# Movies like The Right Stuff

> Films most similar to The Right Stuff (1983) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-right-stuff-1983/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[The Last Emperor](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-emperor-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 7.6 · 1,910 votes · bittersweet, epic, slow-burn
- **[JFK](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jfk-1991/)** (1991) — ★ 7.6 · 2,401 votes · cerebral, paranoid, slow-burn
- **[Story of Women](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/story-of-women-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.3 · 183 votes · foreign-gem, gut-punch, outsider
- **[Gandhi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/gandhi-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 7.6 · 2,494 votes · bittersweet, epic, tender
- **[Empire of the Sun](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/empire-of-the-sun-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 7.5 · 2,109 votes · bittersweet, tender, uplifting
- **[The Color Purple](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-color-purple-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 7.7 · 1,960 votes · bittersweet, gut-punch, tender
- **[The Killing Fields](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-killing-fields-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 7.5 · 824 votes · dread, gut-punch, raw
- **[Henry V](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/henry-v-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.1 · 408 votes · cerebral, epic, tender
- **[Lion of the Desert](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/lion-of-the-desert-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.4 · 196 votes · bittersweet, epic, raw
- **[Kingdom of Heaven](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kingdom-of-heaven-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 7.0 · 4,901 votes · bittersweet, epic, outsider
- **[Ben-Hur](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ben-hur-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 7.9 · 3,125 votes · bittersweet, epic, uplifting

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