Aviation/aircraft-related movies

[Leona_firefly]

Airplane! It's also, imo, the best parody movie of all time. Leslie Nielsen is brilliant.

 

[Lukaris]

A real old classic:

Twelve O'Clock High - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

I saw this the other night. Pretty strange.
Chain Lightening with Humphrey Bogart

Chain Lightning (1950) ⭐ 6.1 | Action, Adventure, Drama

1h 34m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Airplane! It's also, imo, the best parody movie of all time. Leslie Nielsen is brilliant.

A real old classic:

Twelve O'Clock High - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I saw this the other night. Pretty strange.
Chain Lightening with Humphrey Bogart

Chain Lightning (1950) ⭐ 6.1 | Action, Adventure, Drama

1h 34m | Approved

www.imdb.com

I've heard of Airplane!, but I've never watched it; I've never heard of either Twelve O'Clock High or Chain Lightning though.

 

[Lukaris]

I've heard of Airplane!, but I've never watched it; I've never heard of either Twelve O'Clock High or Chain Lightning though.

Based on your posts, I would suggest Chain Lightning or Twelve O’clock High from the latest posts. Nothing against the poster who mentioned Airplane but I don’t think it would be your preferred choice.

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Based on your posts, I would suggest Chain Lightning or Twelve O’clock High from the latest posts. Nothing against the poster who mentioned Airplane but I don’t think it would be your preferred choice.

Thanks! You're right, I probably wouldn't enjoy Airplane!, as the humour wouldn't really be to my taste.

 

[AlexB23]

The Aviator (2004) is about a famous 1920s movie magnate named Howard Hughes, who had a tortured past who flew planes as well, and tried building the biggest plane at the time.

 

[Lost4words]

This was an awesome aviation war film. Thats the main star of it. An ace fighter pilot too! Cant remember the name of the film though, might have been something like 'Top Dog'

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

The Aviator (2004) is about a famous 1920s movie magnate named Howard Hughes, who had a tortured past who flew planes as well, and tried building the biggest plane at the time.

I've certainly heard of The Aviator, but I haven't watched it yet. I may very well watch it soon though!

 

[AlexB23]

I've certainly heard of The Aviator, but I haven't watched it yet. I may very well watch it soon though!

I highly recommend it. Watched it earlier this year.

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

This was an awesome aviation war film. Thats the main star of it. An ace fighter pilot too! Cant remember the name of the film though, might have been something like 'Top Dog'

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I tried looking up "Top Dog", but although I found a number of films by that name, I couldn't find any that were aviation-related, so that may not have been the name. What else might the title have been?

 

[Lost4words]

I tried looking up "Top Dog", but although I found a number of films by that name, I couldn't find any that were aviation-related, so that may not have been the name. What else might the title have been?

Maybe, "On a wing and a woof"

 

[-=H=-]

Just found a great video on YouTube titled "Top 10 Aerial Combat Films" by Smashing UK Productions

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Maybe, "On a wing and a woof"

Thanks, I'll try that!

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Just found a great video on YouTube titled "Top 10 Aerial Combat Films" by Smashing UK Productions

I'll try searching for that video soon.

 

[RonJohnSilver]

Midway ... Dauntless Dive Bombers and Avenger Torpedo bombers, Japanese Zeros (or look alikes)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri ... Korea, F-86 Sabres and Mig-15s
Pearl Harbor or At Dawn We Slept ... Mostly Zeros and torpedo bombers.

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Midway ... Dauntless Dive Bombers and Avenger Torpedo bombers, Japanese Zeros (or look alikes)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri ... Korea, F-86 Sabres and Mig-15s
Pearl Harbor or At Dawn We Slept ... Mostly Zeros and torpedo bombers.

Thanks! I've watched Pearl Harbor once, years ago, but I've never watched any of the other films you mentioned. If I wanted to find them, where would be the best place to look?

 

[RonJohnSilver]

Thanks! I've watched Pearl Harbor once, years ago, but I've never watched any of the other films you mentioned. If I wanted to find them, where would be the best place to look?

Midway (Charlton Heston) may be on Netflix or you can buy from Amazon. The Pearl Harbor movie is titled, Tora, Tora, Tora. Sorry, I forgot that. Great movie though. Also Netflix or Amazon. At Dawn We Slept I listed as a movie, it's actually a book about Pearl Harbor. A good, detailed book if you're a reader.

 

[Aquila Super Tomcat]

Midway (Charlton Heston) may be on Netflix or you can buy from Amazon. The Pearl Harbor movie is titled, Tora, Tora, Tora. Sorry, I forgot that. Great movie though. Also Netflix or Amazon. At Dawn We Slept I listed as a movie, it's actually a book about Pearl Harbor. A good, detailed book if you're a reader.

I've never watched Tora, Tora, Tora; there's another movie about Pearl Harbor which is called Pearl Harbor, and which I have watched:

Pearl Harbor (film) - Wikipedia

apologies for the confusion!

I don't have Netflix, but I do have Amazon Prime, so I might be able to find the movies you mentioned on there. I certainly am a reader; my main interest aircraft-wise is modern fighter jets, and particularly the F-14 Tomcat. I might see if I can find At Dawn We Slept in my local library at some point.