What is the best aviation movie?

[vossdr1]

What do you think?

 

[Draginass]

"The High and the Mighty" starring John Wayne

 

[C77MD80]

Airplane

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

memphis belle

 

[flint4xx]

Tora, Tora, Tora.

 

[skyking1976]

Top Gun

 

[Vne0]

I agree with "Airplane"!

 

[HerrJeremy]

!

AIRPLANE for sure!

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Fate is the Hunter.

 

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

Toss up between Battle of Britain or Midway. All the above posts/choices are good ones too.

 

[TX_Pilot]

Movies

I dunno if it applies, since the first half is aviation, the rest is space, but I like "The Right Stuff"

 

[bobbysamd]

12 O'Clock High starring Gregory Peck is excellent. It's well worth its four star rating. Sure wish the TV series would return.

Strategic Air Command with James Stewart is great because of the B-36 and B-47 footage, but is a little sappy at the very end. Great Cold War flick, however.

A Gathering of Eagles with Rock Hudson is an alright Cold War SAC movie, and better than is rated in the link above.

Don't forget The Right Stuff. It did take some liberties with the facts, but they're inconsequential. I don't believe that Chuck Yeager really rode his horse up to the X-1, as portrayed in the movie.

 

[CrewDawg]

Airplane

The Right Stuff

Always

I like the scenes of the O-2 low level in BAT 21

 

[sky37d]

I will always like Strategic Air Command. The scene where June Allyison drops him off, and he says one take off one landing. They fly to Alaska, and back. The scenes of the B-36 flying on that mission were fabulous.

My other favorite is Always, with Richard Dryfuss. Maybe because I really like a-26's.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Draginass and Bobbysamd already mentioned most of my favoites...don't forget about The Flight of the Phoenix, The Final Countdown (terrible script, but great flying!), and Always.

 

[Dieterly]

Top Gun

 

[mar]

The dog-fight at the end....

of The Great Waldo Pepper!

All time favorite.

 

[singlespeed]

The right stuff

 

[ratings:all]

worst?

Im fond of Memphis Belle and Flight of the Phoenix. Wish they'd make some of Dale Brown's book's into movies, though. The flight scenes in Behind Enemy Lines are awesome-especially on HD plasma with surround sound and a massive woofer-when those flares light off, shakes the roof.

What about the worst aviation movie?

My vote goes for Broken Arrow

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Airplane!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's an idea, let's take a list of movies from this post and make another poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TonyC]

Re: worst?

Wish they'd make some of Dale Brown's book's into movies, though.

I've read a couple of Dale Brown's books. After the first, I was convinced he was incapable of writing decent aviation fiction. I gave him a second chance, and affirmed my conviction. Pure hogwash.

Delusions of Buff grandeur.

 

[Typhoon1244]

On the other hand, Stephen Coonts' work is pretty good...if only someone had actually read The Flight of the Intruder before they made a movie out of it...

If they decide to turn another Coonts novel into a movie, it should be Minotaur, a really great book about the military aircraft procurement process.

 

[jn99_2000]

I second "Top Gun" Airplane isa good movie too!

 

[JayDub]

"The High and the Mighty" starring John Wayne

Holy Shnikees, Dragionass and I agreeing on something?? OMG, the sky must be falling!

I really wish I could find a copy. Man, what an awesome movie.

Second choice has to be "Fandango". Truman Gates, Where are you????

Respectfully,

JayDub

 

[snoopy_1]

Baa Baa Black Sheep television series .


A couple good ones that haven't been mentioned.

Black Hawk Down

Air America

The Spirit of St. Louis

 

[empenage]

"The Blue Max" #1

"The Great Waldo Pepper"

"Airplane"

"Always"

 

[LR25]

Always, it had its moments

Midway,

Bridge at Toka Ri, (sp)

12 O'Clock High

Allthough not an aviation movie, Where Eagles Dare

 

[Typhoon1244]

Where Eagles Dare. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. Does it get any more kickass than that?

Speaking of Burton, anyone ever seen The Wild Geese? Really good movie about mercs in Central Africa. (Aviation content: one C-130, the Concorde, and a really mean Cessna 310 carrying napalm.)

 

[Smoking Man]

Airplane,

Dr. Strangelove

Flight of the Intruder

 

[GogglesPisano]

The original AIRPORT.