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September 11 (2002)
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Original name: 11’09”01 - September 11
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style:
disturbing, talky, stylized, factual, emotional, bleak, serious, political, suspense, social ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, danger, state affairs, life is a bitch, injustice, love affair, innocence lost, multiple storylines, deaf, terrorist, psychopath, islamic terrorism, social commentary, media, elderly, unsociability, palestinian-israeli conflict, village, battles, village life ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe, former yugoslavia, manhattan new york city ...
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Most similar movies to September 11
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and bleak films with plots about terrorism, society, politics, danger, state affairs, life is a bitch and terrorist mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like September 11: Kandahar (2001), DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003), Over the Mountains (2005), The Hamburg Cell (2004), The Path to 9/11 (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, sincere, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
islam, desert, politics, on the road, brutality, survival, culture clash, suicide, women, rescue, self discovery, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, canada, iraq ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, bleak, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
terrorism, head of state, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, politics, leadership, state affairs, danger, government agency, dishonesty, hijacking, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
usa, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ziad Jarrah, a young Lebonese man from a good family goes to Germany to attend college and starts dating a Turkish girl named Aysel. Although not very religious and accustomed to Western ways, Ziad becomes "brothers" with some ...
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, war on terror, muslim, obsession, political conspiracy, political unrest, danger, against humanity, vengeance, head of state, politics ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s, 2000s
Place:
northern germany, new york, manhattan new york city, hamburg germany
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, atmospheric
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, white house, terrorist, politics, danger, government agency, dishonesty, head of state, state affairs, 9/11, vice president ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., north america, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, political
Plot:
politics, radio dj, fighting the system, injustice, republican, hopes, idealism, chaos, state affairs, protest, campaign, society ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, danger, politics, state affairs, chaos, society, fbi agent, 9/11, terrorist, islam ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, london, pakistan, washington d.c., israel ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, assassination, politics, terrorist, conflict, assassin, suicide bomber, threat, criminal, struggle, war on terror, political conflict ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
india, sri lanka, asia, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Afghanistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, islamic ...
Plot:
hopes, rebellion, fighting the system, against the rules, danger, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, terrorism, state affairs, injustice, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakastani-American boy connect with one another amidst the chaos of September 11, 2001. When Montine discovers the boy's direct personal link to the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
youth, terrorism, friendship, on the road, stewardess, 9/11, boy, father son relationship, cross country, terrorist attack, terror, social problems ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, scotland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Style:
political, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, holocaust, civil rights, lawyer, grief, aging, suburbs, injustice, religions or cults, against humanity, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of a fire captain who lost eight men in the collapse of the World Trade Center and the editor who helps him prepare the eulogies he must deliver.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
hopes, firefighter, terrorism, fire brigade, journalism, writer's life, love and romance, danger, couple relations, couples, post september 11 2001, chance meeting ...
Time:
year 2002, september 11 2001
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
56
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, uncover truth, moral dilemma, fighting the system, idealism, social decay, church, society, legal, politics, terrorism, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, air disaster, aviation, mossad, war on terror, lebanese civil war, spy, airplane, hijacking, stewardess, save the day, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, europe, greece
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, terrorism, couples, politics, danger, unfulfillment, undercover, society, femme fatale, life turned upside down, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Hossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, sad ...
Plot:
terrorism, danger, airport, political unrest, terrorist bombing, conspiracy, society, homecoming, satire, disorder, vengeance, nothing goes right ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
egypt, iraq, new york, usa, africa ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film follows two brothers over the course of a decade. While they begin as kids in search of thrills in the sprawling slums of Morocco’s Sidi Moumen, we witness their gradual, and ultimately shocking, radicalisation.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, islamic ...
Plot:
terrorism, muslim, suicide bomber, terrorist, terrorist attack, islam, radical, danger, society, family relations, murder, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2012, 90s, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
middle east, tunisia, maghreb, africa, morocco
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, confined, danger, politics, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
terrorism, world trade center manhattan new york city, disaster, politics, witnessing a crime, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, undercover, leadership, skyscraper, incompetent official ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not ...
Style:
serious, tense, bleak, realistic, islamic ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, extremism, false accusation, forbidden love, falsely accused, culture clash, wedding planning, muslim, immigration, oppression, social relations ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
pakistan, chicago, middle east, usa, asia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, media, rebellion, state affairs, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, avant garde ...
Plot:
politics, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, society, ship, social differences, parent child relationship, justice, filmmaking, family business, dictator ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, barcelona, palestinian authority, egypt, africa ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, bomb, fighting the system, injustice, uncover truth, legal, redemption, human spirit, society, danger, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
kidnapping, clinic, dystopia, life is a bitch, politics, against humanity, confined, on the run, danger, state affairs, survival, legal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Style:
serious, realistic, political, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
terrorism, government agency, life is a bitch, confined, captivity, manipulation, politics, nudity, prison, male pubic hair, humiliation, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dysfunctional family, introspection, factory worker, life is a bitch, drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, youth, factory, family life, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, japan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
29%
10K
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Teenage girl Osama cuts her hair and dresses like a boy to get a job and support her widowed mother and grandmother. When Osama is called by the Taliban to join school and military training she embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she ...
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
islam, coming of age, survival, taliban, terrorist, injustice, storytelling, justice, religion, police investigation, muslim, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, persia ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, disturbing, gloomy, thought provoking ...
Plot:
battles, world war two, soldier, politics, friends, cons and scams, homecoming, friendship, political corruption, society, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
28%
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