See below for a list of movies where
the airplane was central to the plot line.
| The Aviator |
2004 |
Leonardo DiCaprio |
Cate Blanchett |
| Soul Plane |
2004 |
Kevin Hart |
Snoop Dog |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles |
1997 |
Steve Martin |
John Candy |
| Air Force One |
1997 |
Harrison Ford |
Gary Oldman |
| Executive Decision |
1996 |
Kurt Russell |
Halle Berry |
| Air America |
1990 |
Mel Gibson |
Robert Downey, Jr. |
| Always |
1989 |
Richard Dreyfuss |
Holly Hunter |
| Top Gun |
1985 |
Tom Cruise |
Kelly McGillis |
| Airplane 2: The Sequel! |
1982 |
Robert Hays |
Julia Hagerty |
| Airplane! |
1980 |
Robert Hays |
Julia Hagerty |
| Aiport 1979: Concorde |
1979 |
Eddie Albert |
Bibi Anderson |
| Airport 1977 |
1977 |
Jack Lemmon |
Lee Grant |
| The Great Waldo Pepper |
1975 |
Robert Redford |
Susan Sarandon |
| Airport 1975 |
1974 |
Charlton Heston |
Karen Black |
| Airport |
1970 |
Burt Lancaster |
Dean Martin |
| Flight of the Phoenix |
1965 |
Jimmy Stewart |
Richard Attenborough |
| The Spirit of St. Louis |
1957 |
Jimmy Stewart |
Murray Hamilton |
| Chain Lightning |
1950 |
Humphrey Bogart |
Eleanor Parker |
There are a
lot of movies that have airplanes or aviation as part of the central plot
line. A large number of these movies are war movies about pilots or
squadrons. We didn't list all of these, but instead mostly listed
movies that weren't about war leaving the air force type movies for another list specifically on war movies. Some
of our favorite airplane movies include The Aviator (a great story about Howard
Hughes that is extremely well done and has tremendous acting performances
by Leonardo DiCaprio, Cat Blanchett, and Alan Alda); Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
(very, very funny!); Air Force One (a good Harrison Ford thriller); and The Spirit of St. Louis
(classic Jimmy Stewart). The 1970's brought us a number of airport disaster movies
and then the follow up Airplane! movies that spoofed the earlier disaster
movies.
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