Movies Like The Right Stuff

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957·2h 15m·★ 7.1·Billy Wilder

Themes: flight, historical figureFans also likedAdventure & Drama & History

Apollo 11

2019·1h 33m·★ 8.1·Todd Douglas Miller

Themes: space race, nasa, 1960sFans also likedHistory & Drama

First Man

2018·2h 21m·★ 7.3·Damien Chazelle

5 shared themes: test pilot, astronaut, nasa...Fans also likedHistory & Drama

Red Tails

2012·2h 5m·★ 5.9·Anthony Hemingway

Themes: u.s. air force, 1940sFans also likedDrama & History

Destination Moon

1950·1h 31m·★ 6.3·Irving Pichel

Themes: cold war, space travelFans also likedAdventure & Drama

Hidden Figures

2016·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Theodore Melfi

4 shared themes: space program, space race, nasa...Drama & History

The Martian

2015·2h 21m·★ 8.0·Ridley Scott

Themes: astronaut, nasaFans also likedDrama & Adventure

A Million Miles Away

2023·2h 2m·★ 7.3·Alejandra Márquez Abella

Themes: astronaut, nasaFans also likedDrama & History

Interstellar

2014·2h 49m·★ 8.7·Christopher Nolan

Themes: astronaut, nasa, space travelAdventure & Drama

Spaceman

2024·1h 48m·★ 5.7·Johan Renck

Themes: astronaut, space travelFans also likedAdventure & Drama

Apollo 13

1995·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Ron Howard

Themes: astronaut, nasaStarring Ed HarrisDrama & History

Mirror

1975·1h 47m·★ 7.9·Andrei Tarkovsky

Themes: 1960s, 1940sDrama & History

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: astronaut, space travel

Frost/Nixon

2008·2h 2m·★ 7.6·Ron Howard

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Last Adventure

1967·1h 52m·★ 7.0·Robert Enrico

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Drama

The Madness of King George

1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Lord Jim

1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Drama

Walking Tall

2004·1h 26m·★ 6.2·Kevin Bray

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Drama

Dunkirk

2017·1h 47m·★ 7.8·Christopher Nolan

Themes: pilot, 1940s

The Godfather

1972·2h 55m·★ 9.2·Francis Ford Coppola

Themes: 1950s, 1940s

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