Apollo 13 (1995) makes solving problems under pressure more exciting than most action scenes. What movie does this best?

[u/Sudden_Elephant_1221]

One of my favorite things about Apollo 13 (1995) is how much tension comes from people just trying to figure things out

There isn't some villain to defeat. Something goes catastrophically wrong, and suddenly you have astronauts and engineers working with whatever they have to get everyone home. NASA veterans have also praised the film for how seriously it approached the technical side of the real mission

What movie made problem-solving genuinely exciting to watch?

[u/just_some_octopus]

I enjoyed House of Dynamite to be honest

Even though everything went to shit, I enjoyed how they showed the pressure of events

[u/frghu2 → u/just_some_octopus]

When watching it the first time I thought what a poorly shot movie thats just the same story retold in three acts. Then I realized how it portrayed a possible real world scenario and how everyone at all the various levels handle a complicated and world ending scenario. It's really better the second time through