Movies like Apollo 11

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Apollo 11 (1996)
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Apollo 11 (1996)
Original name: Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
Style: uplifting
Plot: space exploration, astronaut, exploration, alien, space travel, nasa, mission, space race, moon landing, apollo program, outer space, space

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and sincere films with plots about nasa, space exploration, astronaut, exploration, space travel, biopic and outer space mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Apollo 11: The Challenger Disaster (2019), The Right Stuff (1983), Gagarin: First in Space (2013), Hidden Figures (2016), A Million Miles Away (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Challenger Disaster (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot: nasa, space shuttle, race against time, rocket launching, corporate greed, moral dilemma, engineer, risk, space exploration, real life, catastrophe, launch ...
Time: year 1986
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100%
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Man's landing on the moon was our greatest technological achievement. The Apollo 11 mission was truly the stuff of dreams. For the first time, our species walked on another celestial body. Even more remarkable was their ability to make it back. ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: space travel, moon, nasa, spacewalk, heroic mission, human spirit, space exploration, escapades, heroes, heroism, astronaut, exploration ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Right Stuff (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 193 min.
Story: A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow ...
Style: inspirational, exciting, epic, factual, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space travel, nasa, test pilot, aviation, u.s. air force, space exploration, politics, space program, space race, outer space ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1983 ...
Place: florida, washington d.c., houston texas, usa, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition ...
Style: realistic, uplifting, serious, exciting, dramatic ...
Plot: outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, space mission, folk hero, national hero, cosmonaut, follow your dream, rise to the top, space, space travel, biopic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: 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 astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
A Million Miles Away (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, inspirational
Plot: migrant worker, astronaut, space program, human in outer space, cosmonaut, space travel, cosmos, space, spacecraft, space adventure, underdog, nasa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Spacewalker (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 137 min.
Story: March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no ...
Style: breathtaking, factual, inspirational, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: spacewalk, test pilot, space race, outer space, space exploration, space program, cosmonaut, cold war, russian history, space, exploration, astronaut ...
Time: 60s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.7
 314K
Apollo 13 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style: factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, epic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot: astronaut, survival, nasa, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, outer space, race against time, space, space exploration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1970, year 1969 ...
Place: houston texas, usa, pacific ocean, texas, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Right Stuff (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ...
Style: factual, exciting, political, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space exploration, nasa, space travel, tough heroes, airplane accident, test pilot, heroic mission, rivalry, top secret, politics ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.2
 17K
The Dish (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true story of how the Parkes Radio Telescope was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Style: touching, humorous, feel good, suspense, factual ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: nasa, moon landing, moon, space travel, humanity, friendship, social relations, human spirit, ambition, hopes, underdog, space ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1969
Place: australia, new south wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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X-15 (1961)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
Style: independent film, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: aviation, nasa, u.s. air force, outer space, space exploration, cold war, astronaut, flying, exploration, test pilot, space travel, airplane ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tom Hanks, Imagine Entertainment and HBO present From the Earth to the Moon, the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech, through the first manned ...
Style: tense, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, educational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: nasa, space travel, against the odds, space program, space, moon landing, moon, science, space exploration, storytelling, exploration, american history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1961
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Challenger (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, intellectual ...
Plot: investigation, space shuttle, science, uncover truth, research, mission gone awry, scientist, satellite, space travel, professor, nasa, space exploration ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, tense, sentimental ...
Audience: adult
Plot: faith, christian, post traumatic stress disorder, life is a bitch, athlete's life, self discovery, against the odds, survival, redemption, hopes, war, human spirit ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Astronaut (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: To avoid having the space program cancelled, officials substitute a lookalike for an astronaut who died on a Mars mission.
Plot: mars, space exploration, astronaut, nasa, space travel, space mission, impostor, cover-up, fake identity, love interest, pretending to be someone else, government conspiracy ...
Time: near future
Place: soviet union, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.2
 12K
Spare Parts (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they ...
Style: feel good, serious, uplifting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: follow your dream, high school, high school student, trophy, teachers and students, inventions and discoveries, contests and competitions, ambition, against the odds, youth, dedicated educator, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Glorias (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark ...
Style: political, inspirational, uplifting, factual, thought provoking
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminism, feminist, journalism, activism, women, biopic, abortion, civil rights, introspection, discrimination, human spirit, fighting the system ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.3
 201K
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: 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.
Style: factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, loss of child, grief, outer space, apollo program, male camaraderie, rocket ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: usa, california, mojave desert, florida, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
12%
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Bezos (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: business and finance, businessman, business, historical character, corporation, powerful corporation, ambition, lifestyle, historical figure, economist
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Space (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: A 13-hour mini-series detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970's.
Style: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: astronaut, nasa, space exploration, exploration, moon landing, space program, test pilot, outer space, u.s. senator, spacewalk, ufo, space station ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 50s, 20th century, 60s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Lennon Report (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to save a life, some without even knowing it was John Lennon himself. Based on a true story.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: fan, witnessing a crime, forensics, murder witness, murder investigation, murder, tragic event, music, historical figure, celebrity, job, punk ...
Place: manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating
Plot: grief, real life, female leader, aging, ship, couples, human spirit, couple relations, dealing with death, idealism, politics, state affairs ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: paris france, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Challenger (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments ...
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: space shuttle, nasa, exploration, space exploration, astronaut, disaster, danger, escapades, space and aliens, heroes, test pilot, tragedy ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1985
Place: texas, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Style: contemplative, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: biopic, female leader, intrigue, judaism, conflict, politics, jew persecution, historical figure, terminal illness, leadership, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Meanest Man in Texas (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: convict, redemption, parole, historical figure, serial killer, fall in love, murderer, prisoner, character change, in love, changing lives, historical character ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A beautifully photographed story that gives insight into the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers and the period in which they lived.
Style: captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: aviation, usa history, airplane, rivalry, historical figure, biopic, heroes, human spirit, confined, military, inventions and discoveries, siblings relations ...
Time: year 1900, 1900s
Place: north carolina, washington d.c., ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.6
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The Astronot (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: It was 1969 and America was embarking on the biggest adventure known to man - a voyage to the moon. Daniel too was pursuing the unknown; leaving the path of isolation he had traveled for so many years to embrace the love of another. The only ...
Style: psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing, independent film
Plot: loner, fall in love, opposites attract, changing lives, lifestyle change, in love, relationships, male female relationship, coping, couple relations, love story, love affair ...
Time: 60s
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.6
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Thornwell (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: True story about James Thornwell, who was serving the Army in Europe when some military documents went missing.
Plot: biopic, torture, soldier, military, cover up, interrogation, truth serum, lawsuit, lsd, forced confession, false accusation, drugged ...
Time: 60s, year 1961
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough, sincere ...
Plot: politics, biopic, environmental, union, liberation theology, international relations, president, social change, political corruption, farm, price of justice, murder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Palau the Movie (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After his father passes away at age 10, the lives of Luis Palau and his family are changed forever. Within a few years of his father's death, Luis, his siblings, and his mother are left nearly destitute. Luis is forced to discontinue his ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, touching, christian film
Plot: faith, preacher, father son relationship, christianity, male protagonist, christian, courage, religion, evangelical christianity, based on real people, death of father, pregnant woman ...
Time: year 1966
Place: usa, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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