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Apollo 11 (1996)
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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:
inspirational, educational, emotional, uplifting, period drama
Plot:
space exploration, astronaut, exploration, nasa, space race, moon landing, apollo program, spacecraft, cold war, teamwork, triumph, training, travel and leisure, families, alien, space travel, mission, outer space, space, archival footage, general
Time:
60s, 1960s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out inspirational, serious, captivating and emotional films with plots about biopic, ambition, space exploration, exploration, hopes, space and outer space mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Apollo 11: The Challenger Disaster (2019), Apollo 13 (1995), Moonshot (2009), The Right Stuff (1983), Hidden Figures (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
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Place:
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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:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot:
space travel, space exploration, nasa, moon, spacewalk, heroic mission, escapades, heroes, heroism, astronaut, exploration, mission ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
usa
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52%
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 ...
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epic, inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1960 ...
Place:
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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, exciting, touching, feel good, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, stereotypes, african american, prejudice, sexism, genius, scientist, strong female character, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
indiana, persia, usa, virginia, langley virginia
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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, exciting, serious, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, space mission, cosmonaut, national hero, folk hero, follow your dream, rise to the top, biopic, workplace, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, ukraine
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40%
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:
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Plot:
spacewalk, space race, test pilot, space exploration, outer space, cosmonaut, space program, russian history, cold war, mission, propaganda, space ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, russia, usa, ussr
Similarity:
37%
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:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
About Russian space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.
Style:
epic, inspirational, serious, dramatic, educational ...
Plot:
space program, cold war era, space exploration, biopic, innovation, perseverance, ambition, industrialization, triumph, scientific discovery, patriotism, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ukraine, russia, ussr
Similarity:
33%
11K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
Style:
inspirational, medical drama, dramatic, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
hospital, controversy, parenthood, perseverance, ethics, women's rights, legacy, biopic, hopes, social change, sacrifice, social issues ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
factual, sincere, exciting, political, historical drama ...
Plot:
astronaut, cold war, nasa, space exploration, airplane accident, tough heroes, rivalry, top secret, heroic mission, test pilot, husband wife relationship, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
850
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
u.s. air force, aviation, nasa, test pilot, outer space, space exploration, flying, astronaut, cold war, advanced technology, u.s. military, us military ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
usa, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, educational ...
Audience:
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Plot:
nasa, space travel, space program, moon, moon landing, science, space exploration, storytelling, against the odds, american history, atheism, cold war ...
Time:
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28%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Australia, South Africa
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s, 50s ...
Similarity:
24%
215K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Japan
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:
teens, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
america, usa, california, mojave desert, florida ...
Similarity:
12%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
motivational, uplifting, inspirational, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, dramatic, emotional, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
23%
12K
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, emotional, educational, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
britain, scotland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, touching, factual, tense ...
Plot:
aspiring writer, british, casting, acting audition, biopic, behind the scenes, media industry, determination, ambition, working class, nostalgia, realism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
john f. kennedy, biopic, campaigning, u.s. president, president, american politics, leadership, legacy, tragedy, democratic party, thoughtful, hopes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, uplifting, captivating, tense, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
spiritual, inspirational, historical drama, reflective, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mormon, book of mormon, faith, religious, biopic, revelation, prophecy, a vision, redemption, miraculous event, forgiveness, devotional ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, touching, factual, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family outing, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
olympics, underdog, ice hockey, hockey, mentor, cold war, human spirit, hopes, coach, sport team, sports man, winter olympics ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 2004, year 1980
Place:
usa, minnesota, milwaukee wisconsin, new york, colorado ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
Similarity:
21%
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, sincere, emotional, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
Similarity:
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