Top Gun

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Top Gun

PG

1986

1h 49m

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

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The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman (Val Kilmer). But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis).

Critics Consensus

Though it features some of the most memorable and electrifying aerial footage shot with an expert eye for action, Top Gun offers too little for non-adolescent viewers to chew on when its characters aren't in the air.

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David Denby

New York Magazine/Vulture

22h

Cut off from emotion and meaning, this kind of work has a hollow, nervous weightlessness to it -- decadence without the courage of true decadence.

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Michael Healy

Denver Post

May 7

Director Tony Scott gives the production a nicely polished sheen, although some of the scenes look and sound too much like a combination of Navy recruiting commercials and MTV videos.

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AP Staff

Associated Press

May 7

The Paramount release has everything today's audience might demand, except the spontaneous energy of those air movies of the past.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

12h

2.5/4

It’s an entertaining watch that doesn’t provide much beyond surface thrills, although many have had fun analyzing its (unintentional?) homoerotic content.

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Fred Topel

United Press International

2d

Forty years later, its trademark swagger, flight footage and soundtrack inspire nostalgia for movies that delivered such total packages.

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Joe Baltake

Knight Ridder News Service

6d

This is the kind of macho soap opera in which the heroes, as well as the villains, strut around with an attitude problem, forever looking cool and going nose to nose as they challenge and taunt one another.

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Giovanni J

16h

I feel the NEED.......The NEED for SPEED! What else is there to say about this classic movie, other than the it ages like fine wine and seeing it in IMAX is even better. Though you can tell that the sound was made in 1980s vs Top Gun: Maverick made in the 2020s. But a trip down memory lane with Goose, Jester, Viper, Iceman, Cougar, Merlin, Stryker, Slider, Hollywood, Wolfman and of course Charlie! Soundtrack is classic and after living in San Diego for 2yrs and visiting on/off when I live in Los Angeles, and actually getting to be on the hallowed grounds of MCAS Miramar was a treat and made me appreciate San Diego as a "character" in the movie. This movie never gets old!

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Sean Lennon

1d

After 40yrs this movie still holds up against anything made today! Outstanding cast, thrilling aerial scenes with real aircraft and phenomenal cinematography, this movie has it all!

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Steve

1d

Incredible IMax experience!!! Best way to watch this movie.

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Keri O

Jul 15

Loved seeing this in the theater for the first time since 1986! Every bit as good and relevant as it ever was! What a joy!

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Baroque B

Jun 26

Please keep bringing this back!

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Swanny

Jun 26

So cool to see it on the big screen again!

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Tom Cruise

Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Kelly McGillis

Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood

Anthony Edwards

Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw

Val Kilmer

Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazanski

Tom Skerritt

Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf

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Synopsis

The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman (Val Kilmer). But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis).

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson
Screenwriter: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 1986, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): May 13, 2026
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $179.8M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby Atmos, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)