For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

• Paramount Pictures
• Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
• Tom Cruise
• Kelly McGillis
• Val Kilmer
• Anthony Edwards
• Tom Skerritt
• Michael Ironside
• John Stockwell
• Barry Tubb