Spitfire (2018), The Dam Busters (1955), Dark Blue World (2001), Reach for the Sky (1957), Spitfire (1942), Battle of Britain (1969), Journey Together (1945), Clouds Over Europe (1939) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Royal Air Force movies.
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: The British are desperate to shorten the length of World War II and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first, the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target.—Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, british, true story, military operation, bombing ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech and Slovak pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. After the war, back home, they are put in labor camps, suspected of anti-Communist ideas. This film cuts between a post-war camp where Franta is a prisoner and England during the war, where Franta is like a big brother to Karel, a very young pilot. On maneuvers, Karel crash lands by the rural home of Susan, an English woman whose husband is MIA. She spends one night with Karel, and he thinks he's found the love of his life. It's complicated by Susan's attraction to Franta. How will the three handle innocence, Eros, friendship, and the heat of battle? When war ends, what then?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, nazis, occupation, friendship, romance, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.—E.A. Milne <eamilne@bitmailer.net>
Plot Keywords: biography, war, history, inspirational, british, true story, pilot ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: By the late 1920's aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his revolutionary mono-planes winning trophy after trophy. But a holiday in Germany shortly after Hitler assumes power convinces him that it is vital to design a completely new type of fighter plane and that sooner or later Britain's very survival may depend on what he comes to call the Spitfire.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, britain, history, documentary, military, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War II for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can take place.
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, britain, military, battle, germany ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: David Wilton (Sir Richard Attenborough), John Aynesworth (Jack Watling), and Smith (David Tomlinson) are amongst a group of cadets hoping to become pilots in the Royal Air Force. David, however, has poor height perception and cannot master his landings. Therefore, he is sent to navigator's school, but finds it hard to concentrate on his new job due to despondency over losing his chance to be "something important", a pilot. His friends and teachers join in an effort to show David the vast importance of the navigator, something he learns for himself over the target city of Berlin.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: war film, world war ii, british film, historical, military training, documentary style, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Experimental aircraft of several countries are mysteriously vanishing during test flights over the sea. The latest is British, and Hammond of the Secret Service, comical but competent, investigates undercover. Also interested is waitress Kay, a disguised reporter, and Hammond's sister. The government and plane manufacturer Barrett think the whole business is just coincidence, but the "Viking", ostensible salvage ship controlled by a foreign power, has much to do with it.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, spy, mystery, british, 1930s, film noir, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Marcus is a kid on Manhattan's mean streets. He's turning 15, his father is dead, his mother is in prison for smuggling undocumented aliens. His grandmother is raising him. He has four close buddies who have a basement clubhouse; they shoplift and sell the wares to kids. One is moving toward selling drugs. Marcus wants to take a breather from the city and visit family in New Mexico. He also meets Melena, 14, a sweet kid who dreams of going to Alaska; her father is not just protective but angry and uncommunicative. The gang pressures Marcus to move up to burglary and car theft. He just wants to breathe open air. Can anything go right?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, pilot, poland, history, military, heroism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, britain, women, biography, history, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Manfred von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) arrives from the Cavalry, at a squadron in the German air force under the command of Oswald Boelcke. He quickly becomes an ace. Meanwhile, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown arrives at a British squadron, where the top scoring pilot is Victoria Cross winner, Major Lanoe Hawker. Brown ruffles the feathers of his squadron mates by refusing to drink a toast to von Richthofen. Von Richthofen and fellow squadron pilot, Hermann Goering clash when squadron commander Boelcke is killed after a mid air collision( Boelcke's upper left wing struck the undercarriage of Böhme's Albatros ). von Richthofen is given command of the squadron. Outraged when he is ordered to have his aircraft camouflaged, von Richthofen has the squadron's aircraft painted in bright conspicuous colors, claiming that gentlemen should not hide from their enemies. Later, von Richthofen is wounded during an aerial battle; meanwhile Lanoe Hawker is killed. Brown and his squadron decide to attack von Richthofen's airfield, destroying their aircraft on the ground. However, von Richthofen, with the help of a batch of new fighters from Anthony Fokker, the 'Richthofen Flying Circus' launches a counter attack on the British airfield. Brown later kills von Richthofen during an aerial combat, and Hermann Goering takes over command of the 'Flying Circus'.—H W Thorn
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war i, biography, germany, britain, military ...
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