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9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Discovery Channel documentary
Style:
rough, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, factual
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, terrorist, skyscraper, rescue, twin towers, world trade center manhattan new york city, survival, demolished city, evacuation, rescue mission, trapped, rescue team, hotel, restaurant, strength, store, wind, ruins, terrorist attack, homicide, fireman, parking lot, coughing, blue ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about danger, terrorism, terrorist, survival, war on terror, rescue and murder mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres. Some movies like 9/11: The Twin Towers: World Trade Center (2006), United 93 (2006), Flight 93 (2006), 9/11: Cleared for Chaos (2019), DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
sad, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, twin towers, 9/11, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, medieval, rescue, al qaeda, heroes ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america, middle east, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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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:
100%
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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: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Center forced the shutdown of the entire U.S. airspace. Thousands of kilometres away in Gander, Newfoundland, a group of Nav Canada air traffic ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak, factual
Plot:
terrorism, twin towers, heroic mission, life risking, demolished city, courage, terror, survival, war on terror, world trade center manhattan new york city, race against time, rescue ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, newfoundland
Similarity:
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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
Similarity:
44%
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:
43%
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:
42%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's the night before Christmas, and all toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his "unwanted" chums from incineration, Quincy ...
Style:
anthropomorphic, uplifting, emotional, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, toy store, doll, christmas eve, rescue, friendship, children, hopes, quest, holiday, magic ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
Style:
period piece, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, 9/11, lawyer, attorney, tragedy, congress, deal, victim, bureaucracy, crime victim, political intrigue, bureaucrat ...
Time:
2000s, september 11 2001, year 2001
Similarity:
37%
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, stylized, factual, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, injustice, innocence lost, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out ...
Style:
serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, hostage, child hostage, sniper, french foreign legion, border, terror, islam, terrorist attack, danger, kids in trouble ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
somalia, africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
This is the story of a mother and her missing son set in the backdrop of 1984 Punjab, when the state was going through a terrible time of terrorism. The film depicts the longing of a mother for her son and her search for her son, who is labelled a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
punjabi, loss of son, parents and children, missing person, disorder, rivalry, loss of child, state affairs, atrocity, family relations, village, rebelliousness ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, military, islamic terrorism, confined, terrorism, hijacking, danger, law enforcement, negotiation, special forces, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
algeria, france, europe
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
young heroes, evil queen, heroic mission, good versus evil, rescue, friendship, hopes, escapades, imaginary, rivalry, danger, daring rescue ...
Similarity:
35%
882
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In October 1970, one group from the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. Few days later, a second group did the same with one of the Minister of the Quebec Government. If the first was released, the second was ...
Style:
sad, political, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, independence movement, murder, kidnapping, state affairs, politics, good versus evil, society, confined, danger, rebellion ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA, West Germany, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Genua, 3rd October 1985. Together with over 500 other passengers Margot and Pierre Bergeron, a married couple from France, the Serafinis, an Italian family, Anne Higgins, an Englishwoman, Gitta and Helmut Holzer from Germany and an American couple ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage situation, taken hostage, hijacking, hostage, ocean, leadership, chases and races, danger, confined, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Fireman Sam and his team are on a mission to save Pontypandy! When a hurricane threatens the town, emergencies pop up everywhere... from saving the Wildmen of Pontypandy to rescuing a group from the flooding mines to protecting their new fire ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, uplifting, educational, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
teamwork, fire department, storm, children, rescue, firefighting, firefighter, heroes, daring rescue, fire brigade, hotshot hero, salvation ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Family, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
Style:
serious, feel good, touching, realistic
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
pets, dog, escapades, family relations, danger, rescue, friendship, family life, youth, animal, police dog, working conditions ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Finland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Style:
folk tale, atmospheric, emotional, pastoral, biting
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
empathy, self discovery, coming of age, island, rescue mission, friendship, magic realism, female empowerment, heartwarming, female protagonist, forest, creature ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, sniper, terrorist, murder, police detective, serial killer, manhunt, police, law enforcement, danger, society, killer ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, maryland, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Second of the two movies bases on the novel "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" written by Felix Salten.
Style:
emotional, scenic, pastoral, melancholic, lyrical ...
Plot:
nature, deer, animal, forest, grownups, coming of age, innocence, friendship, wildlife, adaptation, children, family drama ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: History
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ingrid and her siblings are on the run from the Beserkers who have begun invading the villages, taking over, savagely using the residents on a game where they vs a Beserker, and if they win, they get to survive - only, no one ever wins. The siblings ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, medieval, danger, culture clash, battles, struggle for survival, fight, society, survival, death, murder, storytelling ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Hugo, a boy who spends his summer vacation with his cousins, discovers that the wolf Rong intends to take his grandmother Sara, he devises a plan to save her.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, teamwork, family relations, sibling relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, summer vacation, village life, cousin cousin relationship, wolf, satire, child ...
Similarity:
32%
717
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At 7:19 a.m., on September 19th of 1985, the most destructive earthquake hit Mexico's City. Inside what's left of a building, a group of survivors fight for their lives waiting for rescue.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
natural disaster, building collapse, catastrophe, trapped, survival, struggle for survival, destruction, deathtrap, tragic event, demolished city, trap, teamwork ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dear Mr. Cash is a story of ten-year-old Heicke, whose obsession with the music of Johnny Cash, leads her to appoint herself as President of his local fan club.
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, child protagonist, coming of age, acceptance, grief, bittersweet, small town, loneliness, resilience, intimate, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tennessee
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on the true incident of the 2002 terrorist attack in Gujarat's Akshardham temple, the story revolves around the bravery of NSG commandos, who stood up for their country and their people in the worst of times.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, action thriller, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, terrorist attack, hostage situation, rescue mission, heroism, counter terrorism, commando unit, war on terror, terrorist group, mission, sacrifice ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
27K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, factual, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, danger, siege, violence, hostage, hostage situation, hostage rescue ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
england, iran, london
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly 'tiger cruise' for USNavy, Marines and USNAF relatives, mainly minors ('Navy brats'). Attitudes and emotions vary from simple ...
Style:
sad
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, father figure, 9/11, war on terror, terrorism, aviation, occupation, teenager, us military, navy, ship, career ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Similarity:
32%
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