Movies like The Right Stuff
If The Right Stuff's mix of nasa, politics and cold war stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Right Stuff's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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First Man
2018 · Directed by Damien Chazelle · 141 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, space travel, astronaut · Also history and drama
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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Thirteen Days
2000 · Directed by Roger Donaldson · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: politics, cold war, 1960s
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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Hidden Figures
2016 · Directed by Theodore Melfi · 127 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, space race, 1960s · Also drama and history
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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The Hill
2023 · Directed by Jeff Celentano · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Dennis Quaid and Scott Glenn · Also history and drama
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, space travel, 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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Sully
2016 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 96 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: pilot, flight · Also drama and history
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard.
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Red Tails
2012 · Directed by Anthony Hemingway · 125 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: u.s. air force, 1940s · Also drama and history
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: nasa, u.s. air force, 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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Dunkirk
2017 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 107 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: pilot, 1940s
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June…
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Bridge of Spies
2015 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: cold war, pilot
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a…
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Ford v Ferrari
2019 · Directed by James Mangold · 153 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: 1960s · Also drama and history
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
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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.