Best Pilot Movies

2004 • Rating 7.2 • drama

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.

Genre: Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Ladykiller, Pilot, Biography, Based On True Story, Womanizer, Phobia, Aviation, Period Drama, U.S. Congress, Flying Boat

Time: Year 2004, 2000S, 2004-12-17

Place: Germany, United States Of America, English

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

2016 • Rating 7.2 • drama, history

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

Genre: Drama, History

Style: Cerebral

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Rescue, New York City, Airplane, Investigation, Pilot, Based On True Story, Emergency Landing, Flight, Aviation, Airplane Accident

Time: Year 2016, 2010S, 2016-09-07

Place: United States Of America, English, New York

Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Anna Gunn, Holt McCallany, Mike O'Malley, Jamey Sheridan

1986 • Rating 7.1 • action, drama, romance

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.

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Secret Love, Lovesickness, Airplane, Loss Of Loved One, Self Discovery, Hostility, Fighter Pilot, Pilot, Training Camp

Time: Year 1986, 1980S, 1986-05-16

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside

1957 • Rating 6.8 • drama

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

Genre: Drama

Style:

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Airplane, Based On Novel Or Book, Love Triangle, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, Pilot, Airplane Wreck, Great Depression, Reporter, Black And White

Time: Year 1957, 1950S, 1957-11-21

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, William Schallert

2014 • Rating 6.1 • drama, romance, war

Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Secret Love, Pilot, Forbidden Love, Melancholy, U.S. Navy, In The Closet, Lgbt, Sad Story, Closeted Homosexual, Gay Theme

Time: Year 2014, 2010S, 2014-06-06

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Trent Ford, Tammy Blanchard, Morgan Spector, Rob Mayes, William Lee Scott, Cotter Smith

2011 • Rating 5.9 • drama, romance

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Infidelity, London, England, Judge, Wife, Self Destruction, Pilot, Based On Play Or Musical, Flashback, Love, Love Affair

Time: Year 2011, 2010S, 2011-11-25

Place: United Kingdom, English, London

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson