Top 10 awesome movies like Apollo 13 that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching Apollo 13 and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Ron Howard, Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton . Here goes the list -

Cold Mountain
The Great Escape
The Way Back
Burke & Wills
The Physician
The White Dawn
Gray Lady Down
Defiance
Zulu Dawn
Gallipoli

1. Cold Mountain

   In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

   This movie, created by Anthony Minghella, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

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2. The Great Escape

   Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

   This movie, created by John Sturges, Steve McQueen and James Garner, scores 8.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, Youtube, Redbox and Amc On Demand.

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3. The Way Back

   Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.

   This movie, created by Peter Weir, Dragos Bucur and Colin Farrell, scores 7.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Tubi Tv and Hoopla.

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4. Burke & Wills

   A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

   This movie, created by Graeme Clifford, Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers, scores 6.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

5. The Physician

   In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

   This movie, created by Philipp Stölzl, Tom Payne and Stellan Skarsgård, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Fandangonow.

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6. The White Dawn

   In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

   This movie, created by Philip Kaufman, Warren Oates and Timothy Bottoms, scores 7.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store and Youtube.

7. Gray Lady Down

   A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

   This movie, created by David Greene, Charlton Heston and David Carradine, scores 6.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Fandangonow and Youtube.

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8. Defiance

   Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.

   This movie, created by Edward Zwick, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Action | History | Drama

   You can watch this on Netflix.

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9. Zulu Dawn

   A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.

   This movie, created by Douglas Hickox, Burt Lancaster and Simon Ward, scores 6.7 on IMDb.

   Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

   You can watch this on Tubi Tv.

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10. Gallipoli

    Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

    This movie, created by Peter Weir, Mark Lee and Bill Kerr, scores 7.4 on IMDb.

    Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

    You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video.

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