The Right Stuff

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.

The Right Stuff is a 1984 drama biography movie directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 67,980 votes and runs 3h 13m.