| Escape from New York (1981) | 7.1 | |
| Cop Land (1997) | 7.0 | |
| Worth (2020) | 6.8 | |
| Men in Black (1997) | 7.3 | |
| 9/11 (2017) | 4.5 |
World trade center movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant world trade center movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, realistic and light films and TV shows about / with world trade center manhattan new york city, catastrophe, dialogue, death, danger, mentor, first contact, friendship, destiny and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as world trade center: 9/11 (2017), The Walk (2015), The 9/11 Commission Report (2006), World Trade Center (2006), King Kong (1976), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Meteor (1979), Creating Rem Lezar (1989), Born in Flames (1983), The Guys (2002).
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5K
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
Style:
captivating, factual, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
disaster, terrorism, world trade center manhattan new york city, elevator, death, trapped, tragic event, danger, fear, chaos, grief, adaptation ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2017, 2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
141K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, emotional, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
life philosophy, world trade center manhattan new york city, happy ending, tightrope walker, biopic, skyscraper, mentor, obsession, transformation, escapades, artists and showbiz, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2015, year 1973, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, paris france, manhattan new york city, america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the earlier bombing attack on the Twin Towers in New York
Style:
tense, suspenseful, historical drama, bleak, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, world trade center manhattan new york city, rescue, terrorism, bombing, skyscraper, disaster, bomb threat, evacuation, search and rescue, resilience, urban ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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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 ...
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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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38K
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style:
suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, funny, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
king kong, monster, kaiju, beast, gorilla, giant ape, giant monster, giant snake, island, woman in jeopardy, full moon, world trade center manhattan new york city ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, jurassic, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, fictional island, manhattan new york city, usa, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, bleak, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, nightlife, writers, redemption, addiction, drug, life is a bitch, starting over, downfall, supportive spouse, friendship, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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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
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, astrophysicist, scientist, astronaut, apocalypse, 007 ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, usa ...
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Zack and Ashlee discover the meaning of true friendship when they create an imaginary friend, the superhero Rem Lezar.
Style:
surreal, independent film, cult classic, mystical, educational ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, friendship, locket, children, creativity, dreaming, quest, coming of age, school, good versus evil, world trade center manhattan new york city, art class ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
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
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20K
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
Is relevant?
159K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mouse, cat, adoption, childhood, kids and family, anthropomorphic mouse, chase, orphanage, talking animal, creativity, redemption, storytelling ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
484K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
Is relevant?
114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, sexy, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, corruption, nypd, dirty cop, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, justice, investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, cult classic, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, superhuman powers, superpower, internet, bowling, multiverse, alien, mountain, artificial intelligence, villain, secret identity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
kansas, arizona, new york, north america, colombia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, prisoner, american politics, brutality, american imperialism, prison, torture, terrorist, defense attorney ...
Time:
year 1988, year 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2002 ...
Place:
north africa, jordan, germany, hamburg germany, baltimore ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, was an American animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man. The show ran on Fox Kids from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. The producer/story editor ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, anime, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, peter parker character, heroes, secret identity, fighting crime, newspaper, heroic mission, friendship, escapades, imaginary, villain ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
New York, the city that never sleeps, is trapped in a nightmare of horror and destruction when a massive earthquake rocks the unsuspecting city. Countless lives are lost, families are torn apart, and chaos runs rampant as the mayor and former Fire ...
Style:
apocalyptic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, urban, climate, distopia, die hard, epidemic, pandemic, hospital, tragedy, rock ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
62K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, perverse, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, investigation, drug lord, african american, father son relationship, grandfather, fbi, gunfight, unsolved crime, private investigation, black, shootout ...
Time:
year 2007, year 1989, year 2009, year 1994, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, dark drama, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
wizard of oz, broadway, black, scarecrow, magic, fantasy world, dancing, music, african american, wizard, black woman, dog ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Style:
funny, cult classic, mysterious, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
weed, marijuana, stoner, stupidity, drug, friendship between men, stoned, drug dealer, satire, dumb, voice over narration, roommate roommate relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style:
touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, teenager, high school, depression, first love, friendship, drug, stoner ...
Time:
year 1994, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, semi serious, touching, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
troll, imaginary kingdom, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, youth, mischievous children, heroes, good versus evil, fish out of water, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Style:
sincere, psychological, realistic, serious, road movie ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, hopes, politics, vietnam veteran, self discovery, introspection, redemption, haunted by the past, society, obsessive quest, on the road ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, salt lake city utah, africa ...
Is relevant?
212K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, godzilla, giant monster, creature, experiment gone awry, giant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lost world, military, disaster, human versus monster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998, future
Place:
new york, tahiti, manhattan new york city, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, ufo, alien contact, hypnosis, alien invasion, writers, halloween, supernatural, extraterrestrial, paranoia, creature ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york
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