Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning biopic focusing on the early years of movie producer Howard Hughes. A passion for flying dominated his life, as he embarked on increasingly ambitious aviation projects - earning powerful enemies. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, John C Reilly, Ian Holm, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett, who scooped an Academy Award for her performance as screen legend Katharine Hepburn.

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.