Aircraft carrier movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant aircraft carrier movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, surprise ending and entertaining films and TV shows about / with aircraft carrier, military, soldier, explosion, danger, heroes, airplane, u.s. navy, combat and battles plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, China, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as aircraft carrier: The Final Countdown (1980), Midway (2019), Active Stealth (1999), American Warships (2012), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Top Gun (1986), Hunter Killer (2018), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Bermuda Tentacles (2014).
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List of aircraft carrier movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
time travel, world war two, changing the past or future, military, airplane, twists and turns, heroic mission, war, aircraft carrier, aviation, survival, race against time ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 70s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, hawaii, pacific ocean
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88K
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:
exciting, bleak, scary, sad, motivational ...
Plot:
world war two, sea battle, naval battle, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, warship, air battle, fighter plane, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. navy, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1937, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., hawaii ...
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Genre: Adventure, Action, Crime, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aircraft carrier, fighter plane, drug lord, alien, navy, pilot, missile, rescue, revolutionary, helicopter, revenge, revolution ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battleship, warship, ocean, aircraft carrier, sea, battles, naval battle, ship, heroes, chaos and mayhem, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pentagon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, sad
Plot:
sea battle, plane crash, aircraft carrier, world war two, fighter pilot, aviation, bravery, u.s. military, war, courage, heroism, navy ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
honolulu hawaii
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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, entertaining, epic, inspirational, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fighter pilot, warplane, fighter plane, u.s. navy, sniper, aircraft carrier, fighter jet, leadership, u.s. military, aviation, aviator, friends ...
Time:
2020s, year 1969, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, usa, san diego california
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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, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, world war three, post apocalypse, politics, nuclear war, aviation, nuclear threat, disaster, catastrophe, terrorism ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1991
Place:
ussr, russia, usa, nebraska, washington d.c. ...
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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, fighter pilot, navy, japanese history, aviation, attack, air attack, newspaper reporter, war, aerial combats, tragic event, world war one ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
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466K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 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:
exciting, realistic, entertaining, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, kids, manly ...
Plot:
airplane, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, fighter jet, officers and cadets, military, aviation, warplane, aviator, u.s. military, flying ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, navy, swat team, warship, battleship, save the day, world war three, tough heroes, daring rescue, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., scottish highlands, scotland, moscow russia ...
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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:
intense, entertaining, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, suspense, airplane, bombing, u.s. navy, fight scenes, fantasy world, courage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, europe, asia, china, france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sea monster, alien, military, bermuda triangle, daring rescue, battles, deadly creature, escapades, rescue mission, animal attack, alien attack, tentacle ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, dramatic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
military, sniper, fighter pilot, survival, war, behind enemy lines, suspense, bosnian war, gunfight, atrocity, navy, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 1995, 21st century
Place:
iraq, balkan, serbia, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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20K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style:
realistic, factual, tense, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, sea battle, u.s. navy, aviation, navy, fascism, ethnic conflict, prejudice, suspense, naval battle ...
Time:
70s, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, hawaii, tokyo, germany, japan ...
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672
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story:
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On his first day on the job, nuclear missiles are stolen from the former Soviet Union by terrorists. ...
Plot:
spy, computer, computer cracker, arrest, gunfight, colonel, race against time, u.s. president, hidden camera, mercenary, satellite, pizza ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., istanbul turkey, ukraine, zurich switzerland, pentagon ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as leader, sending them to destroy the pirates' base, namely ...
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pirate, military, battles, ship, undercover, soldier, military life, daring rescue, heroes, ocean, female spy, cia agent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, french riviera, san francisco, turkey, albania
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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:
betrayal, conspiracy, mission, soldier, save the day, love triangle, rivalry, dishonesty, pilot, airplane, kidnapping, missile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, pentagon, las vegas, iran ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly 'tiger cruise' for USNavy, Marines and USNAF relatives, mainly minors ('Navy brats'). Attitudes and emotions vary from simple ...
Style:
sad
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disney, father daughter relationship, father figure, terrorism, aviation, teenager, us military, navy, ship, bomb, airplane, aircraft carrier ...
Time:
september 11 2001
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, military, navy seal, manhunt, heroic mission, government agency, wanted, mastermind, once in a lifetime opportunity, murder, terrorist group, top secret ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa, middle east
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style:
exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, war, military, u.s. navy, soldier, race against time, battles, heroes, gunfight, save the day, heroic mission, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
middle east, pentagon, usa, north america, beirut lebanon ...
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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, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, airplane, save the day, undercover, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, suspense, terrorism, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending, cult film
Plot:
cruise ship, ghost ship, sinking ship, survival, hostage, one against many, conspiracy, kidnapping, suspense, terrorist group, fight, ocean ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
san francisco, san diego california, pentagon
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251K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2012, year 2005, year 2006, 2010s ...
Place:
hawaii, tokyo, new york, pacific ocean, london ...
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55K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
entertaining, funny, humorous, bad ending, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, u.s. navy, military, aviation, warplane, airplane, fighter jet, fighter plane, computer, aerial combat, spy, female fighter ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
north korea, asia, seattle, russia, washington d.c. ...
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383K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, race against time, tsunami, forces of nature, humanity in peril, destruction, human existence, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2000s, year 2009 ...
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, mount everest, british columbia, london ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, a terrorist organization has stolen materials to create a dangerous chemical bomb. It is up to Captain Max Randall and his team of Marines to stop them. But when Randall's team kill the terrorist ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, soldier, jungle, confined, graphic violence, heroes, rescue, kidnapping, terrorist group, timebomb, battlefield ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
southeast asia, asia, the philippines, manila philippines
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85K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Style:
touching, suspenseful, exciting, rough, perverse ...
Plot:
cia, military, taliban, soldier, heroism, behind enemy lines, us military, al qaeda, machismo, swat team, war on terror, navy seal ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, middle east
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When monsters suddenly appear from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, a special team pilots giant robots to combat the new threat.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monster, sea monster, navy, military, u.s. navy, soldier, kaiju, giant robots, aircraft carrier, death, destruction, missile ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, atlantic ocean, new orleans, new york
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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, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, fighter jet, submarine, military, aviation, boat, hijacking, exploding airplane, mercenary, u.s. president, husband wife relationship, arms dealer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
latin america, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, South Africa
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist group, suspense, rescue, chaos, daring rescue, heroic mission, battles, tough heroes, race against time, undercover, hijacking ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, johannesburg south africa, south africa, africa
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