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1. Masters of the Air (2024)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
Stars: Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Darragh Cowley
Votes: 41,920
2. 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: 30,550 | Gross: $0.16M
3. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
TV-14 | 62 min | Documentary
It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Directors: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven Spielberg, James Stewart
Votes: 1,182
4. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 80,491 | Gross: $4.40M
5. Memphis Belle (1990)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney
Votes: 30,513 | Gross: $27.44M
6. 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: 37,240 | Gross: $49.88M
7. 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: 15,793
8. Dead Reckoning (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane
Votes: 8,715
9. The War Lover (1962)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 2,120
10. The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
Harry Price, Juliana and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner, Godfrey Cambridge
Votes: 817
11. The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
G | 93 min | Adventure, War
A U.S. Air Force colonel convinces the Allies during World War II that a daylight bombing raid of Germany will bring a quick end to the war.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Christopher George, Laraine Stephens, J.D. Cannon, Gary Marshal
Votes: 540
12. Passage to Marseille (1944)
Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn
Votes: 5,035
13. The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Stanley Wray, Robert Morgan, James A. Verinis, Robert J. Hanson
Votes: 1,848
14. Command Decision (1948)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 2,169
15. Target for Today (1944)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary about one bombing mission over Germany by the American Eighth Air Force, from the initial planning of the mission thru its final completion, with all of its intricacies from beginning to end.
Director: William Keighley
Votes: 84
16. WWII from Space (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space.
Director: Simon George | Stars: Corey Johnson, Kevin Farrell, Geoffrey Wawro, Conrad Crane
Votes: 495
17. Higher Than a Kite (1943)
18 min | Short, Comedy, War
After being accidentally dropped behind enemy lines, the Stooges disguise themselves and steal important plans from the Nazi high command.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 553
18. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.
Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman
Votes: 53
19. Winning Your Wings (1942)
Approved | 18 min | Short, History, War
Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.
Directors: Owen Crump, John Huston | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Ames, Leah Baird, Don DeFore
Votes: 383
20. Great Raids of World War II (2006 Video)
139 min | Documentary, History, War
Showcases a series of daring raid made by various sections of the British military during World War II. The raids highlighted are "Stopping Hitler's A-Bomb", "Prison Busters", Radar Beam ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 90
21. B-17: The Flying Fortress (1987 Video)
30 min | Short
Stars: Edward Mulhare, Theodore S. Drew, Bud Kingsbury, Tom Landry
Votes: 5
23. Cold War Peacemaker: The Story of the Convair B-36 (2015 Video)
53 min | War
Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former ... See full summary »
Director: Mark A. Nobles | Star: John Robert Wright
Votes: 19
24. Beyond T-Rex (1997 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Recent paleontological discoveries suggest that T-Rex might not have been the biggest predator of its time. Enter Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus.
Director: Charles C. Stuart | Stars: Mike McNally, Robert Bakker, Rodolfo Coria, Philip Currie
Votes: 19
25. How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) (1943)
Documentary
Military training film in which an instructor takes a new B-17 bomber pilot through preflight inspections of the aircraft and preparation for departure.
Star: Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 9
26. Preflight Inspection of the B-17E (1941)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Military training film explaining the process of preflight inspection of the Boeing B-17E bomber aircraft.
27. The Ultimate Guide: Planes (2000 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
This program explains the most important innovations in the history of powered flight leading to the enormous airliners and high performance jet fighters in service today.
Director: Nigel Ashcroft | Star: Will Lyman
28. Flying the B-17 (1994 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short, History
Flying the EAA's restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber "Aluminum Overcast".
29. Air Siege (1944)
19 min | Documentary, Short, War
A recount of the bombing campaign by the United States Army's Fifteenth Air Force against the oilfields and refineries in and around Ploesti, Romania during World War II.
Star: Ronald Reagan
30. Position Firing (1944)
14 min | Animation, Short, War
Hapless B-17 waist gunner "Trigger Joe" learns how to adjust his aim, to take into account the relative motion of his aircraft, his bullets, and the attacking enemy fighter.
Director: John Hubley | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 9
31. Tomorrow's Airplane Today: The Story of the Stratocruiser (1946)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Promotional film for Boeing's new commercial transport, the 4-engine double-decker Model 377 Stratocruiser.
Star: Gayne Whitman
33. The Air Force and the Atom Bomb (1959)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
A history of the early United States atomic- and hydrogen-bomb tests and the supporting role of the U. S. Air Force.
34. B-17 Bomber (1982 Video Game)
Action, War
You control a World War II B-17 bomber plane in various air-raids over the Third Reich.
Stars: Phil Austin, Phil Proctor
Votes: 11
35. B-17: Fortress in the Sky (2007 Video Game)
Action, War
Action-oriented combat flight simulator where you take control of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crew in several missions above Europe in World War Two.
36. B-17 Flying Fortress (1992 Video Game)
53 min | History, War
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most famous US bombers ever produced, and was the backbone of the 8th Air Force's strategic bombing campaign in the European theater. Its ... See full summary »
38. First Over Germany (1988 Video Game)
War
World War Two Simulation game where you become the pilot of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. You are not only responsible for the flight but you also need to manage your crew.
40.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
Hogan Goes Hollywood
(1969)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
To complete a mission given to him by the Underground, Hogan makes use of an American actor that is appearing in a German propaganda film.
Director: Edward H. Feldman | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 156
41.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
How's the Weather?
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Throwing a party for Klink, the prisoners use the party balloons to get weather information.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 143
42.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
Kommandant Gertrude
(1971)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan must get a U.S. general out of camp just as General Burkhalter's sister shows up with her intended - Klink's new number two.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 161
43.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
Look at the Pretty Snowflakes
(1971)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
A snow avalanche is part of Hogan's plan to stall a Panzer division.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 173
44.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
Oil for the Lamps of Hogan
(1965)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
The Germans want to safely build a synthetic fuel plant in Stalag 13, but Hogan convinces them that there is oil beneath the camp.
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 236
45.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Big Broadcast
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Radio detection equipment prohibits Hogan from using their usual radio so they borrow the one in Klink's car.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 158
46.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Big Gamble
(1969)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan receives orders to get a secret box off a plane that went down near Stalag 13.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 155
47.
The Veil (1958)
Episode:
Destination Nightmare
(1958)
Not Rated | 25 min | Horror, Mystery
A young man, badgered by his father to work in his aviation company, sees a vision of a man while on a routine air-flight. The vision tells him to go to a certain location and he does...in ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ron Hagerthy, Myron Healey, Roy Engel
Votes: 139
48.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
The Sinking of the Andrea Doria
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, War
The sinking of the Italian luxurious cruiser Andrea Doria after a collision with a Swedish ship in 1956 is covered. The official cause of the accident was never disclosed. The wreck is so deep, some divers died trying to reach it.
Director: Fabio Toncelli | Star: Liev Schreiber
Votes: 26
49.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
Long Odds
(2007)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War
Famous dogfights with bombers ill-equipped for that kind of combat.
Director: Robert Kirk | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 24
50.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
The Greatest Air Battles
(2005)
Documentary, History, War
From World War One to Vietnam this program traces the evolution of the tactics and weapons used in aerial combat with archival footage, computer simulations and explanations by the pilots themselves.
Director: Robert Kirk | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 22