Movies about pilots and pilots

Movies about pilots and pilots
List of the best movies about pilots selected by visitors to our site: Sully, Memphis Belle, Midway, Aces High, Hot Shots!, The Final Countdown, Air Strike, Top Gun, The Aviator, Hurricane.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:03
CharactersStewardesses, Birds, Bartenders, Pilots
PlotOn real events, Disasters, Investigation, Aviation, Swimming
PlaceAircraft, Ships, Hotels, USA, New York
StyleInspirational, Tense, Touching

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 Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
Duration01:47
CharactersHeroes, Military, Friends, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Friendship, Aviation
PlaceAircraft
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Action, Inspirational, Heavy, Patriotic

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, military, biography, history
CountryUSA, China, Canada, Hong Kong
CharactersMilitary, Soldier, Emperors
PlotWar, On real events, Revenge, Sea battles, Aviation
PlaceSubmarines, Sea, Ocean, Warships, Japan
TimeWorld War II

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.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:54
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlaceEngland
TimeWorld War I
StyleBy books

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:24
CharactersHeroes, Military, Pilots
PlotAviation, Love triangle
PlaceAircraft
StyleExciting, Light

Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:43
CharactersHeroes, Military
PlotWar, Survival, Time travel, Adventure, Aviation
PlaceAircraft, Pearl Harbor
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryChina
CharactersScientists, Pilots
PlotWar, Skirmishes, Aviation
PlaceChina, Hospitals
TimeWorld War II
StyleHeavy, Epic, Serious

An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, drama
CountryChina, USA
Duration01:50
CharactersMilitary, Friends, Pilots
PlotMotorcycles, Aviation, Rivalry
PlaceAircraft
TimeCold War
StyleExciting, Tense, Serious, For men

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 Pete's dreams of becoming an Ace pilot.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:43
CharactersMillionaires, Womanizers, Fathers, Businessmen, Actors
PlotOn real events, Money, Obsession, Aviation, Mental disorders
PlaceAircraft, Los Angeles
StyleFascinating, Epic

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 obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, Poland
Duration01:53
CharactersMilitary, Soldier, Pilots
PlotWar, On real events, Friendship, Aviation
PlaceEngland
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Patriotic, Tense

The story of the Polish fliers who found themselves fighting for the freedom of their own country in foreign skies. Seen through the eyes of a Polish fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles—driven across Europe by the German war machine—finally make their last stand. Flying Hurricanes for the RAF over Britain, they became a key component in the legend of ‘The Few’. Up against the might of the Luftwaffe they hoped that, by saving Great Britain from Nazi invasion, they were keeping the dream of a free Poland alive.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:18
CharactersStewardesses, Pilots
PlotDisasters, Investigation, Mystery, Mystery
PlaceAircraft, Court, USA
StylePsychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Depressive, Serious

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 pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military
CountryCanada, Israel, USA
Duration01:57
CharactersHeroes, Military, Pilots
PlotAviation, Hostage
PlaceDeserts
StyleExciting, Action, Light, Soulful, Serious

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Adventure, Aviation
PlaceAircraft, Italy
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Epic, Serious, For men, Disturbing

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, military
CountryNorway, Sweden, France
Duration01:44
CharactersMilitary, Friends, Soldier, Pilots
PlotWar, On real events, Survival, Aviation, Cold
PlaceForest
TimeWorld War II, Winter
StyleExciting, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing, Worth watching

Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to at shoot each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India, Spain, Canada, China
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlotWar
TimeWorld War I
StyleExciting, Worth watching

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:01
CharactersHeroes, Military
PlotArtificial Intelligence, Aviation, Saving the World
TimeFuture
StyleHeavy, Tense, Serious, For men, Disturbing

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.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, drama, military
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:27
PlotWar, Aviation
TimeGreat Patriotic War
StylePopular

Bogdan Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Bogdan always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, comedy, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:58
CharactersHeroes, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, Dancing
PlaceSubmarines, Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles
TimeNew Year, World War II
StyleExciting

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:20
CharactersHeroes, Military, Pilots
PlotWar, On real events, Adventure, Revenge, Aviation
PlaceAircraft, France
StyleRomantic, Exciting, For men, Disturbing

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military
CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, USA
Duration01:52
CharactersPilots
PlotWar, Friendship, Aviation, Love triangle
TimeWorld War II
StyleRomantic, To cry

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, drama
CountryChina
CharactersTerrorists, Military, Soldier
PlotFight, Aviation
PlaceChina
StyleAction, Serious, Disturbing

An elite group of Chinese pilots must take part in a dangerous mission to thwart a terrorist plot and resolve a hostage situation.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Italy
Duration02:18
CharactersDogs, Heroes
PlotOn real events, Adventure, Aviation, Rivalry
PlaceAircraft, Paris, England, France, London
StyleFascinating

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, drama, detective, military
CountryJapan
Duration02:24
CharactersMilitary, Writers, Lawyers, Soldier, Pilots
PlotWar, Aviation
PlaceJapan, Pearl Harbor, Asia
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, To cry, By books, Fascinating, Serious

A young man Kentaro Saeki (Haruma Miura) keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro and Keiko begin to search for information on their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe (Junichi Okada) who dead in the special forces during World War II. Their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe was terrified of death and obsessed with life. Why did he join the special forces? According to his fellow navy soldiers, Kyuzo Miyabe was a genius and also a coward. Kentaro and Keiko then discovers the shocking truth which has been sealed for 60 years.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:28
CharactersHeroes, Stewardesses, Taxi drivers, Veterans, Pilots
PlaceAircraft
StyleExciting

Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, musical
CountrySpain
Duration01:30
CharactersGay, Friends, Stewardesses
PlaceAircraft
StyleFancy, Explicit scenes

The film is an ensemble comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, action, military
CountryNew Zealand, USA
CharactersStrong women, Pilots
PlotSurvival, Skirmishes, Fight, Aviation, Death
PlaceAircraft
TimeWorld War II
StyleUnexpected ending, Tense

A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
CountryRussia
CharactersMilitary, Pilots, Test pilots
PlotWar, The escape
PlaceConcentration camp
TimeGreat Patriotic War, World War II

Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genreaction, crime
CountryChina
CharactersHackers
PlotMartial Arts, Undercover
StyleFor men

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea
PlotAviation

After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot Cheol-hui. He makes friends with the other pilots in the unit and falls in love with the beautiful Se-young, who is in charge of maintenance, but his antics soon cause the entire unit to be suspended from duty. When a North Korean MIG fighter threatens, the group is called back into a gripping dogfight that leaves one comrade dead and another missing. Cheol-hui and Tae-hun join forces to rescue their missing friend and prevent a catastrophic war.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:16
CharactersSpy, Heroes, Military, Pilots
PlotKGB, Chase, Rivalry
PlaceAircraft, Russia, Vietnam, England, Warships
TimeCold War
StyleExciting, Heavy, Tense, Serious, For men

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.





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