The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Directed by Jim Abrahams
secret mission
bad luck
parody
drill instructor
jet crash
foreboding
Rank
#59 in 1991·#5634 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Charlie Sheen
Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
Cary Elwes
Kent Gregory
Valeria Golino
Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Lloyd Bridges
Admiral Benson
Kevin Dunn
Lt. Commander Block
Jon Cryer
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
William O'Leary
Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Kristy Swanson
Kowalski
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Wilson
Bill Irwin
Buzz Harley
Heidi Swedberg
Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Bruce A. Young
'Red' Herring
Crew
Jim Abrahams
Director
Pat Proft
Writer
Jim Abrahams
Writer
Sylvester Levay
Original Music Composer
Bill Butler
Director of Photography
Pat Proft
Executive Producer
Barbara Anne Klein
Stunts
Andy Gill
Utility Stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti
Stunt Coordinator
Stephen McEveety
Associate Producer
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Designer
Stephen McEveety
Unit Production Manager
Popular Reviews
230 reviews
Oscar Thompson
9.0★ · 03/16/26
The Naked Gun x Top Gun
Wacky comedy every minute, my type of movie
The Naked Gun x Top Gun
Wacky comedy every minute, my type of movie
Célestin
10.0★ · 04/21/26
Classique
Classique
Brayden
6.0★ · 04/02/26
“I’m going to disneyland”
“I’m going to disneyland”
Yousef
1.0★ · 03/17/26
Extremely outdated comedy with a lot of racism and sexism
Extremely outdated comedy with a lot of racism and sexism
