| The Iron Giant (1999) | 8.1 | |
| Broken Arrow (1996) | 6.1 | |
| Top Gun (1986) | 7.0 | |
| Yukikaze (2002) | 7.1 | |
| Hey Duggee (2014) | 8.8 |
Fighter jet movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fighter jet movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with fighter jet, military, fighter pilot, danger, airplane, aviation, aerial combat, missile, explosion and heroes plots mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Japan, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fighter jet: Born To Fly (2023), Tactical Assault (1998), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Red Sky (2014), Soar Into the Sun (2012), Top Gun (1986), Iron Eagle (1986), Firefox (1982), Stealth (2005), Yukikaze (2002).
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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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this high-flying action thriller, an expert Air Force flyer finds himself forced to use every trick he has ever learned to stop a murderous, insane former colleague and friend from exacting deadly revenge upon him.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighter jet, gulf war, air force, aviation, disaster, airplane, battles, military, chase, soldier, pilot, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq, middle east, eastern europe
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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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, betrayal, mission, conspiracy, soldier, save the day, love triangle, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, pilot, freedom fighter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, las vegas, iran, st. petersburg russia ...
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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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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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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
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called "Firefox". Naturally, the British are worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon, as rumours say that the jet is indetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, fighter pilot, chase, espionage, aerial combat, fighter jet, aviation, military, scientist ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, england, vietnam ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Thirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth's forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet designated as "Fairy". While the majority ...
Style:
anime, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
aerial combat, epic battle, air force, space wars, aviation, fighter jet, alien invasion, artificial intelligence, fictional war, airplane, military, alien encounter ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While experimenting with a new flight maneuver, Colonel Alex Long and Phil encounter a mysterious light over a mountain range. Phil becomes transfixed, flies into the light and disappears. Alex barely manages to come back and is in shock. The ...
Style:
suspense, tense, mysterious, period piece
Plot:
aviation, fighter jet, conspiracy, military, air force, disappearance, investigation, cover up, skepticism, isolation, alien encounter, reconnaissance ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and numerous mercenaries and clandestine agents tries to steal a new Russian stealth fighter. Murdock is ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aerial combat, secret agent, espionage, military, daring rescue, save the day, betrayal, one man army, danger, rivalry, arms dealing, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, london, scotland yard
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear explosion, world war three, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, nuclear bomb, doom, post apocalypse, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations around the world.
Style:
surprise ending, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, fighter jet, die hard, military, aviation, shootout, special forces, arm wrestling, showdown, villain played by lead actor, rivalry, commando mission ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Walküre and Delta Flight used music to save people from the Vár Syndrome, a previously unknown disease that made humans and others go berserk. However, they find themselves facing a new threat.
Style:
anime, mecha, adult anime, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, alien, fighter jet, space, singing, intergalactic, rivalry, refugee, save the world, hotshot hero, fighter plane, danger ...
Time:
future
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
Is relevant?
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:
suspenseful, sexy, exciting, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
helicopter, aviation, conspiracy, helicopter pilot, chase, car chase, military, murder, vietnam war, law enforcement, terrorism, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america, san francisco
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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
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rambosploitation madness from director Teddy Page.
Style:
action packed, heroic, suspense, period piece, independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, rescue mission, fighter jet, military, violence, jungle, exploitation, cold war, dangerous mission, crash, kgb, rescue ...
Place:
cambodia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
time travel, world war two, changing the past or future, military, military life, time loop, aircraft carrier, heroic mission, catastrophe, battles, twists and turns, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 80s, year 1941, year 1980 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean, hawaii
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
The movie tells the real-life love story of Lt. Col. Lee Cheng-liang, a high profile Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jet pilot, and his visually impaired wife, who are played by Taiwanese actor Bryant Chang and actress Tiffany Hsu, respectively.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
military, biopic, problem, fight, lieutenant colonel, military officer, soldier, military life, wartime life, chinese army, air force, pilot ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
taiwan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A youth has a burning ambition to be a pilot, but this is met with opposition by his mother because his father, also a pilot, was killed in a jet-fighter crash in a storm. The youth goes ahead with his career but one day he encounters a bad storm.
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
pilot, storm, aviation, ambition, mother son relationship, family conflict, family drama, aspiration, determination, coming of age, personal growth, youth ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
Style:
stylized, action packed, futuristic, tense, existential ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, portal, virtual reality, combat, escape, urban, identity, hacker, dystopia, surveillance, laboratory ...
Time:
near future, 2020s, future
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an animated television series that aired from August 2004 to May 2009 for a total of 79 episodes in six seasons. The premise is based on a simple question: In a world... where imaginary friends are living, ...
Style:
humorous, slapstick comedy, entertaining, semi serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, friendship, imaginary character, naivete, troublemaker, surrealism, friend, family relations, young heroes, imaginary, youth, rescue ...
Time:
2000s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1996, year 1968 ...
Place:
tuscany, transylvania, paris france, new york, las vegas
Is relevant?
68K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
Is relevant?
212K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, godzilla, giant monster, creature, experiment gone awry, giant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lost world, military, disaster, human versus monster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998, future
Place:
new york, tahiti, manhattan new york city, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in 2059, five decades after the Space War I conflict seen in the first Macross story. Macross Frontier, the 25th New Macross Class super-long-distance colonization fleet, is journeying through the galaxy to a new paradise to call home. However, ...
Style:
anime, mecha, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
space opera, musician, found footage, rock, music, friends, rock music, nostalgia, space wars, aerial combat, space colony, fighter plane ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto ...
Style:
anime, captivating, tense, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
space and aliens, hotshot hero, fantasy world, alien, struggle for survival, fight, music, save the day, alien contact, space travel, female protagonist, humanity ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It's the ...
Style:
anime, mecha, apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
robot, space wars, cloning, spacecraft, space and aliens, piloted giant robot, fighter plane, aviation, space opera, loss of friend, soldier, fighter jet ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s ...
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