Films like The Spirit of St. Louis
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
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The Hindenburg
Film · 1975 · also drama and historyColonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against...
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The Right Stuff
Film · 1983 · also drama and historyAt the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous chal...
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The Aviator
Film · 2004 · also dramaA biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magn...
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Sully
Film · 2016 · also drama and historyOn 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of...
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Red Tails
Film · 2012 · also drama and historyThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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The Tarnished Angels
Film · 1957 · also dramaIn the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist....
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A Night to Remember
Film · 1958 · also drama and historyThe sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean lin...
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United
Film · 2011 · also drama and historyUnited is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that cla...
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Ford v Ferrari
Film · 2019 · also drama and historyAmerican car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal dem...
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The Tuskegee Airmen
Film · 1995 · also drama and historyDuring the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskeg...
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