pilot, murder, vietnam war, law enforcement, terrorism, voyeurism ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north america
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First on the Moon (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In spring 1938 in the mountains in the north of Chile a fiery UFO, later named "Chilean Sphere ", fell down. The investigation of this episode, made by a film crew, has led to a sensational discovery. It appeared that before the Second ...
Style: semi documentary, clever, realistic, serious, avant garde ...
Plot: found footage, space mission, training, communism, moon, alternate history, satire, cosmos, female nudity, test pilot, male nudity, space ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938
Place: soviet union, chile, ussr
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 7.1
 8K
The Blue Max (1966)
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, realistic, serious, sex comedy
Plot: world war one, ambition, aviation, fighter plane, fighter pilot, military, biplane, chivalry, airplane shot down, soldier, german army, great war ...
Time: year 1966, 1910s, year 1916
Place: germany
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 4.7
 7K
Fire Birds (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aviation, justice, heroic mission, danger, tough heroes, against the odds, daring rescue, save the day, military, death, flying, airplane ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: colombia, iraq, south america, pentagon
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Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space ...
Style: grindhouse, retro, freeze frame, fast, scary ...
Plot: monster, martian, frankenstein, nasa, brain damage, alien monster, alien, alien invasion, mars, space monster, frankenstein's monster, spacesuit ...
Place: puerto rico, latin america
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 6.6
 5K
Airwolf (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art hardware. Airwolf is the most awesome aerial weapon ever developed. When the helicopter is stolen by Libyan mercenaries, Michael Archangel, Project ...
Style: cult classic, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: helicopter, spy, battles, police, aviation, military, co pilot, flying, super weapon, against the odds, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east, libya, california, paris france
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Incredible Crash Dummies (1993)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
Story: The animated short was entirely composed of computer generated imagery and centered on the adventures of Slick and Spin. A fellow Dummy named Ted has been chosen to use a new, indestructible torso module (Torso-9000), but his head is mixed up with ...
Style: buddy comedy, 3d animation, computer animated
Audience: kids
Plot: airplane crash, trick, spying, car crash, cat, motorcycle, airplane, test pilot, radio, stuntman, scientist, janitor ...
Time: 90s
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The Bamboo Saucer (1968)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A flying saucer hidden in a Red Chinese peasant village is sought by teams from the United States and U.S.S.R. On finding it, they band together to explore the saucer and take a trip into space.
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: ufo, alien, u.s. air force, flying saucer, cold war, russian spy, collision, infiltration, hitman, alien space craft, mountain, expedition ...
Place: soviet union, china, asia
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The Accidental Hero (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A 16 year old son and his single mother are forced to reckon their true identities. What and who is an accidental hero? The answers are forthcoming as tragic circumstances upset the lives of our protagonists.
Style: crying
Plot: patience, test pilot, social services, motorcycle, memory loss, police officer, stewardess, hugging, absent father, headache, surgery, grandmother grandson relationship ...
Place: acapulco mexico
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 7.3
 201K
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Style: factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, loss of child, grief, outer space, apollo program, male camaraderie, rocket ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: usa, california, mojave desert, florida, houston texas
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 6.1
 123K
Lightyear (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
Style: 3d animation, futuristic, mecha, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: space travel, toy story, spacecraft, galaxy, adventurer, astronaut, spaceship, robot, cat, space adventure, rocket, time dilation ...
Time: 2020s, future
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V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot: fighter pilot, wartime life, wartime, aviator, flying, airplane, escape plan, world war two, attempted escape, military, soldier, military life ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
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 7.4
 296K
Sully (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as ...
Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: aviation, airplane, investigation, courage, pilot, airplane accident, crash landing, accident, plane crash, biopic, co pilot, air traffic controller ...
Time: year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city
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 3.7
 618
Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past, Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Style: parody, spoof, absurd, hilarious, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: airplane, disaster, space travel, aviation, airport, flying, air disaster, stewardess, satire, farce, humour, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, 80s, 20th century, near future
Place: houston texas, texas, moscow russia, tokyo
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