20 movies like Test Pilot, ordered by similarity : Ceiling Zero(1935), West Point of the Air(1935), Dirigible(1931), Breaking the Sound Barrier(1952), The Great Waldo Pepper(1975), Tarzan Finds a Son!(1939), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019), Chang(1927), Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009), Planes: Fire & Rescue(2014), First Man(2018), Mr. Peabody & Sherman(2014) ...
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
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
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
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
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, Drama
USA
1975
107 Minutes
Robert Redford Bo Svenson Bo Brundin Susan Sarandon Geoffrey Lewis Edward Herrmann Philip Bruns Roderick Cook Kelly Jean Peters Margot Kidder Scott Newman
pilot celebrity friend filmmaker inspiring lighthearted midwest airplane hollywood, calif. air force show business aviation rivalry daunting task fame adventure pursuit rise 1930s
After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.
Adventure
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan John Sheffield Ian Hunter Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Henry Wilcoxon Laraine Day Morton Lowry Gavin Muir
baby tarzan wife ape animal intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful thrilling jungle airplane tree treehouse wildlife tarzan adoption airplane crash adventure discovery
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|France|Belgium|USA|China|Australia|Japan|Finland|Germany|Ireland
2019
87 Minutes
Will Becher Justin Fletcher John Sparkes Amalia Vitale Kate Harbour David Holt Richard Webber Simon Greenall Joe Sugg Emma Tate Andy Nyman
alien animal friend stranger farmer government official amusing engaging heartwarming lighthearted playful winsome farm town countryside alien planet unlikely allies friendly aliens friendship aliens
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
Adventure
USA
1927
67 Minutes
Ernest B. Schoedsack Kru Chantui Nah Ladah
farmer wife son daughter villager elephant engaging suspenseful siam farm jungle village tree farming destruction wild animals animal attack animal taming quest adventure
Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
2009
88 Minutes
neighbor farmer fox wife rat creative crafty quirky witty farm household ambition armed conflict robbery friendship kidnapping adventure pursuit rescue 2000s
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2014
83 Minutes
airplane firefighter friend hero instructor airy cheeky cheery airplane hangar firehouse forest air show park bar career rescue firefighting bravery friendship teamwork
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter, or else his air strip will be shut down.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2014
91 Minutes
dog boy girl friend amusing fascinating lighthearted spectacular ancient egypt venice, italy parallel universe history time travel friendship saving the world adventure adventure pursuit sacrifice 2010s
The time-travelling adventures of an advanced canine and his adopted son, as they endeavor to fix a time rift they created.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
2015
87 Minutes
Sean McCormack
animal friend adventurer mother father child amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted playful sea ship unknown territory flooding noah's arc adventure discovery friendship
Finny, a Nestrian, and his new friend Leah have to band together to survive the elements and predators after they fall off Noah's Ark.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Tommy Lee Jones Donald Sutherland James Garner James Cromwell Marcia Gay Harden William Devane Loren Dean Courtney B. Vance Barbara Babcock Rade Serbedzija
pilot engineer navigator friend boss wife cheeky amusing positive tense thrilling united states space spaceship training area outer space spacecraft reunion heroism disaster
When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
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
UK
1944
67 Minutes
pilot hero soldier survivor rescue worker enemy fascinating gripping inspiring intense patriotic channel sea war zone boat plane world war ii rescue mission stranded
An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
Comedy, Adventure
Spain|Belgium|France|UK|Portugal
2018
133 Minutes
Adam Driver Jonathan Pryce Stellan Skarsgård Olga Kurylenko Joana Ribeiro Óscar Jaenada Jason Watkins Sergi López Rossy de Palma Hovik Keuchkerian Jordi Mollá
don quixote director cobbler boss boss' wife escort airy amusing campy charming cheeky confident crafty dreamy engaging hilarious inspiring madcap melodramatic offbeat
Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
Adventure
USA
1985
98 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Rosanna Arquette Jack Warden Sam Wanamaker Scott Wilson Tyne Daly Marcia Strassman Will Hare Jeff Harding Timothy Stack Larry B. Williams
pilot rich girl patriarch mechanic trainee wolf passionate gripping spirited tense airplane nevada mountain boise, idaho survival plane crash aviation odd couple deadly animals wilderness
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Adventure
1932
99 Minutes
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan C. Aubrey Smith Neil Hamilton Doris Lloyd Forrester Harvey Ivory Williams
gorilla beautiful woman explorer father chimpanzee melodramatic spirited africa jungle human-animal friendship animal kingdom expedition abduction romance tarzan adventure love discovery 1930s
An African-jungle lord (Johnny Weissmuller) meets Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), an English trader's (C. Aubrey Smith) daughter, and sweeps her off her feet.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.