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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: 705,814 | Gross: $718.73M

2. 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: 87,574 | Gross: $37.76M

3. Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)

R | 122 min | Drama

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?

Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick

Votes: 3,574 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Wings (1927)

PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance, War

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.

Directors: William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston

Votes: 14,608 | Gross: $6.59M

5. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama

After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 6,626 | Gross: $20.64M

6. Joe Maddison's War (2010 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama, War

Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War II has begun, he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law, and is ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Collerton | Stars: Sammy T. Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter

Votes: 242

7. Men Against the Sky (1940)

Passed | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Alcoholic pilot struggles to turn his life around.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie

Votes: 152

8. Earth Defense Widow (2014)

84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A former geisha, widowed by the space monster Bemurasu, works as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops. To save Planet Earth, she attacks Bemurasu, but whenever she does, she feels ecstasy. Can she save Planet Earth?

Director: Minoru Kawasaki | Stars: Nômaru Abe, Mark Chinnery, Mitsu Dan, Yûsuke Fukuda

Votes: 37

9. Hell in the Heavens (1934)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, War

During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Baxter, Conchita Montenegro, Russell Hardie, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 48

10. Silverhawks (1986)
Episode: The Origin Story (1986)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Family

In the year 2839, the powerful criminal Mon*Star has escaped from prison, and it is up to the newly minted SilverHawks to put a stop to him and his gang.

Stars: Bob McFadden, Earl Hammond, Larry Kenney, Peter Newman

Votes: 39

11. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War

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

Discover the secret telegrams that reveal how Stalin had a personal role in air battles with UN pilots and how Britain unwillingly aided the communists.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Walker Mahurin, Michael Lyubimov, Walter Boyne

12. TJ3 History (2019– )
Episode: 5 Things You Never Knew About the P-51 Mustang (2022)

11 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

Here are a few of the obscure historical moments involving the iconic P-51 fighter.

Star: Trent Jones