Highest-Rated Movies about 'Airship'

Blade Runner (1982), Castle in the Sky (1986), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Watchmen (2009), Stardust (2007), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Help! (1965), Ways to Live Forever (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Airship movies.

#1. Blade Runner (1982)

Storyline: In the 21st century, a corporation develops human clones to be used as slaves in colonies outside the Earth, identified as replicants. In 2019, a former police officer is hired to hunt down a fugitive group of clones living undercover in Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords: tech noir, police detective, cyberpunk, neo noir, megacorporation, existentialism, artificial intelligence ...

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#2. Castle in the Sky (1986)

Storyline: A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization.

Plot Keywords: mining town, kidnapping, flashback, surrealism, airship, battle, capture ...

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#3. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

Storyline: This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now 13 years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.

Plot Keywords: anime, based on book, black cat, teenage girl, flying, bakery, magic ...

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#4. Watchmen (2009)

Storyline: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.

Plot Keywords: rape, masked vigilante, conspiracy, nihilist, false promise of the american dream, female rear nudity, female nudity ...

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#5. Stardust (2007)

Storyline: The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a cross-dressing pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love?

Plot Keywords: transformation, f rated, stick fight, kidnapping, race against time, witchcraft, shooting star ...

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#6. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Storyline: Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the games when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger.

Plot Keywords: dictator, based on young adult novel, female hero, female protagonist, action heroine, female warrior, strong female character ...

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#7. Help! (1965)

Storyline: An Eastern cult discovers that the sacrificial ring is missing. Sir Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles has it; sent by the girl (who's to be sacrificed) as a gift. Clang, Ahme, Bhuta, and several cult members leave for London to retrieve the ring. After several failed attempts to steal the ring, they confront him in an Indian restaurant. Ringo learns that if he does not return the ring soon, he will become the next sacrifice. Ringo then discovers that the ring is stuck on his finger. Its a race against time; John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, and George Harrison try to protect their friend while they're all being chased not only by Clang and his minions, but also by two mad scientists and the Chief Inspector of Scotland yard. Will Ringo be saved, or will he be sacrificed?

Plot Keywords: ring, religious cult, drummer, the beatles, human sacrifice, mad scientist, trapdoor ...

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#9. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1968)

Storyline: The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash, and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added by the ever beautiful C.C. playing Malmgren's girlfriend.—E. Kocourek <e_kocourek@yahoo.com>

Plot Keywords: cold weather, 1920s, hero, scientific experiment, color in title, zeppelin, airplane ...

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#10. Black Sunday (1977)

Storyline: Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called Dahlia is the one overseeing the operation. She was in the Middle East with the other members of the organization, discussing the operation when some Israelis came in; the leader, Major Kobakov had his gun on her but didn't shoot her. Kobakov then informed the US what they found. Though they don't know what their operation is, Kobakov assures them that it will be devastating. So, with FBI man, Corley, they try to find out what it is before it's too late. But they both have different ways of doing things, and since Kobakov is the visitor, he is warned to watch it. Dahlia's "partner in crime" is Michael Lander, a Vietnam P.O.W., who is psychologically scarred by that experience, thus making him very susceptible to her machinations.—<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

Plot Keywords: dynamite, airplane, deception, double cross, insanity, booby trap, femme fatale ...

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#11. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Storyline: The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airplane as little more then a carnival attraction. Even after sinking an "unsinkable" captured German battleship from the air, Mitchell sees funds dry up and friends die due to poor equipment. He is court-martialed after questioning the loyalty of his superiors for allowing the air corp to deteriorate.—KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>

Plot Keywords: court martial, military, bomber, visionary, widow, congressman, sacrifice ...

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#12. Hardcore Henry (2015)

Storyline: Waking inside a laboratory on an airship, a man recalls bullies from his childhood. A scientist, Estelle, greets him and tells him his name is Henry, she is his wife, and that he has been revived from an accident that left him amnesiac and mute. After she replaces a missing arm and leg with cybernetic prostheses, mercenaries led by the psychokinetic Akan raid the ship, claiming all of Estelle's research is Akan's corporate property. He kills Estelle's scientists before attempting to murder Henry, but Henry and Estelle flee in an escape pod, landing in Moscow. Estelle is abducted by the mercenaries, who try to kill Henry..

Plot Keywords: point of view, good versus evil, violence, telekinesis, terrorism, terrorist, experimental film ...

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#13. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

Storyline: With the Games destroyed, Katniss Everdeen, along with Gale, Finnick and Beetee, end up in the so thought "destroyed" District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her friends, Katniss becomes the "Mockingjay", the symbol of rebellion for the districts of Panem.

Plot Keywords: uprising, based on young adult novel, dystopia, emaciation, action heroine, female warrior, propaganda ...

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#14. John Carter (2012)

Storyline: John Carter, a Civil War veteran, who in 1868 was trying to live a normal life, is "asked" by the Army to join, but he refuses so he is locked up. He escapes, and is pursued. Eventually they run into some Indians, and there's a gunfight. Carter seeks refuge in a cave. While there, he encounters someone who is holding some kind of medallion. When Carter touches it, he finds himself in a place where he can leap incredible heights, among other things. He later encounters beings he has never seen before. He meets a woman who helps him to discover that he is on Mars, and he learns there's some kind of unrest going on.

Plot Keywords: arizona desert, virginia, gladiator, american civil war, arizona territory, alien, princess ...

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#15. The Rocketeer (1991)

Storyline: Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.

Plot Keywords: jet pack, stockings, camera shot of feet, foot closeup, female stockinged feet, female stockinged legs, superhero ...

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