20 movies like West Point of the Air, ordered by similarity : The Lives of a Bengal Lancer(1935), Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2015), Breaking the Sound Barrier(1952), Test Pilot(1938), Ten Gentlemen From West Point(1942), The Red Turtle(2016), Dirigible(1931), Walking Out(2017), Papillon(2017), Bhowani Junction(1956), Ceiling Zero(1935), Batman vs. Robin(2015) ...
Adventure
USA
1935
100 Minutes
Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Rosalind Russell
sergeant son veteran girl next door divorcée pilot patriotic melodramatic positive fiery west point, n.y. aviation training school air field airplane barracks aviation u.s. army father/son relationship training military life
A father and son aviation drama, in which a gruff sergeant wants to make a man and a flyer out of his young son.
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Harshaali Malhotra Najeem Khan Ali Quli Mirza Deepti Naval Om Puri
man mute person girl parent father daughter emotional endearing gripping uplifting india village pakistan train border lost returning home religious beliefs helping others adventure
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Adventure
1952
115 Minutes
Ralph Richardson Ann Todd Nigel Patrick John Justin Joseph Tomelty Denholm Elliott Jack Allen Ralph Michael
pilot oil baron designer daughter wife son inspiring dark airplane household england airplane hangar aviation marriage father/daughter relationship death sound barrier quest sacrifice rise
A British manufacturer (Ralph Richardson) loses a son and a son-in-law (Nigel Patrick) trying to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Adventure
USA
1938
118 Minutes
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Gloria Holden Louis Jean Heydt
pilot mechanic wife boss gripping melodramatic kansas farm airplane aviation friendship alcoholism bravery adventure sacrifice 1930s
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
Adventure
USA
1942
105 Minutes
George Montgomery Maureen O'Hara John Sutton Laird Cregar Shepperd Strudwick Victor Francen Harry Davenport Ward Bond Douglas Dumbrille Ralph Byrd Joe Brown Jr.
cadet major socialite congressman military officer fiancée gripping rousing melodramatic west point, n.y. military academy barracks congress military military school training patriotism honor love interest sacrifice
In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Adventure
USA
1931
93 Minutes
Jack Holt Ralph Graves Fay Wray Hobart Bosworth Roscoe Karns Harold Goodwin Clarence Muse Emmett Corrigan
daredevil wife pilot explorer friend commander melodramatic thrilling striking new york city new jersey military base washington, d.c. south pole airship aviation love triangle exploration air disaster stranded
Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Adventure
USA
1956
110 Minutes
Ava Gardner Stewart Granger Bill Travers Abraham Sofaer Francis Matthews Marne Maitland Peter Illing Edward Chapman Freda Jackson Lionel Jeffries Alan Tilvern
colonel communist general railroad worker woman melodramatic emotional india train train station love triangle revolution race relations indian independence movement love sacrifice rivalry 1940s
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Adventure
USA
1935
95 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien June Travis Stuart Erwin Barton MacLane Henry Wadsworth Martha Tibbetts Isabel Jewell Craig Reynolds
pilot boss friend teenager suspenseful newark, n.j. airplane airplane hangar aviation friendship dangerous assignment transformation rescue 1930s
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »
Adventure, Action, Animation
2015
79 Minutes
batman robin child father son enemy confident fascinating spirited engaging cool gotham city fictional city city theater street saving the day heroes secret identity secret life
Damian Wayne has a hard time accepting his father's no-killing rule, and soon starts to believe his destiny lies within a secret society.
Adventure
USA
1941
133 Minutes
Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Alexis Smith Regis Toomey Allen Jenkins Craig Stevens Herb Anderson Moroni Olsen Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt
pilot doctor best friend surgeon girlfriend intense fiery engaging airplane san diego hospital laboratory aviation medical experiments navy surgery research death discovery quest
A 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.
Adventure
USA
1936
105 Minutes
sergeant major love interest lounge singer valet engaging melodramatic algeria desert love triangle heroism jealousy military deception love rivalry sacrifice adventure 1860s
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends ... See full summary »
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
2005
75 Minutes
bird friend falcon sergeant courier prisoner amusing patriotic suspenseful london france training camp airplane world war ii friendship military mission basic training french resistance underdog
At the height of World War II, a tiny wood pigeon enlists in the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service to serve Britain, as the fearsome General Von Talon (Tim Curry) and his deadly squadron of falcons patrol the English Channel. Is he a war-hero in the making?
Adventure
USA|Yugoslavia|Hong Kong
1983
105 Minutes
Tom Selleck Bess Armstrong Jack Weston Wilford Brimley Robert Morley Brian Blessed
pilot flapper missing person daughter enemy heiress spirited wild amusing intense afghanistan nepal asia small town destroyed city battlefield missing persons aviation love-hate relationship dangerous mission
During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.
Adventure
Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Yannick Bisson Winston Rekert Stephanie Morgenstern Andrew Bednarski Timothy Webber Liliane Clune Evan Adams George Clutesi Hamish McEwan Tom Rack
son father sled dog shaman young boy love interest emotional endearing uplifting canada woods cabin school outdoors father/son relationship running away dogsledding responsibility reconciliation nature
Toby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.
Adventure
USA
1982
101 Minutes
Charlton Heston Nick Mancuso Kim Basinger John Marley Dale Wilson Ricky Zantolas Marie George
adventurer miner crazy person young person colleague missing person bleak chilling eerie gripping powerful suspenseful mountain british columbia canada missing persons search party plane crash treasure isolation
A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1926
72 Minutes
Rudolph Valentino Vilma Banky Agnes Ayres George Fawcett Montagu Love Karl Dane Bull Montana
sheik son mother dancing girl father moor melodramatic desert city compound north africa family home hideout deception betrayal kidnapping love triangle class conflict forbidden love adventure
The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.
Adventure
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Ian Hunter Peter Lorre Albert Van Dekker Paul Lukas Edward Ciannelli J. Edward Bromberg John Arledge Frederick Worlock Bernard Nedell
prisoner prostitute killer religious person captor cynic dark eerie profound intense prison island jungle french guiana boat religious conversion prison break death penal system boats
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.