De film vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van regisseur en vliegtuigbouwer Howard Hughes. Vanuit een fascinatie voor vliegtuigen probeert Hughes vanaf de jaren '30 voortdurend de grenzen op dit gebied te verleggen. Ondertussen heeft hij twee liefdesaffaires met Hollywood legendes Katharine Hepburn en Ava Gardner en ondervindt hij steeds meer problemen van zijn smetvrees.
Nee, helaas is The Aviator nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Michael Mann | Producer |
| Sound | Howard Shore | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Production | Sanford R. Climan | Producer |
| Camera | Robert Richardson | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Production | Graham King | Producer |
| Art | Francesca Lo Schiavo | Set Decoration |
| Production | Charles Evans Jr. | Producer |
| Art | Luca Tranchino | Art Direction |
| Writing | John Logan | Screenplay |
| Production | Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Crew | Matthew Dickens | Choreographer |
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Beasley Blackwell | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Lucie Robitaille | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morag Ross | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Art | Bill Iiams | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Philip Stockton | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Julia Rivas Frey | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Adam Gerstel | Visual Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jennifer Dunnington | Music Editor |
| Crew | Larry Kaplan | Unit Publicist |
| Art | David C. Potter | Leadman |
| Camera | Andrew Cooper | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Denise Ballantyne | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Céline Daignault | Location Manager |
| Directing | Martha Pinson | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Gaétan Marsolais | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | John Skotchdopole | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monica Haynes | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Jay Peck | Foley |
| Visual Effects | Robert Stromberg | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Christina Ann Wilson | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Louis Morin | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Robert Legato | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Mat Beck | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Jean-Philippe Berubé | Video Assist Operator |
| Lighting | Eames Gagnon | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Réjean Forget | Hairstylist |
| Art | Doris Simard | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Travis Call | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Robin Citrin | Location Manager |
| Art | Lucie Fournier | Sculptor |
| Sound | Eugene Gearty | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Viviane Vallée | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | William J. Law III | Set Designer |
| Crew | Giovanni Di Simone | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toby Bronson | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Crys Forsyth-Smith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Camera | Francois Archambault | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Charlotte Raybourn | Art Department Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Kim Lee | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Ron Ames | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Jean Frenette | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| Sound | Wyatt Sprague | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Michael Jackman | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Scott Sohan | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Denny Caira | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Donna Keegan | Stunts |
| Crew | Keith Campbell | Stunts |
| Production | Dan Maag | Line Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matthias Deyle | Producer |
| Production | Aslan Nadery | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leonardo DiCaprio | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rick Yorn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Volker Schauz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Colin Cotter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joseph P. Reidy | Co-Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Martin Scorsese | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chris Brigham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Philip Schulz-Deyle | Line Producer |
| Production | Rick Schwartz | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Tom Foligno | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Scott Brock | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Davenport | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Robert Guerra | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Claude Paré | Supervising Art Director |
| Crew | Hélèna Laliberté | Stunts |
| Art | Leigh-Alexandra Jacob | Lead Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carolyn Elias | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carrie Wilksen | Set Dressing Supervisor |
| Sound | Chris Fielder | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Jimmy Garcia | Painter |
| Camera | Herb Ault | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Blondell | Hair Department Head |
| Sound | Petur Hliddal | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Kevin Field | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Angela Beresford | Post Production Assistant |
| Directing | John Trujillo | Layout |
| Production | Annie Godin | Line Producer |
| Art | Lori A. Balton | Location Scout |
| Crew | Melanie Banders | Loader |
| Production | Jim Kontos | Unit Manager |
| Art | Tim Ackers | Standby Painter |
| Production | Danielle Boucher | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Gina August | Driver |
| Crew | Alison Cannon | Production Controller |
| Crew | Michael Crowe | Propmaker |
| Crew | Tyler W. Gaisford | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Lighting | John R. Manocchia | Rigging Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Pepe Valencia | Animation Supervisor |
| Art | Genevieve Ferderber | Art Department Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Duncan Jarman | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | R. Bruce Steinheimer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie McCown | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Colin Dennis | Carpenter |
| Crew | H. Leah Amir | Craft Service |
| Crew | Grady Campbell | Sequence Leads |
| Visual Effects | Robert Spurlock | Mechanical Designer |
| Camera | Dana Gonzales | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Tim Arasheben | Camera Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Hotte | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | Cynthia Beckert | Stand In |
| Production | Jan Foster | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jennifer Euston | Casting Associate |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Aaron C. Fitzgerald | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Reuben Pasquini | Software Engineer |
| Crew | Jack Stern | Studio Teachers |
| Crew | Danny Braet | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Joe Rystrom | Set Medic |
| Lighting | Stéphane Byl | Electrician |
| Production | Alison Harstedt | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Eugene Gearty | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Collorafice | Digital Compositors |
| Crew | Joey Box | Stunts |
| Crew | Eliza Coleman | Stunts |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Nicholas Renbeck | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kam Chan | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Hal Levinsohn | ADR Editor |
| Art | Hope M. Parrish | Property Master |
| Sound | Jacob Ribicoff | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Laura Civiello | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kenton Jakub | ADR Editor |
| Directing | Joseph P. Reidy | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fred Rosenberg | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Peter Dress | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Visual Effects | A.J. Raitano | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Allan Padelford | Stunt Driver |
| Camera | Renee Olsen | Camera Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Allen Lewonski | CG Artist |
| Lighting | Ian Kincaid | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Jeff Barnes | Production Executive |
| Crew | Michel Leduc | Security Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tahira Herold | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Christian Bertrand | Best Boy Grip |
| Production | Denis Paquette | Assistant Location Manager |
| Visual Effects | Paul Graff | Compositing Supervisor |
| Crew | Chuck Hessey | Pyrotechnician |
| Directing | Christopher Surgent | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Jonathan Stone | Digital Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Jacques Dion | Hairdresser |
| Art | Cathy Scorsese | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Jose Fernando Varela | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | David Boulton | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Phillip Fuller | Sound Mix Technician |
| Editing | Paul McGhee | Digital Color Timer |
| Editing | Stephanie Ito | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Art | Jocelyn Clouàtre | Swing |
| Visual Effects | Gerardo Ortiz | Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Fabrice Barrilliet | Additional Third Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Grant Anderson | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Camera | Juliet Verni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Doug Chartier | Dolly Grip |
| Editing | Erin Crackel | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Gino Falla | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Production | David H. Kramer | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Stuart Macphee | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Tom Roberts | Music Arranger |
| Crew | Raymond Ducasse | Animal Coordinator |
| Lighting | Mark Hadland | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Richard Stutsman | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martine Gagnon | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Black | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenn Smiley | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simon Rose | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Geneviéve Duguay | Third Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Claude Fortin | Key Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Jennifer Ann Henry | Additional Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Tony Buccola | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | David Greenbaum | Executive Assistant |
| Art | Ann Knight | Set Buyer |
| Editing | Ron Barr | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Production | Guylaine Boucher | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Sue Smith | Production Secretary |
| Production | Adriana Poblano | Travel Coordinator |
| Art | Ray Légaré | Head Greensman |
| Sound | Marissa Littlefield | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Crew | Izabela Krawczynska | Assistant Craft Service |
| Crew | Steve Riley | Key Special Effects |
| Production | Gerrard Coffey | First Assistant Accountant |
| Sound | George A. Lara | Foley Mixer |
| Crew | Jacques Belair | Special Effects Technician |
| Sound | Stewart Lerman | Music Producer |
| Crew | Craig Hosking | Aerial Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilie Gauthier | Extras Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vernon Davidson | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Legato | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Visual Effects | David E. Franks | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Production | Meghan Rafferty | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Blanche Boileau | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Nicolae Ilies | Colorist |
| Sound | Jim Dunbar | Music Coordinator |
| Production | Frederik Joly | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Production | Daniela De Carlo | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Cynthia Aragon | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cookie Lopez | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Amyot | Extras Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Alexandra Lepage | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Crew | Carole J. Guignard | Administrative Assistant |
| Crew | John Gendron | Head Driver |
| Lighting | Simone Perusse | Lighting Programmer |
| Visual Effects | Dylan Cole | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Bill Hempel | Pilot |
| Production | Marianne Bower | Researcher |
| Camera | Kelly Uchimura | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Martin St-Antoine | Key Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Eric Leach | Rigging Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Audrey L. Anzures | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Quinton | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erin Wooldridge | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jamie Felz | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shirley Dolle | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nelson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michelle Vittone | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sian Grigg | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ric Sagliani | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Nicolas Venne | Rigging Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Réjean Forget | Key Hair Stylist |
| Camera | Mikey Bertrand | Key Grip |
| Camera | Martin Lebel | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Philip C. Pfeiffer | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martin Lapointe | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasilios Tanis | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Claude Beauchamp | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Chloé Giroux-LaChance | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Gregor Tavenner | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Pershing | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Harrelson | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Annie Pomerleau | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Kurt Leitner | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Art | Lori Rowbotham | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Bonjin Byun | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Don Lee | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Jonathan Litt | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Crew | Peter G. Travers | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Dave R. Howe | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Sarah M. Sweeney | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Crew | Jonathan Stone | Digital Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Blaine Kennison | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Tami Goldsmith | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Fish Essenfeld | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Art | Isabelle Côté | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | George Ho | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Matthew A. Rubin | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Eric Tablada | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Victor Schutz | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Amanda Morrison | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Visual Effects | Winston Quitasol | Visual Effects Technical Director |
