Apollo 13

1995 • 139 minutes

About this movie

Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), flight director Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home.

Ratings and reviews

Not only does this movie have great actors and an incredible plot, but it's all based on historical events of Apollo 13 crew and their survival in nearly impossible circumstances. Watch it right now. You won't regret it! Plus...Tom Hanks is in it, so no brainer.

I am lucky to be old enough to have lived through the real life drama of Apollo 13! This movie adoptation has been thouroughly researched and down to the detail! All the actors involved played their parts excelently! A great exciting movie worthy to own! Just to think when I lived it I thought at the time, this crisis event would make for a great movie! Decades later somebody did! Well worth the wait! Thanks!

Okay so I set out on a space craze after getting into Kerbal Space Program and the likes, and I just wanted to see anything to do with the moon or space. I can't explain how perfect this movie was for me, and I recommend it to everyone who has the slightest interest in space. (So....everyone) Amazing movie.