8.4 Score

2016 • 2h 7min • PG • Drama, History

Hidden Figures

"Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do."

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

IMDb 7.8

RT 93%

MC 74

Director

Theodore Melfi

Writers

Allison Schroeder

Margot Lee Shetterly

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Taraji P. Henson

Katherine G. Johnson

Octavia Spencer

Dorothy Vaughan

Janelle Monáe

Mary Jackson

Kevin Costner

Al Harrison

Kirsten Dunst

Vivian Mitchell

Jim Parsons

Paul Stafford

Mahershala Ali

Jim Johnson

Glen Powell

John Glenn

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Taraji P. Henson Katherine G. Johnson

Octavia Spencer Dorothy Vaughan

Janelle Monáe Mary Jackson

Kevin Costner Al Harrison

Kirsten Dunst Vivian Mitchell

Jim Parsons Paul Stafford

Mahershala Ali Jim Johnson

Glen Powell John Glenn

Ariana Neal Joylette Johnson

Saniyya Sidney Constance Johnson

Zani Jones Mbayise Kathy Johnson

Donna Biscoe Joylette Coleman

Olek Krupa Karl Zielinski

Aldis Hodge Levi Jackson

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