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1. 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: 87,521 | Gross: $37.76M

2. Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)

PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Musical

In 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.

Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Emma Watson, Yasmin Paige, Lucy Boynton, Emilia Fox

Votes: 9,179

3. Amelia (2009)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston

Votes: 13,629 | Gross: $14.24M

4. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)

TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes

Votes: 4,901

5. Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Passed | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly

Votes: 1,680

6. The Iron Petticoat (1956)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy

Russian Captain defects to England, not for politics but due to gender discrimination. English Captain ordered to sell capitalism. Defector argues communism better. They fall in love despite KGB attempts to retrieve her.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 1,265

7. Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Dern, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 446

8. Så vit som en snö (2001)

154 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.

Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath, Björn Kjellman

Votes: 611

9. Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He ... See full summary »

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister

Votes: 490

10. Disputed Passage (1939)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance, War

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett

Votes: 162

11. Shades of Fear (1994)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin

Votes: 371

12. Wings and the Woman (1942)

Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama

The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne

Votes: 249

13. Women in the Wind (1939)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom

Votes: 283

14. The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980 TV Movie)

100 min | Action, Drama

During WW2, 6. female helicopter pilots are recruited for a secret mission in England. They will bring spies, refugees and weapons back and forth from the behind enemy lines.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Lee Purcell, Ann Dusenberry, Tracy Brooks Swope, Dee Wallace

Votes: 68

15. Spy Ship (1942)

62 min | Drama

A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Craig Stevens, Irene Manning, Maris Wrixon, Tod Andrews

Votes: 108

16. Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987 TV Movie)

23 min | Animation

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Directors: Robert Marianetti, Michael Sporn | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Bobby McFerrin, John Malkovich, Glenne Headly

Votes: 67

17. Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (1915)

22 min | Comedy, Short

Mickael GoUpSkey, a foreign agent, is aboard a train en route to purchase planes for his country's military. A.C. Walrus, an agent for a rival country, is also aboard that same train and is... See full summary »

Director: Walter Wright | Stars: Chester Conklin, Claire Anderson, Nick Cogley, Dave Anderson

Votes: 121

18. Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933)

89 min | Comedy

Miss Anita Liman is the sole owner of a coffee importing company, with offices in Hamburg, Genoa and Santiago. Anita's first competitor Benno Karden would merry her purely for business ... See full summary »

Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Anny Ondra, Mathias Wieman, Ida Wüst, Paul Otto

Votes: 9

19. A Language All My Own (1935)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel

Votes: 217

20. The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart (1998 TV Movie)

96 min | Documentary, Mystery

The life, flying career, and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Director: Robert Beemer | Stars: David Ackroyd, Amelia Earhart

Votes: 6

21. Flying Pat (1920)

50 min | Comedy

Wild flapper Patricia Van Nuys decides to become a pilot like her husband Robert, but with a difference--she wants to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane. Capt. ... See full summary »

Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Dorothy Gish, James Rennie, Morgan Wallace, Harold Vizard

22. The Black Secret (1919)

310 min | Adventure, Action

Lost film serial. Only about 2-minute fragmentary segments of this serial about World War One remains.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Pearl White, Walter McGrail, Wallace McCutcheon Jr., George B. Seitz

Votes: 28

23. Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story (2016)

40 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary about pioneering Asian Aviatrix Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a Chinese immigrant who defied racial and gender bias to become a daredevil stunt pilot during the Golden Age of Aviation in the 1930s.

Director: Ed Moy | Stars: Marilyn Tokuda, Jully Lee, Karen Huie, Raymond Ma

Votes: 26

24. Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005 Music Video)

Not Rated | 6 min | History, Music

A "Musical Trance Fusion" tribute to human power of imagination and accomplishment starring aviation and space heroes.

Director: Vanna Bonta | Stars: Christopher Lee Getman, Vanna Bonta, Orlando McGuire, Felix Baumgartner

Votes: 30

25. Souls Enchained (1915)

Drama, Romance

Alba was one of those rare passionate women who love but once in their lives, and, being thwarted in love, die. Alba's daring and her craving for excitement sought the sports of the air, ... See full summary »

26. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Wings (1983)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Former aviatrix Emily Stilson suffers a stroke and is plunged into a world of disorientation and grief. Memories flood in between painful attempts to re-learn the basic functions of everyday life.

Stars: Constance Cummings, Mary-Joan Negro, Holgie Forrester, Frances Bay

Votes: 15

27. The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
Episode: The Ultimate Thrill (1998)

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

Batman contends with Roxy Rocket, a stuntwoman-turned-criminal who gets a real thrill out of taking dangerous risks.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong, Charity James, Paul Williams

Votes: 740

28. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Terminal Leave (2004)

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

A woman Naval aviator narrowly escapes an explosion of her car on a parking lot; she was a target of terrorist activity due to her official behavior in Afghanistan. The FBI solves the crime, and the NCIS protects the family of the victim.

Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 866

29. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: Flight Overdue (1952)

TV-G | 29 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An internationally acclaimed aviatrix is recruited ostensibly for a flight over the Pacific over her husband's misgivings. Years after she disappears, her angry husband is informed of the true nature of her mission and her ultimate fate.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Veronica Lake, Walter Brooke, Lenore Shanewise, Mary Stuart McDonald

Votes: 90

30. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage (1993)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Profiling the pioneering aviator whose plane disappeared during her 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the Earth.

Director: Nancy Porter | Stars: Kathy Bates, Sally Chapman, Amelia Earhart, George Palmer Putnam

Votes: 58

31. Person to Person (1953–1961)
Episode: Episode #1.34 (1954)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

Edward R. Murrow interviews gossip columnist and author Earl Wilson, who chronicles the Broadway scene and New York entertainment industry in his newspaper column. He also talks with ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Jacqueline Cochran, Floyd Odlum, B.W. Wilson

32. Decoding the Unknown (2021– )
Amelia Earhart: What Happened to the World Famous Aviatrix? (2022 Podcast Episode)

19 min | Talk-Show

World famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared during their flight across the Pacific Ocean towards the tiny Howland Island. Simon Whistler discusses the ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

33. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Resolution (2012)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama

Season 3 premiere. Nucky makes a New Year's resolution; Margaret eyes a hospital expansion; Gillian builds a new business; Van Alden calls a gangster's bluff.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 2,231

34. The Restorers (2014– )
Episode: The Aviatrix (2014)

49 min | Documentary

Centers on the theme of women aviators in history and the determination they embodied to be allowed to fly. First, we follow the story of a restored Travel Air biplane used by Louise Thaden... See full summary »

Director: Kara Martinelli White | Stars: Darrell Irby, Jesse Kenny, James Kisicki, Lana Kraezig