Here is a list of my favorite aviation movies and (documentary) films:

• Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines (1964)
• The Blue Max (1966)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines (cartoons by Hanna-Barbara Productions; 1969-1971)
• The Dam Busters (1954)
• The Dawn Patrol (1938)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• Chabot Solo: History of Aviation (1988; absolutely marvelous aviation nostalgia - watch the three TV episodes on this page!)
• Flyboys (2006)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (2007)

These aviation movies are so-so:

• Airplane! (1980)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Perl Harbor (2001)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
• The aviator (2004)
• The Dawn Patrol (1938)
• Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2005)
• A Piece of Cake (1988 six-part TV series)
• Flyboys (2006)
• Quax der Bruchpilot (1941), Quax in Fahrt (1945)

While on the topic, here are some other movies and TV-series that I like:

• Thunderbirds (32 episodes, 1964-1966, supermarionatation)
• Star Wars (1997 - ....)
• Star Trek (1966 - ....)
• Cross of Iron (1977)
• A bridge Too Far (1977)
• Das Boot (1997)
• Catch-22 (1970)
• National Lampoon's Animal House (1987)
• Werner (German cartoon series, 1990-2011)

Movies I hate:

• anything with the worst movie actors of all time, such as John Wayne, James Stewart, and Gregory Peck.

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