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1. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 244,214 | Gross: $100.92M
2. Airplane! (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Votes: 262,283 | Gross: $83.40M
3. Pacific Rim (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
Votes: 532,478 | Gross: $101.80M
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 429,661 | Gross: $402.11M
5. Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight | Stars: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman
Votes: 127,846 | Gross: $59.87M
6. Tears of the Sun (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 130,879 | Gross: $43.73M
7. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
Stars: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox, John Nance
Votes: 5,943
8. Big Game (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite.
Director: Jalmari Helander | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson, Victor Garber
Votes: 35,585 | Gross: $0.02M
9. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A UN reporter covers the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation, while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Michael Keith
Votes: 11,297 | Gross: $2.73M
10. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug
Votes: 9,732 | Gross: $24.70M
11. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 6,122
12. Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
At Camp Spirit Thunder, high school cheer leaders compete. The red team/Sharks' cutie, Carson, and blue team/Jets' hunk, Penn, are in love. Does that make them archenemies like the Sharks and Jets?
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Ashley Benson, Cassandra Scerbo, Noel Areizaga, Jennifer Tisdale
Votes: 14,114
13. Zero Hour! (1957)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch
Votes: 2,310
14. Larger Than Life (1996)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant.
Director: Howard Franklin | Stars: Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker
Votes: 7,849 | Gross: $8.29M
15. Never So Few (1959)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, War
During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen
Votes: 3,430
16. The One (2022)
108 min | Drama, History, Thriller
On August 24, 1981, the newlyweds Larisa and Vladimir Savitsky stepped on board the plane, following the flight Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Blagoveshchensk.
Director: Dmitriy Suvorov | Stars: Nadezhda Kaleganova, Maksim Ivanov-Marenin, Viktor Dobronravov, Anna Dubrovskaya
Votes: 580
17. The Big Lift (1950)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, War
Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, Bruni Löbel
Votes: 1,740
18. Terror in the Sky (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Thriller
On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Leif Erickson, Doug McClure, Roddy McDowall, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 212
19. The Anderson Platoon (1967)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History, War
The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 387
20. 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
21. Gail S Halvorsen: The Berlin Candy Bomber (2009 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
During the early days of the Cold War a courageous young pilot Gail S. Halvorsen volunteered to fly food into the blocked city of Berlin. Upon meeting some of the children of the ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Sibley | Star: Gail Halvorsen
Votes: 15
22. The Berlin Airlift: First Battle of the Cold War (1998 TV Movie)
94 min | Documentary, History, War
History of the 1948-1949 Berlin airlift.
Director: Robert Kirk | Stars: Bill Ratner, Samuel Burgess, Eugene Garges, Gail Halvorsen
Votes: 35
23. Hitler über Deutschland (1932)
93 min | Documentary
Documentary about the German presidential election campaign of 1932, when Adolf Hitler was running for president, focusing on his traveling by aircraft to various cities around the country.
Stars: Wilhelm Brückner, Sepp Dietrich, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess
Votes: 42
24. Waking the Baby Mammoth (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The discovery of a rare, well-preserve, juvenile, woolly mammoth provides an unparalleled opportunity to learn about this extinct species. National Geographic rides along as the full ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Stine | Stars: Elena Baranova, Bernard Buigues, Victor Garber, H. Richard Greene
Votes: 35
26. Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents (1991 TV Movie)
Documentary
Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the evolution of the presidents' airplanes.
Director: Elliott Sluhan | Star: Charlton Heston
Votes: 31
27. Airlift to Berlin (1948)
11 min | Documentary, Short
When the Russians and East Germans blockaded Berlin in 1948, in hopes of driving the Western Allies out of the city, an airlift was organized to bring in much needed supplies. This short shows how the operation was being carried out.
29. V Was for Victory (1962)
28 min | Documentary, War
April-August 1945. Hitler had said: 'Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.' By 1945, Germany is beaten. Occupying armies uncover the staggering atrocities of Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald.
Stars: Budd Knapp, Fred Ashworth, Kermit Beahan, Johannes Blaskowitz
Votes: 13
30.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
Kim
(1973)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A wounded Korean boy captures the hearts of the 4077th especially Trapper who wants to adopt him.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit
Votes: 677
31.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Missing Link
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After Commander Koening's Eagle crashes on the planet Zenno, his soul is captured and scrutinized by a resident alien, due to the fact that we humans appear to be their missing link.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Joanna Dunham
Votes: 331
33.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Andrey Yeryomenko, Hermann Göring, Franz Halder
Votes: 473
34.
Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #3.19
(2020)
95 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Jeremy asks - Should the government airlift 100s of Britons out of Wuhan? Should we swap Prince Andrew for Anne Sacoolas? Should phone users be kicked out of gigs?
Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Gloria De Piero, Ed Vaizey
35.
Shockwave (2007–2008)
Episode:
Episode #1.12
(2008)
History
A time bomb explodes in a bomb squad officer's face. A skydiver gets snagged in the airplanes landing gear. A motorcyclist's jump is just a little bit short. A skier tumbles down a rock ... See full summary »
36.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
Pulling Double Booty
(2008)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
After Hayley is dumped by Jeff, she starts dating Stan's CIA body double. But when the body double starts making moves on Francine, Stan decides to break them up in his own unique way.
Directors: John Aoshima, Ron Hughart, Anthony Lioi | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 741
37.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
The Zillo Beast
(2010)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When the Republic detonates a powerful electro-proton bomb to settle the battle of Malastare, it accidentally wakens an ancient and thought to be extinct Zillo Beast.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe | Stars: Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Matt Lanter, Greg Baldwin, Ian Abercrombie
Votes: 3,421
38.
The Big Picture (1950–1968)
Episode:
Point of the Spear
(1963)
26 min | Documentary
Stars: Chester Ayers, Edwin H. Burba, U.L. Denton, Harley J. Everett
39.
Great Military Blunders (1999– )
Episode:
Unfit to Lead?
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Various profiles of failed military leaders whose personalities were simply unfit to lead.
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Votes: 6
40.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Mao's Secrets
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Michael Schaller, Frederic Wakeman, William F. Dorrill
41.
Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode:
Episode #10.11
(2022)
29 min | Drama, Reality-TV
A desperate husband calls 999 after his wife falls down the stairs onto a fish tank, slashing her neck on broken glass. Elsewhere, a man rekindling his love for walking ends up having to be airlifted off a mountain after breaking his leg.
Directors: James Capria, Elliot Carr-Barnsley | Star: Nick Knowles
42.
Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode:
Episode #10.15
(2022)
29 min | Drama, Reality-TV
A 12-year-old boy is airlifted off England's highest mountain after suffering severe head injuries in a 50-foot fall onto rocks. A paraglider filming high above a motorway captures thick black smoke pouring from a burning lorry.
Directors: James Capria, Elliot Carr-Barnsley | Star: Nick Knowles
43.
Wilder Westen inclusive (1988– )
Episode:
1. Teil
(1988)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Dieter Wedel | Stars: Peter Striebeck, Krystyna Janda, Katja Studt, Gudrun Gabriel
Votes: 14
44.
Cornwall Air 999 (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2023)
44 min | Documentary
The air ambulance airlifts a driver with nasty leg injuries and a woman who's been knocked unconscious after a fall. They also help a patient who has stopped breathing.
Directors: Emma Fraser, James Warner | Star: Dawn French
45.
Cornwall Air 999 (2020– )
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2023)
44 min | Documentary
A boy is airlifted after a beach fall and a motorcyclist battles to breathe. Plus, the crew face a tricky landing as they respond to a patient in cardiac arrest.
Star: Dawn French
46.
Helicopter ER (2016– )
Episode:
Night Rescue
(2023)
44 min | Documentary
The helicopter crew help a runner who's been left for dead after a hit and run accident. Plus, a badly injured walker is airlifted to hospital as daylight fades.
Directors: Kristian Bamforth, Daniel Green, Georgina Kiedrowski, Rob Lewis, Jenny Ramsden | Star: Paul Stocker
47.
The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode:
The Siege of Leningrad
(2011)
47 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Leningrad, a vital and large Baltic sea port, is facing the entire weight of Army Group North. The Soviets have no reserves to spare as the Battle of Moscow is about to begin. Wilhelm von ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Grazhdan | Stars: Anatoliy Bogush, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
Votes: 10
48.
The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode:
Rzhev
(2011)
43 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The capture of Rzhev, the city that connects all railroads in Western Russia, is imperative. It will cost the lives of some 3 million Soviet soldiers and 500 000 German soldiers. It will ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Grazhdan | Stars: Anatoliy Bogush, Evgeniy Sinchukov
Votes: 10
49.
The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode:
The Battle of Stalingrad
(2011)
48 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The Nazis invade the oil rich Caucasus to cut off this critical source of fuel to the Soviets. Standing in the way is Staligrad. Without realizing the strategic error they are making the ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Grazhdan | Stars: Anatoliy Bogush, Olga Radchuk, Evgeniy Sinchukov
Votes: 10
50.
The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode:
War Against Japan
(2012)
43 min | Documentary, Drama, History
In exchange for territorial concessions Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan within 90 days of Germany's surrender negating the 1941 armistice with Japan. Exactly ninety days later ... See full summary »
Votes: 9