The Aviator

The Aviator

Some men dream the future. He built it.

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Miramax

2004170 min7.2 / 10

An ambitious, visually sumptuous portrait of a brilliant but increasingly fractured man whose drive to build and control becomes inseparable from his psychological unraveling.

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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  • Is The Aviator one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 96% of films.

  • Is The Aviator sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Aviator scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Aviator violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does The Aviator end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Aviator easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love75

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