Fighter (2000), Empire of the Sun (1987), Spitfire (2018), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Mysterious Island (1961), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), Executive Decision (1996), The Hindenburg (1975) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Aircraft movies.
Storyline: "Fighter" follows two friends, Jan Wiener, to whom the title refers, and Arnost Lustig, a writer - both in their seventies, and both exiles from Communist Czechoslovakia now living in America - as they retrace Wiener's escape from Prague after the Nazi takeover in the 1930s. Incorporating rare archival footage from Nazi and Communist propaganda films, the documentary focuses on the interaction between Wiener and Lustig as they retrace Wiener's steps.
Plot Keywords: action, war, military, adventure, drama, history, pilot ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, coming of age, survival, childhood, historical drama, war trauma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
Plot Keywords: war, history, documentary, british, world war ii, military, heroism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biography of Charles Lindbergh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his design of a small transatlantic plane and the vicissitudes of its takeoff and epochal flight from New York to Paris in 1927.—Paul Emmons <pemmons@wcupa.edu>
Plot Keywords: biography, history, adventure, drama, aviation, 1920s, inspirational ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.—Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
Plot Keywords: adventure, science fiction, fantasy, action, thriller, mystery, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed, eventually getting a chance to prove himself in a film depicting the dogfights in the Great War.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, aviation, historical, nostalgia, action, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release of their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and convinces the military that the 'plane should not be allowed to enter U.S. airspace. An assault mission is devised, using a specially equipped 'plane designed for mid-air crew transfers, and Grant finds himself aboard the 747 with a team of military anti-terrorists who have to defuse a bomb and overpower the terrorists.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, adventure, terrorism, military, special forces, crisis management ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen.—Charles Holland <charley@themovies.com.au>
Plot Keywords: disaster, historical, suspense, drama, true story, conspiracy, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A French explorer enlists the help of the US Navy in an expedition to the South Pole. There is competition between the airship division and fixed wing fliers, resolved in triumph and disasters.—Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, aviation, expedition, disaster, science fiction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inspired by Lindbergh's flight, Dave Logan sets out with a Washington-Philadelphia airline but suffers financial problems. With flying ace Hap Stuart he tries clipper ships on the Caribbean, then aims for the trans-Pacific route. His relentless ambition forces those closest to him to abandon him.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, historical, aviation, biographical, flying ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue US pilot Deakins, but hot on his trail is his co-pilot Hale and a Park Ranger, Terry. The action takes place in Utah's canyon country; a high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, thriller, military, nuclear weapons, betrayal, chase ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
Plot Keywords: animation, adventure, comedy, family, action, aviation, rescue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 rumors say that the jet is undetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam War pilot Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood) on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, war, espionage, cold war, military, science fiction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Noah Dugan agrees to fly missionary Bernadette Lafleur and her cargo of animals to a remote island, its only because he is on the run from a couple of bookies. What neither of them know is that two of Miss Lafleur's young students have stowed away with the animals & Miss Lafleur's transistor radio has interfered with the plane's instruments and they're all now miles off course. After a forced landing on a remote island, Dugan, Bernadette, Bobby and Julie discover that they are not alone. Together with two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded on the island since WWII, they must turn the plane into a seaworthy boat if they are ever to make it home. When Bobby and Julie insist that they cannot leave the animals behind, the converted plane truly becomes a second Noah's Ark—April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, family, comedy, drama, aviation, animals, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. He falls in love with her, but she is scheming to lure him back to the USSR. But Shannon has a scheme of his own.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, war, romance, cold war, spy, pilot ...
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