Hidden Figures

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$236M

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.

🏆 Nominated for 3 Oscars. 37 wins & 94 nominations total

Genres

Biography, Drama, History

Director

Theodore Melfi

Cast

Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe

Released

6 January 2017

Runtime

2h 7m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

7.8 / 10

Votes

285,729

Metascore

74

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Box office

$169,607,287

Budget

$25,000,000

Edition

Base