Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "airplane-on-fire"

1. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.

Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill

Votes: 204,502 | Gross: $376.85M

2. 1917 (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, History

April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth

Votes: 674,662 | Gross: $159.23M

3. Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

R | 83 min | Action, Horror, War

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

Director: Roseanne Liang | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith

Votes: 30,549 | Gross: $0.16M

4. Where Eagles Dare (1968)

M | 158 min | Action, Adventure, War

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark

Votes: 62,874

5. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.

Stars: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox, John Nance

Votes: 5,896

6. Welcome to Marwen (2018)

PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Steve Carell, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl

Votes: 25,969 | Gross: $10.76M

7. Battle of Britain (1969)

G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens

Votes: 24,499 | Gross: $4.36M

8. Red Tails (2012)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Drama, History

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo, Andre Royo

Votes: 37,238 | Gross: $49.88M

9. Knockaround Guys (2001)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.

Directors: Brian Koppelman, David Levien | Stars: Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper

Votes: 24,858 | Gross: $11.63M

10. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, War

A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 15,791

11. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)

TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy

En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.

Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons

Votes: 4,791

12. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty

Votes: 19,457 | Gross: $13.50M

13. The Island (1980)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass

Votes: 4,724 | Gross: $15.72M

14. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Passed | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is forced to risk his pilots' lives in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 15,654

15. The Red Baron (2008)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.

Director: Nikolai Müllerschön | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes

Votes: 13,149 | Gross: $0.04M

16. Mission of Honor (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

The exploits of 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. The squadron consisted of Polish pilots, many of whom were veterans of the air battles involved in Germany's invasion of Poland.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hádek

Votes: 5,508

17. 633 Squadron (1964)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, War

A RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews

Votes: 4,562

18. Aces High (1976)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, War

In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth

Votes: 2,983

19. Tom of Finland (2017)

Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen

Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.38M

20. The Running Man (1963)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 1,859

21. Age of Heroes (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.

Director: Adrian Vitoria | Stars: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Aksel Hennie, Izabella Miko

Votes: 10,214

22. The Mountain (1956)

Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Drama

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor, William Demarest

Votes: 2,252

23. Tokyo Joe (1949)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa

Votes: 2,692

24. The Sound Barrier (1952)

Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin

Votes: 2,322

25. The Dawn Patrol (1938)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War

British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp

Votes: 3,419

26. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Story of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson

Votes: 4,085

27. The Crowded Sky (1960)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., John Kerr

Votes: 963

28. Bombers B-52 (1957)

Passed | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 918

29. Flat Top (1952)

Approved | 83 min | Drama, War

During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield

Votes: 541

30. Whisky Romeo Zulu (2004)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

The film tells the story prior to the accident LAPA Boeing 737 on 31 August 1999 after hitting an embankment in central Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. Directed and performed by a former ... See full summary »

Director: Enrique Piñeyro | Stars: Enrique Piñeyro, Mercedes Morán, Alejandro Awada, Adolfo Yanelli

Votes: 1,504

31. The White Sister (1933)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman falls in love with a dashing officer, but becomes a nun when she believes him to be killed in battle.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale

Votes: 485

32. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 2: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (2003)

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

The plane carrying Jack and Nina is shot down and together they must fight off a group of soldiers. Mason plays Bob Warner against Reza to find out which one working with the terrorists. ... See full summary »

Director: Rodney Charters | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 1,548

33. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Airport (1981)

Adventure, Drama, Family

The Hobo discovers someone trying to sabotage an air courier service, using measures that turn deadly.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: London, Rosemary Dunsmore, Eric House, Jonathan Welsh

Votes: 14

34. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode: Attack Over Baghdad (2005)

TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An Airbus A300 flying for DHL is struck by a ground-to-air missile on the left wing tip, shortly after take-off from Baghdad. With damage that included loss of all hydraulics, the aircraft crew struggles to land safely.

Director: Phil Comeau | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Carlo Essagian, Steve Boyle, Hrant Alianak

Votes: 146

35. Heavy Metal (2000– )
Episode: Aircraft Carrier (2004)

Documentary, History, War

One of the most crucial weapons of World War Two's war in the Pacific was the aircraft carrier but it was also a compelling target. This program explains the critical role of the aircraft ... See full summary »

Director: Colin Barratt

36. Shockwave (2007–2008)
Episode: News Chopper Goes Down (2007)

History

News chopper goes down; Snake-eye Bomb hits A-4 Skyhawk; Grain silo collapses on tractor; Drag Race Crash; Fireworks explosion; helicopter crane rescue.

Stars: Shannon Sohn, Russ Mowry, Rob Dormer, Randy Hepp

37. Destroyed in Seconds (2008–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2008)

Documentary, Reality-TV

In a munitions test an F-18 Hornet drops a bomb on and A-4 Skyhawk. A wind turbine spins wildly, a helicopter's tail rotor doesn't spin at all and both are destroyed. A mud slide chases ... See full summary »

Stars: Ron Pitts, Phil Parry

Votes: 8

38. Destroyed in Seconds (2008–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2009)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Trapped between a tornado and downed power lines, storm chasers are pummeled with wind and huge hail stones. A suspension bridge collapses, a draw bridge smashes a boat and a speedboat ... See full summary »

Stars: Ron Pitts, Phil Parry

Votes: 9

39. Destroyed in Seconds (2008–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.9 (2009)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Devistation results when an unknown reaction causes a hydrogen bomb test to produce four times the expected yield. A Swedish pilot is involved in not one but two fighter plane crashes when ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Havener | Stars: Ron Pitts, Phil Parry

40. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Good Intentions (2010)

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

Michael's job for Gilroy approaches its conclusion, but he is temporarily sidetracked as he is forced to come to the rescue of Fi, who may be in over her head after she takes a job for a violent kidnapper.

Director: Dennie Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 498

41. Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode: The Purest, Most Badass Carrier Aviation Movie Ever (2021)

28 min | Documentary

Ward discusses a 1944 film entitled "The Fighting Lady." This academy award documentary was created for the home front to demonstrate the war fighting abilities of the US Navy in the ... See full summary »

Star: Ward Carroll

42. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Army of One (2011)

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

Jesse asks Michael to sabotage a team of corporate spies, not knowing that they are planning a hostage situation. Meanwhile, Sam and Fi turn to an old "friend" to help gather information about who framed Michael and killed Max.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 421

43. Mentour Pilot (2015– )
Episode: Why Couldn't they Climb?! Emirates flight 521 (2022)

31 min | Documentary

Moments before touchdown Emirates Airlines flight 521 encounter wind shear and crashed. The pilot tried to execute a go around but failed.

Star: Petter Hörnfeldt

44. FlakAlley (2020– )
Episode: The B-17's Fatal Flaw (2020)

6 min | Documentary, History, War

A B-17 design flaw was discovered when the Flying Fortress "Full House" miraculously returned home after experiencing an in flight explosion that destroyed several planes before it.

Star: John Wicks

45. War Stories (2007– )
Episode: History in HD: The Last Bomb (2010)

TV-PG | 47 min

Embark on a 3,000-mile death-defying World War II mission, all captured on film and all transferred to stunning HD.

Votes: 22

46. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Berlin (No. 8) (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Liz refuses to work with Red after discovering the truth about the death of her father. Seeking to make amends and force Liz to see him, Red brings the FBI a case they can't ignore. ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 2,526

47. Travelers (2016–2018)
Episode: Bishop (2016)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

MacLaren is kept on a tight leash after the Director orders an assassination. The other team members assemble after learning their leader is in grave danger.

Director: William Waring | Stars: Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson

Votes: 1,532