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1. The Aviator (2004)
PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Votes: 384,297 | Gross: $102.61M
2. The Rocketeer (1991)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 61,802 | Gross: $46.70M
3. Melvin and Howard (1980)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 5,308 | Gross: $4.31M
4. Rules Don't Apply (2016)
PG-13 | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Lily Collins, Haley Bennett, Taissa Farmiga, Steve Tom
Votes: 11,674 | Gross: $3.65M
5. The Hoax (2006)
R | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, David Aaron Baker, John Carter
Votes: 17,185 | Gross: $7.16M
6. The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977 TV Movie)
215 min | Biography, Drama
Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 669
7. Pancho Barnes (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A made-for-TV movie in which Valerie Bertinelli portrays Florence Pancho Barnes, a bored socialite who decides to learn to fly.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, James Stephens, Cynthia Harris
Votes: 190
8. Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977)
R | 95 min | Biography, Drama
When maverick first-time director Howard Hughes has to recast the female lead in his aerial war picture Hell's Angels (1930), he chooses a fiery, unknown movie extra named Jean Harlow, launching both of their Hollywood careers in the process.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Victor Holchak, Lindsay Bloom, David McLean, Charles Aidikoff
Votes: 57
9. This Is 'Rules Don't Apply' (2017 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Lily Collins
10.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Since I Don't Have You
(1993)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In this comic noir, fixer-bag-man Buzz Meeks is hired by both of his bosses--the multi-talented Howard Hughes and the gangster Mickey Cohen--to find, oops, the same girl whom they have both fallen madly in love with.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Cindy Ambuehl, Dino Anello, Gary Busey, Al Evans
Votes: 41
11.
Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode:
Fame
(2019)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History
Hedy Lamarr designs the first modern airplane wing, Eartha Kitt's activism provokes the ire of Lady Bird Johnson, and Alexis Pulaski's poodle becomes a huge star.
Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Derek Waters, Hillary Anne Matthews, Alison Rich, Nicole Byer
Votes: 81