Movies Like Black Thunder

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Crash Dive

1997·1h 27m·★ 4.4·Andrew Stevens

4 shared cast incl. Michael Dudikoff & Frederic Forrest

Outside the Wire

2021·1h 56m·★ 5.4·Mikael Håfström

TMDB recommendsAction & Science Fiction

Blackenstein

1973·1h 27m·★ 3.5·William A. Levey

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Action

Emergency Declaration

2022·2h 20m·★ 6.8·Han Jae-rim

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Top Gun

1986·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Tony Scott

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Pearl Harbor

2001·3h 3m·★ 6.3·Michael Bay

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Nowhere

1997·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Gregg Araki

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Mandao Returns

2020·1h 11m·★ 5.7·Scott Dunn

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Monsters of Man

2020·2h 12m·★ 5.4·Mark Toia

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Afterburn

2025·1h 46m·★ 4.6·J.J. Perry

Fans also likedAction & Science Fiction

Firefox

1982·2h 16m·★ 5.9·Clint Eastwood

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Angel

1984·1h 33m·★ 5.8·Robert Vincent O'Neil

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Replicant

2001·1h 40m·★ 5.4·Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

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Airwolf: The Movie

1984·1h 25m·★ 6.6·Donald P. Bellisario

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Altered

2025·1h 25m·★ 3.6·Timo Vuorensola

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The Final Cut

1995·1h 36m·★ 5.5·Roger Christian

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Millennium

1989·1h 45m·★ 5.8·Michael Anderson

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Man with the Screaming Brain

2005·1h 30m·★ 5.4·Bruce Campbell

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Cutaway

2000·1h 44m·★ 5.2·Guy Manos

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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

1965·1h 19m·★ 3.8·Robert Gaffney

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How Good Is Black Thunder?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.