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Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Meg Ryan

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash." – Stinger to Maverick

Why watch this? Cruise. Kilmer. F-14 jets. Romances. Bromances. What a ride!

Plot Summary: Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a reckless but talented Navy pilot, gets a chance to attend Top Gun, an elite training school for fighter pilots. There, he competes with other skilled aviators, including his rival, Iceman. While striving to be the best, Maverick also grapples with his father's mysterious death and pursues a relationship with a civilian instructor, Charlie.

Dad's Preview: Whether this film floats your boat or not, it is undeniably an iconic moment from the 1980's. It's star, Tom Cruise, was never cockier as he portrays Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a U.S. Navy pilot with some serious flying talent. He's also reckless and unpredictable. In the Top Gun Fighter school program, his main competitor is Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, who is not entertained by Maverick's attitude. There is a lot of testosterone, and rooster strutting, all to win the "best pilot" prize. There are many great moments and quotable lines galore. It is undeniably an action-filled flight worth taking.

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Paramount Pictures