20 Pilot Movies to Watch
Explore 20 released pilot movies to watch, selected for relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
Rank 1Movie
Top Gun
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
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2Movie
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
3Movie
The Aviator
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
More rankings
4MovieSully
2016★ 7.2
5MovieFlight
2012★ 6.9
6MovieMemphis Belle
1990★ 6.7
7MovieRed Tails
2012★ 6.7
8MovieFlyboys
2006★ 6.5
9MovieDevotion
2022★ 7.1
10MovieAmelia
2009★ 5.7
11MovieThe Right Stuff
1983★ 7.4
12MovieOnly Angels Have Wings
1939★ 7.3
13MovieThe Great Waldo Pepper
1975★ 6.5
14MovieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957★ 6.7
15MovieBattle of Britain
1969★ 6.8
16MovieDunkirk
2017★ 7.5
17MoviePearl Harbor
2001★ 6.9
18MovieAmerican Made
2017★ 6.9
19MovieIron Eagle
1986★ 5.6
20MovieFirefox
1982★ 6.1
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Explore 20 released pilot movies to watch, selected for relevance and audience interest, with summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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