Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aircraft-pilot"

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 696,540 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Top Gun (1986)

PG | 109 min | Action, Drama

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer

Votes: 502,532 | Gross: $179.80M

3. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe

Votes: 206,933 | Gross: $110.50M

4. The Mummy (1999)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo

Votes: 460,917 | Gross: $155.25M

5. Avatar (2009)

PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 1,386,331 | Gross: $760.51M

6. Mortal Engines (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.

Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae

Votes: 140,745 | Gross: $15.95M

7. Independence Day (1996)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

Votes: 605,572 | Gross: $306.17M

8. San Andreas (2015)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes

Votes: 256,670 | Gross: $155.19M

9. Need for Speed (2014)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi

Votes: 178,498 | Gross: $43.58M

10. Licence to Kill (1989)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto

Votes: 112,078 | Gross: $34.67M

11. Green Lantern (2011)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong

Votes: 296,112 | Gross: $116.60M

12. Air Force One (1997)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson

Votes: 210,102 | Gross: $172.96M

13. Angels & Demons (2009)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 309,587 | Gross: $133.38M

14. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.

Director: John Moore | Stars: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield

Votes: 112,859 | Gross: $59.07M

15. Iron Eagle (1986)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Thriller, War

A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson

Votes: 16,003 | Gross: $24.16M

16. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,464 | Gross: $37.76M

17. The Losers (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A CIA special forces team is betrayed and left for dead by their superiors, galvanizing them to mount an offensive on the CIA.

Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans

Votes: 107,012 | Gross: $23.58M

18. Porco Rosso (1992)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 102,084

19. The 6th Day (2000)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker

Votes: 127,907 | Gross: $34.60M

20. Stealth (2005)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard

Votes: 56,269 | Gross: $32.12M

21. Blue Thunder (1983)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern

Votes: 23,345 | Gross: $42.31M

22. Outside the Wire (2021)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Enzo Cilenti, Emily Beecham

Votes: 45,475

23. Thunderbird 6 (1968)

G | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Several members of the International Rescue crew attend the maiden flight of Brains' revolutionary craft Skyship One, unaware that they are being lured into a deadly trap.

Director: David Lane | Stars: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin

Votes: 1,613

24. Frost Giant (2010 TV Movie)

88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dedicated explorer and his team search for a 19th century shipwreck off an island in the Arctic ocean. After the team digs up an alien ice creature that has been buried in the ice for ... See full summary »

Director: Víctor Garcia | Stars: Dean Cain, Steven Waddington, Lucy Brown, Louisa Clein

Votes: 957

25. Guy Martin: The Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber (2015 TV Movie)

72 min | Documentary

Guy Martin helps restore XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, to prepare it for its last ever flight, a 1000-mile farewell tour of Great Britain, before it is grounded.

Director: James Woodroffe | Stars: Guy Martin, Shaun Dooley, Kevin Stone, Ray Watts

Votes: 229

26. My Name Is Noah and This Is My Fucking Ark (2022)

77 min | Drama

An aircraft combat pilot, Addicted to Methamphetamine, hides from war somewhere, in a post apocalyptic Ark. Inside his claustrophobic space he starts to lose his mind in an odyssey of ... See full summary »

Director: Rezazadeh Behdad | Star: Rezazadeh Behdad

27. Flight in the Cockpit Volume 7: Cargolux Boeing 747-400F (1996 Video)

60 min | Documentary

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Director: Tom DeAngelis

28. Flight in the Cockpit Volume 2: The Lufthansa Fleet (1995 Video)

60 min | Documentary

This program takes you into the cockpit of several Lufthansa jets for takeoff and landing at various airports: Frankfurt, Milan, Bangkok, New York, and Hong Kong. Jets include: Airbus A310-... See full summary »

Director: Tom DeAngelis

29. In Cockpit (2008 Video)

82 min | Documentary

Take a thrilling ride in the cockpit with the pilots of eight different aircraft ranging from the legendary Spitfire to a commercial airline to the spectacular modern jet-fighter, the SU-37... See full summary »

30. Flight in the Cockpit: Boeing 727 (1994 Video)

55 min | Documentary

Follow the pilots through various checklists and briefings. Listen to communications with ATC. See a night landing at Newark.

Director: Tom DeAngelis

31. Flight in the Cockpit Volume 18: Challenge Air Cargo Boeing 757 (1998 Video)

120 min | Documentary

Ride in the cockpit of a Challenge Boeing 757 from Miami to South America. Captain Clarke takes you through very detailed description of the modern glass cockpit as well as full route ... See full summary »

Director: Tom DeAngelis

32. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Golden Parachute (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Insurance agent Scott Eric Sommer's private plane crashes in the Everglades after his pilot was shot. Only Sommer himself is found alive. His accountant seems to have struggled and jumped out. The firm was under SEC investigation.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 764

33. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Foul Play in the Sky (1993)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Kimberly is in trouble when her uncle Steve succumbs to a sleeping potion in the middle of flying an airplane with her on board.

Director: Shuki Levy | Stars: Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, Walter Jones, Amy Jo Johnson

Votes: 552

34. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger Perry, DeForest Kelley

Votes: 4,306

35. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: The Last Flight (1960)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A World War I British fighter pilot lands at an American air base in 1959 France.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Alexander Scourby, Simon Scott, Robert Warwick

Votes: 4,066

36. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Trapped in the Sky (1965)

TV-G | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?

Director: Alan Pattillo | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 292

37. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Pit of Peril (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The Army's new Sidewinder falls down a burning pit. Can International Rescue haul the machine out of the pit before it breaks up?

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 215

38. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Perils of Penelope (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Professor Borender is kidnapped and his assistant, Sir Jeremy Hodge goes to Lady Penelope help find the missing scientist. While on the trail, they are captured on a monorail train by the villainous, Dr. Godber. Along with his henchman, Roache, Godber has Lady Penelope tied to the monorail track and threatens her life when the next train comes through unless the two scientists reveal the details ... See full summary »

Directors: Alan Pattillo, Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 192

39. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Terror in New York City (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport TB4 to New York City when a news crew is trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

Directors: David Elliott, David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 208

40. Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2021)

Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Aboard a falling plane as the clock ticks toward doom, Han Tae Sul puts his famous mind to work for a solution. Kang Seo Hae arrives in the year 2020.

Director: Jin Hyuk | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Park Shin-hye, Dawn Anderson, Kim Byeong-chun

Votes: 327

41. Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode: Misplaced (2012)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Earth's 5 most powerful sorcerers make all the adults on the planet disappear, it's up to the Team, Zatanna, and Billy Batson to stop them.

Director: Michael Chang | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Jesse McCartney, Stephanie Lemelin, Danica McKellar

Votes: 3,196

42. Defenders of the Earth (1986–1991)
Episode: Return of the Skyband (1986)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An evil band of women pirates, with a vendetta against The Phantom, terrorize the universe and nearly kill the masked superhero.

Directors: John Gibbs, Ray Lee | Stars: William Callaway, Adam Carl, Ron Feinberg, Buster Jones

Votes: 11

43. W5 (1966– )
Episode: Cocaine Cargo (2022)

Documentary, News

Just before a Canadian airliner is ready to take off from an airport in the Dominican Republic, a crew member performing a preflight check discovers that eight bags full of wrapped cocaine ... See full summary »

Stars: Avery Haines, Luis Abinader, Ranya Al-Dayeh, Dubey Bal-Krishna

44. Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014–2020)
Episode: The Buzz on Windblade (2015)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Autobots recruit a new member, the female warrior Windblade, to aid them in capturing a mind-controlling hornet Decepticon.

Director: Todd Waterman | Stars: Will Friedle, Constance Zimmer, Darren Criss, Khary Payton

Votes: 24