| Blue Thunder (1983) | 6.4 | |
| Wings (1990) | 7.3 | |
| Non-Stop (2014) | 6.9 | |
| Airplane! (1980) | 7.7 | |
| Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) | 5.9 |
Aviation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant aviation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, serious, intense, exciting and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with aviation, airplane, pilot, flying, catastrophe, danger, airplane accident, aircraft, dialogue and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as aviation: Sully (2016), Emergency Declaration (2021), American Made (2017), Sky Fighters (2005), Turbulent Skies (2020), Crash Point: Berlin (2009), Flight (2012), Lancaster Skies (2019), Non-Stop (2014), The Aviator (1985).
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320K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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:
teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aviation, airplane accident, pilot, airplane, courage, crash landing, investigation, accident, plane crash, air traffic controller, catastrophe, co pilot ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, persia, north america, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
airplane hijack, aviation, hijacking, passenger, airplane, crash landing, airport, terrorist, flying, terrorism, investigation, terror ...
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231K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, factual, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
pilot, drug cartel, money laundering, aviation, cia, money, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, trial, arms smuggling, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
colombia, panama, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of KLM Dutch Royal Airlines founder Albert Plesman and pioneering aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker's symbiotic but tempestuous bond as they struggle to establish the interwar Netherlands' role in global civil aviation.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
aviation, airplane, airline, aviator, struggle, ambition, inventions and discoveries, direction and purpose, aspiration, lifestyle, invention, airplane trip ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot:
aviation, airplane accident, crash, pilot, passenger, save the day, moral dilemma, air disaster, danger, air traffic controller, aeroplane, air traffic control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Is relevant?
395K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip ...
Style:
psychological, tense, inspirational, emotional, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
airplane, addiction, air disaster, aviation, courage, pilot, character study, airplane crash, stewardess, morality, airport, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, orlando florida, atlanta georgia, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944.
Style:
sincere, psychological, touching, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, raf, secret, camaraderie, killed in action, teamwork, trust, world war, friendship between men, british army, bombing ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s
Place:
berlin germany, england, germany
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, airplane, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, danger, resourceful, terrorist, mind game, aviation, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iceland, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Style:
melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
wilderness, aviation, rescue, loneliness, courage, human spirit, airplane, opposites attract, danger, daring rescue, save the day, against the odds ...
Time:
1920s, year 1985, 80s, year 1918, 70s
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
epic, cult classic, realistic, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, fighter plane, battles, world war, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
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405K
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:
epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Russia, Cambodia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about bravery, self-sacrifice and human dignity put on trial by the merciless power of nature. A young pilot is fired from military air force after disobeying an absurd order. He gets a job as a co-pilot with a civil airline. Being brutally ...
Style:
suspense, biting, sentimental, disturbing, novela ...
Plot:
natural disaster, aviation, risk, rescue mission, heroism, coworker relationship, disaster, social relations, rescue team, beefcake, love affair, daring rescue ...
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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:
epic, inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cold war, astronaut, nasa, u.s. air force, aviation, test pilot, space travel, space exploration, space race, politics, space program, spacecraft ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1960 ...
Place:
washington d.c., florida, australia, houston texas, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield became damaged mid-flight. The incident is regarded as one of the miracles in aviation history.
Style:
suspense, action adventure, sentimental, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
air disaster, plane crash, aviation, co pilot, aviator, pilot, risk, airline, heroism, crash, determination, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in ...
Style:
black and white
Plot:
aviation, airplane accident, pilot, airplane crash, air disaster, investigation, flying, fate, beach, flashback, disaster, male male relationship ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, ...
Style:
exciting, clever, melancholic, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, pilot, aviation, heroes, military, destiny, military life, justice, society, idealism, battle zone, war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place:
southeast asia, laos, vietnam, cambodia, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, rescue, airplane, airport, underwater, airplane accident, aviation, frogman, bermuda triangle, hijacking, airplane hijack, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A flight attendant has to deal with a supernatural event when passengers on her plane start to die one at a time.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological, suspense, action thriller
Plot:
aviation, crew, death, airplane accident, survival, paranormal phenomena, ghost, father daughter relationship, stewardess, survivor, selfishness, pilot ...
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Star studded comedy about a early 20th century air race from Britain to France.
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, dieselpunk, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
aviation, airplane, nobility, aviator, steampunk, flying, road trip, farce, competition, neanderthal, love triangle, stereotypes ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1900s, edwardian era, prehistoric times ...
Place:
paris france, england, london, france, europe ...
Is relevant?
730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, hopes, politics, state affairs, heroes, law enforcement, righting the wronged, danger, uncover truth, military, rivalry, investigation ...
Is relevant?
531K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
airport, stranded, loneliness, culture clash, nothing goes right, happy ending, destiny, fish out of water, aviation, passenger, life philosophy, fictional country ...
Time:
year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, america, canada, romania ...
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
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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, 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
Is relevant?
223K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hostage, president, secret service, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, washington d.c., iraq, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An air-traffic controller quits after a plane crash but, years later, goes to help an airport that is in the path of a terrible storm.
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
air traffic controller, aviation, airplane, airport, flight attendant, pilot, die hard, airplane accident, aircraft, aeroplane, new year's eve, storm ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
airplane, christmas, stewardess, hijacking, airplane accident, murder, disaster, aviation, serial killer, danger, pilot, die hard ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
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, 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, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
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