Female pilot movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female pilot movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with female pilot, pilot, airplane, danger, aviation, rescue, murder, death, gun and violence plots mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female pilot: Valor (2017), Shadow in the Cloud (2020), Amelia (2009), As White as in Snow (2001), Pancho Barnes (1988), Blue Swallow (2005), Take Care of Us, Captain (2012), Courage Under Fire (1996), Uyare (2019), Sucker Punch (2011).
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4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female pilot, military, u.s. military, soldier, rescue, pilot, daring rescue, heroic mission, haunted by the past, heroism, courage, revolution ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Horror, War
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Style:
minimal cast, captivating, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
female pilot, strong female lead, breast feeding, world war two, female warrior, female soldier, gremlin, aerial combat, creature, fake identity, profanity, navigator ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
new zealand
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14K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style:
factual, serious, sentimental, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female pilot, airplane, adventurer, biopic, flying, rocky mountains, aviation, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, lifestyle, follow your dream ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 2009, year 1932, year 1935 ...
Place:
usa, africa, ireland, atlantic ocean, indiana ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.
Style:
realistic, serious, period drama
Plot:
airplane, teenage life, youth, fall in love, female pilot, female protagonist, pilot, aviation, farm, woman, explorer, female empowerment ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A made for TV movie in which Valerie Bertinelli portrays Florence Pancho Barnes, a bored socialite who decides to learn to fly
Style:
independent film, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
aviation, pilot, female pilot, space, flying, biopic, aviator, adventurer, feminism, society, heroes, ambition ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
austin texas, california, mojave desert
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Park Kyung-won, who aspired to become a pilot since a young age, enrolls at an aviation academy in Japan. There she meets a charming exchange student from Korea who she is destined to be with.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tragic ending, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
female pilot, female protagonist, ambition, aviation, japanese occupation of korea, flying, biopic, aviator, relationships, air disaster, life, heroine ...
Place:
korea, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Take Care of Us, Captain is about a passionate co-pilot named Han Da-jin and the youngest pilot of a Boeing 747, Kim Yoon-sung.
Style:
captivating, psychological, satirical, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
female pilot, pilot, co pilot, aviator, aviation, workplace situations, coworker, changing lives, relationships, family problems, satire, workplace ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, suspense thriller, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
military, friendly fire, women in the military, military life, tank, bravery, medal of honor, army investigation, investigation, suicide, desert, politics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, iraq, pentagon
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An aspiring pilot fights for her future -- and justice -- after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, pilot, female pilot, empowerment, trauma, recovery, perseverance, domestic abuse, hopes, personal growth, resilience, ambition ...
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260K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Style:
surreal, sexy, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
alternate reality, steampunk, imagination, lobotomy, escape from reality, surrealism, escape, violence, murder, sexual abuse, girl gang, dream ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
vermont
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After their failed attempt to take over the Federation war fleet, John Worthy and General Gustav are sentenced to death but they are rescued by Worthy s girlfriend, Jolli, who has control of a new Starship, The Deliverance. Meanwhile, The Overseer, ...
Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
spacecraft, slavery, female pilot, spaceship, alien, space wars, space battle, space and aliens, save the planet, virus, planet earth, slave ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Gu Nanting, the vice minister of passenger flight department of Lu Airlines, is a strict and self-disciplined man, who is known as a mean boss and a devil instructor. The female cargo pilot, Cheng Xiao, is brave and unrestrained. She was about to be ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama
Plot:
aviation, female pilot, flying, airplane, pilot, career, airport, feminist, airline, woman, coping, relationship vs career ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, ...
Style:
mecha, captivating, exciting, anime, adult animation
Plot:
space, pilot, female pilot, adventurer, dreaming, space program, outer space, space shuttle, female protagonist, adventure hero, military academy, space mission ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Haru Tezuka's parents run a bar in Kamata, Tokyo. She is honest and bright, but she can't lie which sometimes causes her to get in trouble. Haru finds it difficult to get a job. Haru then notices an application guideline from airline ...
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
aviation, female protagonist, determination, airline, resilience, aspiration, female pilot, pilot, ambitious woman, co pilot, male female relationship, coworker ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
TV show
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
pilot, air force, air force base, fighter pilot, aviation, aviator, test pilot, workplace, relationships, love affair, soldier, lifestyle ...
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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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1K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
female nudity, female pilot, bodybuilder, woman with a gun, explosions, assassin, syndicate, murder, gangster, crime boss, rape, swordsman ...
Time:
year 1979
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A telling of the story of the famous U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart who attempted to fly solo around the world in 1937. She disappeared during the process.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
aviation, biopic, airplane, adventurer, world war one, traveler, female pilot, mysterious disappearance, gender, ambition, feminism, escapades ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, pacific ocean
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Action
Country: Japan, West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After Koji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi leave to the USA, it's up to the rash orphan Tetsuya Tsurugi to pilot the next Mazinger robot: the Great Mazinger. Under the direction of Dr. Kenzo Kabuto and helped by his adoptive sister Jun Honou, Tetsuya ...
Style:
anime, mecha, heroic, dramatic, fast paced
Plot:
giant robot, battles, military, teamwork, mad scientist, rescue, laboratory, sacrifice, revenge, brotherhood, robot, female pilot ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie, a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime where she meets a handsome naval officer and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.
Style:
romantic, psychological, touching, emotional, light
Plot:
christmas, young lovers, lovers, love story, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, love, father son relationship, sister sister relationship, newspaper reporter, captain, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Pete Sandich is a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending to Heaven, Pete is introduced to business-like angel who instructs the spectral Pete to pass on his aviation knowledge to his young ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, romantic, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
afterlife, airplane, aviation, rescue, guardian angel, love, supernatural, ghost, grief, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of loved one, love at first sight ...
Place:
usa, colorado, montana
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
superhero, female protagonist, superheroine, strong female lead, female warrior, heroine, super powers, alien, supernatural power, training, space wars, alien race ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2019, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
louisiana, los angeles
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48K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
animal attack, killer animal, survival horror, father daughter relationship, animal, wild animal, lion, rescue, wilderness, monster, wilderness survival, dangerous animal ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A team of scientists go to a nuclear mining facility to investigate a possible meltdown and instead find a large amount of cloned dinosaurs.
Style:
scary, cult horror, independent film, fast, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, reptile, creature feature, kaiju, creature, animal attack, killer animal, giant monster, gory, exploitation, reptiles ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, nevada
Is relevant?
301K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand, Hungary
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Style:
saga, captivating, tense, colorful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
superhero, lightning, villain, superhero team, egyptian mythology, mythology, fight, teenage superheroine, comic book, super villain, supernatural power, power ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east, louisiana
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263K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, creature, survival, space travel, alien, alien life-form, one man army, dark hero, outer space, deadly creature, escape, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2000, 2000s, y2k
Place:
oceania, space western
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charming fellow pilot, Brady, stay at her nearby parents' home. But ...
Style:
feel good, light, funny, romantic comedy, gay cinema
Plot:
christmas, pretend relationship, love, christmas romance, fall in love, xmas, christmas eve, male female relationship, friendship, love affair, escapades, society ...
Place:
cleveland ohio
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
zombie, undead, zombie apocalypse, zombie outbreak, apocalypse, walking dead, battlefield, living dead, mercenary, heist, female warrior, invulnerability ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
alien encounter, female warrior, apocalypse, good versus evil, alien technology, fictional war, danger, death, fear, violence, mercilessness, chase ...
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
203K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A failing boxer uncovers a family secret that leads him to a mystical tournament called Mortal Kombat where he meets a group of warriors who fight to the death in order to save the realms from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
Style:
perverse, saga, epic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, master warrior, martial arts tournament, graphic violence, black magic, vigilante, alternate dimension, fight, masked man, female warrior, chase ...
Time:
90s, 2020s
Place:
usa, japan, north america
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