Best Pilot Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 73 top-rated pilot movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

American Made 2017 ★ 6.9

Hell in the Pacific 1968 ★ 7.0

Plane 2023 ★ 6.9

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky 2016 ★ 7.5

Flight 2012 ★ 6.9

Tales of the Gold Monkey 1982 ★ 7.5

Into the White 2012 ★ 6.9

The Snow Walker 2003 ★ 7.0

Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance 2024 ★ 7.0

The Eternal Zero 2013 ★ 7.0

Voltes V: Legacy 2023 ★ 7.2

The Little Prince 1974 ★ 6.9

Wings 1990 ★ 6.9

DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan 2018 ★ 7.1

Reach for the Sky 1956 ★ 6.9

The Mountain Between Us 2017 ★ 6.7

Turbulence 2025 ★ 6.6

Princess O'Rourke 1943 ★ 6.5

Courage Under Fire 1996 ★ 6.5

Pan Am 2011 ★ 6.5

Happy Flight 2008 ★ 6.4

Arise, My Love 1940 ★ 6.3

Flying Down to Rio 1933 ★ 6.3

Breakout 1975 ★ 6.3