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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: 699,068 | Gross: $718.73M
2. Top Gun (1986)
PG | 109 min | Action, Drama
As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Votes: 503,164 | Gross: $179.80M
3. Fail Safe (1964)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 24,432
4. The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy
Votes: 6,963 | Gross: $13.00M
5. Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 115 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland
Votes: 1,296
6. SST: Death Flight (1977 TV Movie)
89 min | Adventure, Drama
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Barbara Anderson, Bert Convy, Peter Graves, Lorne Greene
Votes: 673
7. Sonic Boom (1975)
31 min | Short, Comedy
Comedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.
Director: Jeffrey Mandel | Stars: Kristin Harmon, Robert Hogan, Tisha Sterling, George Kennedy
Votes: 42
8. Supersonic Supergirls (1973)
X | 91 min | Comedy
Director: Allan Silliphant | Stars: Mary Pat Bonney, Phyllis Denicke, Goncha Ondemir, Peggy Church
9. SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil (1989 Video)
60 min | Documentary
The world's best and most mysterious aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird. Love it, live it, fly with it.
Stars: Peter Thomas, Curt Osterheld, Gene Quist, Noel Widdifield
Votes: 37
10. Project M7 (1953)
86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists secretly. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom
Votes: 190
11. Starfighter - Mit Hightech in den Tod (2010 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Kai Christiansen | Stars: Melvin Belli, Charles de Gaulle, Anatoli Gribkov, Gerlinde Hippel
Votes: 13
12. Der Tod war schneller - Die Starfighter-Affäre (1998 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Joachim Schroeder | Stars: Jack Bailey, Roland Beamont, Melvin Belli, Heinz Birkenbeil
14. Ticket Through the Sound Barrier (1966)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Current aerodynamic research in the United States supporting the development of a commercial supersonic transport airplane.
Director: Russell Morash | Stars: John Townsend Fitch, Mark W. Kelly
15.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956
(1989)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Although the Project Quantum Leap isn't ready yet, Sam Beckett doesn't listen to supercomputer Ziggy, hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot about to ... See full summary »
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Jennifer Runyon, John Allen Nelson
Votes: 5,461
16.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode:
SST: Death Flight
(1989)
TV-14 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Joel, Crow, and Servo sit through a star-studded TV movie about a doomed SST flight while Gypsy goes through some interesting changes.
Director: Vince Rodriguez | Stars: Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy
Votes: 328
17.
Days That Shook the World (2003–2005)
Episode:
Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission/Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight
(2003)
Documentary, History
It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airport. Onboard, the crew are preparing for an historic day - the first supersonic test flight to New York. At JFK ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Lay | Stars: Peter Guinness, Adrian Fear, Tim Perrin, Daniel André Pageon
Votes: 9
18.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Genesis: Part 2 - September 13, 1956
(1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As Tom Stratton, Sam comforts his (Tom's) wife and prevents her from having a premature birth. This is what he was sent to do, allowing him to leap home (he hopes). But instead of leaping ... See full summary »
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Brent Chalem, Doug Cox
Votes: 853
20.
Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode:
What It's Like to Fly Supersonic!
(2022)
14 min | Documentary
Ward shares the supersonic experience starting with a detailed explanation of what it means and how it's achieved. His explanation is supplemented with several videos of fighter jets flying... See full summary »
Star: Ward Carroll
21.
Computer Chronicles (1983–2002)
Episode:
High-Tech France - Part Two
(1990)
TV-G | 29 min | News, Talk-Show
The second part of our review of French technology, shot on location in France. Included are ISDN, fiber optics, smart cards, the 185 mph TGV high-speed train, and a look inside the workings of the supersonic Concorde.
22.
Planes That Changed the World (2015– )
Episode:
SR-71 Blackbird
(2015)
Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary
The SR-71 Blackbird can travel at three times the speed of sound and at heights of 80,000 feet, at the very edge of space. But its greatest legacy is helping maintain peace when the world ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Clark
Votes: 22