Top 5 Aviation Movies

#1 11-19-2010, 02:50 PM

Thought I'd throw this around, post your Favourite top 5.
This is a great way to find out about new movies or ones you have missed.

Mine are :

1. The Battle of Britain
2. The Blue Max
3. Bat*21 (Awesome Flight Footage from the 02 Cessna)
4. Midway
5. Air America (Flight Scenes are pretty)

JG53Frankyboy · #2 11-19-2010, 02:58 PM

i would ad Aces High and Flight of the Intruder.

Splitter · #3 11-19-2010, 03:06 PM

Memphis Belle is in there for me. At times it gave a really good feel for bomber combat.

Splitter

JG53Frankyboy · #4 11-19-2010, 03:10 PM

how i could forgett this ?!

to ad another one for the Bomber crews : Twelve O'Clock High

and The Dambusters

Splitter · #5 11-19-2010, 03:27 PM

The Tuskegee Airman (1995) is one I forgot too. There are some GREAT combat scenes in there along with an important story. The fire scene is....well, you have to see it.

Splitter

robtek · #6 11-19-2010, 03:45 PM

Battle of Britain
Dark blue world
Flight of the Intruder
Memphis Belle
Tuskegee Airman

#7 11-19-2010, 04:08 PM

oowh yeah I forgot about flight of the intruder, that IS a good film with great flight footage.
Here's one and I dread to mention this one but from what I remember it had good flight scenes...... Always

Fergal69 · #8 11-19-2010, 05:00 PM

Not a World War 2 film, but how about including Top Gun

zaelu · #9 11-19-2010, 05:08 PM

I liked "Les Chevaliers du Ciel" (Sky Fighters) for super flight sceenes with Mirages... a bit a la Top Gun but a bit better... imho.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421974/

Splitter · #10 11-19-2010, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fergal69

Not a World War 2 film, but how about including Top Gun

Noooooo lol. I mean, I liked the movie for what it was and we all walked out of the theater singing "You've lost that loving feeling", but the flight stuff had too many inaccuracies. Like the "Migs". Don't get me wrong, some of the dog fight scenes were very cool, just too much "Hollywood".

I still watch it when it is on though

.

If we can expand it to a series, along with injecting a whole lot of Hollywood, I would put in Ba Ba Blacksheep (or Blacksheep Squadron). In defense of this totally historically inaccurate series/movie, the Corsair is a beautiful bird and they used a lot of WWII footage along with some restored American and Japanese aircraft.

That series is what got me into WWII aircraft so even though it's not accurate, it has a special place in my heart.

Splitter