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1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 518,177 | Gross: $0.28M

2. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

TV-14 | 62 min | Documentary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.

Directors: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven Spielberg, James Stewart

Votes: 1,198

3. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

Votes: 43,002

4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron

Votes: 24,851

5. Memphis Belle (1990)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney

Votes: 30,523 | Gross: $27.44M

6. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, War

A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 15,796

7. The Tuskegee Airmen (1995 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, History, War

The true story of how a group of African-American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest United States fighter groups in World War II.

Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 7,084

8. Hanover Street (1979)

PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen

Votes: 5,931 | Gross: $3.00M

9. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Passed | 138 min | Drama, History, War

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock

Votes: 6,460

10. Strategic Air Command (1955)

Approved | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan

Votes: 4,081

11. The War Lover (1962)

Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell

Votes: 2,120

12. Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy

This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.

Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio

Votes: 984

13. Guernica (2016)

R | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance

The fates of Henry - a cynical American correspondent who has lost his soul - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors and in charge of overseeing the news that journalists can send abroad, cross in Gernika.

Director: Koldo Serra | Stars: James D'Arcy, María Valverde, Jack Davenport, Ingrid García Jonsson

Votes: 2,496

14. A Guy Named Joe (1943)

Passed | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond

Votes: 2,913

15. Tears in the Rain (1988 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Romance, War

Casey's mother's dying wish was to deliver a letter to an English lord who Casey knows nothing about. While fulfilling her duty, Casey meets the Lord's son, who immediately falls for the American visitor.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Paul Daneman

Votes: 681

16. We'll Meet Again (1982)

683 min | Drama, Romance, War

It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town. The war weary British and the brash American GIs sometimes clash, but friendships are also forged.

Stars: Susannah York, Michael Shannon, Patrick O'Connell, Lynne Pearson

Votes: 197

17. The Purple Plain (1954)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than, Brenda de Banzie

Votes: 2,447

18. The Beginning or the End (1947)

Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler

Votes: 749 | Gross: $2.66M

19. Mosquito Squadron (1969)

G | 90 min | Drama, War

In World War II, an RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret German V-2 rocket testing facility in France.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, Charles Gray, David Buck

Votes: 1,683

20. Air Force (1943)

Approved | 124 min | Action, Drama, History

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 3,816

21. Johnny in the Clouds (1945)

87 min | Drama, Romance, War

The wartime daily routine on a British bomber base in southeastern England is revealed through the eyes of newly arrived Flying Officer Peter Penrose (Sir John Mills).

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Douglass Montgomery

Votes: 1,644

22. For the Moment (1993)

PG-13 | 120 min | Romance, War, Drama

The story of airmen training in rural Manitoba in the summer of 1942 to go overseas and become bomber pilots in World War II, as well as the romantic entanglements which overcome them while they contemplate life and love in a world at war.

Director: Aaron Kim Johnston | Stars: Russell Crowe, Christianne Hirt, Wanda Cannon, Scott Kraft

Votes: 988 | Gross: $0.12M

23. The Haunted Airman (2006 TV Movie)

R | 68 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A wounded RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair, is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to lose his mind.

Director: Chris Durlacher | Stars: Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Ainsleigh

Votes: 2,130

24. Orders to Kill (1958)

93 min | Drama, Thriller, War

American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 737

25. Over Here (1996 TV Movie)

185 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Comedy drama set in wartime Britain showing what can happen when British RAF men and airmen from the U.S. Army Air Force are forced to share barracks.

Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Samuel West, Martin Clunes, James Terry, Todd Boyce

Votes: 174

26. The Fighting Lady (1944)

Passed | 61 min | Documentary, History, War

An in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.

Directors: Edward Steichen, William Wyler | Stars: Robert Taylor, Charles Boyer, Joseph J. Clark, Dixie Kiefer

Votes: 616

27. The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)

102 min | Action, Comedy

A thief blackmails her former colleagues into robbing a bank in Spain housing some very valuable royal jewels.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli, Vito Scotti

Votes: 203

28. Identity Unknown (1945)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War

An amnesiac soldier, the only survivor of a group of four unidentified soldiers - victims of a bomb raid - visits each man's address with the hope of restoring his memory and identity.

Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: Richard Arlen, Cheryl Walker, Roger Pryor, Bobby Driscoll

Votes: 374

29. High Wall (1947)

Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick

Votes: 1,934

30. Hell's Horizon (1955)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Interaction among men of a bombing squadron during the Korean War.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont

Votes: 137

31. Hers to Hold (1943)

Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel

Votes: 280

32. Sky Commando (1953)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, War

During the Korean War, two junior officers discuss their colonel's dour reputation dating back to his WW2 service in the bomber and reconnaissance command.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Dan Duryea, Frances Gifford, Mike Connors, Michael Fox

Votes: 81

33. Jungle Manhunt (1951)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Robert Waterfield, Sheila Ryan, Rick Vallin

Votes: 391

34. I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005)

57 min | Documentary, Biography

This documentary explores the incredible life of Merian C. Cooper, from his time as a soldier and pilot in three different wars, to his exploits in Hollywood, as a director, producer and cinematic innovator.

Directors: Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Merian C. Cooper, David Strohmaier, James D'Arc

Votes: 240

35. The Last Bomb (1945)

Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Documentary, War

Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Reed Hadley, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Klock, Curtis LeMay

Votes: 112

36. Chasing Danger (1939)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure

When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.

Director: Ricardo Cortez | Stars: Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon

Votes: 37

37. Patriots (1937)

96 min | Drama, Romance, War

The sole thing giving hope to a German flyer downed over France in the Great War, as he longs for his return home, is the love from a young woman.

Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Mathias Wieman, Lída Baarová, Bruno Hübner, Hilde Körber

Votes: 25

38. Pomiedzy wilki (1989 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama, Romance, War

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Director: Juliusz Janicki | Stars: Piotr Dejmek, Grazyna Szapolowska, Katarzyna Gniewkowska, Zygmunt Bielawski

Votes: 8

39. There's a Future in It (1943)

36 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Barry Morse, John Turnbull, Beatrice Varley

40. SuperFortress to Space Shuttle: One Man's Journey through the Generations (2008)

10 min | Documentary, Short

This short documentary film chronicles one man's journey through "The Greatest Generation." Arthur Pejsa's story from his time as a bomber pilot in WWII to his work on missile guidance systems and the space shuttle's re-entry system.

Director: Bill Larsen | Stars: Arthur Pejsa, Kathleen Schaffenberger

41. Flight Plan for Freedom (1951)

Approved | 19 min | Documentary, Short, News

A report on the Strategic Air Command of the U. S. Air Force aboard a giant B-36 on a simulated intercontinental bombing mission. After glimpses of air bases in Nebraska,Texas and England, ... See full summary »

Director: James L. Shute | Star: Westbrook Van Voorhis

42. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Radio Bikini (1988)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these times and tells the story of the US Navy ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Kilon Bauno, John Smitherman, Warren Austin, Bernard Baruch

Votes: 674

43. Marple (2004–2013)
Episode: Miss Marple: Nemesis (2007)

TV-14 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Miss Marple and her nephew, novelist Raymond West, embark on a coach tour of historic English houses with an eclectic group of characters at the behest of a late friend who had knowledge of an unsolved murder.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Laura Michelle Kelly, Dan Stevens, Graeme Garden

Votes: 1,855

44. In Treatment (2008–2021)
Episode: Alex: Week One (2008)

TV-MA | 28 min | Drama

An intense Navy pilot (Blair Underwood) puts Paul's credentials to the test, while recounting the unfortunate events in Iraq that drove him to therapy.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Blair Underwood

Votes: 416

45. In Treatment (2008–2021)
Episode: Alex: Week Two (2008)

TV-MA | 28 min | Drama

Alex discusses his stoic return to the bombing scene, and reveals issues he has with his wife.

Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Blair Underwood

Votes: 284

46. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode: Bomber's Moon (2008)

TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the beaten body of wealthy German businessman is discovered in the harbour, Gently and Bacchus are forced to consider whether a barman's anti-German sentiments are a motive for murder.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Tony Rohr, Simon Hubbard

Votes: 475

47. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: The Mighty Eighth (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.

Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey

48. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.7 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.

Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Guy Walters, Joshua Levine, Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan

49. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)

TV-PG | 59 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

On Christmas Eve 1941, the Doctor poses as a caretaker to give recently widowed Madge Arwell and her two children an unforgettable Christmas but things quickly get out of hand when her son Cyril enters a snowy forest world full of dangers.

Director: Farren Blackburn | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Claire Skinner

Votes: 6,417

50. The Dambusters (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2020)

Documentary, History

Aircrew have eight weeks to train for a top secret mission.

Director: Jamie Simpson | Stars: Gary Bainbridge, Hilary Costello, Graham Duff, Guy Gibson