If You Liked The Aviator, Watch These Next
Finished The Aviator (2004) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Aviator, most of them are drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Tarnished Angels(1957)
6.8DramaAlso drama
In 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. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.
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2.On a Wing and a Prayer(2023)
5.9DramaAlso drama
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.
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3.Sully(2016)
7.2DramaHistoryAlso drama
On 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 all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an…
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4.The Right Stuff(1983)
7.4DramaHistoryAlso drama
At 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 challenges.
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5.Chronicle(2012)
6.9Science FictionDramaThrillerAlso drama
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
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6.The High and the Mighty(1954)
5.9AdventureDramaAlso drama
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.
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8.Don't Bother to Knock(1952)
6.6DramaThrillerAlso drama
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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10.The Perfect Storm(2000)
6.5DramaAdventureActionAlso drama
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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11.The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds(1972)
7.3DramaAlso drama
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly…
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12.Richard Jewell(2019)
7.4DramaHistoryCrimeAlso drama
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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13.Cradle Will Rock(1999)
6.5DramaAlso drama
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
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14.Freud's Last Session(2023)
6.6DramaAlso drama
On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a…
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15.The Boys in the Boat(2023)
7.2DramaHistoryAlso drama
The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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16.In the Bedroom(2001)
6.9DramaThrillerAlso drama
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's…
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18.The Ron Clark Story(2006)
7.6DramaAlso drama
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.
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19.The House on Carroll Street(1988)
5.9DramaThrillerAlso drama
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate,…
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20.Train Dreams(2025)
7.3DramaAlso drama
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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