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- DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillisAs students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.Won 1 Oscar
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Blu-ray 3D - DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles TellerAfter thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
- StarsShannon ConleyDan OlkRandy GlassA pilot must try to survive with his humanity when he is shanghaied into a mercenary jet fighter force.
- StarsSarah HauserJohn SwaseyChris PattonIn the early 1980s, a war is raging in Arslan, a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Mercenary fighter pilots from all over the world are hired or shanghaied to fight. They live in a secret desert airbase called Area 88.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry AndrewsIn 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.Blu-ray
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.Won 3 Oscars, Best Picture Nominee
4K Ultra HD - DirectorRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason RobardsThe story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.Won 1 Oscar
Blu-ray - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VIIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori TakimotoJiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHugh MarloweGary MerrillA 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.Won 2 Oscars, Best Picture Nominee
Blu-ray - StarsFrank OvertonPaul BurkeChris RobinsonA WWII bomb group commander must fill the shoes of his predecessor and get the performance rating up to snuff. He struggles with his own men, until he is able to develop pride in the group and win the men over, but at a cost to him.Won 1 Emmy
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddMichael RedgraveUrsula JeansDrama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.Blu-ray (UK)
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.Won 2 Oscars, Best Picture Winner
Blu-ray - DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsErrol FlynnBasil RathboneDavid NivenBritish flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsRichard BarthelmessDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Neil HamiltonWorld War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.Won 1 Oscar
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGeorge PeppardJames MasonUrsula AndressA young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.Blu-ray
- DirectorJan SverákStarsOndrej VetchýKrystof HádekTara FitzgeraldThe friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.Blu-ray (CZ: English Subtitles, Region Free)
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsJun'ichi OkadaHaruma MiuraMao InoueA young woman and her brother explore the history of their grandfather, who died in WW2. They start contacting the men who flew with him, asking them about who he was.The Eternal Zero
Blu-ray (HK: English subs) - StarsOsamu MukaiMikako TabeKenta KiritaniThe story of Saeki Kentaro, who continues to fail the National Bar Examinations and lose sight of the goal of his life, and his old sister Keiko, who is a freelance writer looking up their grandfather Miyabe who died in the Pacific War as a Kamikaze pilot. Miyabe had an astute ability as a pilot of fighter planes, but he was extraordinarily afraid of death. His two grandchildren started wondering why he applied for the Kamikaze corps. Revealing Miyabe's unexpected title of "genius yet coward", they unveil a surprising fact which has been sealed for over 60 years.
- CreatorMahiro MaedaStarsMayumi AsanoChiwa SaitôPaul St. PeterIn a world of airships and civil war, two messengers come across a special girl who will change the course of history.Blu-ray (JPN: Upscale, 1080i, English dub)
- CreatorKôichi ChigiraStarsAoi YûkiAi KayanoAki ToyosakiAerial adventures continue in the sky above the world of Prester.Blu-ray (English subs)
- StarsYôko AsagamiTakaya HashiNoriaki SugiyamaThirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth's forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet designated as "Fairy". While the majority of Earth's population is unaware of the JAM's presence, the war continues on Fairy, where Rei Fukai is an SAF (Special Air Force) pilot assigned to pilot "Yukikaze"-an advanced reconnaissance fighter plane equipped with a near-sentient A.I. that detects the presence of the JAM within its path.Blu-ray (JPN: Upscale, 1080i, English subs)
- StarsKen'yû HoriuchiHikaru MidorikawaDean WeinThree aviation focused war stories of Axis participants.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- DirectorJun ShishidoStarsRyunosuke KamikiSeika TaketomiKatsumi ChôA pilot, despite being advised not to, bonds with a princess when he is tasked with escorting the royal subject overseas and across enemy territory to reunite her with her future husband.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsRinko KikuchiRyô KaseShôsuke TaniharaThe Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.Blu-ray (English subs)
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKenneth MoreMuriel PavlowLyndon BrookBiopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsMatthew ModineEric StoltzTate DonovanIn 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.Blu-ray
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsWilliam HoldenGrace KellyFredric MarchSet during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.Won 1 Oscar
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJohn WayneJohn CarrollAnna LeeCapt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.Blu-ray
- DirectorJim AbrahamsStarsCharlie SheenCary ElwesValeria GolinoA parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.Blu-ray (UK: Region Free)
- DirectorKerry ConranStarsGwyneth PaltrowJude LawAngelina JolieAfter New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.Blu-ray
Blu-ray (JPN: HD Audio) - DirectorTony BillStarsJames FrancoJean RenoJennifer DeckerThe adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.Blu-ray
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsLaurence FishburneAllen PayneMalcolm-Jamal WarnerThe 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.Won 3 Emmys, Outstanding Made for Television Movie Nominee
Blu-ray - DirectorAnthony HemingwayStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Gerald McRaneyDavid OyelowoA crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.Blu-ray
- DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil SchweigerGerman biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.Blu-ray
Blu-ray (UK: HD Audio, Region Free) - DirectorRoger CormanStarsJohn Phillip LawDon StroudBarry PrimusThe story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.Blu-ray (DE: Region Free)
- DirectorJack GoldStarsMalcolm McDowellChristopher PlummerSimon WardIn World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.Blu-ray (UK)
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsRobert RedfordBo SvensonBo BrundinAfter WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.Blu-ray
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnFred MacMurrayRalph BellamyA military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsRobert MitchumRobert WagnerRichard EganIn 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelf their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWilliam HoldenLloyd NolanVirginia LeithAt the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsJack HawkinsMichael DenisonAndrew OsbornThe story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.Blu-ray (UK)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyDennis MorganBrenda MarshallInspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerBetty GrableJohn SuttonAn American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsGene HackmanOwen WilsonGabriel MachtA disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.Blu-ray
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsCliff RobertsonGeorge ChakirisMaria PerschyA RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.Blu-ray (UK)
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonFrank LovejoyAn ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.Blu-ray
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRock HudsonRod TaylorMary PeachDuring the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.
- StarsMamiko NotoNana MizukiMotoko KumaiFollows a young woman then, later, her daughter as they get caught up in political intrigue, assassination attempts, war ending adventures and their own romantic involvements.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsEdmond O'BrienRobert StackJohn RodneyDuring World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
- DirectorAlfred WeidenmannStarsJoachim HansenMarianne KochHansjörg FelmyBiographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.
- DirectorEtienne PérierStarsMichael YorkElke SommerPeter CarstenIn 1915, frustrated with the German air-raids on London, British Intelligence sends Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas, who has German ancestry, to Germany, to find information about the latest German Zeppelin.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsStephen McNallyGail RussellAlex NicolA group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh HartnettA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.Won 1 Oscar
Blu-ray - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodFreddie JonesDavid HuffmanA pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.Blu-ray
- DirectorGérard PirèsStarsBenoît MagimelClovis CornillacGéraldine PailhasAn advanced, armed, French Mirage fighter jet is stolen during an air show in UK. 2 other fighter jets locate it. They're forced to shoot it down. Terrorists make another attempt to steal armed Mirages. Why?Blu-ray (FR: No English, Region Free)
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsDanny GloverWillem DafoeBrad JohnsonDuring the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.Blu-ray
- DirectorRob CohenStarsJosh LucasJessica BielJamie FoxxDeeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control before it initiates the next world war.Blu-ray
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Jason GedrickDavid SuchetA young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Mark HumphreyStuart MargolinA joint U.S.- Soviet strike force is assembled to wipe out a nuclear base in an outlaw nation that plans to take the world hostage.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Rachel McLishPaul FreemanChappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Jason CadieuxJoanne VannicolaFighter pilot Doug Masters teaches at his flight school for teens in trouble with the law. In an emergency landing on a deserted airforce base, the kids accidentally uncover a deranged plot to wage chemical warfare.
- DirectorMike PhillipsStarsBug HallDonnie JeffcoatSean McGowanA replacement co-pilot joins a B-17 bomber crew in North Africa. He soon finds himself at odds with the remainder of the crew and has to regain their trust and support.Blu-ray
- StarsAoi YûkiNatsuki HanaeKaito IshikawaThis story follows a former prince who lost everything to a revolution, and a girl who became the symbol for the revolution. The orphaned prince, now renamed Karueru, embarks on a one-way journey to discover the ends of the heavens.Blu-ray (English subs)
- CreatorShôji KawamoriKen'ichi MatsuzakiStarsArihiro HaseMari IijimaVic MignognaAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and her secrets lead to a desperate war against an alien enemy sent to retrieve the ship.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- DirectorNoboru IshiguroShôji KawamoriKatsuhito AkiyamaStarsArihiro HaseMari IijimaMika DoiEarth braces for an invasion of giant male bionoids and their enemy, giant female bionoids.Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Blu-ray (JPN: No English) - DirectorKatsuhito AkiyamaShôji KawamoriYusaku SaotomeStarsMika DoiArihiro HaseShow HayamiFlash Back 2012 is Minmay's farewell concert. Featuring some of her best songs, the music is performed over various scenes and events taken from the first Macross television series as well as Macross: Do You Remember Love film. Also included is a newly animated closing sequence showing the launch of Misa's colony vessel, the Megaroad-01, into space.
- CreatorKazumi FujitaShôji KawamoriKen'ichi MatsuzakiStarsTsutomu TakayamaHiroko KasaharaDebra RogersA new splinter race of the Zentraedi show up: the Marduk. While the Zentraedi were defeated by Lynn Minmay's music, the Marduk have their own singers (emulators), spur their soldiers into battle. A reporter name Hibiki Kanzaki captures a Marduk emulator, Ishtar, while reporting on a battle, and proceeds to teach her of the happy-happy fun-fun nature of peace & love, which she shares with the rest of her people.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsEdward MannixBryan CranstonMichael ForestTwo old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.Blu-ray (JPN: English subs)
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsTakehito KoyasuNobutoshi CannaShow HayamiA rock band must play a key role in the defense of a space colony fleet.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsNobutoshi CannaTomo SakuraiMasashi SugawaraLess than a year after the war between the Macross 7 Fleet and the Protodeviln, Basara leaves Fire Bomber and travels to the planet Zola. There, he meets a girl named Elma, who is a big fan of Fire Bomber. It is also on this planet where he must once again use his Spiritia powers; this time, to stop an army of poachers and Elma's father Graham from killing a group of space whales traveling within the planetary system.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsKen'ichi SuzumuraSanae KobayashiYuka NanriIn the year 1999 a huge extraterrestrial battleship crash-landed on Earth, bringing the human race in contact with very advanced technology.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsYûichi NakamuraTomokazu SugitaJun FukuyamaIn 2059 A.D., the 25th Frontier fleet near the Galactic center is attacked by the Vajra aliens. Bored colonist Alto Saotome joins the Valkyrie pilots defending the Frontier.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- DirectorShôji KawamoriYasuhito KikuchiStarsAya EndôJun FukuyamaSôichirô HoshiRumours arise in the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the fleet for her concert and is marked a spy for Galaxy. Also Alto and Ranka both try to achieve their dreams as the battle between Frontier and the Vajra draws closer.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- DirectorMasashi AbeTakao AboTakahiro HaradaStarsYûichi NakamuraAya EndôMegumi NakajimaA young stunt pilot named Alto Saotome's life is changed after he joins SMS, a military company on the Frontier. By some fate, Alto begins to fall for the galactic idol, Sheryl Nome, along with his friend and rising pop star, Ranka Lee.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- DirectorTetsurô AminoStarsAya EndôJun FukuyamaHiroshi KamiyaMacross Frontier characters receive vintage VHS tapes delivered by a strange bird with the original Macross 7 episodes and watch them together, discovering the story behind the Sound Force and Nekki Basara.Blu-ray (JPN: No English)
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsKaito IshikawaToshiyuki MorikawaAmi KoshimizuIn the year 2067, the Tactical Sound Unit, "Walküre, " and the Valkyrie fighter team "Delta Flight, " join together to combat a disease that threatens the galaxy, the Var Syndrome.Blu-ray (JPN)
- DirectorHiroyuki YamagaStarsLeo MorimotoDavid ThomasMitsuki YayoiIn an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.Blu-ray (English subs)
- StarsIssei MiyazakiMamiko NotoUnshô IshizukaKazuhiro Uchida is transferred to a rescue centre located in a small town while training to become a fighter pilot. Initially, Kazuhiro thinks negatively about his new occupation, due to the difficult missions and the harsh discipline he receives from his seniors. However, over the course of his training, he begins to accept the job for what it is and becomes a true member of the rescue force.
- DirectorMasaaki TezukaStarsYûko TakayamaDai WatanabeShunya IsakaHaruka Kawashima has just started off her career as the first female pilot of the rescue helicopter UH-60J which she had admired since the Air Self-Defense Force (SDF) Rescue Squad saved her mother's life. The rescue missions require severe training, allowing no space for emotion. They are requested out in the angry waters with high waves, at bold cliffs lashed by gusts and on isolated islands with heavy winds. Haruka struggles to overcome the pain of not being able to save all lives and nurture the heart and pride of a rescue helicopter pilot. That is when a fighter jet F-15J drops off the radar. Haruka and her squad rushes to the rescue of the pilot while fighting against time as they reach the fuel limit, yet engage in a life-or-death mission.
- DirectorDong-won KimStarsRainYoo Joon-sangKim Seong-suAfter he performs a dangerous daredevil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot Cheol-hui. He makes friends with the other pilots in the unit and falls in love with the beautiful Se-young, who is in charge of maintenance. When a North Korean MIG fighter threatens, the group engages in a gripping dogfight that leaves one comrade dead and another missing. Cheol-hui and Tae-hun join forces to rescue their missing friend and prevent a catastrophic war.