Movies like Countdown
If Countdown's mix of moon, nasa and moon landing stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Countdown's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Capricorn One
1977 · Directed by Peter Hyams · 123 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, astronaut · Also thriller and science fiction
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing.
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Apollo 13
1995 · Directed by Ron Howard · 140 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: moon, nasa, astronaut
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 149 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: moon, astronaut · From the same decade (1960s)
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: moon, nasa, astronaut
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb.
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The Martian
2015 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, astronaut
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, astronaut
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Hidden Figures
2016 · Directed by Theodore Melfi · 127 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, space race
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
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2010
1984 · Directed by Peter Hyams · 116 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: astronaut · Also thriller and science fiction
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known…
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Crater
2023 · Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez · 104 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: moon
After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.
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Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · Directed by Jon Favreau · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: astronaut
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside.