Best Airplane Movie by Genre?

Horror: Snakes on a plane
Comedy: Snakes on a plane ... because damn man really...

but seriously, as a kid two of my favorites were The Blue Max and Tora! Tora! Tora!
 
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Action - Top Gun (only cause I can't think of another)
Comedy - Air America
Drama - Flight (Denzel Washington, though the inverted scene was a little over the top)
Horror Tommy Knockers
Fantasy/SciFi The Great Waldo Pepper
War (worth it's own) Flight of the Intruder
Non-fiction ??
 
FlySince9 said:
Non-fiction ??
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Rescue Dawn (true story about Dieter Dengler)

I noticed BAT21 is on Amazon right now. I don't like Hackman or Glover but who ever flew that O-2 did a great job
 
Fearless Tower said:
While the Sci-Fi story line clearly puts it in the fantasy category, Final Countdown is one of the most accurate portrayals of the US Navy at sea that I’ve seen.
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You'll have to remind me of the particulars. All I remember is Katherine Ross and the F-14 almost hitting the water.
 
alfadog said:
Honorable mention in drama: 1951's No Highway in the Sky. How can you not like a movie starring Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich that revolves around metal fatigue in airliners. I watched it a year or so ago and enjoyed it thoroughly.
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The book is even better.
 
aftCG said:
Rescue Dawn (true story about Dieter Dengler)

I noticed BAT21 is on Amazon right now. I don't like Hackman or Glover but who ever flew that O-2 did a great job
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I remember watching BAT21 with my high-school girlfriend - almost 30 years ago. Her dad worked on O-2s in-country. Probably worth a rewatch.

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Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
 
rene86mx said:
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
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"These planes are totally ragged out, why, I bet they have 500 hours on them if they have a minute." (paraphrased 7:46)

 
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Anyone else seen "Porco Rosso" by Hayao Miyazaki?

I mean, *all* of Miyazaki's movies have some sort of flying theme to them ("Castle in the Sky", "Nausikaa", "The Wind Rises", etc.), and this one is not his best, but it is actually about a pilot... who is cursed and is a pig. Literally. So fantasy I guess. :)

Frankly I don't remember much from the movie, except that it has the most moving depiction of "where pilots go when they die" that I think I've ever seen.
 
Pilawt said:
Almost forgot -- For the "Fantasy" category ... Planes!

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This one is great if you're watching with a three year old. There are enough adult jokes to make it tolerable. My grandson didn't understand why I found Kennedy Tower funny or the removal of the spray gear.
 
kath said:
Anyone else seen "Porco Rosso" by Hayao Miyazaki?

I mean, *all* of Miyazaki's movies have some sort of flying theme to them ("Castle in the Sky", "Nausikaa", "The Wind Rises", etc.), and this one is not his best, but it is actually about a pilot... who is cursed and is a pig. Literally. So fantasy I guess. :)

Frankly I don't remember much from the movie, except that it has the most moving depiction of "where pilots go when they die" that I think I've ever seen.
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Guess I forgot the "animated" category. Thanks for the reminder (and of course Planes above). Apropos of nothing, I don't like animated movies (including anime) so perhaps that explains the omission.
 
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