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51. Into the White (I) (2012)
R | 104 min | Action, Biography, Drama
World War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Lachlan Nieboer, Stig Henrik Hoff
Votes: 22,400
52. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Approved | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger
Votes: 3,848
53. 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: 13,178 | Gross: $0.04M
54. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 9,147
55. In Harm's Way (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | History, Romance, War
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale. A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese woman's help.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Liu Yifei, Emile Hirsch, Shaoqun Yu, Cary Woodworth
Votes: 1,659 | Gross: $0.03M
56. Angels One Five (1952)
TV-G | 98 min | Drama, War
The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 1,297
57. Sometimes in April (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 140 min | Drama, History, War
When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero
Votes: 6,061
58. 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: 3,005
59. Fortress (2012 Video)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, War
A replacement co-pilot joins a B-17 bomber crew in North Africa. He soon finds himself at odds with the remainder of the crew and has to regain their trust and support.
Director: Mike Phillips | Stars: Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan, Chris Owen
Votes: 2,181
60. Fear Is the Key (1972)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet
Votes: 2,282
61. Iron Eagle II (1988)
PG | 105 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A joint U.S.- Soviet strike force is assembled to wipe out a nuclear base in an outlaw nation that plans to take the world hostage.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 5,466 | Gross: $10.50M
62. 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: 10,224
63. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Cathy Steinberg
Votes: 22,029
64. Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
R | 98 min | Action
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 3,178 | Gross: $2.52M
65. Jarhead: Law of Return (2019 Video)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, War
Ronan, a fighter pilot and Israeli by Law of Return, is shot down and captured in Syria after a mission. As he's a US senator's son, a joint Israeli US squad's sent in to rescue Ronan within 36 hours.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Amaury Nolasco, Devon Sawa, Jeff Pierre, Ben Cross
Votes: 4,360
66. Raid on Rommel (1971)
GP | 99 min | Drama, War
In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 2,436
67. Attack Force Z (1981)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Drama, History
A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
Votes: 2,733
68. Klondike (2022)
100 min | Drama, War
After flight MH17 crashes in eastern Ukraine, violent tensions disrupt the lives of an expecting couple living in Donetsk.
Director: Maryna Er Gorbach | Stars: Oksana Cherkashyna, Sergey Shadrin, Oleg Shcherbina, Oleg Shevchuk
Votes: 1,898
69. The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
Approved | 71 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An evil alien brain from the planet Arous hijacks the body of an Earth scientist in order to control the Earth.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Thomas Browne Henry
Votes: 1,878
70. Nanking (2007)
R | 88 min | Biography, History, War
Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.
Directors: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman | Stars: Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz
Votes: 3,591 | Gross: $0.16M
71. Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio
Votes: 988
72. Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance, War
American youth and flying ace flies for France in World War I, meets and loves a French girl and a prostitute.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Etchika Choureau, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 933
73. Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force (2020 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, History, War
The 'Mighty Eighth Air Force' tilted the balance for the Allies during World War II. This is the story of how they did it, using rare archival footage and dramatic eye-witness accounts of the airmen and the commanders themselves.
Director: David Jakubovic | Stars: Ryon Thomas, Rory Gilbert, James Doolittle, Ira C. Eaker
Votes: 88
74. The Brylcreem Boys (1998)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Billy Campbell, Chris 'Kit' Ryan, Jean Butler, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 626
75. Soldier Boyz (1995)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tyrin Turner, Jacqueline Obradors
Votes: 1,367
76. Dogfights (2005– )
Documentary, History, War
Using modern computer animation, great aerial and modern naval battles are recreated. In the process, you learn about the history of military transportation technology, the tactics created and the people using them.
Stars: Phil Crowley, Ralph Parr, Robinson Risner, Frederick Blesse
Votes: 602
77. The Last Drop (2006)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Different factions in World War II Holland race to find a stash of German gold.
Director: Colin Teague | Stars: Laurence Fox, Louis Dempsey, Lucy Gaskell, Coral Beed
Votes: 2,647
78. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,923
79. Ballada o bombere (2011 Video)
181 min | Action, Drama, War
The Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved ... See full summary »
Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov | Stars: Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov, Vladislav Abashin
Votes: 618
80. La feldmarescialla (1967)
110 min | Comedy, Musical, War
A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.
Director: Steno | Stars: Rita Pavone, Francis Blanche, Terence Hill, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 263
81. The Fighting Lady (1944)
Passed | 61 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.
Directors: Edward Steichen, William Wyler | Stars: Robert Taylor, Charles Boyer, Joseph J. Clark, Dixie Kiefer
Votes: 621
82. 7 Women from Hell (1961)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, War
Seven women from different backgrounds, nationality, age, class, and marital status find themselves in New Guinea, February 1942 - when the Japanese army takes over unexpectedly, and sends them into a war camp in the jungle.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean
Votes: 131
83. 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: 543
84. The Bushwhacker (1968)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
A crazy mountain-man shoots down a small passenger plane. He then proceeds to stalk, torture and kill the survivors.
Director: Byron Mabe | Stars: Dan Martin, Merci Montello, Barbara Kline, Harvey Shain
Votes: 163
85. Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the C.I.A., who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured, and imprisoned.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Majors, Noah Beery Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 135
86. The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, Harry Ditson, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 120
87. Invader (1991)
R | 95 min | Sci-Fi
A crashed UFO and its reverse-engineered computer system take over the minds of soldiers at an air force base. The alien entity (in the guise of A.S.M.O.D.S., (Asmodeus), a strategic flight... See full summary »
Director: Philip J. Cook | Stars: Hans Bachmann, A. Thomas Smith, Kenneth W. Baker, Robert Biedermann
Votes: 309
88. Ace Drummond (1936)
Approved | 255 min | Action, Adventure, Family
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to... See full summary »
Directors: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Guy Bates Post
Votes: 423
89. Thud Pilots (2018)
90 min | Documentary
An edge-of-your-seat documentary that exposes the Vietnam Air War where an elite band of brothers known as Thud Pilots fought and died receiving neither the country's support nor glory.
Director: Mark Vizcarra | Stars: Larry Poole, Giles W. Gainer, Murphy Neal Jones, Curtis Venable
Votes: 246
90. Jungle Drums (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman vs. a secret Nazi outpost disguised as a jungle temple.
Directors: Dan Gordon, Orestes Calpini, Dave Fleischer | Stars: Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Julian Noa
Votes: 765
91. The Flying Ace (1926)
65 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A WWI fighter pilot returns to his former job as a railroad detective, and must recover a satchel filled with $25,000 of stolen payroll, locate a missing employee, and capture the gang of thieves responsible.
Director: Richard E. Norman | Stars: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Boise De Legge, Harold Platts
Votes: 312
92. Extraction Day (2014)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action
Jacob Bradley wakes up in a warehouse in the midst of a tactical raid, with no memory and no idea who he is. He is found by a young woman who helps him escape, and tells him that no matter ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Ninaber | Stars: Allison Busner, Nathan A. Grieve, Jannah Kitzman, Ethan Mitchell
Votes: 336
93. Tactical Assault (1998 Video)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
A deranged Air Force pilot seeks to destroy the life of his former commander, who shot him down during the Gulf War to stop him from shooting on unauthorized and civilian targets.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser, Dey Young
Votes: 581
94. Der Stern von Afrika (1957)
88 min | Drama, War
Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.
Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Joachim Hansen, Marianne Koch, Hansjörg Felmy, Horst Frank
Votes: 351
95. Soldier Boyz (1997 Video Game)
Action, Adventure
FMV game adaptation of the movie Soldier Boyz (1995). Billionaire hires a Vietnam vet and his team of desperate convicts sentenced to life in prison to save his daughter, who was kidnapped in Vietnam by a terrorist group.
Directors: Jed Weintrob, Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, David Barry Gray, Nicole Hansen, Demetrius Navarro
Votes: 83
96. Thunderbolt (1947)
Approved | 44 min | Documentary, Short, History
A WW2 documentary on the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber pilots in missions (Operation Strangle) from their base in Corsica to Northern Italy in 1944, destroying railroads, bridges, trains, vehicles and hard targets.
Directors: William Wyler, John Sturges | Stars: James Stewart, John K. Cannon, Ira C. Eaker, Howard Hickok
Votes: 700
97. Normandie - Niémen (1960)
120 min | Drama, War
A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean Dréville, Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh | Stars: Pierre Trabaud, Roland Ménard, Giani Esposito, Gérard Darrieu
Votes: 166
98. 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: 486
99. Little Superman (1974)
101 min | Action, Drama
World War II Japan...the Japanese military learn that the Chinese government has stolen some secret military plans and that they will attempt to send them to Hong Kong via Macau. When a ... See full summary »
Director: See-Yuen Ng | Stars: Siu-Lung Leung, Yuan-Shen Huang, Chin Hu, Seok-hoon Nam
Votes: 96
100. Ballada o bombere (2011)
400 min | War
During the Second World War, a Soviet plane crashes on the territory occupied by the Germans, but the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya, who were flying in it on a mission... See full summary »
Stars: Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov, Darya Ekamasova
Votes: 63