Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "flight-deck"

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: 697,783 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Passengers (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 447,777 | Gross: $100.01M

3. 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: 502,874 | Gross: $179.80M

4. Sully (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama

When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 298,226 | Gross: $125.07M

5. Devotion (II) (2022)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

Director: J.D. Dillard | Stars: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski

Votes: 27,954

6. The Final Countdown (1980)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino

Votes: 26,957 | Gross: $16.65M

7. Airport '77 (1977)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland

Votes: 12,323 | Gross: $30.00M

8. Carrier (2008– )

Documentary

CARRIER is a character-driven immersion in the high-stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier, shot on the USS Nimitz during a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. The program follows... See full summary »

Stars: Chris Altice, Kevin McLaughlin, Randy Brock, David Fravor

Votes: 633

9. 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: 616

10. 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: 542

11. Another Day in Paradise (2008 TV Movie)

Documentary

Created from footage captured during the filming of the PBS series Carrier, explores the struggle waged by three men in various stages of fatherhood to serve their country while living and ... See full summary »

Director: Deborah Dickson

Votes: 115

12. Eyes of the Navy (1940)

Approved | 20 min | Documentary, Short

Produced in cooperation with the United States Navy, the film follows naval aviators through their basic training in Pensacola, Florida and advanced training at San Diego, California.

Stars: James Conaty, Warren McCollum, Charles Middleton, Russell Wade

Votes: 223

13. Ready on Arrival (1966)

28 min | Documentary, Short

We are getting a look at U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, their attack aircraft and the men who man them.

Director: William Joyce | Star: Alexander Scourby

14. V (1984–1985)
Episode: The Dissident (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Jane Badler, June Chadwick, Jennifer Cooke, Robert Englund

Votes: 242

15. Seconds from Disaster (2004–2018)
Episode: Aircraft Carrier Explosion (2006)

TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary

An accidental release of an old missile on the flight deck of the USS Forestal starts a huge fire and subsequent explosions kill a total of 134 soldiers and injure another 161. The accident came close to sinking the Forestal.

Director: Andy Stevenson | Stars: Milt Crutchley, Dave Dollarhide, Gerald Farrier, Forsythe Massey

Votes: 29

16. PilotsEYE.tv (1988– )
Episode: PilotsEYE.tv - Sonderflug 01. Mai 2007: Nordpol (2007)

82 min

Add a Plot

Director: Thomas Aigner

Votes: 7

17. PilotsEYE.tv (1988– )
Episode: PilotsEYE.tv - Sonderroute Alpen-Wien-Barcelona (2008)

90 min

This adventure takes the viewer from Vienna to Barcelona with an Austrian Airlines' A321 above the entire East-West route of the Alps. Captain Hans Klikovich and his co-pilot Conny Ollinger... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Aigner | Stars: Hans Peter Klikovich, Cornelia Ollinger

Votes: 6

18. Paul Stewart (2014– )
Episode: Detailed tour through a B-52 Stratofortress!! (2021)

19 min | Documentary

Paul gives us a guided tour of a Boeing B-52G built in 1959 but upgraded to the G version sometime later. In the external tour Paul points out and explains all the various bumps and devices... See full summary »

Star: Paul Stewart

19. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Flesh and Stone (2010)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Doctor, Amy, Dr. Song and the remaining soldiers manage to escape from the crashed ship and into the forest. The Angels attempt to create a rift in time and space such as the Doctor had... See full summary »

Director: Adam Smith | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston, Iain Glen

Votes: 7,530

20. PilotsEYE.tv (1988– )
Episode: Los Angeles (2010)

110 min

For the first time, PilotsEYE.tv is a guest in the cockpit of a Boeing 747-400 and accompanies the commander over 710 aircraft and 1700 pilots into aeronautical retirement. PilotsEYE shows ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Aigner | Stars: Matthias Baur, Rainer Lange, Norbert Woelfle

Votes: 14

21. PilotsEYE.tv (1988– )
Episode: PilotsEYE.tv: QUITO (2014)

146 min

In Episode 14 "Lady's trip to the closed strip" PilotsEYE.tv shows the last mission to one of the world's most difficult airports. For the first time from the flight deck of a rare ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Aigner | Stars: Anne-Kathrin Kramm, Wolfgang Raebiger, Claus Richter, Wolfgang Räbiger

Votes: 12

22. Impossible Engineering (2015– )
Episode: Ultimate Warship (2015)

TV-G | 42 min | Documentary, History

Construction of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship in the history of the British Royal Navy, is chronicled; also featured are the US-made F-35b fighter jets that will be stationed aboard her.

Directors: Matt Grosch, Greg Lander Williams, John-Pierre Newman, Tom Weller | Stars: Mike Bratton, Stuart Justice, Rhys Morgan, Art Nalls

Votes: 18

23. PilotsEYE.tv (1988– )
Episode: PilotsEYE: Seattle 777F (2015)

91 min

From plan to plane, the Birth of a new Boeing 777-200F.

Director: Thomas Aigner | Stars: Markus Fritze, Claus Richter, Manfred Schridde

24. Mars (2016–2018)
Episode: Novo Mundo (2016)

TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The story is told in a documentary way, looking at the present day. The future mission is filmed as a movie. In this episode scenes are changing in these timeframes.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 966

25. Britain's Biggest Warship (2018–2019)
Episode: In at the Deep End (2018)

59 min | Documentary

4 days into the sea trials and all is going well with the first aircraft landing on the flight deck - until an explosion in a cooling plant, a fuel leak and a broken waste disposal system cause problems. There is also a mystery knocking.

Director: Christopher Terrill | Star: Caroline Catz

Votes: 8

26. Britain's Biggest Warship (2018–2019)
Episode: Out with the Old, in with the New (2018)

59 min | Documentary

HMS Queen Elizabeth reaches the climax of her sea trials. The automatic flight-deck fire-fighting system is tested. She pays a poignant visit to Scapa Flow before rendezvousing with the USS George Bush.

Director: Christopher Terrill | Star: Caroline Catz

Votes: 7