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1. Devotion (II) (2022)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

Director: J.D. Dillard | Stars: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski

Votes: 28,198

2. Rescue Dawn (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, War

A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier

Votes: 110,952 | Gross: $5.49M

3. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

Set 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.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 6,348

4. Thud Pilots (2018)

90 min | Documentary

An edge-of-your-seat documentary that exposes the Vietnam Air War where an elite band of brothers known as Thud Pilots fought and died receiving neither the country's support nor glory.

Director: Mark Vizcarra | Stars: Larry Poole, Giles W. Gainer, Murphy Neal Jones, Curtis Venable

Votes: 246

5. Ready on Arrival (1966)

28 min | Documentary, Short

We are getting a look at U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, their attack aircraft and the men who man them.

Director: William Joyce | Star: Alexander Scourby

6. Dogfights (2005– )
Episode: Long Odds (2007)

TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War

Famous dogfights with bombers ill-equipped for that kind of combat.

Director: Robert Kirk | Star: Phil Crowley

Votes: 25

7. Dogfights (2005– )
Episode: Gun Kills of Vietnam (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

An pair of American-piloted, propeller-driven Skyraider dive bombers manage to elude a Mig 17 jet fighter thanks to its tight turning radius then miraculously, scores the first gun kill of ... See full summary »

Director: Jason McKinley | Star: Phil Crowley

Votes: 16

8. Celebrating Aviation with Mike Machat (2020– )
Episode: Douglas X-3 Stiletto - Was it Really a Failure? (2021)

14 min | Documentary, History

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto is an exotic looking experimental jet plane intended to be the first to reach mach 2. Previous aircraft that reached mach 2 were either rocket planes or air ... See full summary »

Star: Mike Machat

9. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Discover the secret telegrams that reveal how Stalin had a personal role in air battles with UN pilots and how Britain unwillingly aided the communists.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Walker Mahurin, Michael Lyubimov, Walter Boyne

10. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Man Who Saved the World (2012)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

How, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a Soviet submarine fleet commander and K-19 survivor, Vasili Arkhipov, kept his cool under enormous pressure and prevented his men from starting WWIII after being surrounded by the US fleet.

Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Viktor Mikhailov, Olga Arkhipova, Andy Bradick

Votes: 63

11. Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode: USS Oriskany's Brutal War Deployment Streak (2023)

14 min | Documentary

A minute by minute account of the disastrous 1996 fire on board the USS Oriskany.

Star: Ward Carroll

12. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: This Is What We Do (July-December 1967) (2017)

TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

As casualties mount on both sides, American soldiers face deadly ambushes and artillery. President Lyndon B. Johnson assures the American public that victory is within reach.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Roger Harris, James Willbanks, Rion Causey

Votes: 731

13. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Battle of Chosin (2016)

PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a crucial battle in the Korean War.

Director: Randall MacLowry | Stars: Juan Balleza, Bruce Cumings, Sam Folsom, John Edward Gray

Votes: 508