List of Aviation Movies

Aviation Psychology Course Material Professor Susan Nicosia Daniel Webster College Nashua, NH Psychology Takes Flight™ Aviation Movies Filmography

nicosia@dwc.edu

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Title	Date	Director	Time	Rating	Genre	Studio	ABB
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Above and Beyond	1953	Melvin Frank	125	NR	Drama	MGM	No
Above the Clouds	1934	Roy W. Neill	68	NR	Drama	Columbia	No
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	1973	Bill Sampson	92	PG	Action	Fox	No
Ace of Aces	1933	J. Walter Ruben	74	NR	Drama	RKO	No
Aces High	1976	Jack Gold	114	PG	Action	Cine Artists	No
Aces: Iron Eagle III	1992	John Glen	93	R	Action		No
Across the Atlantic	1928			NR	Action	Warner Brothers	No
Adventure in Diamonds				NR	Action	Parmount	No
Aerial Gunner	1943	William Pine	78	NR	War	Paramount	No
Aerial Nut	1920	Al St. John		NR	Comedy	Fox	No
Aflame in the Sky	1927			NR	Action	R-C Pictures	No
A Guy Named Joe	1943	Victor Fleming	120	NR	Fantasy	MGM	No
Air America	1990	Roger Spottiswoode	112	R	Action Comedy		No
Air Cadet	1951	Joseph Pevney	94	NR	Drama	Universal International	No
Air Circus	1928	Howard Hawks	118	NR		Fox	No
Air Devils	1938	John Rawlins	58	NR		Universal	No
Air Eagles	1931	Phil Whitman	72	NR		Continental	No
Air Force	1943	Howard Hawks	124	NR	War	Warner Brothers	No
Air Force One	1997	Wolfgang Peterson	124	R	Action	Columbia	Yes
Air Furies	1935			NR	Action	Columbia	No
Air Hawk, The	1925			NR	Action	Film Booking Off	No
Air Hawks	1935	Albert S. Rogell	68	NR		Columbia	No
Air Hostess	1933	Albert S. Rogell		NR		Columbia	No
Air Legion	1928			NR	Action	RKO	No
Airmail, The	1925			NR	Action	Paramount	No
Airmail	1932	John Ford	83	NR	Drama		No
Airmail Pilot, The	1928			NR	Action	Superlative Productions	No
Air Patrol, The	1962	Maury Dexter	62		Action	Fox	No
Airplane II: The Sequel	1982	Ken Finkleman	85	PG	Comedy	Paramount	No
Airplane!	1980	Jim Abrahams & David Zucker	86	PG	Comedy	Paramount	Yes
Airport	1970	George Seaton	137	G	Drama	Universal Studios	No
Airport 1975	1974	Jack Smight	106	PG	Drama	Universal Studios	No
Airport '77	1977	Jerry Jameson	113	PG	Drama	Universal Studios	No
Airport '79, The (Concorde)	1979	David Lowell Rich	123	PG	Drama	Universal Studies	No
Air Police	1928			NR	Action	Wide World	No
Always	1989	Steven Spielberg	121	PG	Romance		No
Angels One Five	1952	George More O'Ferrall	98	NR	War		No
Annapolis	2006	Justin Lin		PG-13	Drama	Touchstone	No
Annapolis Story, An	1955	Don Siegel	81	NR	Romance	Allied Artists	No
Appointment in London	1953	Philip Leacock	96	NR	War - WWII	British Lion-Mayflower	No
Apocalypse Now	1979	Francis Coppola	150	R	War - Vietnam		Yes
Apollo 13	1995	Ron Howard	139	PG	Drama	MCA/Universal	Yes
Arise My Love	1940			NR			No
Aviator, The	1929			NR	Action	Warner Brothers	No
Aviator, The	1985	George Miller	98	PG	Drama	United Artists	No
Aviator, The	2004	Martin Scorsese	170	PG-13	Drama	Miramax	Yes
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Band of Brothers	2001		600	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P1: Currahee	2001	Phil Alden Robinson	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P2: Day of Days	2001	Richard Loncraine	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P3: Carentan	2001	Mikael Salomon	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P4: Replacements	2001	David Nutter	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P5: Crossroads	2001	Tom Hanks	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P6: Bastogne	2001	David Leland	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P7: The Breaking Point	2001	David Frankel	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P8: The Last Patrol	2001	Tony To	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P9: Why We Fight	2001	David Frankel	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
P10: Points	2001	Mikael Salomon	60	NR	War - WWII	HBO	Yes
Bat 21	1988	Peter Markle	105	R	War - Vietnam		No
Battle Hymn	1957	Douglas Sirk	108	NR	War - Korean	Universal	No
Battle of Britain, The	1969	Guy Hamilton	132	G	War - WWII	United Artists	No
Behind Enemy Lines	1986	John Moore		PG-13		Fox	No
Best Years of Our Lives	1946	William Wyler	172	NR	Drama		Yes
Big Lift, The	1950	George Seaton	120	NR	Drama	Fox	No
Black Hawk Down	2001	Ridley Scott	144	R	Action		No
Blaze of Noon	1947	John Farrow	91	NR		Paramount	No
Blue Max, The	1966	John Guillermin	156	NR	War - WWI	Fox	No
Blue Thunder	1983	John Badham	108	R	Action	Columbia	Yes
Blue Yonder, The	1985	Mark Rosman	105			Disney	No
Bombardier	1943	Richard Wallace	99	NR	War - WWII	RKO	No
Bombers B-52	1957	Gordon Douglas	106	NR			No
Bomber's Moon	1943			NR			No
Breaking the Sound Barrier	1952	David Lean	109	NR	Drama	London Films	No
Bride Came C.O.D., The	1941	William Keighley	90	NR	Comedy	Warner Brothers	No
Bridges at Toko-Ri	1954	Mark Robson	103	NR	War - Korean		No
Bridge Too Far, A	1977	Richard Attenborough	175	PG	War - WWII		No
Bush Pilot	1947	Sterling Campbell	65	NR		Screen Guild	No
By Dawn's Early Light	1990	Jack Sholder	100		Thriller	Cable TV	No
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Captain Eddie	1945	Lloyd Bacon	107	NR	Bio	Fox	No
Captain Newman, MD	1963	David Miller	126	NR	Comedy - Drama		Yes
Captains of the Clouds	1942	Michael Curtiz	113	NR	War	Warner Brothers	No
Carpetbaggers, The	1964	Edward Dmytryk	150	NR	Drama	Paramount	No
Catch 22	1970	Mike Nichols	121	R	War - WWII	Paramount	No
Ceiling Zero	1935	Howard Hawks	95	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Central Airport	1933	William A. Wellman	71	NR	Romance	Warner Brothers	No
Chain Lightning	1950	Stuart Heisler	94	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
China Clipper	1936	Ray Enright	88	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers -First National	No
China Doll	1958	Samuel Fuller	97	NR	Drama		No
Cloud Dancer	1980	Barry Brown	108	PG	Drama		No
Coast Guard	1939	Edward Ludwig	72	NR	Action		No
Cock of the Air	1932	Tom Buckingham		NR		United Artists	No
Command Decision	1948	Sam Wood	112	NR	Drama	MGM	No
Con Air	1997	Simon West	115	R	Action	Buena Vista /Touchstone	Yes
Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, The	1955	Otto Preminger	100	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Crowded Sky, The	1960	Joseph Pevney	105	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
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Dam Busters, The	1954	Michael Anderson	102	NR	Drama	Associated British	No
Darling Lili	1970	Blake Edwards	136	G	Musical		No
Dark Blue World	2001	Jan Sverak	115	R	Drama WWII	Sony	No
Dark Star	1973	John Carpenter	83	G	Comedy		No
Dawn Patrol. The	1930	Howard Hawks	95	NR	Drama	First National	No
Dawn Patrol, The	1938	Edmund Goulding	103	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Desperate Journey	1942	Raoul Walsh	107	NR	War - WWII		No
Devil Dogs of the Air	1935	Lloyd Bacon	86	NR	Drama	MGM	No
Dirigible	1931	Frank Capra	100	NR	Action		No
Dive Bomber	1941	Michael Curtiz	133	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Dragonfly Squadron	1954	Lesley Selander	1954	NR	War - Korean		No
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964	Stanley Kubrick	93	NR	Satire		Yes
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Eagle and the Hawk, The	1933	Mitchell Leisen	72	NR	Drama	Paramount	No
Eagle Squadron	1942	Arthur Lubin	109	NR	Action	Universal	No
Edge The	1997	Lee Tamahori	120		Drama	20th Century Fox	No
Empire of the Sun	1987	Steven Spielberg	152	PG	Drama		No
English Patient, The	1996	Anthony Minghella	162	R	Romance	Miramax	No
Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, and the Atomic Bomb	1980						No
Eternal Sea, The	1955	John H. Auer	103	NR	Drama		No
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Fail Safe	1964	Sidney Lumet	111	NR	Drama		No
Fate is the Hunter	1964	Ralph Nelson	106		Drama	Fox	No
Fearless	1993	Peter Weir	122	R	Drama		No
Ferry Pilot	1941						No
Fighter Attack	1953	Lesley Selander	80	NR	War - WWII		No
Fighter Squadron	1948	Raoul Walsh	96	NR	War - WWII	Warner Brothers	No
Final Approach	1991	Eric Steven Stahl	100	R	Drama		No
Final Countdown	1980	Don Taylor	136	PG	Fantasy	United Artists	No
Final Destination							No
Fire Birds	1990	David Green	85	PG-13	Action	Buena Vista	No
FireFox	1982	Clint Eastwood	124	PG	Action		No
First of the Few, The	1942	Leslie Howard		NR			No
Flaming Sky	1940						No
Flat Top	1952	Lesley Selander	83	NR	War - WWII		No
Flight	1929	Frank Capra	116	NR		Columbia	No
Flight Command	1940	Frank Borzage	116	NR		MGM	No
Flight for Freedom	1943	Lothar Mendes	99	NR	DRama	RKO	No
Flight from Ashiya	1964	Michael Anderson	100	NR	Drama	United Artists	No
Flight from Glory	1937	Lew Landers	67	NR		RKO	No
Flight into Danger	1960	Arthur Hailey					No
Flight Lieutenant	1942	Sidney Salkow	80	NR		Universal	No
Flight of the Eagle, The	1982	Jan Troell	139				No
Flight of the Intruder	1991	John Milius	113	PG-13	War - Vietnam	Paramount	No
Flight of the Lost Balloon	1961	Nathan Juran	91		Action		No
Flight of the Phoenix, The	1965	Robert Aldrich	147	R	Drama	Fox	No
Flightplan	2005	Robert Schwentke	98	Pg-13	Thriller	Touchstone	Yes
Flyboys	2006	Tony Bill	139	PG-13	Action		No
Fly Away Home	1996	Carroll Ballard	107	PG		Columbia	No
Flying Irishma, The	1939	Leigh Jason	72	NR	Bio		No
Flying Leathernecks	1951	Nicholas Ray	102	NR	War - WWII	RKO	No
Flying Tigers	1942	David Miller	102	NR	War - WWII	Republic	No
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Gathering of Eagles							No
God is My Co-Pilot	1943	Robert Florey	90	NR	War - WWII	Warner Brothers	No
Great Santini. The	1979	Lewis Carlino	116	PG	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Great Waldo Pepper, The	1975	George Roy Hill	107	PG	Drama	Universal	No
Guy Named Joe, A	1943	Victor Fleming	120	NR	Fantasy	MGM	No
Gypsy Moths, The	1969	John Frankenheimer	107	R	Drama	MGM-UA	No
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Hell Divers	1932	George Hill	113	NR			No
Hell's Angels	1930	Howard R. Hughes (James Whale)	135	NR	War - WWI	Caddo-UA	No
High and the Mighty, The	1954	William A. Wellman	147	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Hindenburg, The	1975	Robert Wise	125	PG	Dram	Universal	No
Hot Shots!	1991	Jim Abrahams	85	PG-13	Comedy	Fox	No
Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993	Jim Abrahams	89	PG-13	Comedy		Yes
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Illegal Traffic				NR	Action	Paramount	No
I'm From Missouri				NR	Action	Warner Brothers	No
International Spy				NR	Action	Columbia	No
International Squadron	1941	Lothar Mendes	87	NR	War	Warner Brothers	No
Iron Eagle	1986	Sidney J. Furie					No
I Wanted Wings	1941			NR	Drama	Paramount	Yes
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Jet Pilot	1957	Josef von Sternberg	112	NR		Warner Brothers	No
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Keep 'Em Flying	1941	Arthur Lubin	86	NR	Action Comedy		No
Kiss Barrier, The	1925			NR	Action	Fox	No
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Ladies Courageous	1944	John Rawlins	88	NR	Drama	Universal	No
Lady Takes a Flyer, The	1957	Jack Arnold	95	NR		Universal	No
Lafayette Escadrille	1958	William A. Wellman	93	NR	War - WWI	Warner Brothers	No
Lion Has Wings, The	1939	Michael Powell	76	NR	Docudrama	United Artists	No
Little Dieter Needs to Fly	1997	Werner Herzog					No
Lost Squadron, The	1932	George Archainbaud	79	NR		RKO	No
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McConnell Story, The	1955	Gordon Douglas	106	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Memphis Belle	1944	William Wyler		NR	War - WWII		No
Memphis Belle	1990	Michael Caton-Jones	101	PG-13	War - WWII	Warner Brothers	Yes
Men With Wings	1938	William A. Wellman	105	NR	Drama	Paramount	No
Merrill's Marauders					War - WWII		No
Men of the Fighting Lady		Andrew Marten		NR	War - Korean	Warner Studio	No
Midway	1976	Walter Mirisch	132	PG	Drama	Universal	No
Mosquito Squadron	1970	Boris Segal	90	G	Drama	United Artists	No
Murphy's War	1971	Peter Yates	108	PG	Drama	United Artists	No
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Navy Born	1936			NR	Action	Republic	No
Night Flier, The	1997	Mark Pavia	100	R	Thriller		No
Night Flight	1933	Clarence Brown				MGM	No
No Highway in the Sky	1951	Henry Koster	98	NR	Drama		No
Non-stop Flight, The	1926			NR	Action	Johnson Productions	No
Now We're in the Air	1927	Frank R. Strayer		NR		Paramount	No
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One Week of Love	1922			NR	Drama		No
One of Our Aircraft is Missing	1942	Michael Power & Emeric Pressburger	106	NR		British National	No
Only Angels Have Wings	1939	Howard Hanks	121	NR		Columbia	No
Operation Crossbow		Michael Anderson		NR	War - WWII	Warner Studios	No
Our Neighbors the Cartiers				NR	Action	Paramount	No
Outlaws of the Orient	1937			NR	Action	Columbia	No
Out of the Clouds	1955	Basil Dearden	88	NR			No
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Pancho Barnes	1988	Richard Heffron	150				No
Parachute Battalion	1941	Leslie Goodwins	75	NR	War - WWII		No
Parachute Jumper	1933	Alfred E. Green	65	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Pilot, The	1979	Cliff Robertson	99	PG	Drama		No
Pilot #5	1943	George Sidney	70	NR	Drama		No
Pushing Tin	1999	Mike Newell	124	R	Comedy		Yes
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Q Planes	1939	Tim Whelan	78	NR	Mystery		No
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Race to the Yankee Zephyr	1981	David Hemmings	108	PG	Drama		No
Reach for the Sky	1956	Lewis Gilbert	123	NR	Drama	Rank	No
Right Stuff, The	1983	Philip Kaufman	187	PG	Drama	Warner Brothers	Yes
Rocketeer, The	1991	Joe Johnson	109		Action	Disney	No
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633 Squadron	1964	Walter Grauman	101	NR	War - WWII		No
Sky Bandits	1986	Zoran {erisic	92	NR	War - WWII		No
Sky Commando	1953	Fred F. Sears	69	NR	Drama		No
Sky Devils	1932	A. Edward Sutherland	89	NR	Comedy	United Artists	No
Sky Giant	1938	Lew Landers	80	NR		RKO	No
Skyjacked (Sky Terror)	1972	John Guillermin	100	PG	Drama		No
Sky's the Limit, The	1943	Edward H. Griffith	89	NR			No
Sky Riders	1976	Douglas Hickox	93	PG	Action		No
Skyward	1980	Ron Howard	100		Drama		No
Snakes on the Plane	2006	David R. Ellis	105	R	Drama		No
Soul Plane	2004	Jessy Terrero	86	R	Comedy	MGM	Yes
Spirit of St. Louis, The	1957	Billy Wilder	138	PG	Bio Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Spitfire	1942	Leslie Howard	117	NR	Bio Drama		No
Strategic Air Command	1955	Anthony Mann	114	NR		Paramount	No
Sundown	1941	Henry Hathaway	90	NR		United Artists	No
Suzy	1936	George Fitzmaurice	95	NR		MGM	No
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Tail Spin	1939	Roy Del Ruth	84	NR		Fox	No
Tarnished Angels	1957	Douglas Sirk	91	NR		Universal	No
Task Force	1949	Delmer Daves	116	NR		Warner Brothers	No
Terminal, The	2004	Steven Spielberg	128	PG-13	Drama		No
Test Pilot	1938	Victor Fleming	118	NR		MGM	No
They Flew Alone	1941	Herbert Wilcox		NR		RKO	No
They Were Expendable	1945	John Ford	135	NR	War - WWII		No
Things to Come	1936	William Menzies	92	NR			No
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo	1944	Mervyn LeRoy	138	PG-13	War - WWII	MGM	No
Those Fantastic Flying Fools	1967	Don Sharp	95	NR			No
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines	1965	Ken Annakin	152	NR	Action	Fox	No
Thunder Birds	1942	William A. Wellman	78	NR		Fox	No
Thunderbirds	1952	John Auer	98	NR	War - WWII	Fox	No
Thundering Jets	1958	Helmut Dantine	73	NR			No
Top Gun	1986	Tony Scott	110	PG	Action	Paramount	Yes
Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	Toshio Masuda & Richard Fleischer	143	G	War	Fox	Yes
Toward the Unknown	1956	Mervyn LeRoy	115	NR		Warner Brothers	No
Turbulence	1997	Robert Butler	103	R	Thriller	Lions Gates Home Video	No
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying	1999	David Mackay	103	R	Thriller		Yes
Tuskegee Airmen, The	1995	Robert Markowitz	110	PG-13			Yes
Twelve O'clock High	1949	Henry King	132	NR		Fox	Yes
2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	Stanley Kubrick	139	G			Yes
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View from the Top	2003	Bruno Barreto	87	PG-13	Comedy	Miramax	No
Von Richthofen and Brown (Battle of the Aces)	1971	Roger Corman	97	PG	War - WWI	United Artists	No
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Wake Island	1942	John Farrow	78	NR		Paramount	No
War Lover, The	1962	Phillip Leacock	105	NR	War - WWII	Columbia	No
West Point of the Air	1935	Richard Rosson	100	NR	Drama	MGM	No
Wild Blue Yonder	1951	Allan Dwan	98	NR	War - WWII	Republic	No
Wing and a Prayer, A	1944	Henry Hathaway	97	NR	War - WWII	Fox	No
Winged Victory	1944	George Cukor	130	NR	War - WWII		No
Wings	1927	William A. Wellman	139	NR	War - WWI	Paramount	Yes
Wings Against the Wind	1999						No
Wings for the Eagle	1942	Lloyd Bacon	85	NR			No
Wings in the Dark	1935	James Flood	77	NR	Drama	Paramount	No
Wings of Chance	1961	Edward Dew	76	NR	Drama		No
Wings of Courage	1995	Jean-Jacques Annaud	40	G	Drama		No
Wings of Eagles, The	1957	John Ford	110	NR	Bio War - WWI	MGM	No
Wings of the Apache (Fire Birds)	1990	David Green	85	PG-13	Action	Buena Vista	No
Wings of the Navy	1939	Lloyd Bacon	89	NR	Drama	Warner Brothers	No
Wings Over Honolulu	1935	H. C. Potter	78	NR		Realart-Universal	No
Woman I Love, The	1937	Anatole Litvak	85	NR		RKO	No
Women in the Wind	1939	John Farrow	63	NR		Warner Brothers	No
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Yank in the RAF, A	1941	Henry King	98	NR	Musical	Fox	No
You Came Along	1945	John Farrow	103	NR	Drama	Paramount	No
You Gotta Stay Happy	1948	H. C. Potter	100	NR	Comedy	UI	No
Young Eagles	1930			NR	Action	Paramount	No
Young Whirlwind	1928			NR	Action	Film Booking Off	No
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Zeppelin	1971	Etienne Perier	101	G	Action	Warner Brothers	No
Zero Hour	1957	Hall Bartlett	81	NR	Suspense		No
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