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1. WarGames (1983)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 111,364 | Gross: $79.57M
2. Lifeforce (1985)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 29,634 | Gross: $11.60M
3. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau
Votes: 4,114
4. The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During a radar test mission, Flight 412 witnesses the disappearance of 2 fighter-jets scrambled to intercept a UFO but the Air Force is determined to cover-up the incident.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul, Robert F. Lyons
Votes: 733
5. Bombers B-52 (1957)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 920
6. Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
Approved | 126 min | Comedy
Gus Brubaker has been drafted... again. Due to a clerical error, Gus finds himself deployed to a little Japanese island where everyone is bored to death. So Gus decided to build a hotel and hire locals to run the place.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ernie Kovacs, Dick Shawn, Margo Moore, Jack Warden
Votes: 411
7. Hulk (1966)
TV-G | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a nuclear scientist cursed with the tendency to turning into a huge green brute under stress.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Jack Creley, Claude Rae
Votes: 1,054
8. Starlift (1951)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson
Votes: 591
9. 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: 139
10. 100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam (2020)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
During the Vietnam War, US Air Force pilots who flew 100 combat missions could go home. The tension built relentlessly as they survived each sortie. This is the story of the survivors and the fallen.
Stars: Robin Olds, Michael Hankins, Ed Rasimus, Karl Richter
Votes: 64
11. Boyhood Daze (1957)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Scolded by his mother for breaking a window, young Ralph Phillips waits in his bedroom and lets his imagination run amok as he pictures himself as a famous explorer, a space force pilot, and a prisoner before his dad comes home.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Dick Beals, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Marian Richman
Votes: 462
12. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.
Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet
Votes: 32
13. Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (2011 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Good documentary using good witnesses and solid research material, certainly makes you wonder what governments really know about this phenomenon.
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Lawton Paseka, André Amond, Bob Ball, John Callahan
Votes: 50
14. A Hitch in Time (1955)
6 min | Animation, Short
A US Air Force pilot, about to be discharged, talks with a gremlin about the reasons for either re-entering civilian life, or extending their terms of service.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 132
15. 24 Hour Alert (1955)
Approved | 31 min | Short, Drama
When a U.S. Air Force base commander receives civilian complaints about noise, he gets help from old friend Jack Webb in educating the town leaders and residents about the importance of their work and learning to accept their presence.
Director: Robert M. Leeds | Stars: Jack Webb, Art Balinger, Walter Sande, Ralph Moody
Votes: 162
16. B-52 (2001)
122 min | Documentary
A parable about present American culture explain The bomb airplane B-52 that symbolizes the dominance of the United States about the world.
Director: Hartmut Bitomsky | Stars: Hartmut Bitomsky, Maureen Selwood, Jon Wagner
Votes: 65
17. UFO Invasion at Rendlesham (2003 TV Movie)
Documentary
In late December 1980, in Rendlesham Forest, England, numerous U.S. military personnel witnessed what has come to be regarded as the most significant military-UFO incident in the history of... See full summary »
Director: Jim Milio | Stars: Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Betters, Georgina Bruni, Bill Bulebush
Votes: 33
18. Popcorn (1974)
8 min | Animation, Short
The new plant manager at a popcorn factory, an Air Force Reservist, learns that the CEO is a great admirer of the Reserves' work.
Director: Gerard Baldwin | Stars: Keenan Wynn, Ross Martin
20. 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
22. Most Honorable Son (2007 TV Special)
57 min | Documentary, War
The story of Ben Kuroki, the first Japanese American war hero - an airman over North Africa, Europe and Japan. The documentary 'Most Honorable Son' charts Kuroki's historic, controversial ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Kubota | Stars: Ben Kuroki, Lane Nishikawa
Votes: 12
23. Polar Outpost (1957)
Approved | 15 min | Documentary, Short, History
This Cold War era documentary describes the building of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, a string of radar stations across Alaska and Canada north of the Arctic Circle meant to protect against air attacks coming over the North Pole.
Stars: Don Morrow, Robert Alexander, Richard Crane, H.G. Ross
Votes: 75
24. Sandboxx (2018– )
Documentary
Sandboxx shares the experience of United States military service families and new recruits to convey what military life is like. More recently the channel examines various roles in the military and developments in military aviation.
Stars: Alex Hollings, Mason Felts, Phillip Hill, Peter Bonetti
29. Development of the Soviet Ballistic Missile Threat (1960)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Linscott A. Hall, Joel Parks
31. Mountain and Desert Survival: Mountain Survival (1963)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Cold War training film about the importance of keeping a cool head in a mountain survival situation.
32. In Your Defense (1960)
Not Rated | 23 min | Documentary, Short
This video presents the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system used by the United States Air Force in the 1950s.
Star: John Morton
35.
UFO Files (2004–2007)
Episode:
Britain's Roswell
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Starting on Christmas night, 1980, Air Force personnel at a NATO installation in Britain reported a series of strange sightings and encounters. Investigating a glowing object in the woods, ... See full summary »
Director: Michele Wilcox | Stars: Tom Kane, Brian Bogulski, Tim Ackermans, Don Turner
Votes: 19
36.
UFO Hunters (2008–2009)
Episode:
Military vs. UFOs
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
In 1956, an object was detected over the North Sea heading toward Bentwaters RAF base--a base with nuclear weapons. Two Venom fighters made contact with the object, but their weapons and ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick Uskert, Jeff Tomlinson, Ted Acworth, Bill Birnes
Votes: 32
37.
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode:
Die NATO-Truppen
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
Following 9/11 and the overthrow of the Taliban, an international coalition tried to bring peace and democracy to Afghanistan. But hopes were short-lived.
Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Sima Samar, Shukria Barakzai
Votes: 39
38.
Ed Nash's Military Matters (2019– )
Episode:
Is the USAF Retiring the F-22?
(2021)
9 min | Documentary
Air Force General Charles Quinton Brown Jr. reported in May 2020 that the service intends to reduce its fighter inventory to four air frames which does not include the F-22 Raptor. So ... See full summary »
Star: Ed Nash
39.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Blitzkrieg
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Exploring the history of military tactics - water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, and assaults from the sea range from massive invasions to spectacular raids.
Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Tommy Franks
40.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Closing the Ring
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Western Allies secure supply routes that will allow them to enter Germany, and the Ardennes counter-offensive fails. The Red Army advances rapidly, and Stalin shows uses the war for Empire-building. The SS implements the Holocaust.
Stars: Robert Powell, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 222
41.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Island War
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan. Re-capturing the Phillipines and Burma is costly, but now Japan is fully in the defensive.
Stars: Robert Powell, Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Hideki Tôjô
Votes: 212
42.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Turning the Tide
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The Kriegsmarine calls off their submarines. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Arthur Harris, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 244
43.
Strange But True? (1993–1997)
Episode:
The Rendlesham Incident
(1994)
Biography, Mystery
Directors: Cameron McAllister, Carson Black | Stars: Michael Aspel, Paul Cameron, Norman Cooley, Michael Crossman
44.
Ancient Aliens (2009– )
Episode:
Aliens and Cover-Ups
(2012)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
In 1980, three young military men were sent into a UK forest to investigate strange lights. They reportedly encountered a spacecraft of unknown origin.
Stars: Ken Storch, Linda Moulton Howe, Jason Martell, Mike Bara
Votes: 147
45.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
Yugoslavia In Ruins
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »
Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer
46.
Sightings (1991–1997)
Episode:
UFO Cover-Up/Missing Link/Wisconsin UFOs
(1993)
TV-14 | Documentary
"UFO Cover-Up" looks at the Rendlesham Forest incident in 1980 and examines whether there was a government cover-up in the case. "Missing Link" examines a new film of Bigfoot. "Wisconsin ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Nichols | Stars: Dale Timothy White, John F. Burroughs, Gerry Harris, Bob Ball
47.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
America and the Taliban (1)
(2023)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News
How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.
Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Jason Dempsey, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Marc Grossman
Votes: 54
48.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
America and the Taliban (2)
(2023)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News
An investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.
Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Douglas Lute, David Petraeus, Joey Keller
Votes: 44
49.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
America and the Taliban (3)
(2023)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, News
How America's 20-year war in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of one-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.
Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Munisa Mubariz, Roya Rahmani, Steve Coll
Votes: 42
50.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Gulf War - 1990-91
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1990, the UN passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq an ultimatum to leave Kuwait following their invasion.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Lloyd Cox, Amin Saikal, Lawrence Freedman, Louise Kettle