For the Moon Landing Anniversary, the Best Moon Movies

By Joe Morgenstern July 14, 2019 9:05 pm ET In “Apollo 11,” the superb documentary that played in multiplexes all too briefly a few months ago, a Houston controller tracking the astronauts’ escape from terrestrial gravity uses a wonderfully evocative phrase—“the lunar sphere of influence.

The moon seems to elevate the filmmaking game. Not always, of course; for every “Apollo 11” there’s a “Nude on the Moon.” Still, good moon movies are easy to find, and ever more so with the Apollo 11 anniversary upon us. Here are five of my favorites, in chronological order of their release. Apollo 13 div.youtube { height:0; position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; } div.youtube > iframe { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } ‘Apollo 13’ combines vast technical information and a classic tale of heroism.

First Man div.youtube { height:0; position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; } div.youtube > iframe { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } ‘First Man’ tells the story of mankind’s boldest adventure through a taciturn hero. While “Apollo 13” is a model of mating fact and fiction in a single feature film, “First Man” exemplifies the power of fiction to illuminate the essence of people and events we previously knew only from the outside.

WOW!!! Talk about journeys... This one should definitely be added to the list. Remember Stanley Kubrick(2001 fame)? At least watch the 1st 30 minutes of it.

common sense dictates that we never landed on the moon. with our avarices for resources and hegemoney in the world，the US govt woulda hoarded the entire moon if we could go back. look how govts tried to claim Anatartica, woudlnt it make sense for claim the moon if we could.

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In Spain. Viendo Apolo XIII

Apollo 13 is one of my favorite movies of all time. Wonderfully done.

hollywood production. level of tech of us didnt suffcient in 60‘s to accomplish prestige step'bring back'. us still hasnt this tech. many discovery crash. they still in need of russian assistnce and using mır.

One of the best shows about the space program of that era is the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. A great movie to accompany that series is The Right Stuff (which covers the era from breaking the sound barrier to early days of the space program).

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