Terrorist attack movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant terrorist attack movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic and captivating films and TV shows about / with terrorist attack, terrorism, terrorist, danger, explosion, violence, brutality, death, murder and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, France, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as terrorist attack: Hotel Mumbai (2018), Taj Mahal (2015), Mogadischu (2008), Quantico (2015), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), When the Dust Settles (2020), Blood Red Sky (2021), Major (2022).

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 7.6
 70K
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore
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, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, chaos, courage, hostage, survival, shooting ...
Time: year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place: india, mumbai india, australia, pakistan, bombay india ...
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 5.4
 804
Taj Mahal (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, tense, unusual plot structure
Plot: terrorist attack, hotel, terrorism, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenager, teenage protagonist, 18 year old, terror, terrorist, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taj mahal
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 7.2
 1K
Mogadischu (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, passenger, daring rescue, confined, danger, airplane, hysteria, raf, pilot, mossad, hijacking ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: germany, africa, west germany
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 6.7
 64K
Quantico (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Style: tense, realistic, surprise ending, detective, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: investigation, fbi, terrorist attack, secret, terrorism, terrorist, female fbi agent, recruit, female agent, woman, bonding, twists and turns ...
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Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Style: patriotic, captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: terrorist attack, soldier, terrorism, military, indian soldier, army, patriot, violence, friendship, danger, murder, terrorist ...
Time: year 2016, year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: india, pakistan
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Designated Survivor: 60 Days (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: An explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the cabinet, leaving Park Mu-jin, the Minister of Environment, to become the next president. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who has no ambitions in politics, but as the acting ...
Style: political thriller, captivating, tense, suspenseful, political
Plot: terrorist attack, politics, president, conspiracy, twists and turns, justice, catastrophe, family relations, danger, investigation, terrorism, counter terrorism ...
Place: south korea
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style: exciting, rough, political thriller, serious, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, u.s. president, politics, secret agent, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, north korea, north america, pentagon
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When the Dust Settles (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The equally important and heartbreaking story of eight strangers whose lives and fates intertwine after a tragic terrorist attack shocks Copenhagen.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, tragic
Plot: terrorist attack, multiple storylines, lesbian couple, nordic, terror, changing lives, tragic event, terrorizing, society, terrorism, character change, lgbt ...
Place: copenhagen
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 6.1
 54K
Blood Red Sky (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to ...
Style: suspense, splatter, captivating, tense, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural horror, airplane, terrorism, violence, terrorist attack, vampire, hidden identity, female protagonist, blood, hijacking, woman ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: germany, scotland
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 8.1
 32K
Major (2022)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: terrorist attack, military, soldier, army, life, mission, military officer, escape, terrorism, hotel, parents, terror ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 2008
Place: india, mumbai india
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The Disintegration (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Three young men meet Djamel (Yassine Azzouz), a charismatic manipulator, who turns the three friends against society.
Style: contemplative, rough, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot: terrorism, religion, nato, indoctrination, racism, religious fanatic, religious fundamentalist, rebellion, fighting the system, lifestyle, islam, rebelliousness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, brussels belgium
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Arne Dahl 09 -  Afterquake (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: The explosion is powerful and devastation total when a T-train explodes in Stockholm's subway system, one night in November. The country is in shock but when some who call themselves "Siffins Sacred rider" takes the blame in an ...
Style: serious, suspense, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot: police detective, police investigation, police, assassination attempt, terrorist attack, racism, terrorism, ex military, assassin, sniper, swedish, swedish police ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Utoya - July 22 (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The movie tells the story about a girl who has to hide and survive from terrorist Anders Breivik while looking for her little sister during the terrorist attacks in Norway on the island Utøya, July 22nd.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: summer camp, terrorist attack, terrorism, massacre, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, teenage protagonist, school shooting, group of friends, serial killer, nordic, terrorist ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: oslo norway
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The Day We Died (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: terrorist bombing, terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, terrorist group, terrorizing, counter terrorism, war on terror, investigation, nordic, security guard, police officer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: copenhagen
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style: political, bleak, realistic, intellectual, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: terrorism, anti war, revolution, protest, revolutionary, journalist, prison, politics, idealism, capitalism, assassination, terrorist attack ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1967 ...
Place: germany, somalia, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, africa ...
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Horses of God (2012)
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: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, social ...
Plot: terrorism, suicide bomber, terrorist attack, islam, muslim, radical, danger, society, family relations, murder, brother brother relationship, poverty ...
Time: year 2012, september 11 2001, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, tunisia, africa, morocco
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 5.5
 357
Black Crows (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait
TV show
Story: This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.
Style: realistic, sad, suspense, brutal, semi documentary ...
Plot: isis, terrorism, terrorist attack, war, terrorist plot, brutality, murder of an innocent person, islam, innocent person killed, cruelty, life & death, hate ...
Place: iraq, syria
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 7.6
 24K
Neerja (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Style: patriotic, psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: terrorism, flight attendant, airplane hijack, stewardess, terrorist, airplane, terrorist attack, tragic event, heroine, mother daughter relationship, aviation, biopic ...
Time: year 1986, future, 80s, 20th century
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 7.0
 3K
Amanda (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Twenty-year-old David lives in the moment. He juggles a variety of different odd jobs and continues to put off – just for a while longer – the time to make more serious decisions. This solitary daydreamer succumbs to the charm of Lena, a newly ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, social
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: taxi, death of sister, rabbit, terrorist attack, death of mother, little girl, miniature golf, child, bicycle, uncle niece relationship, cigarette smoking, custody ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: paris france, france, london
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Victim Number 8 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: An jihadist attack in the old town of Bilbao ends with the lives of seven people and leaves more than thirty badly injured. The police investigation focus on catching those responsible for the massacre.
Plot: terrorist attack, conspiracy, false accusation, mother son relationship, evidence, media manipulation, conspiracy theory, media coverage, media sensation, couple relations, media, islam ...
Place: madrid
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I still hide to smoke (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece, Algeria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Α tragi-comedy about 9 women of different ages and various backgrounds that gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: bathhouse, women, pregnancy, muslim, female nudity, underage girl, bare breasts, terrorist attack, terrorist bombing, terrorism, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: north africa, algeria, maghreb, africa
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 8.3
 47K
24: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, president, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, life risking, on the run, killings ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london
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 7.1
 35K
In the Fade (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Katja's life collapses after a senseless act impacts her life. After a time of mourning and injustice, she seeks revenge.
Style: suspense, tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorist, lawyer, revenge, racism, conspiracy, terrorist attack, trial, courtroom, bomb, murder, pursuit, drug use ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2013, year 2016, 21st century
Place: germany, greece, hamburg germany, turkey
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One Less God (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Nepal
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 2008, a band of young Islamic militants from Pakistan lands in Mumbai, their primary target, the iconic Taj Mahal hotel. With Indian forces unable to regain control, for 4 days the guests must battle to survive as the terrorists seek to drive ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, siege, hotel, terrorist, islamic terrorism, terrorist bombing, survival, threat, war on terror, struggle for survival
Time: year 2008
Place: mumbai india, india
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 8.5
 93K
Sacred Games (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
Style: erotic, suspense, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: investigation, sikh, politics, criminal underworld, conspiracy, police, arrest, brutality, torture, police officer, terrorist, race against time ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india, bombay india, nigeria, africa
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 4.8
 1K
Event 15 (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: isolation, survival, soldier, military, trapped in an elevator, terrorist attack, veteran, elevator, danger, confined, losing-it hero, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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London Has Fallen (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, terrorist, hostage, president, terrorist attack, conspiracy, survival, danger, save the day, assassination, head of state ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, buckingham palace, tokyo, europe ...
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 4.7
 27K
Interceptor (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: female soldier, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist plot, female protagonist, terrorist attack, military, terrorist, soldier, military base, mission, captain ...
Time: 2020s
Place: pacific ocean, russia, alaska, los angeles, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.1
 894K
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Style: exciting, witty, saga, suspenseful, visually stunning ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, teens ...
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, hotshot hero, billionaire, rescue, kidnapping, terrorism, revenge, flying superhero, androids and robots, comic book, heroes ...
Time: year 2013, year 2016, 90s, year 2012, year 1999 ...
Place: malibu california, california, tennessee, seattle, switzerland ...
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Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: CBI Officer Akram Sheikh (Sunil Shetty) is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers , the brothers Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) and their common moll Laila (Isha Koppikar) . When Sheikh busts an important ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, prison, terrorist attack, danger, daring rescue, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, heroes, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, russia, pakistan, mumbai india
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