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Plot Summary:
The lives of pilots working for the fictional Solar Airways based on Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
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Maidens' Vow (2006)
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The history of the Phoenix Restaurant is closely intertwined with the stories of four women of different generations. It portrays the commonest marital problems and various kinds of stress suffered by women over the centuries.
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Country: Hong Kong
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Always Ready (2005)
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Matthew Ko, Aircrewman Officer II of the Government Flying Service (GFS), and Benjamin Yip, Pilot I, frequently work together. While Benjamin flies an aircraft, Matthew rescues people. Matthew and Benjamin are appointed to train Aircrewman Officer III, Sandra Si, and Cadet Pilot, Kelvin Chiang. Both fresh graduates from training school. Meanwhile, when Matthew's girlfriend Carrie Hong suddenly loses her memory and seeks comfort from Benjamin, it causes a rift between the two colleagues. GFS staff are always ready to dive into the water and climb up mountains to save lives. How do they tackle their own challenges?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
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Sky-Earth-Sky (1975)
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Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
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Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983)
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The lives and trials of the staff and civilian residents of a US naval base.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977)
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Criminals hijack an airplane that not only carries a dangerous organism that is to be used in bacterial warfare, but also five beauty contest finalists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
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A pilot (Egglesfield) gets shot down and gets amnesia, later on his stricken-with-grief wife (Langton) finds him in a small town and she is shocked that he doesn't remember her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, serious, dramatic, indie film, period drama
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The Hippocratic Crush II (2014)
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Neurosurgeon Cheung Yat-Kin marries fellow doctor Fan Tze-Yu and the two are happily living together, expecting their first child. However, when Tze-Yu is diagnosed with a tumour, her pregnancy becomes medically unsafe and, much to her dismay, Yat Kin doesn't want her to go through with childbirth. This causes a dangerous rift between the two, one that love alone can't bridge. But before the once-happy couple can focus on their marital problems, Yat-Kin also has to contend with pathology specialist Lok Man-Sang, a new arrival to the hospital who simply cannot go without disagreeing with Yat-Kin, and who also gets involved with Heung Chin-Yi, an internal medicine doctor nearly 20 years his junior with her own heartbreak to deal with. Between an unwanted power struggle, the slow disintegration of their marriage, and the small matter of saving lives, Yat-Kin and Tze-Yu have to figure out how to bring their flat-lining marriage-and love-back to the operating table.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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Plot tags: medical drama
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Cloud Dancer (1980)
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Brad Randolph (David Carradine) is the World Champion aerobatic pilot but now, in his early 40s, he faces many challenges to maintain his position. His physical struggles are heightened by the presence of a youthful competitor, Tom Loomis (Joseph Bottoms). Intertwined with his professional struggles is his relationship with Helen St. Clair (Jennifer O'Neil).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Twin of Brothers (2004)
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"Twin of Brothers" is set in a period of dynastic change in Chinese history. Wacky wannabe swordsmen Chong and Ling accidentally acquire the mysterious "Longevity Martial Arts", which is rumoured to be the key to a huge treasure. The target of numerous people who covet the treasure, the two friends adventure through China despite the danger. In their journey, Ling meets two girls from two opposing sects, while Chong falls for the sister of the future emperor of China. With their extraordinary experiences, will the two become heroes amidst the historical turbulence?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Starfighters (1964)
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A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
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The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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International Airport (1985)
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Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Crash Point: Berlin (2009)
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After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, serious, captivating, disaster movie
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Frequent Flyer (1996)
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Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993)
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Lost somewhere over the Pacific in a single-engine Cessna with low fuel, a pilot (Scott Bakula) awaits rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min
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Fire and Rain (1989)
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This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Close to the Enemy (2016)
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Set in a bomb damaged London hotel during the aftermath of World War II, Close to the Enemy is a thriller that follows British intelligence officer Captain Callum Ferguson. His last task for the Army is to ensure that Dieter, a captured German scientist develops cutting edge jet engine technology for the British. Such expertise is becoming vital to Britain as they try to maintain any kind of superiority in the emerging Cold War. Callum employs unorthodox methods in his attempt to convince Dieter to work for the British, eventually developing a friendship with him. A friendship which becomes threatened as those around him believe that the Dieter may have stood by as innocents in labour camps perished under the rule of the Nazi party.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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Miracle Landing (1990)
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Cracks are noticed in the ceiling of an aircraft. They widen & a large portion of the fuselage tears off & an emergency landing attempted. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disaster movie
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12 O'Clock High (1964)
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This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: vintage
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The Attackers (2013)
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The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min
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When Heaven Burns (2011)
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When Yip Chi-Yan, Lau Chun-Hung, Sung Yee-Long, and Cheng Chun-Hin are brought together again by an accident, their lives change irreversibly. Chi-Yan is a radio host. She and the other three were members of the same band eighteen years ago. The memory of them playing music together comes back vividly to them, and so does the pain they have all tried so hard to bury. Eighteen years ago her boyfriend, Ka-Ming, was killed in a hiking accident. Time flies, but she can never forgive Chun-Hung, Yee-Long, and Chun-Hin for failing to save Ka-Ming. As they reconnect, the four good friends and the people around them are drawn into a vortex of love they have no control over.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, banned
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Rosy Business (2009)
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Set in Eastern China in the mid-19th century Qing Dynasty, "Rosy Business" tells a story of the mercantile Chiang family and the ambition and jealousy surrounding the issue of who will inherit the family business when Chiang Kiu dies. The story surrounds the life of Hong Po-kei, who marries into the Chiang family as Chiang Kiu's fourth wife. She gains ownership of Hing Fung Nin, the family rice shop, and guides the ambitious coolie Chai Kau to rise in the social status ladder.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, costume drama
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The Hippocratic Crush (2012)
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They experience life and death as they race against time to save patients. In their quest to become physicians, have they ever stopped to think about what their mission and limitations are? Neurosurgery trainee Cheung Yat-kin does not have time for love – he has to work hard to support his younger brother, who is paralyzed from the waist down, to study overseas. His life is his work, until he meets Fan Tze-yu, who is also a reputable doctor and whose father is a well-known physician. Deeply attracted to Yat-kin’s talent and personality, Tze-yu is not hesitant to express her love for him from the start. But before Yat-kin can make up his mind on whether to accept her, the news of his younger brother’s death comes, causing him to become a totally different person.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, medical drama
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Outbound Love (2014)
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In order to develop new business, LAW SIK-SIK, who works for a travel agency, goes to Malaysia to have a meeting with her client. Unexpectedly, her plans are ruined by a local cunning tour guide, LUK KUNG-CHI, resulting in a falling-out between the two. All of a sudden, SIK-SIK"s boyfriend CHING CHIN-BOK appears to propose marriage to her. The pair start preparing for their wedding ceremony on the heels of their return to Hong Kong.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating
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Tree in the River (2018)
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Chu Zhi He who's a goodie two shoes and Wang Da Shu who has a personality that is rigid and sturdy like a tree learn to grow together as they fall in love. Like the show's namesake, animal behavior is quite representative of human nature. Take the giraffe and the squirrel for example, they are a metaphor for two very different people who find a way to coexist.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Arctic Air (2012)
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Arctic Air is about a Yellowknife-based maverick airline and the unconventional family who runs it. The owners are Mel Ivarson, an old school bush pilot; Krista Ivarson, Mel's daughter; and Bobby Martin, the son of Ivarson's deceased partner. Episodes focus on interpersonal conflicts between the characters as well as dramatic flying missions with their aging fleet of Douglas DC-3s, de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and other aircraft. Each episode has one or more flying missions. The series was canceled on March 17, 2014, due to government budgetary cuts.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Lady Improper (2019)
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A woman with a seemingly ideal life, Siu Man is abandoned by her husband partly due to her fear of intimacy. After several life crises, she decides to reboot her life by taking over her father’s restaurant. Siu Man eventually finds herself attracted to her new chef, a free spirit who treats cooking as serious philosophy. Tired of the shackles she placed on herself, Siu Man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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LAX (2004)
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LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX". On May 17, 2004 NBC announced that they had picked up the pilot to series. This show was not renewed for season two.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, fast
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Afterburn (1992)
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Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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No Regrets (2010)
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No Regrets is a 2010 TVB Hong Kong television drama created and produced by Lee Tim-shing. It originally aired on the Jade and HD Jade networks from 18 October to 28 November 2010, consisting of 32 episodes. The final two episodes were aired back to back on 28 November 2010. No Regrets is the companion piece of the award-winning drama Rosy Business, which was the second most-viewed television drama in Hong Kong of 2009. It is one of two grand TVB productions used to celebrate the channel's 43rd anniversary, the other being Gun Metal Grey, both which were the first Hong Kong dramas to broadcast live in English subtitles. Set in the late 1930s to late 1940s in Canton, Republic of China during World War II, No Regrets is an epic drama that centers on a triad family, the Canton police force, and the Japanese occupation of the city. The Chinese title of No Regrets literally translates to "Veiled Heroine, Ruthless Hero: Righteous Sea, Heroic Passion", referring to both the chaotic period of war and the complicated relationship shared by the two main characters, Cheng Kau-mui and Lau Sing. The drama and cast received eleven TVB Anniversary Award nominations, winning four of them. The awards include Best Actress for Tang, Best Actor for Lai, Best Supporting Actress for Fala Chen, Best Supporting Actor for Mak Cheung-ching, and Most Improved Male Artiste for Raymond Wong. Meanwhile, No Regrets also gains other awards and achievement, including all four Mingpao Weekly awards for TV programmes, the first Shanghai Television Festival nomination for a Hong Kong TV drama and two awards for supporting actors at Asian Television Awards.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing