Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Apollo 13

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Carly Sinise, and Ed Harris all-star in this 1995 biopic about the Apollo 13 lunar mission. Three major pilots were on their way back from a journey to the moon when an oxygen tank ruptured in their ship, threatening their potential of survival on their way back to the Earth. 

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