Best "parachute" Movies of All Time

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xXx: Return of Xander Cage(2017)

PG-13

3.1/5 (with 4,199 votes)

Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.

Directed by D.J. Caruso - With Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, ...

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Star Trek(2009)

PG-13

| 2h 7min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

3.7/5 (with 4,561 votes)

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Directed by J. J. Abrams - With Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Ben Cross, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, ...

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Death Race 2(2010)

| 1h 40min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

2.9/5 (with 488 votes)

In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.

Directed by Roel Reiné - With Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Sean Bean, Tanit Phoenix, Robin Shou, ...

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Big Game(2014)

PG-13

| 1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

2.7/5 (with 510 votes)

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness. 13-year old Oskari is also in that wilderness, on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.

Directed by Jalmari Helander - With Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson, Victor Garber, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Ted Levine, ...

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Top Secret!(1984)

| 1h 30min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 492 votes)

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker - With Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Jeremy Kemp, ...

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Take Point(2018)

2h 4min | Action

3.6/5 (with 47 votes)

On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.

Directed by Kim Byeong-u - With Ha Jung-woo

Welcome Mr. Marshall!(1953)

1h 18min | Comedy

3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

Directed by Luis García Berlanga - With José Isbert, Manolo Morán, Elvira Quintillá, Félix Fernández, Lolita Sevilla, Fernando Rey, ...

The Gypsy Moths(1969)

1h 47min | Romance / Love, Drama, Action

3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Directed by John Frankenheimer - With Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bedelia, Sheree North, ...

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Fathom(1967)

| 1h 39min | Action, Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 12 votes)

While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.

Directed by Leslie H. Martinson - With Anthony Franciosa, Raquel Welch, Clive Revill, Élisabeth Ercy, Richard Briers, Ronald Fraser, ...

Cutaway(2000)

1h 44min | Action, Thriller, TV Movie

2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

The successful undercover agent Victor Cooper is assigned for his ninth mission: to find how the loadings of drug is being brought to Miami. He suspects that the drug is coming through the air and joins a team of sky diving, under the leadership of Red Line, a fanatic and considered the athlete number one in this sport in the world. Due to his profile of winner, Vic gets involved with the group and he "disconnects" from his position of infiltrated agent, "connecting" with the team.

Directed by Guy Manos - With Tom Berenger

Madam Satan(1930)

| 1h 56min | Romance / Love, Music, Comedy

2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Bob is an unfaithful husband. Angela has a plan to win back his affections.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille - With Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, Roland Young, Theodore Kosloff, Julanne Johnston, ...

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The Red Beret(1953)

| 1h 28min | War, Drama

3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.

Directed by Terence Young - With Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Anthony Bushell, Anton Diffring, ...

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Naked Complex(1963)

1h 10min | Comedy, Romance / Love

2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Johnny is an expert at judo, water skiing, golf, tennis, scuba diving, and racing cars, but is a helpless flop around women. One night, in an effort to cure him, his doctor takes him to a nightclub to get him used to being around attractive women. Johnny faints and is humiliated by the newspapers revealing his "malady" and runs away, flying his plane to a remote part of the ocean where he crashes on a island of nude women. At first, Johnny is afraid to look at the naked women...but soon they have him considering the lure of nudity as well.

Commando Duck(1944)

| 7min | Animation

2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

Donald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large amount of water splashes onto the airfield, wiping the whole thing clean, but leaving disfigured airplanes.

Directed by Jack King

For Your Convenience(1939)

9min | Documentary

In this short film's four segments, "Bowery Beautician", "Chutes", "Home Brew", and "Girth Control", the viewer is shown how certain conveniences and inventions aid the user.