Take Flight With These 30 Aviation Movies, From Thrillers to Rom-Coms

Two-time Academy award-winning actress Hilary Swank portrays the real-life Amelia Earhart in this compelling biopic about the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Packed with nuggets of information about Amelia's life and aviation career, including the many speed and altitude records she set, the film heavily focuses on her biggest, most dangerous mission, which eventually led to her death: to become the first woman pilot to fly around the world by airplane.