Apollo 13 (1995)

Apollo 13 rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 334K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic78%

TMDb7.459/10· 6K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 78/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Apollo 13

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Cast of Apollo 13

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  Tom Hanks

  as Jim Lovell

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  Bill Paxton

  as Fred Haise

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  Kevin Bacon

  as Jack Swigert

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  Gary Sinise

  as Ken Mattingly

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  Ed Harris

  as Gene Kranz

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  Kathleen Quinlan

  as Marilyn Lovell

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  David Andrews

  as Pete Conrad

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  Xander Berkeley

  as Henry Hurt

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  Christian Clemenson

  as Dr. Chuck

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  Brett Cullen

  as CAPCOM 1

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  Loren Dean

  as John Aaron - EECOM Arthur

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  Clint Howard

  as Sy Liebergot - EECOM White

Apollo 13 facts

Budget

$52M

Box office

$355.2M

Our take on Apollo 13

Ron Howard's 1995 drama recounts the true 1970 Apollo 13 mission, when technical failures scuttled the planned Moon landing and turned a routine flight into a desperate fight for survival. Stranded more than 200,000 miles from Earth, astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew work furiously alongside the ground team to jury-rig solutions and steer the crippled craft home. Howard emphasizes procedure, ingenuity and collective nerve over melodrama, drawing tension from real constraints rather than invention. It suits viewers who like grounded historical thrillers about problem-solving under pressure and teamwork against long odds. Methodical and absorbing, it finds its heroism in competence rather than spectacle.