Best Pilot Movies List

Wonder Woman (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 234 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $412.56M

Lead Role: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis, | Director: Patty Jenkins,

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

Pacific Rim (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 180 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 64 | Earnings: $101.79M

Lead Role: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, | Director: Guillermo del Toro,

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.

Sully (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 172 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $125.07M

Lead Role: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey, | Director: Clint Eastwood,

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Flight (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 171 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $93.75M

Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, | Director: Robert Zemeckis,

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.

Top Gun (1986)

Aggregate Rating: 163 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 50 | Earnings: $176.78M

Lead Role: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, | Director: Tony Scott,

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

American Made (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 156 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $51.34M

Lead Role: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, | Director: Doug Liman,

The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.

Hot Shots! (1991)

Aggregate Rating: 137 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 61 | Earnings: $69.47M

Lead Role: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, | Director: Jim Abrahams,

A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.

Broken Arrow (1996)

Aggregate Rating: 136 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 61 | Earnings: $70.45M

Lead Role: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, | Director: John Woo,

Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 135 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 64 | Earnings: $37.76M

Lead Role: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, | Director: Kerry Conran,

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Green Lantern (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 134 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 39 | Earnings: $116.59M

Lead Role: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, | Director: Martin Campbell,

Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.

The TV Set (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 132 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $0.27M

Lead Role: David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer, | Director: Jake Kasdan,

The story of a TV pilot as it goes through the Network TV process of casting, production and finally airing.

The Rocketeer (1991)

Aggregate Rating: 131 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 62 | Earnings: $46.70M

Lead Role: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, | Director: Joe Johnston,

A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero.

Blue Thunder (1983)

Aggregate Rating: 131 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $42.30M

Lead Role: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, | Director: John Badham,

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

San Andreas (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 128 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 43 | Earnings: $155.18M

Lead Role: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes, | Director: Brad Peyton,

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Always (1989)

Aggregate Rating: 118 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 50 | Earnings: $43.86M

Lead Role: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

Restless (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 118 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 47 | Earnings: $0.16M

Lead Role: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk, | Director: Gus Van Sant,

The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.

Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Aggregate Rating: 116 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 51 | Earnings: $74.33M

Lead Role: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, | Director: Ivan Reitman,

Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.

Canopy (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 113 | Imdb: 4 | Metascore: 64 | Earnings: $0.01M

Lead Role: Khan Chittenden, Morning Tzu-Yi Mo, Robert Menzies, Edwina Wren, | Director: Aaron Wilson,

Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of ...

Zaytoun (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 105 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 39 | Earnings: $0.04M

Lead Role: Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, Alice Taglioni, Loai Nofi, | Director: Eran Riklis,

Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.

Good Boy! (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 100 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 49 | Earnings: $37.57M

Lead Role: Liam Aiken, Matthew Broderick, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon, | Director: John Hoffman,

An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.