Films like Hidden Figures
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 orbit. The visionary trio crossed all...
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A Million Miles Away
Film · 2023 · also drama and historyThe life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
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First Man
Film · 2018 · also drama and historyA 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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Glory Road
Film · 2006 · also drama and historyIn 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Film · 2022 · also drama and historyA man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
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Respect
Film · 2021 · also drama and historyThe rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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The Aviator
Film · 2004 · also dramaA biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magn...
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Contact
Film · 1997 · also dramaA radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course...
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Richard Jewell
Film · 2019 · also drama and historyRichard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a co...
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Driving Miss Daisy
Film · 1989 · also dramaThe story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong...
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Red Tails
Film · 2012 · also drama and historyThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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