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).

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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

May 14

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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Lee Tuohy

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

1d

An empty meaningless script is more than compensated for by superb camerawork and flying stunts.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

May 25

It exists for people who want to live vicariously through Maverick without having any of his attributes

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Shaurya Chawla

InSession Film

May 19

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40 years on, Top Gun still succeeds at making you feel the need, the need for speed, and it is why it stands tall even today; because it fulfills that need.

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Christopher

May 21

My need for speed was fulfilled

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antonio v

May 19

Great film never gets old .doesn't matter what decade you see it . Saw it on the big screen in IMAX wow .

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Caitlin

May 19

Absolutely wonderful. So glad I saw it on the big screen. I was born in 1997 so for those who saw it when it came out in theaters 40 years ago it must have been so cool to see it back then before the era of iPhones, AI, etc. I saw it in Dolby which next to IMAX is the best screening to see it in because of the speakers perfect for playing Danger Zone! A must see. Never gets old.

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Richard M

May 18

Watching it on a big s teen is a completely different experience, and the imax sound system. Wow.

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K

May 17

Amazing to see on the big screen again!

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Daniel B

May 16

Even better in Imax.

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Tony Scott

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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)