Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "aviation", "bomb"

1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen

Votes: 199,145

2. Pearl Harbor (2001)

PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott

Votes: 352,045 | Gross: $198.54M

3. Dunkirk (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy

Votes: 740,835 | Gross: $188.37M

4. Con Air (1997)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Colm Meaney

Votes: 319,495 | Gross: $101.12M

5. Speed (1994)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton

Votes: 392,231 | Gross: $121.25M

6. Blood Red Sky (2021)

TV-MA | 121 min | Action, Drama, Horror

A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.

Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti

Votes: 54,769

7. 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: 24,537 | Gross: $4.36M

8. Broken Arrow (1996)

R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.

Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 105,291 | Gross: $70.77M

9. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?

Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr

Votes: 56,848 | Gross: $27.15M

10. Die Hard 2 (1990)

R | 124 min | Action, Thriller

John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 383,320 | Gross: $117.54M

11. Airport (1970)

G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg

Votes: 21,731 | Gross: $100.49M

12. 1941 (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen

Votes: 36,281 | Gross: $31.76M

13. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,617 | Gross: $56.57M

14. Iron Eagle (1986)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Thriller, War

A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson

Votes: 16,011 | Gross: $24.16M

15. 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: 30,555 | Gross: $27.44M

16. United 93 (2006)

R | 111 min | Action, Drama, History

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, J.J. Johnson

Votes: 110,972 | Gross: $31.57M

17. Hudson Hawk (1991)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn

Votes: 60,360 | Gross: $17.22M

18. The Rookie (1990)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A veteran detective is assigned a rookie partner after his previous partner is killed by a car theft gang. He is determined to apprehend those responsible for his friend's death but his new partner isn't really up to the task.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga

Votes: 29,351 | Gross: $21.63M

19. Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing

Votes: 3,367 | Gross: $0.11M

20. 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.

Director: José Padilha | Stars: Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer, Daniel Brühl

Votes: 17,308 | Gross: $3.19M

21. The Dam Busters (1955)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War

Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney

Votes: 11,379

22. The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy

Votes: 6,962 | Gross: $13.00M

23. Operation Crossbow (1965)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, War

Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills

Votes: 5,508

24. The Hindenburg (1975)

Approved | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A chronicle of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes

Votes: 6,590 | Gross: $27.95M

25. Skyjacked (1972)

PG | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins

Votes: 2,343 | Gross: $2.50M

26. Flight That Disappeared (1961)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis, Gregory Morton

Votes: 829

27. Johnny in the Clouds (1945)

87 min | Drama, Romance, War

The wartime daily routine on a British bomber base in southeastern England is revealed through the eyes of newly arrived Flying Officer Peter Penrose (Sir John Mills).

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Douglass Montgomery

Votes: 1,647

28. The Dawn Patrol (1938)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War

British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp

Votes: 3,421

29. The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)

Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Stanley Wray, Robert Morgan, James A. Verinis, Robert J. Hanson

Votes: 1,849

30. Into the Sun (1991)

R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, War

A fighter pilot is reluctantly paired with a Hollywood actor who's researching a role, but are then forced to team up for real after being shot down and thrust into combat.

Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Paré, Deborah Moore, Terry Kiser

Votes: 982 | Gross: $0.64M

31. 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: 617

32. The Doomsday Flight (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Thriller

A bomb on board an airliner has an altitude-sensitive trigger. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Jack Lord, Edmond O'Brien, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon

Votes: 397

33. The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

TV-PG | 73 min | Action, Drama, War

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

Directors: Stuart Walker, Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard

Votes: 1,353

34. God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

Passed | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Dane Clark, Alan Hale

Votes: 680

35. Mach 2 (2000)

R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Secret Service agents target a presidential candidate by hijacking the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Shannon Whirry, Michael Dorn, Cliff Robertson

Votes: 657

36. Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Assorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey

Votes: 210

37. 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: 422

38. Just Plane Beep (1965)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Wile E. Coyote builds a World War I bi-plane to chase the Road Runner.

Director: Rudy Larriva | Star: Paul Julian

Votes: 258

39. The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984– )

107 min | Crime, Drama

Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background ... See full summary »

Stars: Donald Pilon, Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Ginette Boivin

Votes: 401

40. Falling Hare (1943)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett

Votes: 1,478

41. Canal Zone (1942)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A conceited, reckless society playboy, Harley Ames, arrives at Ginger Bar, a former banana-shipping depot on the edge of the Panama Canal, that has been converted to a training-and-relay ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, John Hubbard, Larry Parks

Votes: 57

42. Dumb Patrol (1964)

Approved | 7 min | Family, War, Animation

Biplane battles over France in World War I between Bugs and Baron (Yosemite) Sam Von Shamm.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 319

43. Air Hawks (1935)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Horror

A mysterious ray that immobilizes all motors and engines threatens the security of the country.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Tala Birell, Wiley Post, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 200

44. The Pirates of 1920 (1911)

15 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Pirates in an airship bomb a bullion ship and kidnap a girl.

Directors: David Aylott, A.E. Coleby

Votes: 64

45. Fast Jets (1990 Video)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Modern military jet aircraft in flight and in action.

46. Rise Like the Phoenix: The Story of A68-1 (1985 TV Special)

40 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

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Director: Jim Adolph | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Ashton, Len Beadell, Ross Goldsworthy

47. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Sideshow Bob again escapes from prison and takes control of a TV screen at an air show, demanding all television stations immediately go off the air.

Director: Dominic Polcino | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,911

48. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Deadly Cargo (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

While helping a friend run his freight airline after an accident, Sky stumbles across a gold-smuggling operation.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Ron Hagerthy, John Cason

Votes: 8

49. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: Destruction from the Sky (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Sky teams up with a military intelligence officer to track down a foreign agent who blew up a secret government project.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Kirby Grant, Ron Hagerthy, Gloria Winters, Chubby Johnson

50. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: The Threatening Bomb (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Eastern gangsters set up a protection racket near Grover and the local ranchers appeal to Sky for help.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Ron Hagerthy, Gloria Winters, Anthony Warde