Best Pilot Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 112 top-rated pilot movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Predator: Killer of Killers 2025 ★ 7.8
Airwolf 1984 ★ 7.6
The Princess and the Pilot 2011 ★ 7.8
Dunkirk 2017 ★ 7.5
The Rules of the Game 1939 ★ 7.5
Emergency Declaration 2022 ★ 7.5
Mad Max 2 1981 ★ 7.4
The Right Stuff 1983 ★ 7.4
Veer-Zaara 2004 ★ 7.5
Airplane! 1980 ★ 7.3
Mimino 1977 ★ 7.6
TaleSpin 1990 ★ 7.4
Bridge of Spies 2015 ★ 7.2
Charley Varrick 1973 ★ 7.4
The Aviator 2004 ★ 7.2
Sully 2016 ★ 7.2
Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998 ★ 7.3
Only Angels Have Wings 1939 ★ 7.3
The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 ★ 7.2
Into the Night 2020 ★ 7.1
Top Gun 1986 ★ 7.1
Baa Baa Black Sheep 1976 ★ 7.6
Pilot 2024 ★ 7.5
Mrs. Miniver 1942 ★ 7.1