Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "helicopter-shot-down"

1. Suicide Squad (2016)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.

Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis

Votes: 722,910 | Gross: $325.10M

2. 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: 606,441 | Gross: $306.17M

3. Brothers (I) (2009)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War

While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard

Votes: 147,194 | Gross: $28.50M

4. The Interview (II) (2014)

R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

Directors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen | Stars: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan

Votes: 355,134 | Gross: $6.11M

5. 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: 107,116 | Gross: $23.58M

6. White House Down (2013)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke

Votes: 236,464 | Gross: $73.10M

7. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 138,328 | Gross: $50.58M

8. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 215,112 | Gross: $152.27M

9. Hotel Artemis (2018)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.

Director: Drew Pearce | Stars: Jodie Foster, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 58,528 | Gross: $6.71M

10. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 117,672 | Gross: $43.08M

11. London Has Fallen (2016)

R | 99 min | Action, Thriller

In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett

Votes: 169,828 | Gross: $62.68M

12. Battle Los Angeles (2011)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramón Rodríguez

Votes: 185,264 | Gross: $83.55M

13. The Wall (II) (2017)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli

Votes: 31,003 | Gross: $1.80M

14. Lions for Lambs (2007)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña

Votes: 52,749 | Gross: $15.00M

15. 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: 23,376 | Gross: $42.31M

16. Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A jewel thief's daughter is kidnapped after he steals a collection of prized black diamonds, which aren't at all what they seem.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Anthony Anderson

Votes: 46,796 | Gross: $34.71M

17. Navy Seals (1990)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A battle-hardened SEAL Team set off on a mission to destroy a shipment of US-built Stinger missiles that have fallen into terrorist hands.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich

Votes: 17,989 | Gross: $25.07M

18. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western

A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane

Votes: 9,977

19. Atlantis Interceptors (1983)

Unrated | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

An ancient Atlantean relic is discovered on the ocean floor near a sunken nuclear submarine, which triggers a violent set of events that sees a couple of scientists teaming up with a few mercenaries to survive the onslaught that follows.

Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Christopher Connelly, Gioia Scola, Tony King, Stefano Mingardo

Votes: 2,345

20. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

You are sent to Auroa for what seems to a be a typical recon mission, but your helicopter is shot down. The island has fallen into the wrong hands.

Directors: Elie Benhamou, Eric Couzian, Dominique Leblanc, Jason Baughan | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Rodney Mullen, Adam LeBlanc, Alex Mallari Jr.

Votes: 988

21. Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)

R | 103 min | Action, War

Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim

Votes: 7,185 | Gross: $6.19M

22. Do or Die (1991)

R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Hunted down by six teams of assassins hired by a Japanese crime lord, Federal agents Donna and Nicole struggle to survive, with help from their agency friends.

Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Pat Morita, Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez

Votes: 1,411

23. Shadow Man (2006 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.

Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Steven Seagal, Eva Pope, Imelda Staunton, Vincent Riotta

Votes: 4,278

24. Future Force (1989)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In the future, a cop protects a reporter from crooked, renegade cops who think she knows too much about them.

Director: David A. Prior | Stars: David Carradine, Robert Tessier, Anna Rapagna, William Zipp

Votes: 1,184

25. Firepower (1993)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In the near future, street gangs have their own city zones where cops can't go. Two tough cops are sent undercover in one of them to investigate an illegal cure for AIDS. But they must first fight in a deathmatch, and the match is fixed.

Director: Richard Pepin | Stars: Chad McQueen, Gary Daniels, George Murdock, Joseph Ruskin

Votes: 757

26. Riot (1996)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Gary Daniels, Sugar Ray Leonard, Paige Rowland, Charles Napier

Votes: 571

27. Double Target (1987)

102 min | Action, Adventure, War

After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ... See full summary »

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson

Votes: 419

28. The Bourne Conspiracy (2008 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Crime

Game that takes place prior to, and during the events of the film The Bourne Identity (2002).

Directors: Emmanuel Valdez, David Wheeler | Stars: Franka Potente, William Sadler, Jeffrey Pierce, Dayo Ade

Votes: 498

29. The Hunt for Eagle One (2006 Video)

R | 88 min | Action, War

A group of U.S. Marines are sent to rescue a captured U.S. Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.

Director: Brian Clyde | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, Rutger Hauer, Joe Suba

Votes: 1,608

30. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The Invasion of Panama

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Learn more about the classified mission to rescue an American hostage and the man hunt for a dictator that led to the boldest US military strike since Vietnam, the surprise invasion of Panama in December of 1989.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Gabe Marcella, Kevin Buckley, Douglas Waller

31. Air America (1998–1999)
Episode: Engraved Danger (1999)

Action, Adventure

Communist rebels acquire currency plates from an armored-car robbery. While investigating this theft, Rio and Wiley's copter is shot down. They're captured by the rebels who torture them prior to a scheduled execution.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Scott Plank, Diana Barton, Tony Amendola

Votes: 6

32. Air America (1998–1999)
Episode: Lost City (1998)

Action, Adventure

A German archaeologist, blonde and beautiful, claims to have found a lost pre-Colombian city of gold. A corrupt government official pressures her to share with him the illegal sale of any artifacts found at this site.

Director: David Worth | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Scott Plank, Diana Barton, Eddie Velez

Votes: 11

33. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Prodigal Son (1985)

TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs travel to New York to take down a powerful Colombian cartel.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 769

34. Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000–2003)
Episode: La estela que en ti dejó el futuro (2000)

Action, Crime, Drama

The cops Carlos and Lucía stop a car at night, but the vehicle escapes. A persecution starts and the policemen get support from a helicopter, however the criminals take out their guns and ... See full summary »

Directors: Guillermo Fernández Groizard, Manuel Valdivia | Stars: Ana Fernández, Adolfo Fernández, Daniel Guzmán, Toni Sevilla

35. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 6: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2007)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack goes rogue to save a woman, and the White House needs a fall guy for Fayed's success.

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Morrison, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 1,141

36. Thin Ice (2020– )
Episode: Del 7 (2020)

44 min | Drama, Thriller

Enok and Liv land a few kilometres from the Danish military base, where the kidnappers are hiding. At the same time, a revelation puts the Danish and Swedish foreign ministers on a collision course.

Directors: Gudjon Jonsson, Cecilie A. Mosli, Thale Persen | Stars: Lena Endre, Bianca Kronlöf, Angunnguaq Larsen, Nukâka

Votes: 54

37. Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Episode: Battleground (2006)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An assassin is besieged in his apartment by an Army of toy soldiers after killing their maker.

Director: Brian Henson | Stars: William Hurt, Bruce Spence, Mia Sara, Krista Vendy

Votes: 1,159

38. Chuck (2007–2012)
Episode: Chuck Versus the Predator (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Chuck encounters a scientist that may be able to remove the Intersect from his head, but the cost may be too steep. The Buy More crew take on their snobbish Beverly Hills counterparts.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin

Votes: 1,288

39. CaspianReport (2010– )
Episode: The weapons Ukraine uses against Russia (2022)

14 min | Documentary

The Russian forces in the Ukraine were designed to engage comparable NATO forces. But Ukraine is fighting a different war using light, low cost weapons to ambush expensive Russian armor and aircraft.

Star: Shirvan Neftchi

40. Chuck (2007–2012)
Episode: Chuck Versus the Goodbye (2012)

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

Chuck enlists the help of his family, friends, and even the employees of the Buy More to stop Nicholas Quinn from destroying everything they have.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin

Votes: 2,438

41. Binkov's Battlegrounds (2016– )
Episode: Russia's top attack helicopter performing poorly in Ukraine? (2022)

10 min | Documentary

Russia lost more Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters than any other type. The reason for the high loss rate seems to relate to the missions Russia uses them for.

Star: Commissar Binkov

42. Reacher (2022– )
Episode: Fly Boy (2024)

16+ | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Reacher and Neagley make a final desperate attempt to save O'Donnell and Dixon, stop A.M. and avenge their friends' murder.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos

Votes: 4,428

43. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Twenty Klicks (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gibbs and McGee are shot down in a Naval helicopter over remote parts of Russia while on a mission to escort an NCIS computer geek safely home. Meanwhile, the gang at home anxiously work to help bring them all home safely.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray

Votes: 793

44. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) (2017)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, History, War

Fearing Saigon's collapse, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the bombing of North Vietnam, and sends U.S. ground troops to the south.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Jean-Marie Crocker, Carol Crocker, Lyndon B. Johnson

Votes: 837

45. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: This Is What We Do (July-December 1967) (2017)

TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

As casualties mount on both sides, American soldiers face deadly ambushes and artillery. President Lyndon B. Johnson assures the American public that victory is within reach.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Roger Harris, James Willbanks, Rion Causey

Votes: 729

46. Pacific Heat (2016–2017)
Episode: A Deadly Deal (2017)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Comedy

The team is assigned to Burma, to stop an arms dealer selling S.A.M.s.

Stars: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rebecca Massey, Lucia Mastrantone

Votes: 27

47. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: Chalk One Up (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Saul plans an announcement. Carrie gets a surprise.

Director: Seith Mann | Stars: Claire Danes, Maury Sterling, Costa Ronin, Linus Roache

Votes: 2,289