September 11 2001 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant september 11 2001 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional, bleak and psychological films and TV shows about / with 9/11, terrorism, world trade center manhattan new york city, danger, war on terror, politics, terrorist, deadly, society and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as september 11 2001: The Path to 9/11 (2006), World Trade Center (2006), September 11 (2002), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), United 93 (2006), The Space Between (2010), The 9/11 Commission Report (2006), The Hamburg Cell (2004), 9/11: The Twin Towers (2006), Vice (2018).
Best films
New films
| Euphoria (2019) | 8.2 | |
| Captive (2012) | 6.1 | |
| Zero Dark Thirty (2012) | 7.4 | |
| Les Cowboys (2015) | 6.7 | |
| Come From Away (2021) | 8.5 |
List of september 11 2001 movies
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
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
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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, 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
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Discovery Channel documentary
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, factual, rough, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, terrorist, skyscraper, twin towers, world trade center manhattan new york city, rescue, demolished city, survival, rescue mission, evacuation, trapped ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, poignant, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
childhood, autism, 9/11, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, orphan, acceptance, disability, coming of age, bereavement, single mother ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House ...
Style:
political, serious, captivating, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
usa politics, politics, u.s. vice president, u.s. president, u.s. government, american politics, heart attack, iraq war, war on terror, politician, al qaeda, republican party ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2010s, year 1963, year 1980, year 2003 ...
Place:
washington d.c., north america, wyoming, cambodia, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Tracing the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, it takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently might have set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
Style:
rough, suspense, political, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
cia, counter terrorism, terrorism, fbi, terrorist, cia agent, war, agent, war on terror, espionage, real life, special agent ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s, 2000s, year 2001, year 1998
Place:
usa, syria
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
sad, romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, family drama, love, suicide, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
gay, impossible love, father daughter reunion, love and romance, unfulfillment, family relations, unfulfilled love, parents and children, tragic love, love triangle, ex husband ex wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 60s, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
prague, paris france, france, europe, czechoslovakia ...
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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: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
Style:
heartfelt, disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, stage musical, kindness, compassion, community, resilience, humanity, hopes, 9/11, hospitality, problem solving, music ...
Time:
september 11 2001
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch now than during Bush's presidency, ...
Style:
controversial, mockumentary, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, assassination, sniper, brutality, investigation, conspiracy, president, culture clash, danger, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, near future, september 11 2001, 70s ...
Place:
iraq, chicago, middle east, syria, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World Trade Center's famous Windows on the World restaurant.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, captivating, serious
Plot:
9/11, worker, travel, post september 11 2001, father, mexican immigrant, immigrant, immigration, love, male female relationship, male nudity, jihad ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, mexico
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gay man in Soho tries to come to terms with new reality after 9/11.
Style:
independent film, psychological, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, 9/11, death, breakup, character study, introspection, gay lead character, slice of life, uncertainty, intimate, urban ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
396
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
A glimpse into the lives of an ensemble of characters leading up to the moment the world changed forever - 8:46 a.m. Tuesday September 11, 2001.
Style:
emotional, poignant, bleak, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
terrorism, compassion, loss, humanity, 9/11, tribute, empathy, memories, terrorist attack, changing lives, terrorist bombing, social problems ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york
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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
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Portugal
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller, tense
Plot:
9/11, secret agent, state affairs, undercover, dishonesty, parents and children, terrorism, sniper, intelligence agency, sexual tension, covert operation, professional killer ...
Time:
september 11 2001, future, 21st century
Place:
paris france, venice, france, europe, italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot:
politician, politics, infidelity, relationship vs career, rise to the top, ambition, couples, crumbling marriage, society, state affairs, city life, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, culture clash, war on terror, danger, love and romance, rivalry, post september 11 2001, injustice, male female relationship, world trade center manhattan new york city, father son relationship ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2005
Place:
new york, syria, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style:
political, political thriller, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological ...
Plot:
politics, cia, torture, investigation, corruption, justice, truth, u.s. government, whistleblower, war crime, government corruption, humiliation ...
Time:
2010s, september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2019
Place:
washington d.c., san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
TV Movie Drama - Sean Patrick Flanery, Melina Kanakaredes, JoBeth Williams
Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
survival, friendship, hopes, fighting crime, danger, right hand man, haunted by the past, negligence, rescue, family life, curses spells and rituals, death in the family ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, emotional, witty, touching ...
Plot:
9/11, therapy, family relations, mental illness, office, immigrant, bittersweet, terrorism, rise to the top, misfit, ambition, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2002, september 11 2001, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, italy, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
New York is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. Omar has gone abroad for the first time in his life and soon enough he begins to see and love America ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
injustice, friendship, society, life turned upside down, false accusation, terrorism, muslim, fbi, immigrant, male nudity, indians, heartwarming ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, india
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