Dive Bomber
1941 DramaA 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.
Movies like Dive Bomber
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Dive Bomber. Explore films such as Midway, Pearl Harbor, and Top Gun, around the themes of romantic rivalry, fainting, jealousy. Other notable keywords include sexual predator and marriage.
#1
Midway
Synopsis:
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Dennis Quaid,
Ed Skrein
Plot:
world war two,
explosion,
fire,
warplane,
naval uniform,
u.s. military,
dying young,
pacific ocean,
automatic gunfire,
bomb
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#2
Pearl Harbor
Synopsis:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Starring:
Ewen Bremner,
Jon Voight,
Ben Affleck
Plot:
sex,
child abuse,
historically inaccurate,
beer,
bare chested male,
boxer shorts,
fairy godmother,
ale,
golf,
santa claus costume
...
#3
Top Gun
Synopsis:
A heart-pounding combination of action, music and incredible aerial photography helped make Top Gun the blockbuster hit. of 1986. Top Gun takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a daring young flyer who's out to become the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civili…
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Val Kilmer,
Michael Ironside
Plot:
pilot,
flying,
jet,
male objectification,
male camaraderie,
rivalry,
sex scene,
catch phrase,
u.s. navy,
jet fighter
...
#4
World War Z
Synopsis:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and l…
Starring:
James Badge Dale,
Brad Pitt,
Ludi Boeken
Plot:
zombie,
walled city,
severed arm,
south korea,
white male lead in a diverse cast,
chaos,
pandemic,
infection,
disease,
antidote
...
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#5
Starship Troopers
Synopsis:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
Starring:
Clancy Brown,
Casper Van Dien,
Neil Patrick Harris
Plot:
space war,
giant insect,
future war,
satire,
space travel,
alien planet,
fascism,
military,
insect,
space station
...
#6
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Synopsis:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Starring:
James Whitmore,
Wesley Addy,
Martin Balsam
#7
The Motorcycle Diaries
Synopsis:
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Starring:
Gael García Bernal,
Rodrigo de la Serna,
Mía Maestro
#8
Empire of the Sun
Synopsis:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirits, providing a beacon of hope for the others…
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
John Malkovich,
Joe Pantoliano
#9
Dunkirk
Synopsis:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Starring:
Fionn Whitehead,
Damien Bonnard,
Aneurin Barnard
Plot:
world war two,
1940s,
soldier,
beach,
evacuation,
military,
army,
yacht,
sinking ship,
survival
...
#10
Airport
Synopsis:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Starring:
Jacqueline Bisset,
Barry Nelson,
Van Heflin
Plot:
boeing 707,
cockpit,
air crew,
commercial air travel,
airport,
bomb,
aviation,
airplane,
1970s,
kissing
...
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#11
A Beautiful Mind
Synopsis:
John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Christopher Plummer,
Josh Lucas
#12
Top Gun: Maverick
Synopsis:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Miles Teller,
Jon Hamm
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#13
The Misfits
Synopsis:
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a bu…
Starring:
Kevin McCarthy,
Thelma Ritter,
Marilyn Monroe
#14
Pacific Rim
Synopsis:
A ragtag band of humans band together in the year 2025 to fight legions of monstrous creatures rising from the sea. Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely …
Starring:
Max Martini,
Clifton Collins Jr.,
Idris Elba
Plot:
kaiju,
pilot,
portal,
creature,
robot,
ocean,
scientist,
pacific ocean,
apocalypse,
giant monster
...
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#15
Independence Day: Resurgence
Synopsis:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Starring:
William Fichtner,
Maika Monroe,
Bill Pullman
#16
Godzilla vs. Kong
Synopsis:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.
Starring:
Demián Bichir,
Eiza González,
Lance Reddick
#17
Giant
Synopsis:
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedic…
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Dennis Hopper,
Elizabeth Taylor
Plot:
rancher,
epic,
texas,
oil,
rivalry,
racism,
nouveaux riches,
mexican american,
cattle ranch,
national film registry
...
#18
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Synopsis:
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone …
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Michael Brandon,
Mimsy Farmer
#19
Captain America: The First Avenger
Synopsis:
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
Starring:
Dominic Cooper,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Neal McDonough
Plot:
superhero,
based on comic book,
nazi,
marvel comics,
scientist,
soldier,
patriotism,
frozen alive,
tesseract,
courage
...
#20
Battleship
Synopsis:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While t…
Starring:
Taylor Kitsch,
Liam Neeson,
Jesse Plemons