Best Helicopter scenes on film
 

Im a huge fan of copters, with the release of APOCALYPSE NOW REDUEX and BLACK HAWK DOWN it got me thinking which are the best.

10 I totally dig are:

THE GAUNTLET- Clint on a Harley hooting away from the bad guys in the copter

BLUE THUNDER- Spying through the walls and chases through the concrete jungle

SUPERMAN- The man of steel catches the whirly bird and the girl

THE DEER HUNTER- rescue in the river

THE HOT ROCK- he getaway man that can drive or fly anything

THE MATRIX- smashing into the building

T2- Robert Patrick oozes on into the cockpit

DIE HARD- the top of the building blows and so does the FBI copter

PREDATOR- Flying into the jungle

FIRST BLOOD- Johnny Boy jumps off a massive cliff and still has a good throwing arm to take the huey down.

Hah! As soon as I saw this topic I thought of Blue Thunder.

I remember watching that scene when I was like 12, I was like... "woah."

One movie that I'll have to add to the list is Swordfish. The helicopter scene with the bus is pretty nice, even if it is fairly unrealistic.

Actually, they were talking about it, and that was all real, they didn't have any people in the bus obviously, but that whole thing actually happened.

In No Particular Order

Apocalypse Now (1979) - "The Ride of the Valkyries"
Black Hawk Down (2001) - When they go into the city, plus tons more.
Blue Thunder (1983) - That big loopy thing Roy baby does frickin rock but the whole film is one big helicopter film.
Breakout (1975) - Bronson hired to get Duvall out of jail by Helicopter.
Clear and Present Danger (1994) - Harrison Ford grabing the Helicopter.
Cliffhanger (1993) - Tons but the end scene more so for it's big bang.
Coogan's Bluff (1968) - Not going to give it away but it's amazing.
Darkman (1990) - Love the part were Darkman crashes threw the window.
Die Hard (1988) - No need to explain
Die Hard 2 (1990) - From Helicpoter to Plane.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) - All shot up on the Candian U.S border.
Fugitive, The (1993) - tracking The Fugitive
GoldenEye (1995) - Eject.
Hunt for Red October, The (1990) - That Sick feel'in
Lethal Weapon (1987) - Assassin in a Helicopter
Matrix, The (1999) - "Crazy"
Mission: Impossible (1996) - Helicopter in the Tunnel
Narrow Margin (1990) - Helicpoter car chase
Predator (1987) - The Dance'in Helicopters
Rambo (1987) - Cops in the Helicopter
Shining, The (1980) - The Big Sweeping Helicpoter shots as the title credits come up.
Sphere (1998) - The Ride into the site with Hoffman.
Starman (1984) - The Man with the big cigar and Helicopter
Superman (1978) - Superman comes out of his closet
Thing, The (1982) - The Dog chase into the compound.
True Lies (1994) - From the limo to the Helicopter.

Oh yeah, totally forgot about that one.

One that always looks somewhat cool to me is...

Godzilla (1998) in which they have the Apache's chasing him through New York.

Some great ones listed here, for sure--the Apocalypse Now scene always gives me goosebumps.

This thread immediately made me think of "Airwolf" and Jan-Michael Vincent. I was awful young, but I loved that show...

Yes, yes, yes. A great scene.

The Perfect Storm, with the helicopter rescue scenes.

And another one I'd completely forgotten:

...And Justice for All -- more on the funny side of things.

The flight with crazy Judge Jack Warden in And Justice for All... is a great one. Pacino is a terrific reactor.


And here's a great bit of a dialogue, but the movie it comes from doesn't actually contain any scenes with helicopters...

Such a funny, funny movie, and that is one of my very favorite scenes in it. Arkin is a God, and his line-readings ("It's a quorum, so to speak"/"Hey, somebody needs a hug!") are unique, pure gold.

I've always wanted to hang onto the skids of a helicopter too. Looks like fun, Man!

:laugh:

Anthony LaPaglia was great in that movie--the scenes with the Chief are hilarious, and the scene where he tries to commandeer Charles Grodin's car.

"You're not gonna bend on this commandeering thing, are you?"

Great flick.

Another hanging on "the thing where it lands" scene:

The end of the first wish sequence in Bedazzled (the Brendan Frazer version).

Spy Game, in the flashback, when Tyler Durden's character waits until AFTER the last second to plug his target, just after the helo gets out of the way. But that was due to bad flying on the part of the helo pilot.

And, later, I seem to remember he brings down the entire thing with a few AK-47 rounds. Definitely a cool scene.

Tyler Durden? Been watching a little too much Fight Club recently?:D

i'd say it is a tie in between the matrix crash and the full metal jacket line in the helicopter.


" anyone running is a v.c. anyone standing still is a well disciplined v.c.:laugh: :laugh:

No.....I haven't seen it for months. Which is probably why I can't remember the name of that dude that Tyler played in Fight Club.

don't worry bro i can't remember either

to many movies use helicopters.

Police Story 3

Yes. I was just about to post that very same thing. Enough helicopters. Helicopters everywhere!

Austin Powers Forward Flipping over the helicopter in Goldmember, a tad unrealistic I realise but pretty cool nonetheless.

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I thought black hawk down was a great movie with helicopters (hhhhheeee) . I used to live on a military base in California when helicopters would test their flights ever 20-30 mintues.
I like the Last Boy Scout too, i think that is the one i am thinking about.
Some of the scenes from James Bond movies
Charlies Angels had a good one too.