Do you like movies with airplanes? What are your favorites?

[Lliam]

I've been binge watching the 1964-1967 TV series Twelve O'Clock High.
I particularly like WWI and WWII.

My dad was an infantry man in Europe during WWII. But he was an airplane buff and flew his own PT-19 after the war.

When Twelve O'Clock High was on, the two of us would be glued to the TV.
He would point out the B-17s, BF-109Es, FW-190As, P-47Ds, etc on TV. My mom was less than enthusiastic and would say things like "Oh look. There's a QB 2 11R" just to be a smart ass. LOL

He even took me out to the Chino Airport where the series was filmed. He used to take me to airports, air shows, air museums, and the WWI aero-historian club he belonged to. His enthusiasm rubbed off on me. I learned a lot from him.

Updates

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Wings (1927) won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Hell's Angels (1930), directed by Howard Hughes.
The Dawn Patrol - two versions - 1930 and 1938.
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
633 Squadron (1964)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
The Blue Max (1966)
The Battle of Britain (1969)
Tora Tora Tora (1970)

Flyboys
Tuskegee Airmen

[lightbulb27]

I was huge into airplanes, built plastic ones, then RC planes. the war planes and movies were inspiring.

I really prefer Airplane I and II, the comedies. Always make me laugh.

Other than that, Midway... the original.

I read some stories about womenpiloes in Poland WWII that was inspiring but haven't seen movie on it.

In genreal, airplanes with one engine scare the crap out of me... started after I heard about Audey Murphy dying in a plane crash. Alway have two engines or more!!:) Wisdom from my mother!

My praises to your father, what hell he endured!

[Lliam]

Yeah. Building plastic models was a big thing. I had a bunch of WWI and WWII models. Some cars, too.

[MysticDevice]

Absolutely. I could watch those all day

[Lliam]

Those WWII fighters were hot rods.

I bought my dad a copy of the movie Fly Boys when it came out. The CG images of Newport17s and Fokker DR1s were so cool.
When I asked my dad what he thought, he said those planes would have come apart if they tried those maneuvers for real. LOL

[Lliam]

@MysticDevice. Check out my update.

[DizzyDesii]

I guess so since i enjoyed Flight, Plane, Red Eye, Snakes on Plane, Con Air, Final Destination, Passenger 57, 2012, Soul Plane, US Marshals, Flightplan, Top Gun Maverick, Flight of the Phoenix, Midway, Devotion, Red Tails, and Catch Me If You Can

[Lliam]

Red Tails was more what I was talking about.
What about Tuskegee Airmen?

[DizzyDesii]

Okay so if you’ve seen both of those, you’ll enjoy Midway, Top Gun 2 Maverick and Devotion. They’re all war plane films

[ShesRad80]

red eye directed by wes craven

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sgi2XSaZeLs

[ShadezMcgee]

Not particularly. If we are talking movies about commercial liners and that, no. Now if we are talking jet pilots and dog fights? Yes.

[Lliam]

I was thinking of WWI and WWII combat.

[docster]

Airplane (1980)
Jet Pilot. (1957, but filmed in 1949-50)
Horizon Line. (unintentionally funny, 2020)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Strategic Air Command (1955)

[Nikki1989]

Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.

Doctor: I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.

[19magic]

The ones that come to mind is foughtplan, sully: landing on the Hudson and langoliers

[19magic]

*flightplan even

[Jmmmfi4]

YOU SHOULD GO TO THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM... I LIVE BY IT

[Lliam]

Which one?

[Fireguy17]

Airplane. Great movie.

[Masterodd]

All of them from the 50's and 60's

[Sevenpointfive]

top gun

[Drumlin2001]

Airplane