Best Fighter Pilot Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best fighter pilot movies and TV series? These 26 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Top Gun: Maverick 2022 ★ 8.2

Fail Safe 1964 ★ 7.8

The Princess and the Pilot 2011 ★ 7.8

Top Guns 2011 ★ 8.6

Top Gun 1986 ★ 7.1

The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 ★ 7.1

Macross Plus: The Movie 1995 ★ 7.1

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 2009 ★ 6.8

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 ★ 7.0

Thunderball 1965 ★ 6.7

The Sky Crawlers 2008 ★ 6.7

Red Tails 2012 ★ 6.7

Born to Fly 2023 ★ 6.7

Soar Into the Sun 2012 ★ 6.6

The Last Starfighter 1984 ★ 6.6

The Eagle and the Hawk 1933 ★ 6.7

The Dawn Patrol 1930 ★ 6.6

Flyboys 2006 ★ 6.5

Command Decision 1948 ★ 6.6

Hell's Angels 1930 ★ 6.5

Flying Tigers 1942 ★ 6.2

Fighter 2024 ★ 6.2

Captain Nova 2021 ★ 6.1

Flying Leathernecks 1951 ★ 5.8