Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aircraft-factory"

1. Tender Comrade (1943)

Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Patricia Collinge

Votes: 1,007

2. Saboteur (1942)

Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War

A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter

Votes: 28,041

3. Swing Shift (1984)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War

A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward

Votes: 5,417 | Gross: $6.65M

4. Batman (1943)

Approved | 260 min | Action, Crime, Family

The very first serial to adapt the comic book character of the Batman. In it, the Batman is a secret U.S. government agent, attempting to defeat the schemes of Japanese agent Dr. Daka operating in Los Angeles at the height of World War II.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 2,479

5. Blonde (2001)

TV-14 | 165 min | Biography, Drama

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,242

6. The Life of Riley (1953–1958)

30 min | Comedy

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.

Stars: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 451

7. The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)

83 min | Drama, Fantasy

Over a period of a week the voice of God is heard on radios all over the world.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Whitmore, Nancy Reagan, Gary Gray, Lillian Bronson

Votes: 935

8. Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, George Tobias

Votes: 337

9. We Who Are About to Die (1936)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer

Votes: 238

10. Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)

Passed | 59 min | Mystery

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull, Stanley Ridges

Votes: 517

11. Junge Adler (1944)

107 min | Drama

Propagandist coming-of-age drama from Nazi Germany. The head of an aircraft factory sends his irresponsible son Theo, who crashed his car, to the factory's apprentice school, where he bonds with fellow student Baumchen and teacher Roth.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Herbert Hübner, Dietmar Schönherr, Gerta Böttcher

Votes: 53

12. Listen to Britain (1942)

Not Rated | 20 min | Documentary, Short

A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.

Directors: Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister | Stars: Leonard Brockington, Joseph Macleod, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen

Votes: 1,856

13. Winning Your Wings (1942)

Approved | 18 min | Short, History, War

Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.

Directors: Owen Crump, John Huston | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Ames, Leah Baird, Don DeFore

Votes: 385

14. Meet John Doughboy (1941)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce, Robert Clampett

Votes: 400

15. Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky and Daffy are roommates who have a problem getting to work on time. When their boss gives them an ultimatum, they decide to go to bed early and be on time for work. But things never seem to work as planned.

Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 439

16. Howard Hughes: The Man and the Madness (1999 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography

Documentary on the idiosyncratic, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes utilizes rare archive footage and interviews with associates to shed light on the Hughes enigma.

Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Shannon Bollinger, Brett Brinkhoff, Jan Dicken, Howard Hughes

Votes: 40

17. Jet Job (1952)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Joe Kovak is a test pilot for military-aircraft designer Sam Bentley, who thinks of Joe as a son. A competing plane company is seeking the same Army contract as Bentley, and offers a $500 ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Stanley Clements, Elena Verdugo, John Litel, Robert Nichols

Votes: 22

18. Thumbs Up (1943)

Approved | 67 min | Musical

A young American girl sings in an American style night club in London. She's about to quit when she hears about a West End show to be made up of talent culled from war factory workers. She ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Margetson

Votes: 77

19. The Broadway Drifter (1927)

Passed

Bob Stafford, the wastrel son of a wealthy businessman, is disowned by his father for his reckless and irresponsible ways. He changes his name and opens a gym for wealthy young girls, ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: George Walsh, Dorothy Hall, Bigelow Cooper, Arthur Donaldson

Votes: 19

20. Angel in Overalls (1945)

15 min | Documentary, Short

The revolutionary P-38 Lightning was invaluable in the American war effort in World War Two, serving with distinction in all theaters. This War Department film shows American factory workers the results of their hard work.

Stars: Richard Bong, George C. Kenney

21. Tomorrow's Airplane Today: The Story of the Stratocruiser (1946)

19 min | Documentary, Short

Promotional film for Boeing's new commercial transport, the 4-engine double-decker Model 377 Stratocruiser.

Star: Gayne Whitman

22. Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode: Factory Girls (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detectives reopen a World War II era case of a female factory worker who died at work from what was believed to be an accidental fall.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford

Votes: 509

23. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: A Woman's Place Is in the War Effort! (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends crash land in 1940s Seattle in the middle of World War II and find themselves working in an airplane factory alongside "Rosies". Behrad teaches Nate about Persian culture and etiquette.

Director: Glen Winter | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann

Votes: 827