I loved Iron Eagle as a kid, I have it on DVD.
I loved Top Gun, Turbulance, and even Executive Decision. There was a movie from the 90's that I saw and was totally unbelieveable called Final Descent. I had to look up the title. After mid-air with a small plane the elevator got jammed nose up on this airliner, so they kept climbing and had to figure out what to do. What they do is pretty unrealistic (that's an understatement), so if you are one of those who can't suspend your aviation knowledge, don't bother watching, you'll hate it.
As for worst: none. I love all aviation movies, don't care how real or fake they are.
I think too many people (especially pilots) are getting hung up on the reality factor in aviation movies to enjoy them. I recently read a review of the Denzel Washington movie "Flight". It was written by a airline pilot ("a captian"... lets all bow). He said that the movie lost in the opening few minutes when Denzel (who was the captain) did the pre-flight walk-around. His statement was something like "a captain would never do a walk-around, much less in rain". Who cares, get the stick out of your ass cappy!
When watching an aviation movie, I don't expect to see everything being exactly accurate, that would be more like a documentary than fiction. I watch it for the entertainment value, not accuracy to real-world aviation.
