The Right Stuff

Name: The Right Stuff
Genre: Drama, History, Adventure
Released: 1983-10-20
Duration: 193 min
Rating: 7.4

1983 · Movie · PG · 193 min · ★ 7.4 · 94% critics

DramaHistoryAdventure

In the early days of the Space Race, a group of elite test pilots is chosen to become America’s first astronauts. As the new program takes shape, they face grueling training, intense public attention, and high-stakes missions while politics and pride swirl around the push to make history.

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Years: 1983
Release date: 1983-10-20
Language: English
Rated: PG
Runtime: 193 min
Critic score: 94/100
TMDB rating: 7.4/10 (966 votes)
Box office: $21,192,102
Budget: $27,000,000

About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an ambitious, character-focused look at early American spaceflight with humor, pressure, and patriotism; Not for you if you dislike long historical epics or choppy pacing—fans of Patton may feel at home.

Pros: inspiring space-race story; strong ensemble performances; tense training and missions | Cons: very long runtime; uneven pacing at times; assumes some prior knowledge