TOP GUN vfx breakdown. Top Gun came out in 1986. It has been over 30 years since Top Gun changed the game of vfx. With no GCI Top gun is brought to life with create tips and tricks still used today. Come find out the airplanes scenes were possible on the be big screen before the new Maverick movie comes out. Tom Cruise stars in both movies. See all the behind the scenes stuff that makes you wish you were a top gun pilot too.