Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Starfighter
TITLE DETAILS

Starfighter

2015-03-27 · 125 min · ★ 7.1

TV Movie · Drama

Germany in the "Swinging Sixties": the Bundeswehr is equipping itself with the ultra-modern "Starfighter" fighter jet. The air force pilots, including the daredevil Harry and his buddy Richie, are the stars of the armed forces. But the fascination with the fastest fighter jet in the world is offset by a dramatic series of accidents: Pilots crash to their deaths in the "Starfighter" one after the other. Officially, the disasters are attributed to human error. But Harry's wife Betti doesn't believe this - and after another serious accident, she takes up the fight against a seemingly overpowering alliance of politics, the military and business, supported by her friend Helga...

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Miguel Alexandre
Production companies
Zeitsprung Pictures
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Picco von GrooteBetti Schäfer
Steve WindolfSteve WindolfHarry Schäfer
Frederick LauFrederick LauRichie Weichert
Alice DwyerAlice DwyerHelga Waldeck
Paula KalenbergPaula KalenbergEvi Kranz
Walter SittlerWalter SittlerGordon Marks
Peter KremerPeter KremerKommodore Kieser
Jan MessutatOberleutnant Rampel
Christoph SchechingerChristoph SchechingerWerner Kranz
Florian PanznerFlorian PanznerDieter Mertens
Josephin BuschJosephin BuschMaria Euringer
Judith HoerschJudith HoerschHannelore
Lenn KudrjawizkiLenn KudrjawizkiAssistent Stevens

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Cheaters
★ 6.3
Cheaters2000TV Movie · Drama

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

My Dinner with Hervé
★ 6.3
My Dinner with Hervé2018TV Movie · Drama

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

Meltdown: Days of Destruction
★ 6.0
Meltdown: Days of Destruction2006TV Movie · Drama

Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so close that it shift our course closer to the sun, causing rapid extreme heating, hopefully only mid-term. Nathan warns his sister, TV journalist Carly, and she her lover, police detective Tom. He brings his unruly daughter Kim, her ex-con lover C.J. and her mother, nurse Bonnie, when Nathan offers a flight to a friend's Arctic weather station. Tom takes charge of a dangerous trip to the airport, as everywhere on earth things catch fire and people fight for water, transport and sheer looting.

TalhotBlond
★ 6.3
TalhotBlond2012TV Movie · Drama

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
★ 6.1
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life2006TV Movie · Drama

A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
★ 7.3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story2003TV Movie · Drama

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

The Scarlet and the Black
★ 7.1
The Scarlet and the Black1983TV Movie · Drama

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

The House on Carroll Street
★ 5.9
The House on Carroll Street1988Drama

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
★ 5.8
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain2017Drama

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....

The Parts You Lose
★ 6.7
The Parts You Lose2019Drama

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

Tatami
★ 7.7
Tatami2024Drama

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

Remember
★ 7.3
Remember2015Drama

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

On a Wing and a Prayer
★ 5.9
On a Wing and a Prayer2023Drama

After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.

The Sound of Silence
★ 5.9
The Sound of Silence2019Drama

A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

Normal
★ 6.7
Normal2003TV Movie · Drama

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

How Sarah Got Her Wings
★ 5.9
How Sarah Got Her Wings2015TV Movie · Drama

Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on the reservation list. However, she is granted the chance to return to Earth as an "angel in training" with the requirement to help a soul in need. Sarah has the 12 days before Christmas to secure her place on the list leaving her in the race for her after-life.

Kid Galahad
★ 6.2
Kid Galahad1962Drama

After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

What Maisie Knew
★ 7.1
What Maisie Knew2013Drama

In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

Doctor Who: Last Christmas
★ 7.7
Doctor Who: Last Christmas2014Drama

The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!

F.I.S.T.
★ 6.5
F.I.S.T.1978Drama

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

Similar titles

The Hunt for the BTK Killer
★ 5.4
The Hunt for the BTK Killer2005TV Movie

After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.

Now You See It...
★ 5.7
Now You See It...2005TV Movie

While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.

The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories
★ 7.8
The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories2018Drama

Follows Jean Blake as she takes on the mantle of her husband, police surgeon Lucien Blake, as a solver of mysteries following his disappearance 18 months after their marriage.

Johanna
★ 4.8
Johanna2005Drama

Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep. Touched by grace, Johanna cures patients by offering her body. The head doctor is frustrated by her continued rejection of him and allies himself with the outraged hospital authorities. They wage war against her but the grateful patients join forces to protect her. This is a filmic and musical interpretation of the Passion of Joan of Arc.

Silver Screen Suicide
Not rated
Silver Screen Suicide2021Drama

A lonely alcoholic becomes mesmerized when his favorite classic movie star begins to talk to him through his television set.

Captive Hearts
★ 5.4
Captive Hearts2005TV Movie

A newly hired executive for a multinational corporation is kidnapped at gunpoint. His wife and a detective uncover a much more sinister international conspiracy.

Cloudy with a Chance of Love
★ 6.1
Cloudy with a Chance of Love2015TV Movie

Quirky meteorologist Deb spends most of her time finishing the passionate pursuit of her meteorology Ph.D. The wind of change starts blowing, however, when a handsome news director recruits her to fill in as an on-air weather personality.

Die Nachrichten
★ 4.0
Die Nachrichten2005Drama

Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from the weatherman of a local station to the newsreader in Hamburg.

Lonely Dogs
★ 8.7
Lonely Dogs2011Drama

Life on an offshore oil drilling rig is becoming a burden for one of the riggers, who feels lonely and is frequently visited by a lone black dog that appears from nowhere.

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
★ 8.0
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall2020TV Movie

In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of the most memorable series in television history.

Un si joli mensonge
★ 5.4
Un si joli mensonge2014TV Movie

Bruno falls in love with Christine, a pretty dermatologist. Embarking upon a passionate affair, Bruno immediately wants children. But Christine has lied to him: playing on her beauty, she told him she was 42, but is actually 50.

Battle Royale
★ 7.3
Battle Royale2000Drama

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Holy Man
★ 5.2
Holy Man1998Drama

In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.

Asteroid vs Earth
★ 5.0
Asteroid vs Earth2014TV Movie

When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level on Earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet off its axis in order to avoid the impact.

Quiz Show
★ 7.2
Quiz Show1994Drama

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

Frost/Nixon
★ 7.3
Frost/Nixon2008Drama

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

Good Morning
★ 7.7
Good Morning1959Drama

Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.

My Favorite Year
★ 6.6
My Favorite Year1982Drama

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

Whatever You Say
★ 5.6
Whatever You Say2002Drama

Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.

Against the Wall
★ 6.2
Against the Wall1994TV Movie · Drama

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.