Favorite Aviation Movie?

[anofly]

Battle of Britain was made in the 60's. It used real airplanes for the most part. Its a great "love in" for the WW 2 planes.
Dunkirk has some spitfire love in it.
The Blue Max also had lots of "real" flying in it.
I guess I just want to look at the planes .
Those magnificent men in their flying machines is good for antique planes....
American Made if you like the Aerostar.
While not quite movies, the instructional videos for american aviators in WW2 like "welcome to the P47" kinda stuff is neat.
Its a mad mad world is cool for a look at a brand new beech 18 flying through a sign!, without CGI

[BTD]

Passenger 57.

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[co-joe]

When In Doubt is my favourite av movie of all time. I love it when ops makes us watch it. The music just gives me goose bumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlzUkNXYjMs

[SRCrowne]

Anyone seen that brilliant Canadian documentary, The Defender?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbQMqd0kEY

[Heliian]

In no particular order:

Air America
Memphis belle
Apocalypse Now
Airplane
Executive decision
Die hard 2

[goldeneagle]

The Great Waldo Pepper

[doiwannabeapilot]

damn, that was awesome !

I had no idea Airplane spoofed that; to a T i might add.

I want to watch the whole Zero Hour now.

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Zero Hour! the movie that Airplane was based on. Suppose to be serious, but after Airplane, it is just so much cheese.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051221/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4

[dhc#]

Captains of the Clouds
-starring James Cagney
-filmed in 1941 on location in and around Ottawa and southern Ontario.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... Movie.aspx

[geodoc]

Honorable mention:

Flight of the Phoenix (1965)





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[ToolShed]

SAC

[rookiepilot]

Military Choppers

We were soldiers
Black hawk down.

[tsgarp]

The Right Stuff
Battle of Britain
The Final Countdown

[VSF]

+1 on Chevaliers du Ciel. The flying scenes are excellent. Another +1 to Air America. One of my favs for sure.

[SpyPilot]

Fling Wing Flicks ?

"Birds of Prey" from 1973

"Deadly Encounter" from 1982

I'm old(ish)

[Rockie]

Fling Wing Flicks ?

"Birds of Prey" from 1973

Great movie. The acting is bad and it’s full of technical holes, but it’s a good story premise and the flying is terrific and almost non-stop. I’d love to see a remake.

[Arnie Pye]

Does Snakes on a Plane count?

I'm honestly surprised that Memphis Belle didn't come up earlier.

[boeingboy]

Always

Love the old firebombers

[dougj]

Murphy’s War. Starring the Grumman Duck, with Peter O’toole as co-star. Frank Tallman is not gentle with the rare (even rarer after filming) amphib.

[challenger_nami]

Soul Plane

[2R]

Dr Strangelove hands down.

"Goldy, how many times have I told you guys I don't want no horsin' around on the airplane?"

"I'm not horsing around sir."

"We'll I've been to one world fair a picnic and a rodeo and that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard come over a pair of earphones."

Although the Blue Max is pretty good too.

"I am ... comfortable in the air Herr Hoffman"

Can we count tv shows? Private Plane from Black Adder is obviously the best aviation themed 22 minutes ever recorded.

"Had to dump the kite on the proles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5B7jLWZUc
Peter Sellers best line in a movie : no fighting in the War Room

If you pay attention to the Spitfire flying in the Battle of Britain you will see the correct way to execute ground staffing of enemies, the plane was flown low enough to make level head shots from the cannons , they had to climb to get over the sheep fence

[photofly]

Nobody has mentioned The Dam Busters yet have they?

[CJKk]

Not sure if this totally counts but the animated movie Porco Russo is pretty great. It's on Netflix Canada

[Broker]

Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines. 1965 comedy.

[g5]

Whiskey Romeo Zulu

[privateer]

Die Hard 2