Movies like World Trade Center
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World Trade Center (2006)
92K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Style:
sad, factual, touching, suspenseful, rough, serious, political, emotional, intense, crying ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, twin towers, 9/11, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, medieval, rescue, al qaeda, heroes, courage, fireman, marine, world trade center manhattan new york city, danger, politics, demolished city, race against time, daring rescue, heroic mission, genocide, runaway, rescue team ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america, middle east, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
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Most similar movies to World Trade Center
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, intense and suspense films with plots about death, survival, danger, catastrophe, rescue, courage and explosion mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like World Trade Center: United 93 (2006), Flight 93 (2006), Hotel Mumbai (2018), Daylight (1996), Ladder 49 (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
83%
10K
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Flight 93 is a 2006 made-for-TV film, directed by Peter Markle, which chronicles the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks. It premiered January 30, 2006 on the A&E Network and was re-broadcast several times ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, passenger, 9/11, hijacking, terrorist, aviation, war on terror, danger, daring rescue, government agency, save the day ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
north america, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore, India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai about the Mumbai attacks in 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, courage, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, hostage, shooting, survival, cruelty ...
Time:
year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place:
india, mumbai india, australia, bombay india, pakistan ...
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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61K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in ...
Style:
sincere, sad, touching, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
firefighter, death of protagonist, fire department, friendship, rescue, disaster, fire, firefighting, funeral, redemption, friend, building collapse ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, dramatic, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, mass murder, tragedy, island, cruelty, trial, brutality, massacre, car bomb, hospital, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, skyscraper, rescue, natural disaster, race against time, survival, firefighter, evacuation, trapped in a building, trapped, fire ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
42K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Style:
factual, suspense, touching, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, rescue, disaster, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, hopes, doctor, honest, radio, trapped ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
chile, peru, south america, latin america, australia
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
civil war, photojournalist, revolution, dictator, war correspondent, politics, journalism, war, dictatorship, reporter, assassination, cold war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place:
latin america, central america, san francisco, south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, courage, oil, oil rig, sea, trapped, destruction, heroism, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, boston, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
39K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of disillusioned outsiders abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, island, sex scene, public nudity, female nudity, violence, isolation, power struggle, remote island, wilderness, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
252K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style:
political, intense, brutal, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, assassination, mossad, vengeance, judaism, politics, terrorist, vigilante, revenge, spy, murder ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, germany, europe ...
Similarity:
29%
204K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian ...
Style:
suspense, touching, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, survival, tsunami, astronomer, self sacrifice, spacecraft, president ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
tucson arizona, washington d.c., new york, north america, atlanta georgia ...
Similarity:
29%
633
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
An exploration into the various ways in which, within the circumstances of one day, civilisation could be brought to an abrupt end..
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
volcano, disaster, natural disaster, epidemic, black hole, experiment, apocalypse, destruction, danger, chaos, catastrophe, meteorite ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, europe, middle east, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Jordan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
tense, political, talky, historical drama, controversial ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, cia, 9/11, military, manhunt, islamic terrorism, combat, terrorist plot, cia agent, al qaeda, propaganda ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The film tells about the firefighter, heroically eliminating the consequences of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Style:
rough, depressing, thought provoking, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, radiation sickness, nuclear reactor, disaster, firefighting, evacuation, death, accident, hospital, communism, society ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, poland, europe, ukraine ...
Similarity:
27%
121K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Style:
tense, intense, factual, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, police, fbi, terrorist, tragedy, surveillance, courage, brutality, manhunt, police investigation, chase, investigation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Style:
medical drama, light, controversial, road movie, hot
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, catastrophe, explosions, nuclear, trial, truth, ice, mother, house, running, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986
Place:
poland, europe, russia, ukraine, soviet union ...
Similarity:
27%
320K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as ...
Style:
inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aviation, airplane accident, pilot, airplane, courage, crash landing, investigation, accident, plane crash, air traffic controller, catastrophe, co pilot ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, persia, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
27%
181K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style:
tense, political thriller, controversial, political, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, assassination, kennedy assassination, president, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, legal, politics, cia, assassination of president, cold war era, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s, year 1991, year 1963
Place:
america, washington d.c., north america, midwest, chile ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, terrorist, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937, future ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, europe, new york, frankfurt germany ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
Similarity:
26%
60K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
sexy, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, terrorist, conspiracy, islamic terrorism, war on terror, kidnapping, spy, espionage, islam, cia, intelligence ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, washington d.c., illinois, chicago ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, rough, social ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
rescue mission, terrorist, counter terrorism, politics, airplane hijack, terrorism, dictator, hijacker, hijacking, telephone call, airplane, hostage ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
israel, uganda, jerusalem, frankfurt germany, athens greece
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Style:
realistic, serious, factual, political, sad ...
Plot:
loss of spouse, jihad, murder, execution, friendship, faith, justice, storytelling, journalism, new love, islam, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s, 2000s, september 11 2001, 70s ...
Place:
pakistan, middle east, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic, fast paced ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fire, disaster, evacuation, natural disaster, search and rescue, forest fire, survival, children, rescue, chaos, heroism, smoking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, aviation, military, conflict, war on terror, struggle, hostage, airport, dictatorship, revolutionary, revolution, conservative ...
Place:
uganda, middle east, africa
Similarity:
26%
390K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
Similarity:
26%
223K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hostage, president, secret service, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, washington d.c., iraq, germany ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, compassionate, captivating ...
Plot:
berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, breast feeding, political unrest, cold war, wartime, heroes, danger, daring rescue, prison escape ...
Time:
ancient times, 60s, year 2001
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
25%
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