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

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: 705,966 | 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: 505,288 | Gross: $179.80M

3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 519,759 | Gross: $0.28M

4. 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: 30,636 | Gross: $27.44M

5. 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: 24,639 | Gross: $4.36M

6. 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: 15,858

7. 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: 2,145

8. The Blue Max (1966)

Approved | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp

Votes: 7,671

9. Death Race (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War

In the North African desert in World War II, a damaged American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Roy Thinnes, Eric Braeden, Doug McClure

Votes: 355

10. 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: 622

11. 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: 2,173

12. On an Island with You (1948)

Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 1,050

13. Ekipazh (1980)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.

Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Georgi Zhzhyonov, Anatoliy Vasilev, Leonid Filatov, Alexandra Yakovleva

Votes: 2,639

14. 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

15. Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941)

92 min | Comedy

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Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Lothar Firmans, Harry Liedtke

Votes: 593

16. 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: 85

17. 24's Get Back (1944)

17 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary short film depicts various situations in which B-24 bombers, damaged in combat, may be landed safely despite the destruction of various landing-related equipment on the ... See full summary »

18. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Three (2024)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The group participates in its largest mission to date - the bombing of vital aircraft manufacturing plants deep within Germany.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Dean Ridge, Thomas Flynn, Spike White

Votes: 2,895

19. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Six (2024)

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Rosie and his crew are sent to rest at a country estate. Crosby meets an intriguing British officer at Oxford. Egan faces the essence of Nazi evil.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Callum Turner, Laszlo Garson, Alexander Squires, Julian M. Deuster

Votes: 2,203

20. Paper Skies (2021– )
Episode: Why B-17 "Memphis Belle" was So Special? Boeing's Flying Fortresses in World War II (2021)

24 min | Documentary, History

Despite it's ability to sustain heavy damage, in the bombing raids of World War Two Europe the average B-17 Flying Fortress survived just 13 of the crew's 25 mission tour of duty. So it was... See full summary »

Star: Dmytri Babenkov

21. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Better Angels (2013)

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

A Marine sergeant dies of gunfire during an alleged armed robbery; Gibbs and company investigate. Gibbs responds to a call for help for his dad; Tony and McGee take over; Abby provides an important fact.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray

Votes: 746

22. Project Blue Book (2019–2020)
Episode: The Fuller Dogfight (2019)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dr. Allen Hynek is recruited into the Air Force's top-secret UFO investigation program, and investigates the case of a military pilot who survived a dogfight with an alien craft.

Director: Robert Stromberg | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Michael Malarkey, Laura Mennell, Ksenia Solo

Votes: 1,106